List of Cruiser Classes of The Royal Navy - Minelaying Cruisers

Minelaying Cruisers

These "minelaying cruisers" were the only purpose-built oceangoing minelayers of the Royal Navy.

• Adventure 6,740 tons, four 4.7-inch
  • Adventure (M23) (1926) - converted to repair ship 1944, scrapped 1947
• Abdiel class
  • 1938 group 2,650 tons, six 4-inch
    • Abdiel (M39) (1941) - sunk in Taranto Bay 1943
    • Latona (M76) (1941) - sunk off Libya 1941
    • Manxman (M70) (1941) - scrapped 1972
    • Welshman (M84) (1941) - sunk off Crete 1943
  • WEP group 2,650 tons, four 4-inch
    • Ariadne (M65) (1944) - scrapped 1965
    • Apollo (M01) (1944) - scrapped 1962