Scout Cruisers
The scout cruiser was a smaller, faster, more lightly armed and armoured cruiser than the protected cruiser, intended for fleet scouting duties and acting as a flotilla leader. Essentially there were two distinct groups - the eight vessels all ordered under the 1903 Programme, and the seven later vessels ordered under the 1907-1910 Programmes. The advent of better machinery and larger, faster destroyers and light cruisers effectively made them obsolete.
- Sentinel class 2,880 tons, 10 x 12pdr
- Sentinel (1904) - Sold 1923
- Skirmisher (1905) - Sold 1920
- Adventure class 2,640 tons, 10 x 12pdr
- Adventure (1904) - Sold 1920
- Attentive (1904) - Sold 1920
- Forward class 2,860 tons, 10 x 12pdr
- Forward (1904) - Sold 1921
- Foresight (1904) - Sold 1920
- Pathfinder class 2,900 tons, 10 x 12pdr
- Pathfinder (1904) - Torpedoed 1914
- Patrol (1904) - Sold 1920
- Boadicea class 3,300 tons, 6 x 4in
- Boadicea (1908)
- Bellona (1909)
- Blonde class 3,350 tons, 10 x 4in
- Blonde (1910)
- Blanche (1909)
- Active class 3,440 tons, 10 x 4in
- Active (1911)
- Amphion (1911)
- Fearless (1912)
Read more about this topic: List Of Cruiser Classes Of The Royal Navy
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Sir Charles: Name one.
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Sir Charles: You’re either married to a boy scout or a dachshund.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)