Two classes of cruiser of the Royal Navy are known as the Arethusa class:
- The Arethusa class of eight light cruisers built in 1912–1914 that served in World War I.
- The Arethusa class of four light cruisers built in 1934–1936 that served in World War II.
Famous quotes containing the word class:
“The enemy are no match for us in a fair fight.... The young men ... of the upper class are kind-hearted, good-natured fellows, who are unfit as possible for the business they are in. They have courage but no endurance, enterprise, or energy. The lower class are cowardly, cunning, and lazy. The height of their ambition is to shoot a Yankee from some place of safety.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)