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light cruiser
noun
- a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-centimeter) guns as its main armament.
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Next day we were joined by the battle cruiser Australia and the light cruiser Melbourne.
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The airship was "L 7," which had been under fire, and had received damage from our light-cruiser forces.
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Our own light cruiser Falmouth had to receive four torpedoes in succession before she sank.
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Other German warships caught by the war in more distant waters included the light cruiser Emden, on the China station.
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About seven in the morning the light cruiser Aurora sighted the German squadron off the Dogger.
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