The ship's hull was based on that of a large cruiser and she was given a small island.

The history of large cruisers like Salem is also addressed.

The result was the building of increasingly large armored cruisers.

This meant a shift away from large, fast, commerce-raiding cruisers.

Of course, for most of its commissioned life this large, light cruiser had a rather more serious purpose.

There are two main arguments for referring to the Alaska class as "large cruisers".

Ten of these large cruisers were envisioned as part of this construction program.

In the period 1889-96, the Royal Navy spent £7.3 million on new large cruisers.

They left at least four ships, One of them a large cruiser, burning.

However he also said that the funds were insufficient and more were needed to bring the large cruiser back to active service.