heavy cruiser

noun

a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-centimeter) guns as its main armament.

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Both of those ships—one a heavy cruiser—now desperately flung the contents of their magazines at the Horus.
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There's a Mekinese heavy cruiser aground on Kandar right now!
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