light cruiser

How to use light cruiser in a sentence

• Next day we were joined by the battle cruiser Australia and the light cruiser Melbourne.

  The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 | Various

• The airship was "L 7," which had been under fire, and had received damage from our light-cruiser forces.

  The Story of Our Submarines | John Graham Bower

• Our own light cruiser Falmouth had to receive four torpedoes in succession before she sank.

  The Story of Our Submarines | John Graham Bower

• Other German warships caught by the war in more distant waters included the light cruiser Emden, on the China station.

  The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various

• About seven in the morning the light cruiser Aurora sighted the German squadron off the Dogger.

  The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward Parrott