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Cruiser
1994
Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1982
Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1959
1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Massachusetts
1945
Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die
1945
After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine
1945
U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
1945
Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with atom bomb
1944
Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1944
British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
1943
British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
1943
New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
1942
"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
1942
British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942
German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
1941
U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea
1941
British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
1941
British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis
1941
Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
1940
German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1931
Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
1929
Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier
1922
Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
1916
Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
1916
British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
1916
French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
1915
Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
1915
Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1915
German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
1914
German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
1914
German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914
German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
1914
German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
1895
Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die
1895
Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
1864
Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
1863
Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4
1862
Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
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