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Glossary Item: Heavy Cruiser
Name Heavy Cruiser
Description A type of naval cruiser designed for long range and high speed, more powerful than the light cruisers but not as large and expensive as the battlecruiser so as to be built in sufficient numbers. Advances in naval technology and design meant that the heavy cruiser was overall a more powerful ship type than the armoured cruiser had been.
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Name The Battle of the Atlantic, The Official Account of the Fight Against The U-Boats, 1939 - 1945
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Central Office Of Information
Issued For none
Published Oct/1946
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