auxiliary cruiser

There were plans to use the ready vessel as an auxiliary cruiser in case of war.

During the war, the Cedric was transformed into an auxiliary cruiser.

All three had their papers in order, and the auxiliary cruiser allowed them to proceed unmolested.

Some small S-boats were built as boats for carrying by auxiliary cruisers.

He particularly admired that these ships could easily be converted to auxiliary cruisers in time of conflict.

Both of them would ended up as auxiliary cruisers of the Nationalist navy.

The Spanish auxiliary cruiser also suffered some scratches on her stern in the aftermath.

The first Panther (1889) was the former Austin, an auxiliary cruiser.

The auxiliary cruiser was a merchant ship hastily armed with small guns on the outbreak of war.

She was one of only two German auxiliary cruisers to survive the war, after one 1940 cruise.

She was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser.

The British auxiliary cruisers both weighed about 15,000 tons and carried eight 6-inch and two 3-pounders each.

On 9 June, just before she arrived at her destination, the auxiliary cruiser stopped two merchantmen and inspected them.

The damaged auxiliary cruiser had not after all been able to keep up speed and had dropped astern.

Some ride around in auxiliary cruisers, painted white with blue letters - the reverse of the regular force's; more often they are on foot patrol.

These attacks were conducted by auxiliary cruisers between 6 and 8 December and on the 27th of the month.

Transformed into an auxiliary cruiser during the First World War, she struck a mine in 1917, killing 17 people.

The Spanish returned the compliment, not realizing that an American auxiliary cruiser was directly under the fort's guns.

"The Goldenfels must be an auxiliary cruiser."

Late in March 1915, the auxiliary cruiser headed north to rendezvous with another German supply ship at the equator.

Many were sunk after being caught by regular warships-an unequal battle since auxiliary cruisers had poor fire control and no armor.

In late 1942, Togo was converted into an auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer).

Across the world, supply ships carrying weapons and provisions were ready to convert merchant vessels into armed auxiliary cruisers.

In 1904, the ship became the auxiliary cruiser the Don in the Russian Navy.

Briskly, the newcomers mounted searchlights and guns, converting the merchant ship into an auxiliary cruiser.