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Mersey-class light cruiser

1887 class of British light cruisers
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Summary

Mersey-class light cruiser is a ship class[1]. It draws 186 Wikipedia views per month (ship class category, ranking #426 of 1,757).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: Royal Navy[3]
  • Named after: HMS Mersey[4]
  • Manufacturer: Pembroke Dockyard[5]
  • Subclass of: light cruiser[6]
  • Commons category: Mersey class cruiser[7]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[8]
  • Inception: March 31, 1885[9]
  • Service entry: 1887[10]
  • Service retirement: 1942[11]
  • Topic's main category: Q7639207[12]
  • Total produced: 4[13]
  • Short name: Mersey[14]

Why It Matters

Mersey-class light cruiser is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Operator → Royal Navy
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → ship class
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    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 6314, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `Mersey_Class_Cruiser_(1885)`"
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