Aviation and military history blog including a variety of detailed information relating to world war 2. In its original guise as a sailing ship, the cruiser (sometimes rendered cruizer) was a fourth-rate ship or large frigate that was generally detached from the main fleet to sail independently in search of the enemy, whose position was then reported back to the fleet so that a major engagement could be brought about.
World War 2 Blog
Aviation and Military History Blog by Chris Chant
2024-06-28
The term cruiser was also employed for frigates and smaller vessels operating independently against the enemy’s maritime lines of communication in what is generally known as the ‘guerre de course’ role.