Legkie kreisera tipa Aret'iuza. Skauty Cherchillia - Patianin Sergei Vladimirovich

These ships became not only actually the first British light cruisers, but the most famous representatives of this class of ships in the Royal Navy of the First World War. Eight light cruisers such as Aretjusa - Arethusa, Aurora, Galatea, Inconstant, Penelope, Phaeton, Royalist, Andunated Three-tube four-propeller ships with a displacement of about three and a half thousand tons belonged to the subclass of scouts ("scout" - scout), developed speed up to 30 knots, possessed powerful artillery and torpedo weapons. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, called are "Easy Armadorcruisers," emphasizing their on-board armor belt. In the First World War they were the smallest ships of the British fleet, having vertical reservations. Aretjus participated in almost all operations of the Grand Fleet - the battle in Helgoland Bay, the battle of Texel, the reflections of the raids of the ships Hochzeeflotte on the British seaside towns, the battle of The Dogger Bank, the Second Battle in Helgoland Bay, and at the beginning of the Battle of Jutland "Galatea" and "Phaeton" were able to discover the first enemy. The book of the leading historian of the Fleet for the first time in all details tells about the design, construction, construction, testing, modernization, service and combat application of all light cruisers of the type "Aretjus". The edition is illustrated with exclusive drawings and unique photographic materials.