Question 1: Around 1910, armour plate began to increase in quality and ________
engines, lighter and more powerful than previous reciprocating
engines, came into use.
Question 3: Protected cruisers were a type of naval ________ of the late 19th
century, so known because their deck armour offered protection for
vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding shells
above.
Question 4: While the armoured cruiser evolved into the ________ (and
while pre-dreadnought battleships were replaced
by dreadnoughts),
the protected cruiser is considered the forerunner of the light cruiser and
heavy cruiser
types.
Question 7: The British________ rated
cruisers as first, second and third class between the late 1880s
and 1905, and built large numbers of them for that navy's trade
protection requirements.