armed merchant cruiser
C29647
concept
An armed merchant cruiser is a civilian merchant ship that has been equipped with weapons and commissioned for naval service, typically for patrol, escort, or commerce raiding duties.
Observed surface forms (6)
- anti-submarine warfare vessel ×2
- armed merchant ship ×2
- armed merchant vessel ×2
- armed merchantman ×2
- armed transport ship ×1
- auxiliary cruiser ×1
Instances (14)
- USS Ganges via concept surface "armed merchantman"
- RMS Oceanic
- HMS Rawalpindi
- HMS Bounty via concept surface "armed transport ship"
- Q-ships via concept surface "anti-submarine warfare vessel"
- San Francisco Maru via concept surface "armed merchant vessel"
- SS Teutonic via concept surface "auxiliary cruiser"
- Kalmar Nyckel via concept surface "armed merchant ship"
- East India Company ships via concept surface "armed merchantman"
- Adventure Galley via concept surface "armed merchant ship"
- Adventure Prize via concept surface "armed merchant vessel"
- HMS Macedonia
- HMS Otranto
- HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate) via concept surface "anti-submarine warfare vessel"