Arethusa Class Cruiser

Two classes of cruiser of the Royal Navy are known as the Arethusa class:

  • The Arethusa class of eight light cruisers built in 1912–1914 that served in World War I.
  • The Arethusa class of four light cruisers built in 1934–1936 that served in World War II.

Famous quotes containing the word class:

    “Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them—their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)