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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding shells above. Protected cruisers were less well protected than armoured cruisers, which also had a belt of armour along the sides. While the armoured cruiser evolved into the battlecruiser (and pre-dreadnought battleships were replaced by dreadnoughts), the protected cruiser is considered the forerunner of the light cruiser and heavy cruiser types. After the introduction of the explosive shell, warships needed additional protection, and protected cruisers were constructed from about 1880. In a protected cruiser, the armour was arranged on their decks inside the vessel, protecting the boilers and steam engines. Typically protected cruisers displaced from 2,500 to 7,000 tons, and were armed with up to a dozen single guns of between 3.9 and 6 inches (100 to 152 mm) in calibre.

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