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The aircraft cruiser or '''cruiser-carrier''' was originally a 1930-ies experimental concept of creating an all-around warship, trying to combine all the good features of the Carrier and the Heavy Cruiser . The aircraft cruisers were usually armed with relatively heavy artillery, mines and a number of aircraft fitted with floaters (it was a kind of Seaplane Tender ). The early aircraft cruiser turned out to be quite an unsuccesful design. The rapid development of naval aircraft in the 30-ies quickly rendered the vessels obsolete and they were rebuilt into e.g. anti-aircraft cruisers. A more modern derivative of the aircraft cruiser is the Helicopter Cruiser . The Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy can also be considered and originally classed as cruisers. AIRCRAFT CRUISERS Early types
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