装甲巡洋舰是十九世纪晚期到20世纪初期的一种巡洋舰，它的火力能击败战列舰外的所有舰种，面对战列舰时又有足够速度逃离。尽管吨位各有差异，该种舰与同时代的另一巡洋舰主要分类——防护巡洋舰的区别就是两侧船壳有装甲带来保护自己。最早的此舰种是沙俄海军的俄国海军一级上将号巡洋舰，1873年下水，使用风帆-汽轮混合动力。
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1890年代出现表面硬化装甲，使得军舰能用较少的重量得到较高防护。一战前出现取代它的战列巡洋舰，从此它便衰落，有少数存活到了二战。
参考文献
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- Massie, Robert K. (1991). Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the coming of the great war. Random House. ISBN 0-394-52833-6.
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