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Posted by Stuart Wilson on March 20, 2025, 16:04:14, in reply to "British heavycruiser question"
Loads of the "Town" class were named after cities that have cathedrals. If not most of them. Not sure which cities had cathedrals in the 30s but Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast and Liverpool must have had. Probably Manchester and Birmingham. I've been to Newcastle Cathedral (To see a Meatloaf tribute act. Honest!) but it's possible it was a church that got upgraded at some point. Anyway. Exeter and York were "cathedral" class, why not the Towns?
Stuart 
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The British heavy cruisers York and Exeter were ordered in the late 1920's. The Profile Warship book #13 HMS Exeter lists these 2 ships as Cathedral class. Yet the other RN references I have listed them individually. And they do look different.Was the term "Cathedral"class a nickname?
Any one know anything about this? Thanks in advance.
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