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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?

RN heavy cruisers were named after counties, light crisers after towns. The names reflected the ships status as 'cut down' Counties.
Any one know anything about this? Thanks in advance.