The Edgar-Centurion hybrid raises a final counterfactual: an established large-cruiser tradition might have changed the later battlecruiser idea. The historical argument then sets the familiar 'age of the pre-dreadnought' and 'age of the dreadnought' labels beside unprotected cruisers, three classes of protected cruiser, armoured cruisers, and later light, heavy, and battlecruiser concepts. Battleships drew public attention, while cruisers appeared around the world on presence, policing, and trade-related duties. The period was an age of cruisers as well as capital ships.
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The pre-dreadnought era was also an age of cruisers
The contrast among unprotected, protected, armoured, light, heavy, and battlecruiser categories reveals an age shaped by everyday cruiser work.