English: Auxiliary cruisers and Armed merchant cruisers were civilian ships, often passenger ships, which were fairly heavily armed during wartime to become warships for convoy escort or attacking other merchant ships (Commerce raiders or Merchant raiders).
<nowiki>incrociatore ausiliario; croiseur auxiliaire; Creuer auxiliar; Hilfskreuzer; cruzador auxiliar; Спомагателен крайцер; Pagalbinis kreiseris; Crucișător auxiliar; 武装商船; вспомогательный крейсер; armert handelsskip; Hjälpfartyg; krążownik pomocniczy; допоміжний крейсер; hulpkruiser; hjælpekrydser; crucero auxiliar; Pomožna križarka; Crosaire auxiliar; armed merchantman; 武装商船; pomocný křižník; Помоћна крстарица; nave della marina mercantile armata; 自衛用・船団護衛用・通商破壊用などの各種目的で武装が施された商船; navire marchand armé, utilisé par la marine militaire d'un État; typ av örlogsfartyg; швидкохідний комерційний корабель або пасажирський лайнер, обладнаний озброєнням; быстроходный коммерческий корабль или пассажирский лайнер, оборудованный вооружением; umgerüstete, bewaffnete Handelsschiffe oder Passagierdampfer für den Handelskrieg; merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact; buque mercante armado; Crucişător auxiliar; 補助巡洋艦; Handelsstörkreuzer; armed merchantmen; auxiliary cruiser; Armed Merchant Cruiser; mercantile armato; nave mercantile armata; nave corsara; armed merchant cruiser; mercante armado</nowiki>
armed merchantman
merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact
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