Having the major portion of the fleet overseas led to incursions into Murovian waters, from what can only be described as pirates, trying to land and rob the mining towns of their wealth. The need for a new 'coastal' cruiser was pinpointed and put into production. The major innovation for the class was the fitting of twin turrets for the 6" guns. One forward and one aft. They would be the fastest cruisers built for the Amazonian Navy so far.
With the Eurylophe class ships on the job, piracy virtually disappeared from around the continent of Mu. It would take a desperate pirate to take on the odds of beating the anti-piracy patrols.
These four small cruisers were extremely useful and proved that the twin 6" was a turret that could be used on light cruisers. These ships never got the chance to be rebuilt, the war broke out with these ships being slated for rebuilds in 1940-41. Under Lend Lease, two of the class were sent north to America. What the US sent back was completely different, but very capable.
All four ships survived the war. The two with the original armament were deleted in the 1950's and scrapped. The US versions lasted into the 1960's when the 40+ year old ships were put out to pasture in a breakers yard.
