Named after one of the five great rivers of the Punjab, HMS Sutlej was a Cressy-class

Cressy class cruiser

The Cressy class cruiser was a class of six armoured cruisers launched between December 1899 and May 1901, for the Royal Navy.-Service:...

 armoured cruiser in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. She served with her sisters in the First World War, and was one of the three who survived the war. Already obsolete by the outbreak of war, she was sold on May 9, 1921 and laid up in Belfast

Belfast

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. She made her last voyage to Preston, arriving August 15, 1924 for breaking up.