HMS Centurion (1844)

HMS Centurion (1844)
HMS Centurion (1844)
Name:	HMS Centurion
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Launched:	2 May 1844
Fate:	Sold, 1870
General characteristics
Class & type:	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2580 bm
Length:	190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Centurion.

HMS Centurion was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 May 1844 at Pembroke Dockyard.^[1]

In 1855 she was fitted with screw propulsion. Centurion was sold out of the navy in 1870.^[1]

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 191.

References[]

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p191-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 191.

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HMS Centurion (1844)

Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Centurion
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Launched:	2 May 1844
Fate:	Sold, 1870

General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2580 bm
Length:	190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades