HMS Centaur (1916)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Centaur.

Centaur sometime between 1916 and 1919
History
United Kingdom
NameCentaur
Namesakecentaur
BuilderVickers Limited
Laid down24 January 1915
Launched6 January 1916
CompletedAugust 1916
CommissionedAugust 1916
DecommissionedOctober 1923
Recommissioned8 April 1925
DecommissionedMarch 1932
IdentificationPennant number: 36 (Sep 15); 34 (Jan 18);[1] 10 (Apr 18); 63 (Nov 19)[2]
FateSold February 1934 for scrapping
General characteristics
Displacement3,750 tons
Length446 ft (136 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Draught14.6 ft (4.5 m)
Propulsion
  • Parsons turbines
  • Eight Yarrow boilers
  • Four propellers
  • 40,000 shp
Speed28.5 knots
Rangecarried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement329-336
Armament
Armour
  • 3 inch side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1¼ inch side (bows)
  • 2-2½ inch side (stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

HMS Centaur was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. She was the name ship of the Centaur group of the C-class of cruisers.

  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 48.
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.