History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Centurion |
Ordered | 18 March 1839 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | July 1839 |
Launched | 2 May 1844 |
Completed | 10 June 1844 (in ordinary) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 19 March 1870 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2589 94⁄94 bm |
Length | 190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 57 ft 1 in (17.4 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 720 (wartime) |
Armament |
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HMS Centurion was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s.