HMS Centurion (1844)

History
United Kingdom
NameCenturion
Ordered18 March 1839
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1839
Launched2 May 1844
Completed10 June 1844 (in ordinary)
FateSold for scrap, 19 March 1870
General characteristics
Class and typeVanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2589 9494 bm
Length190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam57 ft 1 in (17.4 m)
Draught18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 4 in (7.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement720 (wartime)
Armament

HMS Centurion was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s.