| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Centaur |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited |
| Laid down: | 24 January 1915 |
| Launched: | 6 January 1916 |
| Commissioned: | August 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold to be broken up for scrap 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 3,750 tons |
| Length: | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 14.6 ft (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines Eight Yarrow boilers Four propellers 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots |
| Range: | carried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 329-336 |
| Armament: | 5 × 6 inch (152 mm) guns 2 × 3 inch (76 mm) guns 2 × 2 pounder (907g) guns 1 × machine gun 2 × 21 inch torpedo tubes |
| 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 British Royal Navy. She was the nameship of the Centaur group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was built by Vickers Limited and laid down in January 1915, launched on 1 January 1916 and commissioned into the Navy in August 1916. The Ottoman Empire had ordered a pair of scout cruisers in 1914. When the First World War started, construction was halted. A considerable amount of material had already been prepared, and much of this was used in the construction of HMS Centaur, and her sister HMS Concord.
Upon being commissioned into the Navy, Centaur was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Flotilla, which operated with the Harwich Force to defend the Eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 5 June 1917 she sunk the German torpedo boat S20 in the channel. On 13 June 1918 she was damaged by a mine, but survived the war. Considered obsolete, she was sold in February 1934 to King, of Troon and arrived at their yards on 6 March 1934 to be scrapped.
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