HMS Centurion (1691)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Centurion.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Centurion
Builder: Harding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1691
Fate: Broken up, 1728
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:614 long tons (623.9 t)
Length:125 ft 8.5 in (38.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold:13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Centurion was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1691 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

She served until 1728, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 164.

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.