HMS Centaur (1797)
74 guns:
- Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
- QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
- Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
HMS Centaur was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 March 1797 at Woolwich. She served as Sir Samuel Hood's flagship in the Leeward Islands and the Channel. During her 22-year career Centaur saw action in the Mediterranean, the Channel, the West Indies, and the Baltic, fighting the French, the Dutch, the Danes and the Russians. She was broken up in 1819.
Read more about HMS Centaur (1797): Service in The Mediterranean, Service in The West Indies, The Channel and Eastern Atlantic, The Baltic, Return To The Mediterranean, Channel Fleet, Final Years, Footnotes
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