HMS Centaur

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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.

1797  Wikimedia, Wikidata
third-rate, Mars-class third-rate ship of the line, Royal Navy, 


Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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    1797 HMS Centaur
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    ship launching
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    keel laying
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    The burning of the Russian 74-gun Sewolod after she had been engaged and silenced by H.M.S. Implacable, Captain T. Byam Martin, in the Baltic, 26th August 1808 CSK 2006The burning of the Russian 74-gun Sewolod after she had been engaged and silenced by H.M.S. Implacable, Captain T. Byam Martin, in the Baltic, 26th August 1808 CSK 2006
    Vsevolod v. Implacable 1808Vsevolod v. Implacable 1808
    Thomas Buttersworth - The wreck of the HMS St. George, Norway, 1811 NYR 2014Thomas Buttersworth - The wreck of the HMS St. George, Norway, 1811 NYR 2014
    Mars (1794), Centaur (1797)Mars (1794), Centaur (1797)
    Eckstein DiamondRock CannonEckstein DiamondRock Cannon
    Life on Diamond RockLife on Diamond Rock
    Diamond Rock portraitsDiamond Rock portraits
    This is a picture of a massive jackstay being used by the British (Captain Hood) to sway a large (24 pounder) cannon onto Diamond Rock during the Napoleonic Wars.This is a picture of a massive jackstay being used by the British (Captain Hood) to sway a large (24 pounder) cannon onto Diamond Rock during the Napoleonic Wars.
    Picturesque Views of the Diamond Rock... The passage upon the Rock, with the Mail-Coach PAH9549Picturesque Views of the Diamond Rock... The passage upon the Rock, with the Mail-Coach PAH9549
    Burning of the Sewolod Aug 26th 1808 85060cBurning of the Sewolod Aug 26th 1808 85060c
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      linkpageThree Decks page@Wikidata
      commonsimageThe burning of the Russian 74-gun Sewolod after she had been engaged and silenced by H.M.S. Implacable, Captain T. Byam Martin, in the Baltic, 26th August 1808 CSK 2006 Commons
      commonsimageVsevolod v. Implacable 1808 Commons
      commonsimageThomas Buttersworth - The wreck of the HMS St. George, Norway, 1811 NYR 2014 Commons
      commonsimageMars (1794), Centaur (1797) Commons
      commonsimageEckstein DiamondRock Cannon Commons
      commonsimageLife on Diamond Rock Commons
      commonsimageDiamond Rock portraits Commons
      commonsimageThis is a picture of a massive jackstay being used by the British (Captain Hood) to sway a large (24 pounder) cannon onto Diamond Rock during the Napoleonic Wars. Commons
      commonsimagePicturesque Views of the Diamond Rock... The passage upon the Rock, with the Mail-Coach PAH9549 Commons
      commonsimageBurning of the Sewolod Aug 26th 1808 85060c Commons
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