HMS Centaur
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
- Template:HMS was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and sold in 1761.
- Template:HMS was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, formerly the French ship Centaure. She was captured at the Battle of Lagos in 1759, and foundered in a hurricane in 1782.
- Template:HMS was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1797, decommissioned in 1816, and broken up in 1819.
- Template:HMS was a wooden paddle frigate launched in 1845 and scrapped in 1864.
- HMS Centaur was to have been an Template:Sclass armoured cruiser, but she was renamed Template:HMS in 1890, prior to her launch in 1891.
- Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 and lead ship of the Centaur subclass. She was launched in 1916 and sold for scrap in 1934.
- HMS Centaur was to have been a Template:Sclass2 destroyer. She was ordered in 1942, but was subsequently redesigned as a Template:Sclass2 and renamed HMS Tomahawk in 1943. She was eventually launched in 1946 as Template:HMS.
- Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass, launched in 1947 and scrapped in 1970.
See also
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References
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