HMS Centurion

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Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built.

Ships

Shore establishment

  • Template:HMS was the central drafting depot established at Haslemere in 1956, commissioned in 1957 and named in 1964. The base moved to Gosport, becoming a drafting depot and a pay and accounting centre, in 1970. It was paid off in 1994, becoming Centurion building, a tender to Template:HMS, mainly responsible for personnel and Human Resources functions.

Battle honours

Ships named Centurion have earned the following battle honours: Template:Div col

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