Maritime History

HMS Centaur (1797)

HMS Centaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched on 14 March 1797 at Woolwich Dockyard, she served as Sir Samuel Hood's flagship in the Leeward Islands and English Channel. During her 22-year career in the British navy, Centaur saw action in the Mediterranean, English Channel, West Indies and the Baltic, fighting against French, Dutch, Danish and Russian forces. She was decommissioned and broken up in 1819.

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See also

• ▸Gunilda
• ▸European dragon
• ▸Blackwall frigate

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