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	Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Centurion
		The Channel fleet, consisting of the Conqueror, 101; the Donegal, 101; the Algiers, 91, the Aboukir, 91; the Trafalgar, 91; the Centurion, 80; the Mars, 80; and the Diadem, 32, left Portland harbour on Wednesday afternoon for a cruise in the Channel.
		The Centurion brings only 10 invalids, who were taken from Lisbon hospital, where they were left by the Channel Fleet; she was ordered to go up Hamoaze yesterday afternoon to make good defects; her crew will be paid down and granted leave of absence.
		She was followed by the Centurion, 80, Aboukir, 90, and the Conqueror, 101, which had her studding sails on.
	www.pdavis.nl /ShowShip.php?id=16 (4326 words)

	HMS Centurion (1732) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Centurion was a 60-gun ship of the line, 4th rate, of the Royal Navy, built in 1732 and was the third British naval vessel to carry the name.
		In 1754, the Centurion, still under the command of Keppel, in company with the Norwich, escorted a large number of troops to North America, destined to assist the colonials in the suppression of the native tribes, who were being given support and encouragment from France to rise up against the English.
		The figurehead of the Centurion was a sixteen foot tall lion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Centurion_(1732) (1857 words)

	Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth City Centre (HMS Centurion)
		On June 9th a detachment from the "Centurion" proceeded in a Naval Brigade of Mixed nationalities, 2,000 strong, with 19 guns, for the relief of Peking, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Seymour.
		From June 26th to July llth, a detachment of officers and men from the "Centurion" assisted in the capture and defence of Tientsin, and during this period lost 5 killed and 14 wounded.
		In August the "Centurion" contributed a number of officers and men to a British Naval Brigade, which advanced to the final and satisfactory relief of Peking, with 20,100 troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Gaselee.
	www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk /city-centre/centurion.htm (310 words)

	Centurion (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army.
		Centurion was also the name of a British tank of the post-World War 2 era.
		Centurion is a drinking game involving the consumption of 100 shots of beer.
	centurion.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (108 words)

	King George V Class Battleship - HMS King George V, Centurion, Audacious, Ajax
		HMS King George V. The mast is forward of the funnels, for good this time, and originally was a light pole rather than the more normal heavy tripod.
		HMS King George V in 1912 with light pole mast fitted.
		In June 1914 the four ships of the class visited Kiel and King George V was visited by the Kaiser in his first visit to a British battleship.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /battleship/hms-king-george-v.html (303 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		On his return to England in 1740, he was appointed to HMS Prince Frederick, and later that year transferred to HMS Centurion, under the command of Commodore Anson.
		In November 1745, he was transferred to HMS Maidstone, and was employed in sailing in the Soundings and the Bay of Biscay.
		In the following September, HMS Torbay was attached to the squadron commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke on a blockading expedition to the Basque Roads.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_augustus_keppel.htm (2063 words)

	HMS Centurion
		HMS Centurion, 60 gun ship of the line launched at Portsmouth in 1732 and commissioned in 1734.
		The fourth Centurion built and in 1740 she was the flagship of Commodore George Anson in a squadron of 7 ships who were brought up to complement by 500 superannuated and Chelsea out-pensioners, who all died during the voyage.
		In June 1751 the Centurion, flying the broad pennant of Commodore the Hon.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_centurion1.htm (1623 words)

	HMS Ganges Association April 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		After retiring from the Navy in 1951, his diving efforts to rescue the crew of HM submarine Truculent which sank in the Thames, was made into a film starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough.
		HMS Ganges 05/06/1956 - C/K961943 - 22 Mess - Anson.
		HMS Ganges (Shotley) Historian, Solent Division member and stalwart supporter of all things Ganges has been having a hard time (My words not his), which has culminated in his having a below knee amputation.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /apr06.html (1109 words)

	HMS Centurion
		In 1900 the “Centurion,” commanded by Captain John R. Jellicoe, and flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, took part in the third China War or “Boxer Riots.” Sir Edward Seymour was the senior flag-officer of the Eight Nationalities assembled in the Far East, and as such presided over their Councils.
		The Centurion is one of the Naval Defence Act Battleships, and a sister to the Barfleur, the fastest battleships afloat in 1896, remarkably fine vessels each of 10,500 tons displacement, mounting 29 ton guns, and bearing armour of 12 inches maximum thickness.
		The Centurion was the only battleship in the China seas at this point and the only British battleship permanently stationed outside the Channel and Mediterranean Fleets, was commissioned for this service at Portsmouth in February 1894.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_centurion.htm (1091 words)

	H. M. S. Centurion, Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel
		Laid down on January 16, 1911, launched on November 18, 1911 and commissioned on May 22, 1913, Centurion carried a main armament of ten 13.5 inch main guns mounted two per turret; two centerline superfiring forward, two centerline superfiring aft and one centerline amidships that could be fired to both sides.
		Centurion was part of the four-ship King George V battleship class.
		A “Centurion” was an officer in the ancient Roman legions and the Centurion name had a long history as a ship name in the Royal Navy, including a wooden 60-gun ship of the line built in 1732 in which Captain (later Admiral) George Anson (1697–1762) sailed around the world from 1740 - 1744.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bb_centurion.aspx (451 words)

	Class50.com :: Names
		50024 HMS Vanguard was the third member of the "St Vincent" class of WW1 Grand Fleet battleships and ought, therefore, to have been included in the first batch of names alongside "St Vincent" and "Collingwood".
		However HMS Leviathan, which gave its' name to 50040, was not built until 1945, at the very end of WW2, and was never commissioned.
		The HMS Centurion crests were carried by both 50011 and 50040.
	www.class50.com /c50_names.php (2277 words)

	Sandbaggers -- Ian Mackintosh RN service record
		HMS Dartmouth -- 14 Sept. 1958 -- 26 April 1961.
		HMS Lion -- 24 July 1964 -- 23 Sept. 1964.
		Note that HMS does not necessarily mean 'Her Majesty's Ship.' As Ian Mackintosh made fun of in his short-lived comedey series, 'HMS Thundercloud,' bases are also given the name HMS.
	www.opsroom.org /pages/intelligence/ian-mackintosh.html (260 words)

	HMS CENTURION - Find Friends from HMS CENTURION at Forces Reunited
		Catherine Jones was at HMS Centurion between 1978 and 1987
		Roger Lane was at HMS Centurion between 1974 and 1980
		Hannah Rowe was at HMS Centurion between 1993 and 2002
	forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Centurion.html (485 words)

	HMS Lion
		HMS King George V, HMS Ajax, HMS Centurion, HMS Conqueror, HMS Erin, HMS Monarch, HMS Orion, HMS Thunderer.
		HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
	www.military-art.com /dhm1002.htm (885 words)

	Life in the Royal Navy and the warships in which I lived and worked.
		I first went to sea in the Spring of 1964 in HMS Cassandra and finished at the end of 1973 aboard the assault ship HMS Fearless.
		Drafted to HMS Hermes which was having a refit in Devonport and then on to HMS Scarborough, Dartmouth Training Squadron.
		HMS Scarborough then paid off (finished her commission) and I was then drafted with some other members of Scarborough's ships company to HMS Fearless, which took over the DTS role along with her sister ship Intrepid.
	www.axfordsabode.org.uk /greyhoun.htm (743 words)

	HMS Diamond - Flying Lab Software Forums
		According to that site it's also the same design for the HMS Pearl and Torrington, but I couldn't find any images of any of the three from this time period anywhere on the net.
		Although the Centurion is a 64 gun ship, you should get a lot of ideas from the ship layout.
		HMS Centurion looks like it has the steering wheel in front of the mizzen mast in the overhang of the poop deck, behind that staircase (gangway in nautical terms) on the ships centerline.
	www.flyinglab.com /forums/showthread.php?t=15367 (2993 words)

	HMS Centurion (1911) - Free net encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Centurion was attached upon completion to the Second Battle Squadron, led by sister-ship King George V class.
		She was present at Jutland as part of the main body of The Grand Fleet under the command of Captain Culme-Seymour.
		She was third in line in the first division of the squadron which led the fleet into battle.
	www.netipedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /index.php/HMS_Centurion_(1911) (287 words)

	Anson's Voyage Around the World - The Narrative Press
		The British were thinking of plunder of course, the rich cargo of the Spanish galleons that sailed to Acapulco from Manila, laden with Chinese silks, teas, and Asian spices.
		About noon the Commodore was little more than a league distant from the galeon, and could fetch her wake, so that she could not now escape...Soon after the galeon hauled up her fore-sail, and brought to under top-sails, with her head to the northward, hoisting Spanish colours...Mr.
		Anson in the mean time, had prepared all things for an engagement on board the Centurion, and had taken all possible care, both for the most effectual exertion of his small strength, and for the avoiding the confusion and tumult, too frequent in actions of this kind.
	www.narrativepress.com /profile.php?book_id=1-58976-008-5 (439 words)

	The capture of the Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga by HMS Centurion, 20 June 1743 : National Maritime Museum
		The capture of the Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga by HMS Centurion, 20 June 1743
		Anson sailed via Cape Horn but by the time he reached Macao, China, in November 1742, 'Centurion', was the only surviving ship in his squadron, the others having been separated or wrecked.
		The Centurion, flying the red ensign, is shown to port of the Covadonga, with her massive hull and carved stern.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.2844/outputRegister/lowhtml (322 words)

	Main Bases
		The Barracks were then called HMS Victory but was renamed HMS Nelson(1.8.1974)..
		HMS President is the accounting vessel for Admiralty based personnel.
		Used to be known as HMS Britannia, but renamed in 1953 to release name for Royal Yacht.
	www.mariners-l.co.uk /UKRNMainBases.htm (471 words)

	Historical Articles
		Subsequent research revealed that Bandsman Matthews played French horn and was a member of the band on board HMS Centurion, a Portsmouth built battleship of 10,500 tons.
		A party of RMLI commanded by Major Johnson of HMS Centurion attacked the north corner with such vigour that the Chinese fled before them and the arsenal was captured.
		Bands were aboard the battleships Centurion, Goliath, and Barfleur; the 1st class cruisers Endymion and Terrible and the armoured cruisers Orlando, Aurora and Undaunted.
	www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk /history/China_Medal.htm (2327 words)

	Royal Navy Pay and Conditions
		HMS PEMBROKE, Originally built in 1812 as a 74, she was rebuilt at Portsmouth as a 60 gun steam block ship in 1854-55 and later reduced to 25 guns.
		RN Barracks Chatham, Named HMS PEMBROKE after the hulk that was previously occupied as the receiving ship.
		HMS MARLBOROUGH - Built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in July, 1855, the naming ceremony being performed by Queen Victoria.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /RN/Establishments.html (1910 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was on quitting this command, made Captain of the CATHERINE YACHT, in which station remaining when the Princess of Saxegotha, betrothed to Frederic Prince of Wales, son to King George II, arrived in England, he had the honour of attending her; and was at some subsequent period, removed into the FUBBS YACHT.
		After their marriage he must have set up home in Rye, as Captain Dansays is shown as having been assessed for highway repairs (like today’s Council Rates) in the sum of 7d for Christmas 1723 to Christmas 1724.
		Now Francis was captain of the CENTURION from 12 June 1734 until 1 July 1736 when he took command of the royal yacht KATHERINE.
	www.espinet.freeserve.co.uk /book/chapt04.htm (2635 words)

	Fruitcake MIDI!
		Just one week prior to the sinking of the HMS Dingleberry, The Commodore had met a spaghetti-firing, cannon-toting, scalawag-owned galleon.
		Er, no, they were the officers of the HMS Centurion.
		May 16, 1806 This is the maiden voyage of the HMS Centurion, The Commodore commanding.
	www.fcmidi.net /miscload.php?content=comm_ch01 (864 words)

	Heaps and Saumarez (1974) Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Heaps and Saumarez (1974) Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation 1740-44
		Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation 1740-44
		Centurion (Ship); Voyages around the world; Anson, George Anson
	www.getcited.org /pub/101409074 (61 words)

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