HMS Centaur (1759)
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Centaure |
| Launched: | 1757 |
| Captured: | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Centaur |
| Acquired: | 18 August 1759 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1782 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1739 tons (1766.9 tonnes) |
| Length: | 175 ft 8 in (53.54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 5 in (14.45 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Centaur and French ship Centaure.
Centaure was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1757.
The Royal Navy captured Centaure at the Battle of Lagos[2] by the Royal Navy on 18 August 1759, and commissioned her as the Third Rate HMS Centaur.[1]
Loss
In September of 1782, the Centaur was one of the ships escorting prizes back to Britain from Jamaica, when she foundered during a severe gale near the Newfoundland Banks. Captain John Nicholson Inglefield, along with eleven of his crew, survived the wreck in one of the ship's pinnaces, arriving at the Azores after sailing in an open boat for 16 days without compass quadrant or sail, and only two quart bottles of water; some 400 of her crew perished.[2]
Notes
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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