Several ships have been named Centurion for the Roman military rank of Centurion.
Centurion (1804 ship) was launched in 1804. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage to India. She then sailed between Britain and Quebec City. Centurion was last listed in 1839, but with data stale since 1834. Centurion, Heppinstall, master, was wrecked in 1848. Centurion (1811 ship) Centurion, of 536 tons (bm), was launched at Whitby in 1811 by Fishburn and Broderick, who were also her owners. On 25 December, she was under the command of Captain William Kelly when she was wrecked. She was serving as a government transport and part of a convoy under the escort by and when she was lost off the Texel with the loss of all hands. Other Centurion was a full-rigged ship that on 19 February 1917, () scuttled in the English Channel south east of The Lizard, Cornwall. Centurions crew survived.
See also – one of eight vessels of the Royal Navy; also a shore establishment.
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