HMS Centurion

Centurion was a 14-gun twin-screw battleship, launched at Portsmouth in 1892. She was of 10,500 tons, 13,214 horse-power, and 18 knot speed. Her length, beam, and draught were 360ft., 70ft., and 25ft. 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. On June 9th a detachment from the “Centurion� proceeded in a Naval Brigade of mixed nationalities, 2000 strong, with 19 guns, for the relief of Peking, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Seymour. This expedition went through some very severe fighting, and suffered a loss of 2 officers and 63 men killed, and 20 officers and 210 men wounded before withdrawing. Captain Beyts, R.M.A., of the “Centurion,� was killed, and Captain John. R. Jellicoe, who behaved with great gallantry, and 4 other officers of the same ship were wounded. From June 26th to July 11th, 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. In 1910 this “Centurion� was sold at Portsmouth for £26,200

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