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HMS Centurion |
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HMS Centurion Laid Down : 16th January 1911 Launched : 18th November 1911 Completed : May 1913 Type : Battleship Class : King George V Builder : Devonport Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sunk as breakwater 9th June 1944. |
| HMS Centurion served at the Battle of Jutland. and remained in service until 1924. Used as radio controlled target ship from April 1925 to June 1927. At the outbreak of the second world war she became a repair ship, then a dummy battleship (disguised as HMS Anson) in June 1942. She was eventually broken up in 1945 after being run aground as a breakwater at Normandy on 9th June 1944. |
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  HMS Centurion, July 1924. |   HMS Centurion, August 1924. |   HMS Centurion. |   HMS Centurion, 1928. |   HMS Centurion, 1928. |
  HMS Centurion, June 1929. |   HMS Centurion, October 1937. |   HMS Centurion, October 1937. |   HMS Centurion |   HMS Centurion Photographed circa 1912 |
  HMS Centurion |   HMS Centurion being used as Target Ship |   HMS Centurion as a target ship, Malta. |   HMS Centurion as a target ship. |   HMS Centurion prepared as a target ship. |
  HMS Centurion as a target ship. |   HMS Centurion. |
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16th January 1911 - Laid down at Plymouth Dockyard 18th November 1911 - Launched February 1913 - Completed 15th April 1914 - Arrived Portsmouth 8th August 1914 - 2nd Battle Squadron in Home Waters 27th October 1914 - Sailed Greenock 16th December 1914 - Participated in the Scarborough Raid February 1915 - Refit 31st May 1916 - Capt. M. Culme-Seymour in Command 31st May 1916 - Took part in the Battle of Jutland August 1916 - Refit 1919 - Mediterranean 1st June 1919 - 4th Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 12th May 1921 - Reduced complement at Malta 10th December 1921 - Arrived Port Said 25th December 1921 - Arrived Alexandria 19th May 1923 - At Chanak 1924 - Decommissioned 26th July 1924 - Fleet Review at Spithead 1926 - Converted to a target ship 1927 - Used As A Target Ship 27th July 1928 - Capt. R.C. Hamilton in Command 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. G. B. Smith in Command 1st October 1932 - In reserve. Portsmouth 5th April 1933 - Placed into dockyard hands at Portsmouth for refit 6th April 1933 - Cdr. F.S.W. de Winton Assumed Command 6th April 1933 - Cdr. B.A.W. Warburton-Lee Relinquished Command 1st June 1933 - Recommissioned 1st June 1933 - Cdr. F.S.W. de Winton in Command 10th June 1933 - Completed refit at Portsmouth 15th January 1934 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean 15th January 1934 - Capt. G.R.S. Watkins in Command 19th January 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 20th January 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 20th January 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 24th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 21st October 1934 - Sailed Invergordon for Plymouth 1st January 1935 - Capt. I.M. Palmer Assumed Command 1st January 1935 - Capt. M.G.B. Legge relinquished Command 9th January 1935 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 9th January 1935 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 23rd April 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 3rd July 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 28th April 1937 - Recommissioned as a target ship in the Fleet Firing Service 28th April 1937 - Capt W.N.T. Beckett in Command 28th May 1937 - Arrived Portland 14th July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 9th October 1937 - Sailed Invergordon for Plymouth 12th September 1938 - Sailed Portsmouth for Invergordon 9th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 13th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th January 1939 - Arrived Malta 14th May 1939 - Arrived Plymouth August 1939 - Fleet Target Service, Home Fleet 3rd September 1939 - Fleet Target Service, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 3rd September 1939 - At Plymouth, Scapa Flow 9th June 1944 - Scuttled 9th June 1944 - Sunk as a breakwater at Arromanches | |||
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Last edited : 15:49, October 12, 2012
By : DataStream
First Added : 13:09, January 29, 2011
By : kc
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