![]() The view from Lady Juliana on the morning after the hurricane, featuring Centaur along with HMS Glorieux and HMS Ville de Paris
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Name | Centaure |
Ordered | 1755 |
Builder | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb, Toulon Dockyard |
Laid down | February 1756 |
Launched | 17 March 1757 |
Commissioned | October 1757 |
Captured | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
General characteristics In French service[1] | |
Class and type | 74-gun second-rank ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1450 |
Length | 164 French feet[2] |
Beam | 43 French feet |
Draught | 19 French feet 11 inches |
Depth of hold | 20½ French feet |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 620 men, +6/10 officers |
Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
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Name | HMS Centaur |
Acquired | 18 August 1759 |
Fate | Wrecked, 24 September 1782 |
General characteristics In British service[3] | |
Class and type | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1739 |
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 |
Centaure was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched at Toulon in 1757. She was designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb and named on 25 October 1755, and built under his supervision at Toulon. In French service she carried 74 cannon, comprising: 28 × 36-pounders on the lower deck, 30 × 18-pounders on the upper deck, 10 × 8-pounders on the quarterdeck, 6 × 8-pounders on the forecastle.
The Royal Navy captured Centaure at the Battle of Lagos[4] on 18 August 1759, and commissioned her as the third-rate HMS Centaur.[3]
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