LogoBLACK SEA - HISTORY OF VISITS ( http://www.blackseavisits.ru)

     Centurion      

Photo byPhoto available.

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: George V, [BB].

Builder: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, U.K.
Launch date: 18 November 1911.
Commission date: May 1913.
Decommission date: 7 June 1944.

Displacement ( tons ): 23400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 182 x 27 x 8,4.
Main machinery: 4 x Parsons steam turbines ( 31000 hp ), 18 x Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers.
Range ( miles ): 14000 at 10 knots.
Speed ( knots ): 21,5.
Complement: 900.

Guns: 5 x 2 340mm Mk5, 16 x 1 102mm Mk7.
Torpedoes: 3 x 1 533mm torpedo tubes ( 21 torpedoes ).
Comment: Sunk as Mulberry harbour 14 October 1939.

White space
Similar units:
United Kingdom Ajax
United Kingdom King George V
White space
Author | Bibliography | Links | Guestbooks | Maps
white