HMSCenturion(1774) was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1774. She was reduced to harbour service in 1809, sank at her moorings in 1824, and was raised and broken up in 1825.
HMS Centurion was to have been a 9,000 ton cruiser, planned in 1945, but cancelled in 1946.
Shore establishment
HMSCenturion(shore establishment) was the central drafting depot established at Haslemere in 1956, commissioned in 1957 and named in 1964. The base moved to Gosport, becoming a drafting depot and a pay and accounting centre, in 1970. It was paid off in 1994, becoming Centurion building, a tender to HMSSultan, mainly responsible for personnel and Human Resources functions.
Battle honours
Ships named Centurion have earned the following battle honours:
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