(HMS) Centurion
The 48 gun Centurion was a 4th rate ship launched at Ratcliff in 1650 and was added to the Navy during the Commonwealth, she was the second RN ship to carry that name. Amongst her other battle honours she took part in the Battle of Dover on 19th May 1652 during the The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654).
On the night of 25th December 1689 a violent south-westerly wind caused many ships in Plymouth Sound to drag their anchors. The Centurion fell foul of the Dutch warship Eendracht (Unity) and they were both driven ashore under Mount Batten, the Dutch losing about 150 men and 12 from the Centurion.
The Centurion was later broken up where she lay.
The Henrietta, Centurion, Blade of Wheat and Dover Prize were lost in the same storm.
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The Battle of Dover |
