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Centaur

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Nominal Guns74BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
Captured18.8.1759BWAS-1714
First Commissioned8.4.1760BWAS-1714
ShipyardToulon - Provence BWAS-1714
Ship ClassHector Class (1755)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1755-1789
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1755-1789
NNF-1715
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Foundered21.9.1782BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck175' 8"Imperial Feet53.3427 
Length of Keel148' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet45.1168 
Breadth47' 5"Imperial Feet14.3437 
Depth in Hold20' 0"Imperial Feet6.096 
Burthen1,77 1994Tons BM 

Armament


18.8.1759Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
25.4.1760550Design Complement

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.4.1760 - 6.12.1763Captain
Arthur ForrestBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1744
ADM 6/19/155
BWAS-1714
28.3.1770 - 25.10.1770Captain
Robert HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1770
ADM 6/20/274
ADM 6/20
25.10.1770 - 26.10.1773Captain
John Albert BentinckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1773
ADM 6/20/304
BWAS-1714
26.10.1773 - 26.10.1776Captain
William BreretonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1786
ADM 6/20/524
BWAS-1714
26.10.1776 - 14.2.1778Captain
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1805
ADM 6/21/222
BWAS-1714
14.2.1778 - 31.3.1779Captain
Philips CosbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1805
Transfered ADM 6/21/367
BWAS-1714
12.4.1779 - 30.4.1781Captain
John Neale Pleydell NottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1764
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/21/540
ADM 6/21
2.5.1781 - 31.1.1782Captain
Edward Tyrrel SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1767-1812
Transfered ADM 6/22/307
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 3.7.1781
ADM 6/22
9.5.1781 - 21.3.1782Captain
The Hon. Charles FitzgeraldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1808
Transfered ADM 6/22/496
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 16.7.1782
ADM 6/22
21.3.1782 - 24.9.1782Captain
John Nicholson InglefieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1796
BWAS-1714

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
7.11.1770 - 21.9.1773First Lieutenant
David MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1779
ADM 6/20/311
ADM 6/20
4.3.1773 - 26.1.1774Third Lieutenant
Joseph LashBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1778
ADM 6/20/480
ADM 6/20
26.1.1774 - 25.8.1774Third Lieutenant
John ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1784
ADM 6/21/11
ADM 6/21
26.1.1774 - 25.8.1774Fourth Lieutenant
Joseph LashBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1778
ADM 6/21/11
ADM 6/20
25.8.1774 - 6.11.1775Second Lieutenant
John ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1784
ADM 6/21/43
ADM 6/21
25.8.1774 - 6.11.1775Third Lieutenant
Joseph LashBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1778
ADM 6/21/43
ADM 6/20
6.11.1775 - 20.4.1778First Lieutenant
John ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1784
Transfered ADM 6/21/134
ADM 6/21
6.11.1775 - 11.5.1776Second Lieutenant
Joseph LashBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1778
ADM 6/21/134
ADM 6/20

1 Passenger


DatesRankNameSource
9.1782 - 21.9.1782Captain
George Augustus KeppelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1782
† Discharged Dead
BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
6.11.1759Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
7.1.1760Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £18625.17.11dBWAS-1714
30.5.1760Completed fitting at a cost of £14197.8.0dBWAS-1714
5.6.1761Took the Ship of the Line
Sainte Anne (64) 1760-1761
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
on the Jamaica station

6.6.1762Operations against Havana
6.12.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
2.1769Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1770Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £24332.4.10dBWAS-1714
10.1770fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5797.3.9dBWAS-1714
7.1771Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
9.1771Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2080.2.7dBWAS-1714
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
31.12.1779Affair of Fielding and Bylandt
3.1780Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1780Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6660.4.10dBWAS-1714
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
21.9.1782

Foundered in a Hurricane on the passage Home from Jamaica, only 12 saved including the captain

BWAS-1714

 

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