HMS Centurion (1892)
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HMS Centurion (1892)
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HMS Centurion was the lead ship of her class of two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Intended for service abroad, they exchanged heavy armour and a powerful armament for high speed and long range to counter the foreign armoured cruisers then being built as commerce raiders and were rated as second-class battleships. Completed in 1894, Centurion was assigned to the China Station as its flagship. Together with her sister ship, Barfleur, she supported Allied opera
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British lead ship of Centurion-class
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Centurion_(1892)
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2024-02-02T13:34:24Z
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