HMS Centaur (R06)
- Displacement
- 22,000 long tons (22,353 t)
- Length
- 224.87 m (737.8 ft)
- Beam
- 37.49 m (123 ft)
- Speed
- 28 knots (51.9 km/h, 32.2 mph)
- Complement
- 1,390
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
Service
- as HMS Centaur1 September 1953 — 1965
- Name
- HMS Centaur
- Pennant / hull number
- R06
- Builder
- Harland and Wolff
- Laid down
- 30 May 1944
- Launched
- 22 April 1947
- Commissioned
- 1 September 1953
- Decommissioned
- 1965
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1972-73 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 22,000 long tons (22,353 t)
- Length
- 224.87 m (737.8 ft)
- Beam
- 37.49 m (123 ft)
- Draught
- 8.47 m (27.8 ft)
- Speed
- 28 knots (51.9 km/h, 32.2 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 1,390
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
HMS Centaur was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R06. Her keel was laid at Harland and Wolff on 30 May 1944. Launched on 22 April 1947, she entered service on 1 September 1953.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier and was succeeded by the Invincible-class aircraft carrier.
Displacement was 22,000 long tons. She measured 224.9 m (738 ft) long with a beam of 37.5 m (123 ft). Her designed speed was 28 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,390. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.
She carried 42 aircraft. 76,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was decommissioned in 1965.
She was broken up for scrap in 1972.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines
- Power
- 76000 shp
- Armament
- 2 sextuple Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 8 twin Bofors 40 mm
- 4 single Bofors 40 mm
- 4 single 3-pounder saluting guns
- Armour
- 1 - 2 in on flight deck
- Aircraft
- 42 (decreased to 26 with jet fighters). 1958-60 Sea Hawk & Sea Venom, 1961-63 Sea Vixen FAW1 & Supermarine Scimitar, 1963-65 12 Sea Vixen
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Centaur (R06) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.