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R06 Centaur (Centaur Class)




Laid down 30th May 1944
Launched 22nd April 1947
Completed N/A
Commissioned 1st September 1953
Fate Sold for scrapping:
11th August 1972
Builders Harland & Wolff, Belfast
United Kingdom
Complement 1390
Dimensions
Displacement 18300 tons std
18593 tons max
Dimensions 737' x 90' x 27'
224.6m x 27.4m x 8.2m
Armament
Guns As built:
32 x 40mm Bofors (2 x 6, 8 x 2, 4 x 1)
1960:
20 x 40mm
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons None
Countermeasures N/A
Armour Machinery spaces : 1"
Magazine : 2"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
42 various
1960:
21 various
Flightdeck 710' x 100'
1 x hydraulic catapult
Hangar N/A
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar Type 982 air search
Type 960 air search
Type 983 height finder
Type 277Q aircraft direction
Sonar None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 4 x Admiralty boilers
2 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 80000shp
Speed 29.5kts
Shafts 2
Range 6000NM @ 20kts
Fuel 4064 tons

In the late 1950s, Centaur was given a refit, recommissioning in 1960. The single hydraulic catapult was replaced by 2 steam ones, and 12 of the 40mm guns were removed.

She spent most of her career in the Far East and Mediterranean. In 1966 she became a depot ship at Devonport, but was later moved to Portsmouth. She was decommissioned in 1971 and scrapped from 1972.