HMS Centaur (1797)
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HMS Centaur was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 March 1797 at Woolwich. She served as Sir Samuel Hood's flagship in the Leeward Islands and the Channel. During her 22-year career Centaur saw action in the Mediterranean, the Channel, the West Indies, and the Baltic, fighting the French, the Dutch, the Danes, and the Russians. She was broken up in 1819.
HMS Centaur at Mount Diamond, Martinique
Centaur nearly collides with St. George
Officers of HMS Centaur in 1805
The Russian Ship Vsevolod burning, after the action with the Implacable and Centaur, August 26, 1808
Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet
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Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet,, of 37 Lower Wimpole Street, London, was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served as a Member of Parliament for Westminster in 1806.
Memorial tablet to Hood family in St Mary's Church Netherbury, erected in 1914 by public subscription. Details ancestry of Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet
Mural monument to Sir Samuel Hood, St. Mary's Church, Madras
Admiral Hood Monument, Butleigh, Somerset
Hood, far left, at the Hustings for the Westminster Election, November 1806. "Dressed in uniform, with his empty right sleeve, turning in profile to the left, away from Sheridan, putting his hand to his mouth to cover a smile"