Centurion-class battleship
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The Centurion-class battleships were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. They were rated as second-class battleships because they were less heavily armed and a
Barfleur, 1895
Barfleur at anchor, after 1904
Drawing of Centurion at sea
HMS Barfleur (1892)
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HMS Barfleur was the second and last of the Centurion-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Intended for service abroad, they exchanged heavy armour and a powerful a
Centurion-class battleship
…and were given higher speed and longer range to counter the armoured cruisers then being built as commerce raiders. Completed in 1894, Centurion and Barfleur spent most of their careers assigned to the China Station or the Mediterranean Fleet, with Centurion usually serving as the flagship of the former. The…
Barfleur before 1898