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I am reading a little book about Cromarty, written by someone who remembers the RN activity around that area in the 1930s. He writes about HMS Centurion being used as a target ship. All her guns had been removed and she was controlled from the destroyer HMS Shikari which carried the radio gear to control Centurion. Both these ships were painted light brey when all the other warships were painted dark grey. He says that she was sent to Bombay after Japan entered the war where she was stationed offshore with dummy upper works to look like a King George V class of battleship as described in the main article but could be wrong about that. She was sunk at Arromanches as part of the Mulberry harbour and withstood the storms better than the other smaller ships. -- jmb 08:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Point of interest, the ship was christened by Winston Churchill's wife, Clementine. Source: Churchill, author Ted Morgan, 1982 Simon and Schuster — Preceding
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In the infobox it states that the fate of Centurion was: "7 June 1944 Sunk as a Mulberry harbour blockship off Avranches."
Conversely, the caption to one of the photographs states "Centurion sunk as breakwater off Omaha Beach, June 1944".
These can't both be correct. Avranches and Omaha Beach lie on opposite sides of the Cotentin Peninsula and are separated by a direct distance of about 54 miles. By sea it would be about twice that distance. Dolphin ( t) 05:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Fixed. Well spoted, the other mulberry was off Arromanches, I'm guessing the editor just got mixed up. See
Mulberry_harbour
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Is Centurion still there? Many ship articles give exact lat and lng of final location or mention later dismantling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.9.139.126 ( talk) 02:34, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
I've added some stats to the info box, taken from King_George_V-class_battleship_(1911), cleaned up the lead section, deleted some repeated links and corrected some grammar throughout the article. I'll continue to expand the article as I get time if no-one objects. Gehyra Australis ( talk) 14:07, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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This is fascinating. I'm inferring from elsewhere in this article and the Talk page that her 13.5-inch battery had been removed at this point. Does anyone know what AA fit was contemplated? Would the absence of main armament be why she was not termed a potential "AA battleship"? She sure doesn't have much of the cruiser about her - too much armour and not quick enough... Tirailleur ( talk) 11:46, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
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I am reading a little book about Cromarty, written by someone who remembers the RN activity around that area in the 1930s. He writes about HMS Centurion being used as a target ship. All her guns had been removed and she was controlled from the destroyer HMS Shikari which carried the radio gear to control Centurion. Both these ships were painted light brey when all the other warships were painted dark grey. He says that she was sent to Bombay after Japan entered the war where she was stationed offshore with dummy upper works to look like a King George V class of battleship as described in the main article but could be wrong about that. She was sunk at Arromanches as part of the Mulberry harbour and withstood the storms better than the other smaller ships. -- jmb 08:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Point of interest, the ship was christened by Winston Churchill's wife, Clementine. Source: Churchill, author Ted Morgan, 1982 Simon and Schuster — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
71.31.94.82 (
talk)
20:14, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
In the infobox it states that the fate of Centurion was: "7 June 1944 Sunk as a Mulberry harbour blockship off Avranches."
Conversely, the caption to one of the photographs states "Centurion sunk as breakwater off Omaha Beach, June 1944".
These can't both be correct. Avranches and Omaha Beach lie on opposite sides of the Cotentin Peninsula and are separated by a direct distance of about 54 miles. By sea it would be about twice that distance. Dolphin ( t) 05:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Fixed. Well spoted, the other mulberry was off Arromanches, I'm guessing the editor just got mixed up. See
Mulberry_harbour
Gehyra Australis (
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09:58, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
Is Centurion still there? Many ship articles give exact lat and lng of final location or mention later dismantling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.9.139.126 ( talk) 02:34, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
I've added some stats to the info box, taken from King_George_V-class_battleship_(1911), cleaned up the lead section, deleted some repeated links and corrected some grammar throughout the article. I'll continue to expand the article as I get time if no-one objects. Gehyra Australis ( talk) 14:07, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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This is fascinating. I'm inferring from elsewhere in this article and the Talk page that her 13.5-inch battery had been removed at this point. Does anyone know what AA fit was contemplated? Would the absence of main armament be why she was not termed a potential "AA battleship"? She sure doesn't have much of the cruiser about her - too much armour and not quick enough... Tirailleur ( talk) 11:46, 14 November 2018 (UTC)