Centurion
4th rate wrecked 25th Dec 1689, the second Royal Navy vessel called Centurion
London Gazette, Monday 30-DEC-1689 to Thursday 02-JAN-1689 [Old Style], No.2519
'Plymouth, Decemb. 27. The 25th instant in the night there arose a very violent storm of wind at SW, blowing by gusts, and often shifting...At the same time went likewise from her anchor a Dutch man of war, called the UNITY, who falling foul upon the CENTURION frigat, they were both driven ashore, and staved under Mount Batton within the Sound; of the former there were lost about 150, and of the later [sic] about 12 men.'
C.SP.Dom.William III 1699 p328;
W & R Devon p119;
NMR
1689 wreck of English frigate, a Fourth Rate ship of the line, which stranded under Mount Batten during a gale, after a collision with a Dutch warship, the EENDRACHT [SX 45 SE 805 / 1449020], which also stranded in the same place. The CENTURION was later broken up where she lay. Constructed of wood and said to have been armed with between 34 and 50 guns, she was a sailing vessel.
The Henrietta, Centurion, Blade of Wheat and Dover Prize were lost in the same storm.
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References
(1) Lecky H.S., 1913, The King's Ships, Horace Muirhead, 1913
(2) Larn R. & Larn B., 1995, Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol. 1, Lloyds Register of Shipping, ISBN 0 900528 88 5
(3) Hepper, David, 1994, British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, Jean Boudriot Publications, ISBN 0948864303,
(4) Colledge J., 1969, Ships of the Royal Navy Vols 1 & 2, David and Charles,ISBN 71534353X
(5) Oppenheim M., 1968, Maritime History of Devon, The Devonshire Press,ISBN 0 90077100 3
(6) PastScape Centurion, English Heritage
