| Name: | CENTAUR |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 24/01/1915 |
| Launched: | 06/01/1916 |
| Completed: | 26/08/1916 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 888 |
| Dimensions: | 3828disp - 4950disp, 420.0 x 41.5 x 13.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers Ltd, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 28.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins, 2 x 3pdr guns; 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 26/08/1916 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/03/1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built using materials originally intended for two cruisers for Turkey |
| A member of the Centaur sub class of the C Class of light cruisers | |
| 02/1934: Sold to West of Scootland Shipbreaking Co for breaking up | |
| 06/03/1934: Arrived at Troon for breaking up |
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