For other ships with the same name, see
Centaure.
![](../I/m/Robuste-Antoine_Roux.jpg) The Robuste, sister-ship of the Centaure |
History |
France |
Name: |
Centaure |
Namesake: |
Centaure |
Ordered: |
25 November 1811 |
Builder: |
Cherbourg |
Laid down: |
2 November 1811 |
Launched: |
8 January 1818 |
In service: |
10 February 1823 |
Renamed: |
Santi-Pietri 14 October 1823 |
Fate: |
Destroyed by fire 4 January 1862 |
General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Bucentaure-class |
Type: |
ship of the line |
Length: |
- 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
- 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
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Beam: |
15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
Depth of hold: |
7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
Propulsion: |
Sail |
Sail plan: |
2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
Complement: |
866 |
Armament: |
86 guns |
Centaure was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.
She took part in operations of the Spanish expedition in 1823, along with Trident and Sirène, silencing fort Santi-Pietri. On 14 October 1823, she was renamed Santi-Pietri to commemorate the event. Santi-Pietri was later used as a troopship, and as a prison hulk in Toulon from 1850, before being destroyed by fire on 4 January 1862.
References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Jan: Northern Light
- 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri
- 9 Jan: USS Meteor, USS Potomac
- 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott
- 23 Jan: Ocean Chief
- 24 Jan: USS Peri
- 25 Jan: USS New England, USS Stephen Young
- 26 Jan: USS India, USS Timor
- 7 Feb: CSS Curlew
- 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird
- 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox, CSS Fanny, CSS Forrest
- 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes
- 8 Mar: USS Congress, USS Cumberland
- 9 Mar: CSS George Page
- 10 Mar: USS Whitehall
- March (unknown date): Camilla (or Memphis)
- 7 Apr: CSS Grampus, CSS New Orleans
- 14 Apr: Erebus
- 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton
- 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell, CSS Governor Moore, CSS Manassas, Sweepstakes, USS Varuna
- 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi, Pioneer, Washington
- 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana, CSS McRae
- April (unknown date): CSS Jackson
- 10 May: USS Cincinnati, CSS Germantown, USS Mound City, CSS Fulton
- 11 May: CSS Virginia
- 15 May: CSS Jamestown
- May (unknown date): CSS United States
- 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell, CSS General Beauregard, CSS General Bragg, CSS General M. Jeff Thompson, CSS General Sterling Price, CSS General Sumter, CSS Little Rebel
- 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn
- 28 Jun: USS Island Belle
- 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner, USS Sidney C. Jones
- 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles
- 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas
- 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter
- 23 Aug: USS Adirondack
- 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew, USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 10 Sep: USS Tigress
- 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough
- 25 Nov: USS Ellis
- November (unknown date): USS Mingo
- 12 Dec: USS Cairo
- 31 Dec: USS Monitor
- Unknown date: USS Noble
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Other incidents | |
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1861 ![](../I/m/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png) 1863 |