Centaur (ship)

Centaur (ship)

"Centaur" may refer to one of the following ships:

* AHS "Centaur", an Australian hospital ship sunk in 1943

*, a 74-gun ship of the line, out of commission in 1816, broken up in 1819.
* HMS "Centaur" - formerly the "Norge", captured from the Danish after the battle of Copenhagen in 1807
* HMS "Centaur" - a steam frigate
*, lead ship of the "Centaur"-subclass of the C class cruisers
*, an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1953, decommissioned in 1965, and scrapped in 1972

* USS "Centaur", a fictional starship in the "Star Trek" universe; appeared primarily in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "A Time to Stand"


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