The Type 46 Centurion class cruisers are a class of British guided missile cruisers, it is one of the number of of British warship in service in a few navies around the world, including the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
The Centurion class guided missile cruisers along with the County class missile cruisers are employed primarily as air defence cruisers for Royal Navy carrier battle groups and have a secondary general purpose role as part of the Royal Navy's escalation of presence missions.
Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Cruiser
- Service Period: 2004-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 637 feet 5 inches (194.28 meters)
- Beam: 84 feet (25.6 meters)
- Draft: 28 feet (8.54 meters)
- Displacement: 18,300 tons (Standard);
- Crew: 466 officers and enlisted
- Propulsion:
- Range: 17,600 nautical miles (32,595.2 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Plessy MIDAS Combat System
- Thales S1850M 3D Air Search RDF
- Raytheon Type 1047 I-Band RDF
- Raytheon Type 1048 E/F-Band RDF
- Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-Band Navigation RDF
- Ultra Electronics Series 2500 gunfire control RDF
- Ultra Electronics SML RDF tracking system
- Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 ASDIC
- Thales/SELEX Fully Integrated Communications System
- Countermeasures:
- Airborne Systems IDS300 floating naval decoy system
- Ultra Electronics Surface Ship Torpedo Defence System
- UAT Mod2.1 Radar Electronic Surveillance system
- Armament
- 4 x 155mm/52-caliber Mk.IV naval guns (2x2)
- 3 x 64-cell VLS (fires Broadsword, Orca II, Seawolf, Stormwind, etc...)
- 3 x Denel Systems 35mm Naval Defender CIWS
- 2 x Firestrike laser CIWS (fitted for but not with)
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x large maritime helicopters
Unit Run[]
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- HMS Centurion
- HMS Excelsior
- HMS Odyssey
- HMS Phoenix
- HMS Nemesis
- HMS Repulse
- HMS Longbow
- HMS Resistance
- HMS Sentinel
- HMS Redoubtable
- HMS Constellation
- HMS Black Prince
- HMS Hector
- HMS Swiftsure
- HMS Eclipse
- HMS Brilliant
- HMS Scout
- HMS Champion
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- HMAS Voyager (CM A98)
- HMAS Waterhen (CM A99)
- HMAS Vampire (CM A100)
- HMAS Vendetta (CM A101)
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- HMCS Nanook (CM C08)
- HMCS Thunderbird (CM C09)
- HMCS Amarok (CM C10)
- HMCS Moqwaio (CM C11)
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- HMNZS unnamed (CM 03)
- HMNZS unnamed (CM 04)
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- NRB Democracia (C-13)
- NRB Republica (C-14)
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- HNLMS Rotterdam (CM 805)
- HNLMS Johan de Witt (CM 806)
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- BRP Mindanao
- BRP Visayas
- BRP Luzon