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Centurion (1732); Warship; Third rate; 60 guns (Full hull model; Block model)
Commodore Anson in the Centurion with a crew of 227, 30 of which were boys, on the 20th of June 1743 about two in the afternoon attacks and in less than half an hour obliges to strike and surrender the rich Acupulco ship Nuestra Senora de Capodongo commanded by the General Don Jeronimo de Montero bound to the Manilas (Print)
Stern of HMS Centurion (Drawing)
A chart of the southern part of South America with the track of the Centurion from the Island of St Catherine to the Island of Juan Fernandes in which is inserted the variation and soundings observ'd on board her; together with her deviation from her estimated course in passing round Cape Horn occasiond by the force of the currents (Chart; Print)
The Burning of Payta, November 1741 (Painting)
Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Centurion (1732); Warship; 64 guns (Sectional model; Bow model)
Commodore Anson in the Centurion... on the 20th of June 1743... attacks... Acupulco Ship Nuestra Senora de Capodongo (Print)
A view of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Phillipine Islands...represented his Majestys ship the Centurion engag'd and took the Spanish Galeon call'd Nostra Seigniora De Cabadonga from Acopulco bound to Manila (Print)
Centurion (1732) (Technical drawing)
Centurion (1732) (Technical drawing)
A view of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Phillipine Islands... the Centurion engag'd and took the Spanish Galeon called Nostra Seigniora de Cabadongah from Acapulco bound to Manila (Print)
A view of the anchoring place at Tenian where the Centurion water'd (Print)
The Capture of the 'Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga' by the 'Centurion', 20 June 1743 (Painting)
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