High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Centurion class battleships were second-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy designed for service on distant stations. The Centurion class comprised three ships, Centurion, Barfleur, and the slightly later Renown, the latter being built to a modified design. The ships were designed by Sir William White to be lightly armed battleships designed for service on the China Station and Pacific Station. Their relative lack of firepower enabled greater quantities of coal to be carried, extending their range, and it was not thought they would face the big guns of an enemy fleet.

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