Try our affiliated browser extension - redirect to BreezeWiki automatically!

Centurion

"The world's still the same. There's just...less in it."
It is requested that this article, or a section of this article, be expanded.
See the request on the listing or on this article's talk page. Once the improvements have been completed, you may remove this notice and the page's listing. No reason has been supplied; please provide a reason on the template or talkpage
This article is about the Spanish treasure galleon. You may be looking for the British frigate of the same name.

"Captain Villanueva used the Centurion to fight both Chevalle and Ammand for the right to plunder the Mediterranean."
―Unknown[src]

The Centurion was a Spanish Treasure Galleon owned and captained by Pirate Lord Eduardo Villanueva.

History

"Hey, François, am I drunker than I thought? Is that a ship coming in?"
"But-there is no wind. Is it the Flying Dutchman?"
"No, that's a Jolly Roger. But whose?"
"Villanueva."
―Louis and François[src]

The Centurion was Villanueva's favorite ship from his personal privateer fleet, the Spanish Treasure Fleet. He used the Centurion for many battles in the Mediterranean Sea against the Barbary Corsairs led by Ammand and the French pirates led by Chevalle.

On one occasion, Villanuvea and his crew sailed off the coast of Spain, when they encountered two burning wrecks, victims of a band of rogue pirates. A few months later, the Centurion docked in Shipwreck Cove, and Villanueva told the tale of his discovery to assembled Pirate Lords. All the Pirate Lords at the meeting agreed to take actions against the rogues, to prevent the navies of Europe from declaring war on piracy.[5] A few days later, Villanueva organized a game of Hazard aboard the Centurion.[6]

Villanueva victory

During Jack Sparrow's search for the Shadow Gold, the Centurion was commandeered by the Shadow Lord who used it to sail from the Caribbean to Marseilles, France. Villanueva and his whole crew were captured.[7] However, they were freed a few days later when Jack Sparrow and the French Pirate Lord Chevalle came onboard.[8] Years later, during Lord Cutler Beckett's War Against Piracy, the Centurion was part of the Brethren Court fleet that witnessed the battle of Calypso's maelstrom.[1]

Design and appearance

Contradicting most of the requirements of a good pirate ship, the Centurion was a lumbering monstrosity. Nevertheless, she was a seaworthy vessel, and Villanueva proudly used the enormous galleon as a flagship of his fleet, and to sail around many of the Seven Seas.[9] She was relatively slow compared to the supernatural speed of the Black Pearl, but she also had a set of oars to propel the ship when there was no wind, giving her advantage over ships that relied solely on sails.[10]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  2. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
  3. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p. 222
  4. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game
  5. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Two: Lady Esmeralda
  6. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Ten: Revelations
  7. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters, p. 200
  8. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
  9. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Thirteen
  10. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Fourteen
Pirate ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirate ships
Adventure – Black Barnacle – Black Bart's ship – Black Dog – Black Harbinger – Black Pearl – Black Pearl (frigate) – Buzzard – Centurion – Ching's flagship – Cobra – Cursed crew's pirate ship – Cutlass – Death Omen – Dolphin – Dragon – Dying Gull – Empress – Fancy – Fleur de la Mort – Fortune – Fuchuan – Ghostly Seadog – Gretchen – Grim Reaper – Hai Peng – Hanyu Pinyin – Harkaway – HMS Interceptor – Jack Sparrow's bilander – Jack Sparrow's corvette – Jack Sparrow's galleon – Jack Sparrow's sloop – King George's Amnesty – Kin Tai Fong – Kirbac – Koldunya – La Vipère – Misty Lady – Monkeebutt – Nemesis – Neptune – Ningpo – Otter – Paradox – Pearl – Phantom – Pirate galleon – Princess – Queen Anne's Revenge – Ranger – Red Dragon – Revenant – Revenge – Royal Fortune – Ruddy Rose – Satisfaction – Sea Nymph – Sea Star – Seref – Siren's Revenge – Smilin' Jack's ship – Song – Sparrow – Storm Reaper – Swift – Troubadour – Venganza –Victory – Wicked Wench (Isla Tesoro) – Wicked Wench (Captain Morgan)
[edit]


Spanish Royal Navy ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Spanish ships
Carrera de la Vega's ship – Centurion – El Patron's ship – La Señora de la Malaga – Maldonado's ship – Our Lady of Divine Inspiration –
Prowler – San Miguel – San Pablo – Santa Catalina – Santiago – Silent Mary – The Spaniard's ship – Spanish Blood Scourge –
Spanish Cerberus – Spanish Shadow Crow – Sparrow – Unnamed Spanish galleon
[edit]
This article is a stub about a ship or vessel. You can help PotC Wiki by expanding it.