CENTURION

BUILT IN 1869 BY WALTER HOOD & CO.SHE WAS THE SECOND ABERDEEN VESSEL TO BEAR THE NAME " CENTURION ". SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARGE IN 1886. IN 1887 SHE WAS BEING TOWED BY A TUG WHEN THE TOW PARTED IN BAD WEATHER AND SHE FOUNDERED AND SANK WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES.