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Unique ID:
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1976
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Added to Database:
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29 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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A41 Centurion (3400)
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Model (ID):
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Mark 5 (3410)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Post War (British Steel Hall) (3014)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
02 ZR 18: “02 ZR 18” painted on hull rear. T351992 (source: Tank Museum Record).
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Other Identification: |
Displayed cut into two halves.
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Collection Reference: |
E1984.235. (Accession 23584, Entry 1984.1157).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and manufacturer 1957-58) 2: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (ca1982) 3: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Restored and sectioned 1982-4) 4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Centurion was built as a Mark 2 at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Leeds, and was originally fitted with the 17pdr tank gun. It was converted to a Mark 3 and eventually ended service as a Mark 5. It was acquired in a poor state from a storage dump at the Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire. It is displayed in two sections after being cut in half at the ROF, Leeds, in a two-year project (from 1982 to 1984) by young apprentices and graduate trainees. This is to graphically demonstrate the conditions and equipment found inside a tank. The exhibit includes a video display, and has a plaque that reads:
OPENED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Colonel-in-Chief Royal Tank Regiment 30th May 1997
In Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai and In Celebration of Her Majesty’s 50th Wedding Anniversary |
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March 2011
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1: Interior view
Taken: 11 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6993 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 58206615... Views: 283 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Interior view
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3: Rear view
Taken: 11 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6995 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 58206666... Views: 307 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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