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Unique ID:
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1574
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Added to Database:
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23 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Centurion Crocodile (3450)
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Model (ID):
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Centurion Crocodile (3450)
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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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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
03 ZR 71 and T351770: “03 ZR 71” painted on nose, turret sides and hull rear.
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Name: |
“ARROMANCHES” painted on right side stowage box. “PEARL” painted in front of driver’s hatch. “LILY” painted on gun barrel sides.
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Other Identification: |
Unit markings painted on front mud flaps, hull rear, turret rear and fronts of turret side stowage boxes. (Previously painted overall sand with a black stripe around the turret, presumably as a tank in the Suez Campaign).
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Collection Reference: |
E1970.151. (Accession 15170, Entry 1970.1021).
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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 (Primary manufacturer of base vehicle)
2: 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 is a Mark 3. It is missing its side-skirts, and is displayed in the markings of a tank of 3 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment, part of the Commonwealth Division, during the Korean War. Commanded by Sergeant A Wallace, Military Medal, the tank depicted participated in a fiercely contested action defending a location called ‘The Hook’ against Chinese forces in Korea in May 1953. Sergeant Wallace was awarded his Military Medal for his bravery during this action.
While painted as a Korean War veteran, this tank was in fact the prototype Centurion Crocodile flame throwing tank; a type that never entered production. It was put on the museum books in 1970.
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March 2011
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1: Upper front right view
Taken: 10 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6990
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 58200745...
Views: 201
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6992
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 58200787...
Views: 145
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6991
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 58206325...
Views: 140
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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4: Upper rear right view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4563
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1040190...
Views: 154
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Upper front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4560
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030239...
Views: 168
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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6: Upper front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4561
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030241...
Views: 174
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Upper rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4562
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030302...
Views: 128
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Turret close-up
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6345
Added: 27 December 2011
Filename: P1040183...
Views: 134
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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9: Front view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6666
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Cen...
Views: 181
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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