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Name Official number Flag IMO
CERES    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1917  24/03/1917  02/06/1917 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Cruiser  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  459 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 4190 disp 137.2 m  13.3 m    4.5 m 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2 Shaft Brown Curtis all-geared turbines, 6 Yarrow boilers, oil, 40,000shp giving 29 knots. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Light Cruiser, Ceres Class
October 1944 reduced to the Reserve and used as an accommodation/base ship at Portsmouth

Battle Honour: NORMANDY 1944 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1946  Broken Up 12/07/1946 
Disposal Detail
Sold for BU 5/4/1946 and arrived at Hughes Bolckow, Blyth for scrapping on 12/7/1946 
 

 

Ceres leaving the Clyde 1917
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Ceres 1918
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Ceres
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Ceres 1929 Malta
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Ceres 1939 Reserve at Devonprt
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