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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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