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HMS Ceres Laid Down : 26th April 1916 Launched : 24th March 1917 Completed : 1st June 1917 Type : Cruiser Class : Ceres Builder : John Brown Country : UK Sequence : This is the 3rd ship with this name. Pennants : 66, 56, 38, D59 Fate : Sold for scrap 5th April 1946 |
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HMS Ceres at Malta. | Percy Knight and mate on HMS Ceres. | HMS Ceres. |
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8th August 1914 - 6th Light Cruiser Squadron 24th March 1917 - Launched 22nd November 1918 - Sailed Rosyth for Copenhagen and the Baltic 24th November 1918 - Sailed Copenhagen for Libau 26th November 1918 - Arrived Libau 27th November 1918 - Sailed Libau for Reval 1st January 1919 - Arrived Helsingfors 2nd January 1919 - Sailed Helsingfors March 1919 - Joined 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet 1st June 1919 - 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 18th July 1919 - Capt. H.O. Reinold in Command 4th August 1919 - Sailed Marseilles for Malta 10th November 1919 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 17th April 1920 - Arrived Smyrna. Sailed for Makri same day 15th June 1920 - Arrived Marseilles 1st November 1920 - At Gibraltar 23rd December 1921 - Sailed Malta for Egypt 19th May 1923 - At Constantinople 28th March 1929 - 3rd Cruiser Squadron 9th April 1929 - Arrived Oran 19th April 1929 - Sailed Oran 20th April 1929 - Arrived Cagliari 24th April 1929 - Sailed Cagliari 25th April 1929 - Arrived Bona 1st May 1929 - Sailed Bona 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 29th January 1932 - Capt. G. A. Scott, DSC in Command 5th April 1932 - At Plymouth in reserve 5th April 1932 - Cdr. G.O. Lydekker in Command 27th April 1932 - Sailed Plymouth for Sheerness 27th April 1932 - Sailed Plymouth for Chatham 28th April 1932 - Arrived Sheerness 1st October 1932 - 3rd Cruiser Squadron. Mediterranean Fleet 1st October 1932 - Capt. G. A. Scott, DSC in Command 14th January 1933 - Arrived Volo 25th January 1933 - Sailed Volo 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Porto Fino 30th March 1933 - Arrived Porto Fino 12th April 1933 - Arrived San Remo 24th April 1933 - Sailed San Remo 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 29th July 1933 - Sailed Venice for Vela Lake 31st July 1933 - Arrived Vela Luka 26th October 1933 - Arrived Sheerness 27th November 1933 - Paid off at Chatham into the Chatham Reserve 27th November 1933 - Capt. G.A. Scott in Command 13th August 1934 - In reserve at Chatham 5th May 1936 - Cdr. P.H. Calderon Assumed Command 5th May 1936 - In Reserve at Plymouth January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 31st July 1939 - Captain Edmund Geoffrey Abbott in Command 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 27th August 1939 - Arrived at Portland for duty with the Channel Force 3rd September 1939 - Channel Force 3rd September 1939 - At Portland 7th September 1939 - Transferred to Western Approaches Command 1st October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth to escort OA.12G to Gibraltar and act as convoy commodore 5th October 1939 - On the Northern Patrol 10th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar with turbine defects for Plymouth 13th October 1939 - Arrived Plymouth for repairs 27th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for duty with the Northern Patrol 27th October 1939 - Repairs completed 31st October 1939 - Sailed Kirkwall for Scapa Flow 31st October 1939 - Arrived On the Northern Patrol 31st October 1939 - Arrived Kirkwall 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 3rd November 1939 - On Northern Patrol between the Orkneys and the Faroes 9th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 9th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe from northern patrol 12th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duty 18th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe from Northern Patrol 21st November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe on Northern Patrol duties 23rd November 1939 - On patrol Iceland-Faroes Channel 23rd November 1939 - Stationed five miles due north of Kelso Light to act as a night attack striking force 24th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 26th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 2nd December 1939 - Arrived the Clyde 9th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol 10 miles 180° from Myggenoes Light in the Faroes 15th December 1939 - Off the Faroes 16th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 16th December 1939 - Arrived in Scapa Flow, departed the same day 25th December 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after patrol 25th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Fow 28th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol duties 28th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the East Indies, via the Mediterranean 2nd January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after Northern Patrol 3rd January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol 7th January 1940 - Arrived with captured Norwegian steamer Troma off North Rona 11th January 1940 - Left station for Belfast 13th January 1940 - Arrived Belfast for repairs and refitting 7th February 1940 - Completed refit at Belfast 7th February 1940 - Refitting and repairing completed at Belfast 8th February 1940 - Sailed Belfast for Malta 19th February 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar from Plymouth 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Malta 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Malta 18th March 1940 - Arrived Port Said. 6th June 1944 - Flagship of U.S. Service Force 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 1946 - Broken up |
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Last edited : 08:44, March 8, 2011
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