| Name: | CERES |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 26/03/1868 |
| Completed: | 04/1868 |
| Builder: | CO Young |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 454nrt, 139.4 x 28.4 x 17.5ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 60481 |
| History: | |
| 28/04/1868 | Shallett Hewson, North Shields |
| 29/11/1871 | Joseph Wilson, Cleadon; Henry Wilson, Westoe & William Blain, South Shields |
| 1874 | John Hughes, Williamstown; registered at Melbourne |
| 05/09/1883 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 12/06/1871: Shallett Hewson died |
| 05/09/1883: Wrecked off Bampton Reef, Coral Sea | |
| On a voyage from Newcastle, NSW to Batavia with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 27/03/1868