Name: | CERES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1918 |
Completed: | 07/1918 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 329 |
Dimensions: | 3079grt, 1887nrt, 330.6 x 47.7 x 22.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 65 x 42ins), 289nhp |
Engines by: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1918 | Soc les Affreteurs Reunis (J Stern, manager), Rouen |
1924 | Plisson & Cie appointed managers |
1931 | Heuzey & Chastellain appointed managers |
26/05/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 4/1940: Requisitioned by the French Navy as auxiliary transport CERES |
26/05/1940: Sunk by German bombers between Rouen & Dunkirk | |
1945: Wreck broken up |
Above photo, taken shortly before her loss in 1940, is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo courtesy of Photoship