Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Light cruiser D59

HMS Ceres (D59)

C-class light cruiser

HMS Ceres (D59)
Photographer not identified — This photograph Q 73427 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. PC 52) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — D59 Royal Navy C-class light cruiser HMS Ceres

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Ceres1 June 1917 — July 19462,193 days of the war
C-class light cruiser Particulars
Name
HMS Ceres
Pennant / hull number
D59
Builder
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down
26 April 1916
Launched
24 March 1917
Commissioned
1 June 1917
Fate
Broken up July 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
4,190 long tons (4,257 t)
Length
137.16 m (450 ft)
Beam
13.29 m (43.6 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
29 knots (53.7 km/h, 33.4 mph)
Complement
327
Main gun
152 mm (6 in)

HMS Ceres was a C-class light cruiser in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D59. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 26 April 1916. She entered service on 1 June 1917, having been launched on 24 March 1917.

40 ships of the class were built. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

She displaced 4,190 long tons. She measured 137.2 m (450 ft) long with a beam of 13.3 m (44 ft). Her designed speed was 29 knots, and she carried a complement of 327.

Her main battery was five 152 mm (6 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1946.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Two Brown-Curtis geared turbines
  • Six Yarrow boilers
  • Two propellers
  • 40,000 shp
Armament
  • 5 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
  • 2 × 2-pounder (907g) guns
  • 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
  • 3 inch side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½ inch side (bows)
  • 2 inch side (stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

Sister ships

15 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Ceres (D59) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Photographer not identified — This photograph Q 73427 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. PC 52) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons