H.M.S. Ceres (1917)

H.M.S. Ceres (1917)
Pendant Number:	66 (1914) 36 (Jan 1918) 58 (Apr 1918)^[1]
Builder:	John Brown^[2]
Ordered:	Mar/Apr 1916^[3]
Laid down:	11 Jul, 1916^[4]
Launched:	24 Mar, 1917^[5]
Commissioned:	Jun, 1917^[6]
Sold:	5 Apr, 1946^[7]
Fate:	Broken up Hughes Bolckow^[8]

Service

She recommissioned on 1 November, 1920.^[9]

Alterations

Ceres was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.^[10]

Ceres was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her TS in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.^[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain George N. Tomlin, 30 May, 1917^[12] – 13 June, 1917^[13] (temporarily)
Captain Herbert Meade, 13 June, 1917^[14]^[15] – April, 1918^[16]
Captain Henry G. E. Lane, April, 1918^[17] – July, 1919
Captain Harold O. Reinold, July, 1919^[18]^[19] – 18 July, 1921^[20]
Captain John K. im Thurn, 21 June, 1921^[21] – 15 March, 1923^[22]
Captain Arthur L. Snagge, 15 March, 1923^[23]^[24]
Acting Captain H. Evelyn C. Blagrove, 10 February, 1924^[25] – 21 February, 1924^[26]
Captain Nicholas E. Archdale, 21 February, 1924^[27] – 26 February, 1925^[28]
Captain Wellwood G. C. Maxwell, 26 February, 1925^[29] – April, 1927^[30]
Captain Arthur J. Landon, 19 March, 1927^[31] – January, 1929^[32]
Captain Norman A. Wodehouse, 17 December, 1928^[33] – 5 November, 1929^[34]
Captain Frederick A. Sommerville, 10 February, 1931^[35] – 1 April, 1931^[36] (for trials)
Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 6 April, 1931^[37] – 10 July, 1931^[38] (ship winding up in Devonport Reserve)
Captain George A. Scott, May, 1932^[39]
Captain William B. Hynes, 27 November, 1933^[40] – 8 October, 1934^[41]
Captain Edmund G. Abbott, July, 1939^[42] – February, 1941^[43]
Captain Douglas M. L. Neame, February, 1941^[44] – July, 1941^[45]
Captain Henry H. McWilliam, July, 1941^[46] – April, 1942^[47]
Captain Cecil C. A. Allen, April, 1942^[48] – March, 1943^[49]
Captain Roy C. Harry, March, 1943^[50] – 1943^[51]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 744.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
↑ Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
↑ Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.
↑ Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.
↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.
↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 744.
↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
↑ Inferred from successor's appointment. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[8] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[9] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 744.

[10] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

[11] Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.

[12] Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.

[13] Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.

[14] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.

[15] Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.

[16] Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.

[17] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.

[18] Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.

[19] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 744.

[20] Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.

[21] Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.

[22] Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.

[23] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[24] Day of month taken from predecessor. Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.

[25] Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.

[26] Inferred from successor's appointment. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.

[27] Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.

[28] Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.

[29] Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.

[30] Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.

[31] Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.

[32] Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.

[33] Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.

[34] Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.

[35] Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.

[36] Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.

[37] Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.

[38] Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.

[39] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[40] Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.

[41] Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.

[42] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[43] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[44] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[45] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[46] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[47] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[48] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[49] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[50] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[51] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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