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Name: CERES also seen as CERERA and TSERERA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/05/1898
Completed: 06/1898
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 99
Dimensions: 3315grt, 2176nrt, 345.6 x 46.2 x 15.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 42ins), 255nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1898 Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa
04/02/1917 Sank
Comments: 15/04/1907: Ashore at Whinspit, Swanage Bay
On a voyage from Riga to Odessa carrying general cargo
Re-floated by 5 tugs & towed to Portland Roads. Beached near Ferry Bridge
Part cargo discharged, then re-floated and taken to Southampton for repair
04/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB18, 37 miles N of Ouessant
On a voyage from Cardiff to Brest with a cargo of coal


Above photo shows CERES damaged in Portland Roads in 1907. Photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
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Above photo shows CERES damaged in Portland Roads in 1907. Photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Above photo shows CERES damaged in Portland Roads in 1907. Photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Jarrow Express, Friday, 13/05/1898

Hampshire Advertiser, Saturday, 20/04/1907