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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