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''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.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
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''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.<ref>''Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables''.  p. 3.</ref>
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Commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} on the [[Mediterranean Station]] under the command of Captain [[George Arthur Scott]].{{NLJan33|p. 222}}
 
Commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} on the [[Mediterranean Station]] under the command of Captain [[George Arthur Scott]].{{NLJan33|p. 222}}
  
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She paid off into Reserve on 27 November, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 222}}
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''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.<ref>''Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables''.  p. 3.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=5 May, 1936|end=20 December, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=5 May, 1936|end=20 December, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Seymour Casswell|nick=Arthur H. S. Casswell|appt=3 January, 1937|end=10 April, 1937}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Frederick Grey|nick=Cecil C. F. Grey|appt=16 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 222}}|ass=10 April, 1937{{INF}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=21 September, 1938|end=30 September, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=21 September, 1938|end=30 September, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=17 October, 1938|end=4 April, 1939}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=17 October, 1938|end=4 April, 1939}}

Revision as of 09:11, 11 June 2018

H.M.S. Ceres (1917)
Pendant Number: 66 (1914)
36 (Jan 1918)
58 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[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

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.[9]

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.[10]

She recommissioned on 1 November, 1920.[11]

Ceres re-commissioned on 18 September, 1922.[12]

Re-commissioned on 11 June, 1925.[13]

Ceres re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 December, 1927 for duty with the Third Cruiser Squadron on the Mediterranean Station.[14]

She re-commissioned in Reserve at Devonport on 6 May, 1931.[15]

Commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 for duty with the Third Cruiser Squadron on the Mediterranean Station under the command of Captain George Arthur Scott.[16]

She paid off into Reserve on 27 November, 1933.[17]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  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 Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 744.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 224.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 224.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 224.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 223.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 222.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 222.
  18. ↑ Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.
  19. ↑ Tomlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 52.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.
  21. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  22. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.
  24. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 744.
  26. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  27. ↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  28. ↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  31. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  32. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  33. ↑ Inferred from successor's appointment. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  34. ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  35. ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 224.
  37. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  38. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 224.
  40. ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  41. ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  42. ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  43. ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  44. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
  45. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
  46. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  47. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 222.
  49. ↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
  50. ↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 222.
  52. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  53. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  54. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  55. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  56. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  57. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  58. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  59. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  60. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  61. ↑ 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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