HMS Ceres (D59)

	HMS Ceres
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ceres
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	26 April 1916
Launched	24 March 1917
Commissioned	1 June 1917
Reclassified	accommodation/base ship at Portsmouth October 1945
Fate	Broken up July 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	4,190 tons
Length	450 ft (140 m)
Beam	43.6 ft (13.3 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Two Brown-Curtis geared turbines; Six Yarrow boilers; Two propellers; 40,000 shp;
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	327
Armament	5 × 6-inch (152 mm) (152 mm) guns; 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) (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;

HMS Ceres was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of the Ceres group of the C-class of cruisers.

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