CERES

Date1870

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength: 226.6' x Breadth: 30' x Depth 16.9'
Gross Tonnage: 962 tons.

Object numberABDSHIP003030.121

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Leckie, Wood & Munro, Torry, Aberdeen.
Official Number: 60221

Fate: wrecked off Dagshodd Point, Sweden, 6 November 1882.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 deck, poop deck 109', forecastle 27', schooner rig.

Owners:
1870: Priest and Massie, Hull.
1871-74: W. A. Massey, Hull. (Lloyd's Register)
1874-77: Massey & Sawyer, Hull. (Lloyd's Register)
1878-79: M. H. Briggs Sons & Co., Hull. (Lloyd's Register)

Master:
1879: Master J. Thompson

General History:
15/06/1870:
Launch of an iron steamer - A fine screw steamer was launched on Monday afternoon from the yard of Messrs Leckie, Wood & Munro, at Torry. The vessel in going off was gracefully named the CERES by Miss Leckie, daughter one of the partners. Immediately after being launched, the CERES was towed across to the sheer poles at the harbour, and the work of fitting has already commenced. The vessel is 225 feet in length, 30 feet breadth of heam, and 17 feet depth of hold, and is of 983 tons gross register. Her propeller is worked by a pair of engines of 110 horsepower, on the compound principle. The consumption of fuel is not expected to be more than seven cwt. per hour, with a speed of eight knots, and a full cargo of 1400 tons dead weight. The CERES has been built on the same stocks as the RAINTON, which was launched in January, and will be commanded by Captain Langley. She has been built for Messrs Priest and Massey, Hull, and is intended for the Baltic trade.
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)

Notes:
Engine Details: Steam by screw, compound, 110hp.
1875: Re engined by Earls of Hull. New engines & boilers, 1875 - 27" with 33" stroke, 92hp. (Lloyd's Register)