HMS Ceres (D59) Screenbadge – Restrike

HMS Ceres (D59) Screenbadge – Restrike

‘Do not yield to evil’

A large Dockyard made replica of the original screen badge made for an exhibition.

A C-Class Destroyer with a prestigious and long career. Launched in 1917 and immediately became part of the Grand Fleet and quickly assigned to the Mediterranean.On the outbreak of war in 1939 Ceres was recommissioned from the Reserve Fleet and placed on the Northern Patrol in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland.

It was Her bravery in the harshest conditions protecting the Atlantic convoys that led Her to being rewarded with Her first WW2 Battle Honour.She the steamed under assignment to the Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean where She spent the next few years very busy evacuating, escorting and rescuing in several notable actions.

Back in Home Waters, In 1943 and 1944, HMS Ceres was used by the Royal Navy as “station ship” based at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. In late April 1944, HMS Ceres was refitted with radar and anti-aircraft weaponry and assigned to the US Task Force 127 to carry the Flag of the United States Navy Service Force during the invasion of Normandy.

HMS Ceres was assigned as one of the two Shuttle Control ships at Omaha Beach and, anchored inshore, directed the assembly and departure of unloaded, outbound vessels and convoys.
This, and consequent actions in Normandy, led to Her main Battle Honour of Normandy in 1944.

Dimensions:

W 40cm | D 4cm | H 52cm | Weight 13kg

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