Empire Kestrel
| Built in 1919 as the s.s.Lake Ellithorpe at the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, on Lake Michican USA. 2674 gt. LBP 77.2m. Beam 13.3m. Her service speed was 9.5 knots. Built for the US Government. | |
| 1927 | Sold to New England, New York and Texas Co. |
| 1928 | Owned by Newtex Steamship Co. |
| 1932 | Texas Trader. Name chenge only. |
| 1940 | Empire Kestrel. Acquired by MOWT and assigned to Reardon Smith Line Ltd. |
| 1943 | 16th August 1943 under the command of Capt Hooper she was bombed and sunk off the North African Coast. 11 crew were lost. |
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Lake Ellithorpe. New York 1929. |
Empire Kestrel. Page [1]
Memories from RSL staff. Page No. [1]
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