New England, New York & Texas Steamship Corp. (1927–1928)
Newtex Steamship Corporation (1928–1940)
Builder
Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan[2]
Yard number
230[2]
Launched
28 August 1919[1]
Completed
November 1919[2]
In service
1919
Out of service
1940
Identification
US Official number: 219019[1]
Fate
Sold to UK, 1940
United Kingdom
Name
SS Empire Kestrel
Owner
Ministry of War Transport
Operator
William Reardon Smith & Sons
Acquired
1940
Identification
UK Official number: 167612[1]
Fate
Torpedoed and sunk by Italian aircraft, 16 August 1943
General characteristics
Type
Cargo ship
Tonnage
2,674 GRT
1,658 NRT[1]
Length
253 ft 5 in (77.24 m)[1]
Beam
43 ft 10 in (13.36 m)[1]
Depth
26 ft (7.9 m)[1]
SS Empire Kestrel was a 2,674 GRT, 5,050 DWT cargo ship built by Great Lakes Engineering Works of Ecorse, Michigan. Completed in 1919 as SS Lake Ellithorpe for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), she was sold to the New England, New York & Texas Steamship Corporation of New York in 1927, then to the Newtex Steamship Corporation of New York City in 1928. In 1932, she was renamed Texas Trader. In 1940 she was sold to the Ministry of War Transport. Reflagged as a British ship and renamed Empire Kestrel,[3] she was managed by William Reardon Smith & Sons Co.[4]
She was attacked on 16 August 1943 by an Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.79 aircraft, piloted by Lt. Vezio Terzi, and sunk by an aerial torpedo off the coast Algeria, near Bgayet, in position 37°10′N04°35′E / 37.167°N 4.583°E / 37.167; 4.583[5] while part of Convoy UGS-13.[6]
^ abcdefgLewis, Walter (2012). "Empire Kestrel". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^ abcColton, Tim (2011). "Great Lakes Engineering". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^"EmpireK". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^"William Reardon Smith & Sons". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^Mitchell, W. H.; Sawyer, L. A. (1995). The Empire Ships. London: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
^Hague, Arnold (2007). "Convoy UGS-13". Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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