SS Empire Kestrel

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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, she was sold to the Newtex Steamship Corporation of New York in 1926. In 1932, she was renamed Texas Trader. Sold to the Ministry of War Transport in 1940 she was reflagged as a British ship and renamed Empire Kestrel. She was attacked on 16 August 1943 by Italian aircraft, an Savoia-Marchetti S.79 piloted by Lt. Vezio Terzi, and sunk by an aerial torpedo off the coast of North Africa near position 37°10′N 04°35′E / 37.167°N 4.583°E / 37.167; 4.583Coordinates: 37°10′N 04°35′E / 37.167°N 4.583°E / 37.167; 4.583.

[edit] References

Mitchell, W. H.; Sawyer, L. A. (1995). The Empire Ships. London: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd.. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

Design 1074 ships

v t e Empire ships beginning with Empire K

Cargo ships	Empire Kamal Empire Kangaroo Empire Keats Empire Kedah Empire Kennet Empire Kent *Empire Kestrel* Empire Kew Empire Kingfisher Empire Kingsway¹ Empire Kinsman Empire Kite Empire Kittiwake Empire Knight Empire Knoll² Empire Kohinoor Empire Kudu Empire Kumari Empire Kumasi Empire Kyle¹

Landing ships	Empire Kittiwake

Ocean liners	Empire Ken Empire Kitchener³

Tugs	Empire Katy Empire Keith

A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–W, Y–Z

1 Coaster 2 Collier 3 Cargo liner

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