SS Empire Kestrel
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, she was managed by William Reardon Smith & Sons Co.
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SS Empire Kestrel
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, she was managed by William Reardon Smith & Sons Co.
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SS Empire Kestrel was a 2,674 ...... E while part of Convoy UGS-13.
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1919-08-28
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Sold to UK, 1940
Torpedoed and sunk, 16 August 1943
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November 1919
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United Kingdom
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Sold to UK, 1940
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UK Official number: 167612
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US Official number: 219019
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1919-08-28
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* SS Lake Ellithorpe
* SS Texas Trader
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SS Empire Kestrel
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William Reardon Smith & Sons
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* United States Shipping Board ...... * Newtex Steamship Corporation
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SS Empire Kestrel was a 2,674 ...... lliam Reardon Smith & Sons Co.
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SS Empire Kestrel
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* SS Lake Ellithorpe (1919–1932)
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* SS Texas Trader (1932–1940)
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SS Empire Kestrel
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