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SS Empire Kestrel

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36: 169: 1370: 1353: 1365: 1345: 334:(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 1417: 1427: 813: 467: 1432: 1437: 1402: 1422: 618: 1373: 1369: 806: 957: 828: 558: 748: 743: 738: 733: 663: 658: 1085: 1397: 1364: 1360: 1079: 799: 753: 693: 1157: 979: 861: 316: 91: 439: 973: 935: 331: 951: 867: 371: 1392: 1356: 1352: 1348: 1344: 1340: 1134: 611: 475: 945: 854: 341: 194: 1173: 728: 723: 718: 713: 708: 703: 698: 688: 683: 678: 673: 668: 653: 648: 1303: 1101: 1226: 1216: 1206: 1196: 1179: 1163: 1117: 1111: 1091: 1017: 1011: 1005: 995: 985: 918: 890: 884: 878: 844: 838: 305: 258: 1412: 1325: 604: 575: 357: 351: 1271: 967: 928: 264: 1407: 791: 434: 1236: 1048: 309: 1281: 1127: 1027: 906: 554: 320: 95: 1264: 1189: 221: 146: 361: 1386: 1037: 523: 912: 781: 769: 627: 1140: 1059: 900: 777: 400: 312: 245: 386: 373: 1292: 1151: 773: 765: 497: 1314: 1244: 365: 428: 426: 424: 422: 420: 418: 416: 795: 600: 596: 78:
New England, New York & Texas Steamship Corp. (1927–1928)
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Torpedoed and sunk by Italian aircraft, 16 August 1943
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aircraft, piloted by Lt. Vezio Terzi, and sunk by an
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In 1940 she was sold to the 1: 317:Great Lakes Engineering Works 92:Great Lakes Engineering Works 364:off the coast Algeria, near 332:United States Shipping Board 1454: 1338: 762: 644: 634: 468:"Great Lakes Engineering" 342:Ministry of War Transport 236: 195:Ministry of War Transport 161: 27: 23: 472:shipbuildinghistory.com 323:. Completed in 1919 as 292:26 ft (7.9 m) 237:General characteristics 1398:Great Lakes freighters 574:Hague, Arnold (2007). 433:Lewis, Walter (2012). 358:Savoia-Marchetti S.79 350:, she was managed by 466:Colton, Tim (2011). 478:on 16 February 2012 383: /  636:By suffix, Empire 1393:Design 1074 ships 1380: 1379: 789: 788: 304:was a 2,674  296: 295: 1445: 1372: 1367: 1355: 1347: 1331: 1320: 1309: 1298: 1287: 1276: 1248: 1231: 1221: 1211: 1201: 1184: 1168: 1146: 1122: 1106: 1096: 1074: 1064: 1054: 1043: 1032: 1022: 1000: 990: 962: 940: 923: 895: 873: 849: 816: 809: 802: 793: 621: 614: 607: 598: 591: 590: 588: 586: 571: 565: 564: 551:The Empire Ships 546: 540: 539: 537: 535: 528:theshipslist.com 520: 514: 513: 511: 509: 502:mariners-l.co.uk 494: 488: 487: 485: 483: 474:. Archived from 463: 452: 451: 449: 447: 435:"Empire Kestrel" 430: 398: 397: 395: 394: 393: 388: 387:37.167°N 4.583°E 384: 381: 380: 379: 376: 321:Ecorse, Michigan 175: 172: 171: 170: 157:Sold to UK, 1940 96:Ecorse, Michigan 42: 39: 38: 37: 21: 1453: 1452: 1448: 1447: 1446: 1444: 1443: 1442: 1383: 1382: 1381: 1376: 1359: 1334: 1323: 1312: 1301: 1290: 1279: 1262: 1256:Other incidents 1251: 1234: 1224: 1214: 1204: 1187: 1171: 1149: 1125: 1109: 1099: 1077: 1067: 1057: 1046: 1035: 1025: 1003: 993: 965: 943: 926: 898: 876: 852: 836: 823: 820: 790: 785: 758: 640: 630: 625: 595: 594: 584: 582: 580:Convoy Database 576:"Convoy UGS-13" 573: 572: 568: 561: 548: 547: 543: 533: 531: 522: 521: 517: 507: 505: 496: 495: 491: 481: 479: 465: 464: 455: 445: 443: 432: 431: 414: 409: 391: 389: 385: 382: 377: 374: 372: 370: 369: 327:Lake Ellithorpe 222:Official number 173: 168: 166: 147:Official number 54:Lake Ellithorpe 40: 35: 33: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1451: 1449: 1441: 1440: 1435: 1430: 1425: 1420: 1415: 1410: 1405: 1400: 1395: 1385: 1384: 1378: 1377: 1374:September 1943 1339: 1336: 1335: 1333: 1332: 1321: 1310: 1299: 1288: 1277: 1259: 1257: 1253: 1252: 1250: 1249: 1235:Unknown date: 1232: 1222: 1212: 1202: 1185: 1169: 1147: 1123: 1107: 1097: 1075: 1071:Empire Kestrel 1065: 1055: 1044: 1033: 1029:Clan Macarthur 1023: 1001: 991: 963: 941: 924: 908:Fort La Montee 896: 874: 850: 833: 831: 825: 824: 821: 819: 818: 811: 804: 796: 787: 786: 763: 760: 759: 757: 756: 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 726: 721: 716: 711: 706: 701: 696: 691: 686: 681: 676: 671: 666: 661: 656: 651: 645: 642: 641: 635: 632: 631: 626: 624: 623: 616: 609: 601: 593: 592: 566: 559: 541: 515: 489: 453: 411: 410: 408: 405: 399:while part of 368:, in position 362:aerial torpedo 347:Empire Kestrel 301:Empire Kestrel 294: 293: 290: 286: 285: 282: 278: 277: 274: 270: 269: 268: 267: 261: 253: 249: 248: 243: 239: 238: 234: 233: 230: 226: 225: 218: 217:Identification 214: 213: 210: 206: 205: 202: 198: 197: 192: 188: 187: 185:Empire Kestrel 181: 177: 176: 174:United Kingdom 163: 162: 159: 158: 155: 151: 150: 143: 142:Identification 139: 138: 135: 134:Out of service 131: 130: 127: 123: 122: 119: 115: 114: 113:28 August 1919 111: 107: 106: 103: 99: 98: 89: 85: 84: 83: 82: 79: 76: 71: 67: 66: 65: 64: 57: 48: 44: 43: 30: 29: 25: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1450: 1439: 1436: 1434: 1431: 1429: 1426: 1424: 1421: 1419: 1416: 1414: 1411: 1409: 1406: 1404: 1401: 1399: 1396: 1394: 1391: 1390: 1388: 1375: 1371: 1366: 1362: 1358: 1354: 1350: 1346: 1342: 1337: 1330: 1329: 1322: 1319: 1318: 1311: 1308: 1307: 1300: 1297: 1296: 1289: 1286: 1285: 1278: 1275: 1274: 1269: 1268: 1261: 1260: 1258: 1254: 1247: 1246: 1241: 1240: 1233: 1230: 1229: 1223: 1220: 1219: 1213: 1210: 1209: 1203: 1200: 1199: 1194: 1193: 1186: 1183: 1182: 1177: 1176: 1170: 1167: 1166: 1161: 1160: 1155: 1154: 1148: 1145: 1144: 1138: 1137: 1132: 1131: 1124: 1121: 1120: 1115: 1114: 1108: 1105: 1104: 1098: 1095: 1094: 1089: 1088: 1083: 1082: 1076: 1073: 1072: 1066: 1063: 1062: 1056: 1053: 1052: 1045: 1042: 1041: 1034: 1031: 1030: 1024: 1021: 1020: 1015: 1014: 1009: 1008: 1002: 999: 998: 992: 989: 988: 983: 982: 977: 976: 971: 970: 964: 961: 960: 955: 954: 949: 948: 942: 939: 938: 933: 932: 925: 922: 921: 916: 915: 910: 909: 904: 903: 897: 894: 893: 888: 887: 882: 881: 875: 872: 871: 865: 864: 859: 858: 851: 848: 847: 842: 841: 835: 834: 832: 830: 826: 817: 812: 810: 805: 803: 798: 797: 794: 783: 779: 775: 771: 767: 761: 755: 752: 750: 747: 745: 742: 740: 737: 735: 732: 730: 727: 725: 722: 720: 717: 715: 712: 710: 707: 705: 702: 700: 697: 695: 692: 690: 687: 685: 682: 680: 677: 675: 672: 670: 667: 665: 662: 660: 657: 655: 652: 650: 647: 646: 643: 639: 633: 629: 622: 617: 615: 610: 608: 603: 602: 599: 581: 577: 570: 567: 562: 560:1-85044-275-4 556: 552: 545: 542: 529: 525: 519: 516: 503: 499: 493: 490: 477: 473: 469: 462: 460: 458: 454: 442: 441: 436: 429: 427: 425: 423: 421: 419: 417: 413: 406: 404: 402: 401:Convoy UGS-13 396: 392:37.167; 4.583 367: 363: 359: 354: 353: 349: 348: 343: 339: 338: 333: 329: 328: 322: 318: 314: 311: 308:, 5,050  307: 303: 302: 291: 288: 287: 283: 280: 279: 275: 272: 271: 266: 262: 260: 256: 255: 254: 251: 250: 247: 244: 241: 240: 235: 231: 228: 227: 223: 219: 216: 215: 211: 208: 207: 203: 200: 199: 196: 193: 190: 189: 186: 182: 179: 178: 164: 160: 156: 153: 152: 148: 144: 141: 140: 136: 133: 132: 128: 125: 124: 121:November 1919 120: 117: 116: 112: 109: 108: 104: 101: 100: 97: 93: 90: 87: 86: 80: 77: 74: 73: 72: 69: 68: 62: 58: 55: 51: 50: 49: 46: 45: 41:United States 31: 26: 22: 19: 1413:Empire ships 1327: 1316: 1305: 1294: 1283: 1272: 1266: 1243: 1238: 1227: 1217: 1207: 1197: 1191: 1180: 1174: 1164: 1158: 1152: 1142: 1135: 1129: 1118: 1112: 1102: 1092: 1086: 1080: 1070: 1069: 1060: 1050: 1039: 1028: 1018: 1012: 1006: 996: 986: 980: 974: 968: 958: 952: 946: 936: 930: 919: 913: 907: 901: 891: 885: 879: 869: 862: 856: 845: 839: 782:Victory ship 770:Liberty ship 637: 628:Empire ships 583:. 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Index

Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ecorse, Michigan
Official number
Ministry of War Transport
Official number
Cargo ship
GRT
NRT
GRT
DWT
cargo ship
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ecorse, Michigan
United States Shipping Board
Ministry of War Transport
William Reardon Smith & Sons Co.
Savoia-Marchetti S.79
aerial torpedo
Bgayet
37°10′N 04°35′E / 37.167°N 4.583°E / 37.167; 4.583
Convoy UGS-13







"Empire Kestrel"
Maritime History of the Great Lakes

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