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Name: FLYING KESTREL
Launched: 20/02/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 292
Dimensions: 516grt, 180nrt, 140.2 x 30.3 x 14.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 31 & 50 x 30ins), 166nhp, c1000ihp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135455
History:
17/04/1913 Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool
11/1913 Sold to SAS the Prince of Monaco
05/1914 Repurchased by Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool
1948 Broken up
Comments: Designed as a tug and passenger tender
02/08/1914 to 01/11/1919: Hired for Admiralty service
1928: Transferred to Southampton
01/10/1939 to 19/08/1940: Requisitioned for Admiralty service
09/03/1942 to (1944) Requisitioned for Admiralty service
26/01/1948: Arrived at Birkenhead for breaking up


Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Above: FLYING KESTREL acting as a tender to AMC AVENGER