Name: | FLYING KESTREL |
Launched: | 24/02/1910 |
Completed: | 04/1910 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 274 |
Dimensions: | 391grt, 139nrt, 125.5 x 28.7 x 13.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22 & 44 x 30ins), 108nhp, 800ihp |
Engines By: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128038 |
History: | |
04/1910 | Alexandra Towing Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool |
07/1912 | S Pearson & Son, London; renamed CERNICALO |
01/1913 | Registered at Tampico, Mexico |
by 1930 | Cia Naviera San Cristobal SA, Tampico, Mexico |
1938 | Petroleos Mexicanos SA; renamed PEMEX NO 1 |
1943 | Renamed PEMEX 1 |
1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | A tug-tender with accommodation for 699 passengers |
1966 Broken up in Mexico |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 25/02/1910