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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