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History
Name
  • SS Empire Boy (1941–42)
  • SS Doorman (1942–47)
  • SS Flandria (1947–51)
  • SS Alice (1951–52)
  • SS Hammonia (1952–54)
  • SS Petra (1954–62)
  • SS Anny (1962–65)
  • MV Anny (1965–72)
  • MV Tosco (1972–74)
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1941–42)
  • Dutch Government (1942–47)
  • NV Phs. Van Ommeren, Rotterdam (1947–48)
  • Verenigde Tankkustvaart NV (1948–51)
  • Ulric Thomas (1951–52)
  • Bauermann & Metzendorf GmbH (1952–54)
  • Regia Reederei & Warenhandel GmbH (1954–57)
  • Rex Bauermann (1957–62)
  • Vittorio Rossetti (1962–75)
  • Tosco Sardi di Navigazione SpA (1975)
Operator
  • F T Everard & Sons Ltd (1941–42)
  • Netherlands Shipping & Trading Committee (1942–44)
  • NV Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (1944–47)
  • NV Phs. Van Ommeren, Rotterdam (1947–48)
  • Verenigde Tankkustvaart NV (1948–51)
  • S Stein KG, (1951–52)
  • Bauermann & Metzendorf GmbH (1952–54)
  • Regia Reederei & Warenhandel GmbH (1954–57)
  • Olea Tankschiff GmbH (1957–62)
  • Vittorio Rossetti (1962–75)
  • Tosco Sardi di Navigazione SpA (1975)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom Goole (1941–42)
  • Netherlands The Hague (1942–47)
  • Netherlands Rotterdam (1947–51)
  • West Germany Hamburg (1951–62)
  • Italy Livorno (1962–71)
  • Italy Cagliari (1971–75)
BuilderGoole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Yard number361
Launched28 August 1941
CompletedDecember 1941
Out of serviceJune 1975
Identification
  • UK Official Number 168776 (1941–47)
  • IMO Number 5019331 (1962–75)
  • Italian Official Number 535 (1962–71)
  • Italian Official Number 359 (1971–75)
  • Code Letters BCVJ (1941–42)
  • Code Letters PDNO (1942–44)
  • Code Letters PDRO (1944–47)
  • Code Letters PCEF (1947–51)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 859 GRT (1941–54)
  • 963 GRT (1954–75)
Length
  • 188 ft 7 in (57.48 m) (1941–54)
  • 64.60 m (211 ft 11.31 in) (1954–75)
Beam31 ft 3 in (9.53 m)
Depth14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple expansion steam engine (1941–65)
  • 1 × 6-cylinder diesel engine (1965–75)
Speed9 knots (17 km/h) (1941–65)

Empire Boy was an 859 GRT coastal tanker which was built in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Completed in December 1941, was transferred to the Dutch Government in 1942 and renamed Doorman. In 1947, she was sold into Dutch merchant service and renamed Flandria. In 1952, she was sold to a West German company and renamed Alice. She was lengthened in 1954 and renamed Hammonia and was later renamed Petra. In 1962, she was sold to an Italian company and renamed Anny. A new engine was fitted in 1965 and she was renamed Tosco in 1971, serving until scrapped in 1975.

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