SS Empire Flame

History
Name	Empire Flame (1941–45); Dunkery Beacon (1945–55); Rissa (1955–61); Augusta Paulin (1961–69);
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1941–45); Crawford Shipping Co Ltd (1945–55); OY Laurus AB (1955–61); Paulins Rederi AB (1961–69);
Operator	Booth Steamship Co Ltd (1941–45); Crawford Shipping Co Ltd (1945–55); Rolf Simberg (1955–61); Kommanditbolaget Ab Paulin Chartering Oy & Co Kommandiittiyhtiö (1961–69);
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom (1941–45); London (1945–55); Helsinki, Finland (1955–61); Turku (1961–67); Nagu (1967–69);
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Yard number	1060
Launched	12 May 1941
Completed	June 1941
Maiden voyage	24 June 1941
Out of service	1969
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 166391 (1941–55); Finnish Official Number 1170 (1955–61); Finnish Official Number 1396 (1961–69); Code Letters BCLF (1941–55); ; Code Letters OFVN (1955-69); ; IMO number: 5030608 (1960s–69);
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	CAM ship (1941–43); Cargo ship (1943–69);
Tonnage	7,069 GRT (1941–55), 7,095 GRT (1955–69); 5,194 NRT (1941–55), 4,513 NRT (1955–69); 9,905 DWT (1941–63), 10,063 DWT (1963–69);
Length	432 ft 2 in (131.72 m)
Beam	56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Draught	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Depth	34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Ice class	Ice class II (1962–68)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Armament	1 x Hawker Sea Hurricane (1941–43)

Empire Flame was a 7,069 GRT CAM ship that was built in 1941 by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1945 and renamed Dunkery Beacon. A further sale to Finland in 1955 saw her renamed Rissa. Following a sale in 1961, she was renamed Augusta Paulin. She served until 1969 when she was scrapped.

History

Name	Empire Flame (1941–45) Dunkery Beacon (1945–55) Rissa (1955–61) Augusta Paulin (1961–69)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1941–45) Crawford Shipping Co Ltd (1945–55) OY Laurus AB (1955–61) Paulins Rederi AB (1961–69)
Operator	Booth Steamship Co Ltd (1941–45) Crawford Shipping Co Ltd (1945–55) Rolf Simberg (1955–61) Kommanditbolaget Ab Paulin Chartering Oy & Co Kommandiittiyhtiö (1961–69)
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom (1941–45) London (1945–55) Helsinki, Finland (1955–61) Turku (1961–67) Nagu (1967–69)
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Yard number	1060
Launched	12 May 1941
Completed	June 1941
Maiden voyage	24 June 1941
Out of service	1969
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 166391 (1941–55) Finnish Official Number 1170 (1955–61) Finnish Official Number 1396 (1961–69) Code Letters BCLF (1941–55) Code Letters OFVN (1955-69) IMO number: 5030608 (1960s–69)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	CAM ship (1941–43) Cargo ship (1943–69)
Tonnage	7,069 GRT (1941–55), 7,095 GRT (1955–69) 5,194 NRT (1941–55), 4,513 NRT (1955–69) 9,905 DWT (1941–63), 10,063 DWT (1963–69)
Length	432 ft 2 in (131.72 m)
Beam	56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Draught	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Depth	34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Ice class	Ice class II (1962–68)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Armament	1 x Hawker Sea Hurricane (1941–43)