The MV British Bombardier was an 8,202 gross register ton (GRT) tanker built in 1942, originally launched as Empire Fusilier and completed as Empire Bombardier. Constructed by Harland and Wolff Ltd in Belfast, she was assigned yard number 1158. The vessel measured 465 feet 6 inches (141.88 meters) in length, with a beam of 56 feet 6 inches (17.22 meters) and a depth of 34 feet (10.36 meters). Her propulsion was provided by a four-stroke, single-cycle, single-action diesel engine with eight cylinders, having a bore of 25+9/16 inches (64.9 cm) and a stroke of 55+1/8 inches (140 cm). The engine was also built by Harland & Wolff. During World War II, she was managed by Dodd, Thomson & Co Ltd under the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), with her port of registry in Belfast. As Empire Bombardier, she participated in several convoys, notably convoy HX 242 from New York to Liverpool in June 1943 and convoy HX 304 from New York to Liverpool in August–September 1944, serving as a vital supply link during wartime. Following the war, in 1946, she was sold to the British Tanker Co Ltd and renamed British Bombardier, with her registry transferred to London. She continued her service under the BP Tanker Company, which was the renamed British Tanker Co Ltd in 1955. The vessel remained active in commercial service until 1959, when she was sold for scrap to a firm in Tamine, Belgium. She arrived for scrapping on 15 March 1959. Throughout her operational life, British Bombardier bore the UK Official Number 168521 and used the code letters BFJY, remaining consistent in her identification. Her service history highlights her role in wartime logistics and postwar commercial shipping, marking her as a notable vessel within mid-20th-century maritime history.

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