Empire Fowey was a ocean liner that was built in 1935 as Potsdam by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg for the Hamburg America Line. She was sold before completion to Norddeutscher Lloyd. While owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd she was one of three sister ships operating the service between Bremen and the Far East. Her sister ships were SS Scharnhorst and SS Gneisenau. En route to the United States when war was declared, she managed to return to Germany. Used as an accommodation ship and troopship during World War II, she was seized by the Allies in 1945 and renamed Empire Jewel. She was converted to a troopship in 1946 but her high-pressure boilers proved troublesome and the ship was rebuilt in 1947 and renamed Empire Fowey. Sold to Pakistan in 1960 and renamed Safina-E-Hujjaj, she served until 1976 when she was scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan. Description As built, the ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . She was assessed at , . Accommodation for 286 passengers was provided. The ship was propelled by two steam turbines, driving electric motors, driving twin screw propellers. The turbines were constructed by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and the electric motors were by Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG, Berlin. They were rated at 21,000shp. They could propel her at . Steam was supplied by four boilers. History The ship was built in 1935 by Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany for the Hamburg America Line. She was launched on 16 January 1935. Her port of registry was Hamburg. It was intended to use her on the Hamburg–Southampton–Far East service. Following a decision by Hamburg America Line and Norddeutscher Lloyd to revise the way the two companies worked together, she was sold before completion to Norddeutscher Lloyd. The Code Letters DOQS were allocated. Her port of registry was changed to Bremen. Completed on 27 June 1935, Potsdam sailed on her maiden voyage on 5 July 1935. The route was Hamburg–Southampton–Palma–Barcelona–Genoa–Colombo–Shanghai–Yokohama. Her maiden voyage was not without problems. Potsdam was en route to the United States when war was declared. She returned to Germany by sailing around the north coast of Scotland. Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, she was initially used as an accommodation ship at Hamburg. Plans to convert her to an aircraft carrier were not carried through. Work started in November 1942 as Project Elbe, but conversion was abandoned in February 1943 after