been improved and that there would be greater variety in the menu offered. In June 1956, Empire Fowey was on a voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong when a passenger on board suffered a perforated duodenum. A surgeon and medical party were flown out the ship in a Royal Air Force Short Sunderland aircraft. They decided that an operation could not be carried out on board ship and she returned to Singapore to land the patient, who was taken to the Military Hospital for an emergency operation. Empire Fowey was withdrawn from service in February 1960. She was put up for sale to "foreign or other buyers" in 1960, a decision criticised by Irene Ward, MP for Tynemouth. Initially chartered by the Pan-Islamic Steamship Co, Karachi, Pakistan. She was sold to them in 1960 and renamed Safina-E-Hujjaj. Used for transporting pilgrims to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With the introduction of IMO Numbers in the 1960s, she was allocated the number 5304891. She was in service until 20 February 1976. Safina-E-Hujjaj arrived at the Gadani ship-breaking yard on 22 November 1976 for scrapping. References 1935 ships Ships built in Hamburg Steamships of Germany Passenger ships of Germany World War II merchant ships of Germany Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine Proposed aircraft carriers Empire ships Ministry of War Transport ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in 1955 Passenger ships of Pakistan Steamships of Pakistan Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd