SS Empire Fowey

Potsdam
History
Name	Potsdam (1935–45) Empire Jewel (1945–46) Empire Fowey (1946–60) Safina-E-Hujjaj (1961–1976)
Namesake	Potsdam, River Fowey
Owner	Hamburg America Line (1935) Norddeutsche Lloyd (1935–45) Ministry of War Transport (1945–46) Ministry of Transport (1946–60) Pan-Islamic Steamship Co (1960–76)
Operator	Hamburg America Line (1935) Norddeutsche Lloyd (1935–45) Ministry of War Transport (1945–46) Ministry of Transport (1946–60) Pan-Islamic Steamship Co (1960–76)
Port of registry	Hamburg, Germany (1935) Bremen (1935–39)  Kriegsmarine (1939–45) London, United Kingdom (1945–51) London (1951–60) Karachi, Pakistan (1960–76)
Builder	Blohm & Voss
Launched	16 January 1935
Completed	27 June 1935
Maiden voyage	5 July 1935
Out of service	1976
Identification	Code Letters DOQS (1935–45) United Kingdom Official Number 180810 (1945–60) Code Letters GMFW (1945–60) IMO number: 5304891 ( –1976)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner (1935–45) Troopship (1945–60) Passenger ship (1960–76)
Tonnage	17,528 GRT, 10,116 NRT (as built) 19,121 GRT (as rebuilt)
Length	184.28 m (604 ft 7 in)
Beam	22.61 m (74 ft 2 in)
Depth	12.37 m (40 ft 7 in)
Installed power	Steam turbines driving electric motors
Propulsion	Twin screw propellers
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Capacity	286 passengers (as built) 1,636 passengers (after conversion)

Empire Fowey was a 19,121 GRT 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.