potsdam
empire jewel 19,047 grt ocean liner built blohm & voss, hamburg. launched in 1935 potsdam hamburg america line. en route united states when war declared. returned germany sailing around top of scotland , down north sea. used accommodation ship @ hamburg, troopship norwegian , baltic ports. took part in evacuation of east prussia. seized on 13 may 1945 @ flensburg. mowt , renamed empire jewel. arrived on 19 june 1945 @ kiel , placed under armed guard royal navy contignent prevent germans using block kaiser wilhelm kanal. after arrival @ brunsbüttel armed guard left , @ anchor 3 weeks full german crew. sailed on 20 july 1945 detachment of army guards bound methil. belfast in july 1945 conversion troopship harland & wolff ltd. completed in april 1946 , renamed empire fowey. high-pressure boilers caused problems crew, not used type of boiler. in march 1947 towed clyde , refitted again, new boilers , geared turbines fitted, , accommodation again refitted. served troopship until 1957 , chartered pan-islamic steamship co, pakistan. sold them in 1960 , renamed safina-e-hujjaj. scrapped in october 1976 @ gadani beach, pakistan.
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