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1935, 17528grt, turbo-electric, 23 knots
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (497)
Laid down for Hamburg-America, completed for Norddeutscher Lloyd
Bremerhaven - Far East service
126 1st. and 160 2nd. class passengers
1940 accommodation ship at Hamburg, moved to Gdynia from 1942
Seized as a war prize by UK in 6/1945 and renamed EMPIRE JEWEL, trooping services
1946 renamed EMPIRE FOWEY
Extensively reconditioned and re-engined by Alex. Stephen, Glasgow 1947-1950
153 1st., 94 2nd., 92 3rd. class passengers plus 1297 troops
1960 SAFINA-E-HUJJAJ, Pakistani
Broken up at Gadani Beach 10/1976
(coll. R.Cox)