Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining
Between 1946-1960 managed by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) and owned by the British Ministry of Transport. Launched at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 497 on 16 January 1935, trials on 27 June, 28 June delivered as the Potsdam to the Hamburg-America Line, Hamburg although already transferred even before she was completed to the North German Lloyd, Bremen which wanted to use her for her far Eastern Line, became a naval accommodation ship at Hamburg, later serving off Norway and in the Baltic, to be converted into an aircraft carrier by her originals shipyard in 1942, became an accommodation ship at Gdynia [Poland] on 12 October, captured by British forces and renamed Empire Jewel, renamed Empire Fowey April after an extensive refit April 1946, rebuilt at the shipyard of Alexander Stephen&Sons Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland 11 March 1947-1950, sold to the Pan-Islamic Steamship Col. Ltd., Karachi which used her as the Safina-e-Hujjjaj on the pilgrim line Karachi, Paskistan-Djeddah 23 May 1960, sold to Chemimec Impex, Karachi, Pakistan and finally broken up October 1976 at the Gadani Beach, Pakistan.
Official number 180480, callsign GMFW and IMO 08586. Gross register tonnage 19.047-19.121 (1950) tons, net register tonnage 12.394-13.274 (1950) tons, deadweight 11.024/10.850 tonnes (1950) with as dimensions 184.31 (between perpendiculars)-193,11 (over all) x 22,58 x 8,277 x 12,40 9depth) metres or 604.7 x 633.8 x 27.2 x 40.7 feet. The horsepower of 32.500 ship allowed with the twin screw a speed of 21 knots.
