"Empire Fowey" was a 19,047 GRT turbo-electric ocean liner that was built by Blohm &amp; Voss, Hamburg. Launched in 1935 as for the Hamburg America Line but sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd before completion. Was "en route" to the US when war was declared. Returned to Germany by sailing around the top of Scotland and down the North Sea. Used as an accommodation ship at Hamburg, then as a troopship to Norwegian and Baltic ports. Took part in the Evacuation of East Prussia.