Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Empire Fowey" ya kasance 19,047 GRT turbo-electric ocean liner wanda Blohm & Voss, Hamburg ya gina. An kaddamar da shi a 1935 kamar yadda Hamburg America Line amma aka sayar wa Norddeutscher Lloyd kafin a kammala. Yana kan hanyar zuwa Amurka lokacin da aka ayyana yaki. Komawa Jamus ta hanyar kewaya saman Scotland da kuma saukar da Tekun Arewa. An yi amfani dashi a matsayin jirgin ruwa a Hamburg, sa'an nan kuma a matsayin jirgin ruwa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Norwegian da Baltic. Ya shiga cikin
Fitar da Gabashin Prussia.