I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS TROOPSHIP. I TRAVELED ON HER A COUPLE OF TIMES. CAME BACK FROM ADEN IN HER  THE FIRST HALF OF 1958. AND AGAIN IN THAT SAME YEAR FROM CYPRUS. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS HER LAST VOYAGE. THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF DISEMBARKING WAS OLDEST UNITS FIRST. SO WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL LAST. MANY AN OLD SOLDIER WILL REMEMBER HER WELL. THE FAMILIES WAITING AND WAVING THE BANDS PLAYING. THE FEELINGS OF JOY AT SETTING FOOT ON HOME GROUND AGAIN. SHE FADED AWAY TOO TAKING HER MEMORIES WITH HER.
THIS OLD GIRL TRAVELED ALL OVER . Bill Baily

Amazing to see a picture of the Empire Fowey! I traveled on her in 1950 something as a young boy, to Singapore. My father was in the RAF. We were always doing lifeboat drill. The crew new something we didn't! I remember reading about her in the Bournemouth Echo in the 60's when she caught fire while docked in Southampton. I think she was recovered. She was taken from the Germans by the Royal Navy during WWII and used as a troopship since then. The Royal Navy did quite a bit of this, I believe, and they would get prize money, which was eventually stopped after WWII.Thanks to Bill and Ron for prompting fond memories of a greet adventure trip! Peter Whittingham