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58-411: Fugard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Athol Fugard (born 1932), South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director Lisa Fugard , South African-born American actress and writer, daughter of Athol and Sheila Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932), South African writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

116-598: A Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2011. Fugard was born as Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard, in Middelburg, Eastern Cape , South Africa, on 11 June 1932. His mother, Marrie (née Potgieter), an Afrikaner , operated a general store and then a lodging house; his father, Harold Fugard, of Irish, English and French Huguenot descent, was a former jazz pianist who had become disabled. In 1935, his family moved to Port Elizabeth . In 1938, he began attending primary school at Marist Brothers College . After being awarded

174-460: A 2005 revival of the same work, writing that it "lacks the emotional intensity and theatrical imagination that mark such Fugard favorites" as "Master Harold"...and the Boys . Blankenship also stated, however, that the performance he attended featuring "only haphazard sketches of plot and character" was perhaps the result of Fugard allowing director Suzanne Shepard to revise the play without showing him

232-797: A director occurred in 1992, when he co-directed the adaptation of his play The Road to Mecca with Peter Goldsmid, who also wrote the screenplay. The film adaptation of his novel Tsotsi , written and directed by Gavin Hood , won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006. Outside of his own work, Fugard has a number of cameo film roles, most notably as General Smuts in Richard Attenborough 's Gandhi (1982) , and as Doctor Sundesval in Sydney Schanberg 's The Killing Fields (1984) . In chronological order of first production and/or publication: Falls

290-552: A memoir for the stage . In September 1956, he married Sheila Meiring, a University of Cape Town Drama School student whom he had met the previous year. Now known as Sheila Fugard , she is a novelist and poet. Their daughter Lisa Fugard is a novelist. In 1958, the Fugards moved to Johannesburg , where he worked as a clerk in a Native Commissioners' Court. He became "keenly aware of the injustices of apartheid ." His good friendship with prominent local anti-apartheid figures had

348-521: A profound influence on Fugard. His plays' political expression brought him into conflict with the national government; to avoid prosecution, he had his plays produced and published outside South Africa. Fugard struggled with alcohol for a time but has been a teetotaler since the early 1980s. For several years in the late 20th century, Fugard lived in San Diego , California, where he taught as an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting, and directing in

406-482: A proper level of humanity. Here—if real people are living there—they remain oddly quiet about it...The first act rambles disconsolately, like a lonely type writer looking for a subject and the second act produces with pride a birthday party of Chaplinesque bathos but less than Chaplinesque invention and spirit..[The characters] harangue one another in an awkward dislocation between a formal speech and an interior monologue." Mark Blankenship of Variety negatively reviewed

464-647: A scholarship, Fugard enrolled at a local technical college for secondary education. He studied Philosophy and Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town , but he dropped out of the university in 1953, a few months before final examinations. He left home, hitchhiked to North Africa with a friend, and spent the next two years working in east Asia on a steamer ship, the SS ; Graigaur . During this time he began writing, and he "celebrated" these early times in his 1999 autobiographical play The Captain's Tiger:

522-754: A year later, on Antigone led directly to the creation, in 1966, of what is still [2004] South Africa's most distinctive Lehrstück [learning play]: The Coat . Based on an incident at one of the many political trials involving the Serpent Players, The Coat dramatized the choices facing a woman whose husband, convicted of anti-apartheid political activity, left her only a coat and instructions to use it. Clive Barnes of The New York Times panned People Are Living There (1969) in 1971, arguing: "There are splinters of realities here, and pregnancies of feeling, hut [sic] nothing of significance emerges. In Mr. Fugard's earlier plays he seemed to be dealing with life at

580-592: A younger South African writer and academic. Fugard and Fourie live in the Cape Winelands region of South Africa with their daughter, Halle Fugard Fourie. In 1958, Fugard organised "a multiracial theatre for which he wrote, directed, and acted", writing and producing several plays for it, including No-Good Friday (1958) and Nongogo (1959), in which he and his colleague, black South African actor Zakes Mokae performed. In 1978, Richard Eder of The New York Times criticized Nongogo as "awkward and thin. It

638-412: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Athol Fugard Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid . Some of these have also been adapted for film. His novel Tsotsi

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696-660: Is life and conversely, life is art. And no sensible man can divorce one from the other. That's it. Other attributes are merely labels." They mainly performed at the St Stephen's Hall – renamed the Douglas Ngange Mbopa Memorial Hall in 2013 – adjacent to St Stephen's Church, and other spaces in and around New Brighton, the oldest Black township in Port Elizabeth. According to Loren Kruger, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at

754-484: Is unable to communicate very much about its characters, or make them much more than the servants of a noticeably ticking plot." Eder said, "Queenie is the most real of the characters. Her sense of herself and where she wants to go makes her believable and the crumbling of her dour defenses at a touch of hope makes her affecting. By contrast, Johnny is unreal. His warmth and hopefulness at the start crumble too suddenly and too completely". After returning to Port Elizabeth in

812-594: The Clyde on 14 June. She then joined Convoy OB 338, which departed from Liverpool , Lancashire , on 21 June and dispersed at sea on 3 July. She arrived at Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada, on 5 July. Carrying a cargo of wheat , she returned to the United Kingdom with Convoy HX 139, which departed on 16 July and arrived at Liverpool on 31 July. Empire Foam was a member of Convoy ON 6, which departed on 11 August and dispersed at sea on 24 August. Her destination

870-547: The Suez Crisis , Graigaur made a voyage from Tilbury , Essex , to the Mediterranean. She was carrying military vehicles and supplies. Graigaur was sold in 1957 to Marinos & Frangos Ltd, London and renamed Maltezana . She was sold in 1958 to Great Southern Steamship Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed Johore Bahru . She was in service until 1963, arriving at Kure , Japan, on 24 July 1963 for scrapping, which

928-738: The University of California, San Diego . He has received many awards, honours, and honorary degrees, including the 2005 Order of Ikhamanga in Silver from the government of South Africa "for his excellent contribution and achievements in the theatre". He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature . Fugard was honoured in Cape Town with the opening in 2010 of the Fugard Theatre in District Six . He received

986-488: The University of Chicago , the Serpent Players used Brecht 's elucidation of gestic acting , dis-illusion, and social critique, as well as their own experience of the satiric comic routines of urban African vaudeville , to explore the theatrical force of Brecht's techniques , as well as the immediate political relevance of a play about land distribution. Their work on the Caucasian Chalk Circle and,

1044-751: The Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut , in March 1982. The Road to Mecca was presented at the Yale Repertory Theatre , New Haven, Connecticut, in May 1984. Directed by Fugard, the cast starred Carmen Mathews , Marianne Owen, and Tom Aldredge . Along with Master Harold , it proved to be one of Fugard's most acclaimed works. It is the story of an elderly recluse in a small South African town who has spent 15 years on an obsessive artistic project. Fugard appeared in his A Place With

1102-409: The surname Fugard . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fugard&oldid=1004138780 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

1160-518: The "answer must be No" to segregation. That old argument used to be so comforting; so plausible: 'One person in that segregated, white audience, might be moved to think, and then to change, by what he saw'. I'm beginning to wonder whether it really works that way. The supposition seems to be that there is a didactic--a teaching through feeling element in art. What I do know is that art can give meaning, can render meaningful areas of experience, and most certainly also enhances. But teach? Contradict? State

1218-917: The 1960s, Fugard formed the Serpent Players, whose name derives from its first venue, the former snake pit (hence the name) at the Port Elizabeth Museum, "a group of black actors worker-players who earned their living as teachers, clerks, and industrial workers, and cannot thus be considered amateurs in the manner of leisured whites", developing and performing plays "under surveillance by the Security Police", according to Loren Kruger's The Dis-illusion of Apartheid , published in 2004. The group largely consisted of black men, including Winston Ntshona , John Kani , Welcome Duru , Fats Bookholane and Mike Ngxolo as well as Nomhle Nkonyeni and Mabel Magada. They all got together, albeit at different intervals, and decided to do something about their lives using

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1276-418: The Boys , written in 1982, incorporates "strong autobiographical matter"; nonetheless "it is fiction, not memoir", as Cousins: A Memoir and some of Fugard's other works are subtitled. The play deals with the relationship between a 17-year-old white South African and two African men who work for the white youth's family. Its world premiere was performed by Danny Glover , Željko Ivanek and Zakes Mokae , at

1334-563: The Clyde two days later. She sailed with Convoy KMS 8G on 21 January and arrived at Bône on 8 February. She departed with Convoy MKS 9 on 4 March. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on 18 March but Empire Foam left the convoy and put into Algiers , Algeria, where she arrived on 6 March. She subsequently returned to Bône, from where she departed on 22 April as a member of Convoy MKS 12, which rendezvoused at sea with Convoy SL 128 on 4 May. The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 14 May. She left

1392-746: The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). For the academic year 2000–2001, he taught at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana as the IU Class of 1963 Wells Scholar Professor. In 2012, Fugard returned again to South Africa, where he now lives permanently. In 2015, after almost 60 years of marriage, the Fugards divorced. In 2016, in New York City Hall, Fugard married Paula Fourie,

1450-681: The Immorality Act (1972). The authorities considered the title of The Island , which alludes to Robben Island , the prison where Nelson Mandela was being held, too controversial, so Fugard and the Serpent Players used the alternative title The Hodoshe Span ( Hodoshe meaning "carrion fly" in Xhosa ). Fugard's play A Lesson from Aloes (1978) was described as one of his major works by Alvin Klein of The New York Times , though others have written more lukewarm reviews. "Master Harold"...and

1508-712: The Pigs at the Yale Rep in New Haven CT, in 1987. Inspired by the true story of World War II Soviet deserter, Fugard plays a paranoid who spent four decades hiding with his pigs. As with The Road to Mecca , Fugards critics readily appreciated the metaphor for a life of internal exile. The first play that Fugard wrote after the end of apartheid, Valley Song , was premiered in Johannesburg, in August, 1995, with Fugard in

1566-506: The Shadow, film biography, directed by Tony Palmer (2012) SS Graigaur The ship was 432 ft 5 in (131.80 m) between perpendiculars (447 ft 5 in (136.37 m) overall), with a beam of 56 feet 2 inches (17.12 m). She had a depth of 34 feet 2 inches (10.41 m) and a draught of 26 feet 3 inches (8.00 m). She was assessed at 7,047  GRT , 5,178  NRT . The ship

1624-642: The United Kingdom with Convoy HX 204, which sailed on 23 August and arrived on 4 September. Empire Foam sailed on 7 November to join Convoy KMS 3G, which departed from the Clyde on 8 November and arrived at Bône , Algeria on 26 November. She left the convoy at Gibraltar, where she arrived on 23 November. She sailed on 8 December to join Convoy MKS 3X, which had departed from Bône on 3 December and arrived at Liverpool on 19 December. Empire Foam sailed from Liverpool on 15 January 1943, arriving at

1682-417: The changes. The Serpent Players conceptualised and co-authored many plays that it performed for a variety of audiences in many theatres around the world. The following are some of its notable and most popular plays: Fugard developed these two plays for the Serpent Players in workshops, working with John Kani and Winston Ntshona , publishing them in 1974 with his own play Statements After an Arrest Under

1740-609: The convoy and arrived at Falmouth, Cornwall , on 16 September. She sailed the next day to join Convoy EBC 105, which had sailed from Barry, Glamorgan , on 16 September and arrived at the Seine Bay on 18 September. She left the convoy at St. Helens Roads and joined Convoy FTM 5A, which had sailed from Seine Bay on 18 September and arrived at Southend the next day. She sailed with Convoy FN 1486 on 20 September. The convoy arrived at Methil on 22 September, but Empire Foam left

1798-470: The convoy at Hull, where she arrived on 21 September. Empire Foam sailed from Hull on 10 September and joined Convoy FN 1505 at Spurn Head . The convoy had departed from Southend the previous day and arrived at Methil on 11 September. She then joined Convoy EN 445, which sailed that day and arrived at Loch Ewe on 13 September. Empire Foam then joined Convoy ONS 34, which departed from Liverpool on 14 October and arrived at Halifax on 1 November. She left

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1856-737: The convoy at Loch Ewe, on 17 January and joined Convoy WN 669, which reached Methil on 19 January. She then joined Convoy FS 1703, which departed on 20 January and arrived at Southend on 23 January. She left the convoy at Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , arriving on 21 January. Empire Foam sailed from Middlesbrough on 8 February for the River Tyne, arriving later that day. She sailed on 1 March to join Convoy FS 1743, which had departed from Methil that day and arrived at Southend on 3 March. She sailed to The Downs , departing on 8 March with Convoy OS 115KM, which split at sea on 14 March. Empire Foam

1914-1185: The convoy at the Clyde, arriving on 14 May. Empire Foam sailed on 28 July to join Convoy KMS 22G, which had departed from Liverpool that day and arrived at Gibraltar on 9 August. She was carrying explosives bound for Algiers, which was reached via Convoy KMS 22, which sailed that day and arrived at Port Said , Egypt, on 20 August. Empire Foam arrived at Algiers on 12 August. She departed on 11 September to join Convoy MKS 24, which had departed from Alexandria , Egypt, on 4 September and arrived at Gibraltar on 13 September. She sailed on 27 September to join Convoy OS 55, which arrived at Freetown , Sierra Leone on 8 October. She then sailed to Takoradi , Gold Coast , from where she departed on 20 October for Lagos , Nigeria, arriving two days later. She departed on 23 October, returning to Lagos on 9 November. Empire Foam sailed on 21 November with Convoy LTS 9, which arrived at Freetown on 28 November. She then join Convoy SL 142, which departed from Freetown on 2 December and merged with Convoy MKS 33 on 14 December. Her cargo

1972-831: The convoy, and put into the Clyde, where she arrived on 21 October. Empire Foam sailed on 28 October to join Convoy ONS 35, which sailed from Liverpool on 29 October and arrived at Halifax on 15 November. She then joined Convoy XB 134, which sailed that day and arrived at Boston on 17 November. She left the convoy at the Cape Cod Canal and arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , on 18 November. Empire Foam sailed on 15 December for Boston, from where she departed on 21 December with Convoy BX 138, which arrived at Halifax on 23 December. Carrying general cargo and explosives, Empire Foam sailed on 1 January 1945 with Convoy SC 164, which arrived at Liverpool on 18 January. She left

2030-605: The early 1960s, Athol and Sheila Fugard started The Circle Players, which derives its name from the production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht . In 1961, in Johannesburg , Fugard and Mokae starred as the brothers Morris and Zachariah in the single-performance world première of Fugard's play The Blood Knot (revised and retitled Blood Knot in 1987), directed by Barney Simon . In 1989, Lloyd Richards of The Paris Review declared The Blood Knot to be Fugard's first "major play". In 1962, Fugard found

2088-727: The granddaughter of Buk, the coloured farmer in Valley Song , leaves the Karoo to pursue a singing career in Cape Town but then returns, after his death, to create a new life on the land for her young son. The Fugard Theatre , in the District Six area of Cape Town opened with performances by the Isango Portobello theatre company in February 2010 and a new play written and directed by Athol Fugard, The Train Driver , played at

2146-508: The main play, which begins when Boba, the grandson of the story-telling grandfather character Oupa (played by Fugard) comes to visit. Fugard's plays are produced internationally and have won multiple awards, and several have been made into films (see Filmography below). Fugard himself performed in the first of these, as Boesman alongside Yvonne Bryceland as Lena, in Boesman and Lena directed by Ross Devenish in 1973. His film debut as

2204-446: The next day. Empire Foam departed from Port Said on 5 November, arriving at The Downs on 24 November and Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , on 27 November. She sailed on 14 December and arrived at Barry on 21 December. In 1946, Empire Foam was sold to Graigaur Shipping Co Ltd and was renamed Graigaur . Her port of registry was changed to Cardiff and she was placed under the management of Idwal Williams & Co Ltd, Cardiff. During

2262-439: The opposite to what you believe and then lead you to accept it? In other words, can art change a man or woman? No. That is what life does. Art is no substitute for life. Of the few venues in the country where a play could be presented to mixed audiences, Fugard noted that some were little better than barns. But he concluded that under these circumstances, "every conceivable dignity--audience, producer, act, 'professional' etc.--"

2320-588: The previous day and arrived at Halifax on 29 February. She then sailed to Saint John, New Brunswick , returning to Halifax with Convoy FH 109, which sailed on 15 March and arrived two days later. Empire Foam had loaded a cargo of flour . Carrying the Convoy Commodore , she sailed with convoy SC 156, which departed on 29 March and arrived at Liverpool on 13 April. She arrived at the Clyde on 13 April. Empire Foam subsequently sailed to Liverpool, from where she departed with Convoy OS77KM on 14 May. She

2378-441: The question of whether he could "work in a theatre which excludes 'Non-Whites'--or includes them only on the basis of special segregated performance-- increasingly pressing". It was made more so by the decision of British Equity to prevent any British entertainer visiting South Africa unless the audiences were allowed to be multi-racial. In a decision that caused him to reflect on the power of art to effect change, Fugard decided that

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2436-720: The role of both a white, and of a coloured , farmer. While they dispute property titles, both share a reverence for the land and fear change. In October 1995, Fugard took the play to the United States with a production by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. In January 2009, Fugard returned to New Haven for the premiere in the Coming Home. Veronika,

2494-682: The stage. In 1961 they met Athol Fugard, a white man who grew up in Port Elizabeth and who recently returned from Johannesburg, and asked him if he could work with them "as he had the know-how theatrically—the tricks, how to use the stage, movements, everything"; they worked with Athol Fugard since then, "and that is how the Serpent Players got together." At the time, the group performed anything they could lay their hands on in South Africa as they had no access to any libraries. These included Bertolt Brecht , August Strindberg , Samuel Beckett , William Shakespeare and many other prominent playwrights of

2552-481: The theatre in March 2010. In April 2014, returned to the stage in the world premiere of his The Shadow of a Hummingbird at the Long Wharf Theatre , New Haven. This short play was performed with an "introductory scene" compiled by Paula Fourie from Fugard's journal writings. With "the playwright digging through these diaries on a set which resembles an old, busy writer's workspace", the scene blends into

2610-538: The time. In an interview in California, Ntshona and Kani were asked why they were doing the play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead , considered a highly political and telling story of the South African political landscape at the time. Ntshona answered: "We are just a group of artists who love theatre. And we have every right to open the doors to anyone who wants to take a look at our play and our work...We believe that art

2668-444: Was Buenos Aires , Argentina, which was reached on 17 July. She sailed the next day for Rosario , Argentina arriving on 19 July and departing on 28 July for Buenos Aires, where she arrived the next day. Empire Foam sailed on 6 August, arriving at Freetown on 28 August. She departed with Convoy SL 169 the next day. The convoy merged with Convoy MKS 60 on 10 September. The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 17 September. She left

2726-708: Was "operative" in the white theatre except one, "human dignity". Fugard publicly supported the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1959–94) in the international boycott of South African theatres due to their segregated audiences. The results were additional restrictions and surveillance. He had his plays published and produced outside South Africa. Lucille Lortel produced The Blood Knot at the Cricket Theatre, Off Broadway , in New York City in 1964, "launch[ing]" Fugard's "American career." In

2784-402: Was Halifax, where she arrived on 26 August. She departed on 31 August for Sydney , Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia, where she arrived the next day. Carrying a cargo of wheat, she joined Convoy SC 43, which departed on 5 September and arrived at Liverpool on 20 September. Empire Foam was a member of Convoy ON 22, which sailed on 2 October and dispersed at sea on 15 October. Her destination

2842-586: Was Halifax, where she arrived on 6 December. Carrying a cargo of Grain, she joined Convoy HX 166, which departed on 21 December and arrived at Liverpool on 5 January 1942. She straggled behind the convoy and fell in with Convoy SC 61, which had departed from Sydney on 21 December and arrived at Liverpool on 7 January 1942. Empire Foam departed from Liverpool on 26 January 1942 to join Convoy OG 79, which had departed from Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , on 25 January and arrived at Gibraltar on 7 February. She

2900-503: Was Halifax, which she reached on 17 October. Carrying a cargo of grain, she returned with Convoy HX 156 , which departed on 22 October. On 1 November 1941, her Hawker Sea Hurricane was launched to intercept a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft, which it chased off. The pilot was recovered by HMS  Broke after ditching the aircraft. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on 5 November. Empire Foam sailed on 19 November with convoy ON 38, which dispersed at sea on 30 November. Her destination

2958-467: Was adapted as a film of the same name and won an Academy Award in 2005. It was directed by Gavin Hood . Acclaimed in 1985 as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" by Time , Fugard continues to write. He has published more than thirty plays. Fugard also served as an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting and directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at

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3016-562: Was carrying a cargo of coal . She made a return voyage to Huelva , Spain, before joining Convoy HG 80, which departed on 14 March and arriving at Liverpool on 26 March. She was carrying a cargo of ore. Empire Foam was a member of Convoy ON 83, which sailed from Liverpool on 4 April and arrived at Halifax on 17 April. Carrying grain, she departed with Convoy HX 187, which sailed on 26 April and arrived at Liverpool on 8 May. Empire Foam sailed on 29 May with Convoy ON 99, which arrived at Boston, Massachusetts , United States, on 12 June. She

3074-530: Was carrying a cargo of soda ash . Her destination was Halifax, where she arrived on 10 June. Carrying grain, she returned with Convoy HX 195, which sailed on 21 June and arrived at Liverpool on 2 July. Empire Foam sailed with Convoy ON 113 , which departed on 17 July and arrived at Halifax on 31 July. She then made a return voyage to Father Point , Quebec , via Sydney, travelling out with convoys HS 37 and SQ 25 and returning with convoys QS 26 and SH 35. Carrying grain and general cargo, she returned to

3132-658: Was carrying a cargo of ammunition, stores and vehicles. The convoy split at sea on 24 May. Empire Foam was in the part of the convoy which formed Convoy KMS 51G and arrived at Gibraltar on 25 May. She sailed to Algiers, arriving on 30 May and departing on 12 June to join Convoy GUS 42, which had departed from Port Said on 3 June and arrived at the Hampton Roads on 30 June. She left the convoy at Gibraltar, arriving on 14 June. She departed on 21 June with Convoy OS 80, which arrived at Freetown on 1 July. Her destination

3190-961: Was carrying general cargo and was bound for Calcutta , India . She was in the part of the convoy that formed Convoy KMS 89, which arrived at Gibraltar on 16 March. Empire Foam sailed past Gibraltar and reached Calcutta on 26 April via Port Said, Suez , Egypt, Aden and Colombo , Ceylon . Empire Foam subsequently sailed to Rangoon , Burma , where she arrived on 21 May. She sailed ten days later for Calcutta, arriving on 5 June. Empire Foam made another return trip to Rangoon before returning to Rangoon, from where she departed on 8 July for Cochin , India, arriving on 20 July. She sailed on 28 July for Lourenço Marques , Mozambique , arriving on 18 August. She sailed on 8 September for Aden, where she arrived on 26 September. Empire Foam sailed on 1 October for Suez, where she arrived on 10 October. She then sailed to Port Said and Alexandria, where she arrived on 12 October. She sailed on 23 October for Port Said, arriving

3248-870: Was described as "West African produce" and she was also carrying two passengers. Empire Foam arrived at Loch Ewe on 27 December and joined Convoy WN 524, which arrived at Methil , Fife , on 30 December. She then joined Convoy FS 1316, which departed from Methil that day and arrived at Southend on 1 January 1944. Her destination was Hull , Yorkshire , where she arrived on 1 January. Empire Foam sailed on 24 January 1944 to join Convoy FN 1245, which had departed from Southend on 23 January and arrived at Methil on 25 January. She then joined Convoy EN 343, which sailed on 7 February and arrived at Loch Ewe on 9 February. Empire Foam sailed on to Oban , Argyllshire , where she arrived on 10 February. She sailed on 13 February to join Convoy ONS 29, which had sailed from Liverpool

3306-447: Was propelled by a 433 nhp triple expansion steam engine , which had cylinders of 23 inches (58 cm), 39 inches (99 cm) and 65 inches (170 cm) diameter by 45 inches (110 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. It drove a single screw propeller . The ship was built in 1941 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd , Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom. She

3364-566: Was yard number 1694. She was launched on 13 March 1941. Her port of registry was Newcastle upon Tyne. The Code Letters BCKC andUnited Kingdom Official Number 165810 were allocated. Empire Foam was operated under the management of F Carrick & Co. Ltd. Empire Foam made her maiden voyage on 10 June 1941, when she sailed from the River Tyne to join Convoy EC 30, which had departed from Southend , Essex on 7 June and arrived at

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