Empire Charmian was a 7,513 GRT heavy lift ship which was built in 1943 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow in Furness.

The Code Letters BFDL and United Kingdom Official Number 167745 were allocated.

[3] Convoy MKS 23 departed Alexandria, Egypt on 25 August 1943 and arrived at the Clyde on 14 September.

Empire Charmian joined the convoy at Malta and left it at Bizerta, Tunisia.

[1] On 26 July 1960, crewmember Fernando Davila was injured when he fell through an open hatch on the forecastle of Vercharmian.

He sued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit claiming damages for injuries suffered when he fell through the hatch.

She was refloated, and sailed on 7 July but was discovered to be leaking and was beached in Mormugao Bay.