Empire Carpenter was a 7,025 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

[1] The United Kingdom Official Number 168745 and the Code Letters BFLJ were allocated.

She was placed under the management of the Hain Steamship Co Ltd.[3] Empire Carpenter was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.

Empire Caribou was carrying a cargo of steel bound for London.

[6] Convoy RA 55A departed the Kola Inlet on 23 December 1943 and arrived at Loch Ewe on 1 January 1944.

[7] In 1944, Empire Carpenter was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease and was renamed Dickson.