Yelkenci was a 7,052 GRT refrigerated cargo ship which was built in 1943 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Camp.

[1] A total of 260,219 cubic feet (7,368.6 m3) of refrigerated cargo space was provided in three holds.

Refrigeration was provided by two compressors and eight cooling machines made by L Sterne & Co Ltd.

[3] Empire Camp was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.

Convoy HX 306 departed New York on 31 August 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 17 September.

Empire Camp joined the convoy at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 2 September.