''Yelkenci'' was a

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cargo ship which was built in 1943 for the

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(MoWT) as ''Empire Camp''. She was sold in 1946 and renamed ''Valacia''. In 1951, she was sold and renamed ''New York City''. A further sale in 1955 saw her renamed ''Loch Morar''. A final sale to Turkish owners saw her renamed ''Yelkenci''. She served with them until scrapped in 1971.

Description

The ship was built by Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland. She was launched on 17 June 1943 and completed in November 1943. A total of 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. The cooling machines used

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as a coolant.

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was by direct expansion, air,

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and slag wool. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . Her GRT was 7,052 and she had a NRT of 4,760. She was propelled by a

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which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by North East Marine Engine Co (1938) Ltd,

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History

''Empire Camp'' was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of Blue Star Line Ltd. Her port of registry was Sunderland. The Code Letters BFKR were allocated. Her Official Number was 169124. ''Empire Camp'' was a member of a number of convoys during the

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. ;HX 306 Convoy HX 306 departed New York on 31 August 1944 and arrived at

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on 17 September. ''Empire Camp'' joined the convoy at Halifax,

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on 2 September. She was carrying general cargo and a cargo of

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, bound for

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. ;MKS 75G Convoy MKS 75G departed

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on 1 December 1945 bound for

. During 1945, management was transferred to Cunard White Star Line Co Ltd. In 1946, ''Empire Camp'' was sold to Cunard White Star Line and renamed ''Valacia''. Her port of registry was changed to Liverpool. She was the second Cunard White Star Line ship to carry the name ''Valacia''. In 1950, ''Valacia'' was sold the Bristol City Line of Steamships Ltd and renamed ''New York City'', the fourth ship to bear that name for Bristol City Line. She was placed under the management of

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Ltd,

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. In 1955, she was sold to Glasgow United Shipping Co Ltd and renamed ''Loch Morar'' and placed under the management of Mackay & MacIntyre Ltd,

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. In 1959, she was sold to Lütfi Yelkenci Evlatlari Donmata Iştiraki,

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and renamed ''Yelkenci''. She served until 1971, arriving at Istanbul on 20 February 1971 for scrapping.

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