SS Empire Deed

History
Name	Empire Deed (1943-46); Deed (1946-51); Doro (1951-56); Leonidas Cambanis (1956-64); Ever Fortune (1964); Ever Happiness (1964-67);
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1943-45); Ministry of Transport (1945-46); Sussex Steamship Co Ltd (1946-51); Compagnia Navigazione Doro (1951-56); Z L Cambanis & others (1956-64); Reliance Marine Corporation (1964); First Steamship Co Ltd (1964-67);
Operator	Mungo Campbell & Co Ltd (1943-46); S G Embiricos Ltd (1946-51); Compagnia Navigazione Doro (1951-56); Z L Cambanis & others (1956-64); First Steamship Co Ltd (1964-66);
Port of registry	Sunderland (1943-46); London, United Kingdom (1946-51); Panama City, Panama (1951-56); Piraeus, Greece (1956-64); Monrovia, Liberia (1964); Taipeh, Taiwan (1964-67);
Builder	Bartram & Sons Ltd
Yard number	295
Launched	6 February 1943
Completed	May 1943
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 169113 (1943-46); Code Letters GDNS (1943-46); ;
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	6,766 GRT; 4,639 NRT;
Length	416 ft 8 in (127.00 m)
Beam	56 ft 6 in (17.22 m)
Draught	26 feet 6+1⁄2 inches (8.090 m)
Depth	34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
Armament	Anti-torpedo nets (1943-45)

Empire Deed was a 6,766 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 by Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Deed. In 1951, she was sold to Panama and renamed Doro. A sale to Greece in 1956 saw her renamed Leonidas Cambanis. In 1964, she was sold to Liberia and renamed Ever Fortune followed by a sale to Taiwan later that year and renaming to Ever Happiness. She served until 1967, when she was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

History

Name	Empire Deed (1943-46) Deed (1946-51) Doro (1951-56) Leonidas Cambanis (1956-64) Ever Fortune (1964) Ever Happiness (1964-67)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1943-45) Ministry of Transport (1945-46) Sussex Steamship Co Ltd (1946-51) Compagnia Navigazione Doro (1951-56) Z L Cambanis & others (1956-64) Reliance Marine Corporation (1964) First Steamship Co Ltd (1964-67)
Operator	Mungo Campbell & Co Ltd (1943-46) S G Embiricos Ltd (1946-51) Compagnia Navigazione Doro (1951-56) Z L Cambanis & others (1956-64) First Steamship Co Ltd (1964-66)
Port of registry	Sunderland (1943-46) London, United Kingdom (1946-51) Panama City, Panama (1951-56) Piraeus, Greece (1956-64) Monrovia, Liberia (1964) Taipeh, Taiwan (1964-67)
Builder	Bartram & Sons Ltd
Yard number	295
Launched	6 February 1943
Completed	May 1943
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 169113 (1943-46) Code Letters GDNS (1943-46)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	6,766 GRT 4,639 NRT
Length	416 ft 8 in (127.00 m)
Beam	56 ft 6 in (17.22 m)
Draught	26 feet 6+1⁄2 inches (8.090 m)
Depth	34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
Armament	Anti-torpedo nets (1943-45)