| Name: | EMPIRE CROWN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/10/1943 |
| Completed: | 01/1944 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 537 |
| Dimensions: | 7070grt, 4905nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510mn |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169054 |
| History: | |
| 23/12/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (J & C Harrison Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 1945 | Government of France (Min de la Marine Marchande); renamed CAPITAINE G LACOLEY |
| 1945 | Managed by Heuzey & Chastellain, Rouen |
| 1948 | Cie des Transportes Maritimes et Fluviaux , Rouen |
| 1961 | Mparmpapetros Shipping Co SA, Panama; renamed MPARMPA PETROS |
| 21/05/1963 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 21/05/1963: Wrecked off Porto de Pedras, Brazil |
| On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Naples, with a cargo of grain |
Above photo as EMPIRE CROWN is copyright Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as CAPITAINE G LACOLEY is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as CAPITAINE G LACOLEY is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as CAPITAINE G LACOLEY is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net