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).

The United Kingdom Official Number 169113 and Code Letters BFJS were allocated.

[9] She departed from Gibraltar that day as a member of Convoy KMS 23, which arrived at Port Said, Egypt on 30 August.

Two days later, she departed from Malta as a member of convoy VT 7, which arrived at Tripoli, Libya on 31 October.

She departed the next day as a member of Convoy VN 15, which arrived at Naples, Italy on 11 January.

Two days later, she joined Convoy MKS 39,[5] which had departed from Port Said on 30 January and arrived at Gibraltar on 11 February.

She was carrying three passengers and a cargo of iron ore.[18] The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 7 March.

[5] Empire Deed departed from Workington on 14 March for the Clyde, arriving the next day.

Her voyages for the next three weeks are not recorded, but she sailed from Southend on 9 June as a member of Convoy ETM 4, which arrived at the Seine Bay, France the next day.

She made her final voyage in this series as a member of Convoy FTM 44, which departed from the Seine Bay on 21 July and arrived at Southend the next day.

[21] Two days later, she departed with Convoy EN 425, which arrived at Loch Ewe on 24 August.

She then joined Convoy ON 250, which had departed from Liverpool that day and arrived at New York, United States on 7 September.

She left the convoy at Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada,[22] where she arrived on 4 September.

[5] She then joined Convoy HX 310, which had departed from New York on 21 September and arrived at Liverpool on 5 October.

[29] She left the convoy and sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, arriving on 7 March.

She departed three days later as a member of Convoy HF 169, which arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on 16 April.

[5] Empire Deed departed from the Hampton Roads on 8 May 1945 as a member of Convoy UGS 91, which dispersed at sea on 23 May.

Empire Deed departed from Calcutta on 19 August for Durban, South Africa, where she arrived on 29 September.

[1] In 1964, Leonidas Cambanis was sold to the Reliance Marine Corporation, Liberia and was renamed Ever Fortune.