Mparmpa Petros was a 7,067 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Empire Crown by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, County Durham.

[6] She then joined Convoy EN 329, which departed from Methil the next day and arrived at Loch Ewe on 8 January.

[7] She then made a voyage to Cairnryan, Wigtownshire and the sailed to the Clyde to join Convoy OS66 km,[5] which departed from Liverpool, Lancashire on 24 January and split at sea on 5 February.

[9] She then joined Convoy KMS 40, which departed Gibraltar that day and arrived at Port Said, Egypt on 18 February.

[12] That day, she joined Convoy GUS 32, which had departed from Port Said on 24 February and arrived at the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States on 24 March.

[5] Empire Crown then joined Convoy GUS 39, which had departed from Port Said on 4 May and arrived at the Hampton Roads on 29 May.

[21] Between 30 July and 9 September, she sailed between Southend and the Seine Bay in various ETM and FTM convoys.

On 10 September, Empire Crown departed from Southend as a member of Convoy FN 1476, which arrived at Methil the next day.

The next day, she departed with Convoy WB 132, arriving at Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada on 23 October.

She departed the next day as a member of Convoy SH 175, which arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 25 October.

From there, she sailed to Suez, Egypt, Aden, Colombo, Ceylon, and Madras, India, where she arrived on 7 January 1945.

On 22 February, Empire Crown departed Calcutta for Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, where she arrived on 12 March.

[28] in 1961, Capitaine G Lacoley was sold to Mparmpapetros Shipping Co SA, Greece and renamed Mparmpa Petros.

Operated under the management of Pateras Shipbrokers Ltd, London, she served until 22 May 1963, when she ran aground at Porto de Pedras, Brazil and was wrecked.