MV John Lyras
 John Lyras was a 7513 GRT heavy lift ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Elaine by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd Barrow in Furness Lancashire United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She spent most of the Second World War serving in the Indian Ocean although she did visit the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky and Operation Dragoon.In 1947 she was sold into merchant service and renamed John Lyras. In 1959 she was sold to a Panamania owner.