SS Avondale Park

History
Canada
Name	Avondale Park
Owner	Canadian Government (1943); Ministry of War Transport (1944);
Operator	Park Steamship Co Ltd (1943); Witherington & Everett (1944);
Port of registry	Montreal
Builder	Pictou Shipyard, Foundation Maritime Ltd
Launched	February 1944
Completed	May 1944
Identification	Code Letters VDDN; ; UK Official Number 175378;
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by U-2336, 7 May 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,878 GRT; 1,653 NRT;
Length	315 ft 5 in (96.14 m)
Beam	46 ft 5 in (14.15 m)
Depth	22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion	Screw propeller
Crew	34, plus 4 DEMS gunners
Armament	1 x 4 inch deck gun aft; 1 x 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon; 2 x Twin .50 cal. Machine Guns; 20 x Rail Anti-Aircraft Rocket Launcher (Pillar Box) ;

Avondale Park was a 2,872 GRT cargo ship which was built by Pictou Shipyard at Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1944. She was the last merchant ship to be sunk by Germany in the Second World War, on 7 May 1945, the day of German surrender. She was built as merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1944 as part of Canada's Park ship program.

History

Canada
Name	Avondale Park
Owner	Canadian Government (1943) Ministry of War Transport (1944)
Operator	Park Steamship Co Ltd (1943) Witherington & Everett (1944)
Port of registry	Montreal
Builder	Pictou Shipyard, Foundation Maritime Ltd
Launched	February 1944
Completed	May 1944
Identification	Code Letters VDDN UK Official Number 175378
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by U-2336, 7 May 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,878 GRT 1,653 NRT
Length	315 ft 5 in (96.14 m)
Beam	46 ft 5 in (14.15 m)
Depth	22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion	Screw propeller
Crew	34, plus 4 DEMS gunners
Armament	1 x 4 inch deck gun aft 1 x 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon 2 x Twin .50 cal. Machine Guns 20 x Rail Anti-Aircraft Rocket Launcher (Pillar Box) ^[1]