SS Victoria Park

SS Victoria Park was a general cargo steamship built in 1943, the first of 24 wartime Park Ships that were built in the Pictou Shipyard in Pictou, Nova Scotia in the 1940s. Victoria Park was built by Foundation Maritime Ltd. April 27, 1943. Built as a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy. [1] and was originally built for the government of Canada's use as a cargo vessel.

History

Canada
Name:	SS Victoria Park
Namesake:	Victoria Park, Truro, Nova Scotia
Owner:	Canadian Government
Port of registry:	Canada
Builder:	Pictou Shipyard, Pictou, Nova Scotia[1]
Launched:	April 27, 1943[1]
Out of service:	1982[1]
Fate:	Scrapped in Brazil, 1982
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 propellor
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) [2]

History

The S.S Victoria Park was the first steam ship built at the new Pictou shipyard.[3] In the tradition of naming Park Ships after Canadian parks, she was named for Victoria Park in nearby Truro, Nova Scotia. The ship was launched on April 27, 1943.[1] She made multiple crossings of the Atlantic carrying supplies to Europe during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Victoria Park also had a long postwar career changing owners and names numerous times until it was finally scrapped in Brazil in 1982.[1]

Other names

After the war she was sold and renamed. She was subsequently renamed a number of times: [1]

Tatuk, 1946
Kalo, 1948
Ester, 1957
San John P., 1964
Ramsdal I, 1965
Rio Atrato, 1966

Park Ships

Park Ships were merchant steamships constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy during World War II. Park ships were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty Ships and the British Fort Ships. All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland, England.

External links

References

"Ferguson Industries". shipbuildinghistory.com. August 26, 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
merchant ships, Park armament
"SS Victoria Park under Construction". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

Park ships
Canadian type	Albert Park Alexandra Park Champlain Park Cromwell Park Eastwood Park Elgin Park Fairmount Park Frontenac Park Garden Park Gaspesian Park Grafton Park Hampstead Park Highland Park Lakeside Park Lakeview Park SS Montebello Park Noranda Park Outremont Park Portland Park Princeton Park Rupert Park Selkirk Park Seven Oaks Park Simcoe Park Sunalta Park Waverley Park Wellington Park Winona Park
Dominion type	Bell Park Cartier Park Dartmouth Park Lorne Park Maissoneuve Park Sutherland Park Westdale Park Yoho Park (I)
North Sands type	Alder Park Algonquin Park Banff Park Belwoods Park Chippewa Park Dentonia Park Elk Island Park Elm Park Gatineau Park Glacier Park Green Gables Park High Park Hillcrest Park Jasper Park Kawartha Park Kildonan Park Kootenay Park (I) La Salle Park Lafontaine Park Laurentide Park Mount Douglas Park Mount Orford Park Mount Revelstoke Park Mount Robson Park (I) Nemiskan Park Point Pelee Park¹ Point Pleasant Park Port Royal Park Prince Albert Park Rideau Park Riverdale Park Riverview Park Rocky Mountains Park Rondeau Park Rosedale Park Runnymede Park Sibley Park Stanley Park Tweedsmuir Park Westmount Park Whiteshell Park Withrow Park Yamaska Park
Revised type	Argyle Park Ashby Park Baldwin Park Evangeline Park Hamilton Park Mohawk Park (I) Mulgrave Park Rockland Park Shakespeare Park Sunset Park Willow Park
Scandinavian type	Ainslie Park Avondale Park Beresford Park Bloomfield Park Cataraqui Park Chigneto Park Confederation Park Crescent Park Dufferin Park Fawkner Park Kelowna Park Kensington Park Lansdowne Park Liscombe Park Manitou Park Mayfair Park Montmorency Park Oakmount Park Rockcliffe Park Rockwood Park Taber Park Taronga Park Victoria Park Wentworth Park Woodland Park
Tankers	Eglinton Park Millican Park Nipiwan Park Norwood Park Otterburn Park Springbank Park
Victory type	Arlington Beach Park¹ Aspen Park Atwater Park Beaton Park Bowness Park Brentwood Bay Park¹ Bridgeland Park Buffalo Park Clearwater Park¹ Connaught Park Cornish Park Coronation Park Crystal Park Cypress Hills Park¹ Dominion Park Dorval Park Dundurn Park Dunlop Park Earlscourt Park Goldstream Park Green Hill Park Hastings Park Kitsilano Park Kootenay Park (II) Leaside Park Louisbourg Park Mewata Park Mission Park Mohawk Park (II) Montebello Park (II) Moose Mountain Park¹ Mount Bruce Park¹ Mount Maxwell Park¹ Mount Robson Park (II) Mount Royal Park¹ Parkdale Park Queens Park Queensborough Park Quetico Park¹ Richmond Park Salt Lake Park Sapperton Park Seacliff Park Silver Star Park ¹Strathcona Park Sunnyside Park Tecumseh Park Temagami Park Tipperary Park Tobiatic Park Tuxedo Park Wascana Park Westbank Park Westend Park Weston Park Westview Park Whiterock Park Wildewood Park¹ Willowdale Park¹ Windermere Park Winnepegosis Park Yoho Park (II) Lakeside Park
Unclassified	Hector Park Riding Mountain Park¹
Sank or damaged	Jasper Park Point Pleasant Park Avondale Park Taber Park Green Hill Park Yoho Park (I) Queens Park Weston Park Lansdowne Park Dufferin Park Crescent Park Montmorency Park Kensington Park Ainslie Park Wentworth Park Taronga Park Silver Star Park Atwater Park Banff Park Beresford Park Champlain Park Cromwell Park Earlscourt Park Elm Park Elk Island Park Gaspesian Park Kitsilano Park Mount Douglas Park Nipiwan Park Norwood Park Prince Albert Park Simcoe Park Westbank Park Westmount Park Winnepegosis Park
1 Tanker See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Liberty ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

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