Avondale Park
Canadian Steam merchant
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| Name | Avondale Park | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,878 tons | ||
| Completed | 1944 - Foundation Maritime, Pictou | ||
| Owner | Witherington & Everett, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 7 May 1945 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-2336 (Emil Klusmeier) | ||
| Position | 56° 05'N, 2° 32'W - Grid AN 0539 | ||
| Complement | 38 (2 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | EN-591 | ||
| Route | Hull (6 May) - Methil (7 May) - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Launched in February 1944 for the Canadian Government. Later leased to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) on Bare Boat Charter. | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.03 and 23.06 hours on 7 May 1945, U-2336 attacked convoy EN-591 near May Island in the Firth of Forth and sank two ships, the Avondale Park and Sneland I. The chief engineer and a donkeyman on watch below on the Avondale Park (Master James Wilson Martin Cushnie) were lost. The master, 31 crew members and four gunners were rescued by convoy escorts. This was the last attack carried out by an U-boat in World War II. | ||
| On board | We have details of 4 people who were on board. | ||
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