S.S. WESTDALE PARK
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (D.E.M.S.)
Westdale Park was a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS). Though manned by a civilian crew, she had RCN sailors on board to man and operate the gun that was fitted to her for protection and convoy defence. Later re-named Canadian Observer, she was eventually laid up in Dartmouth, NS and broken up in 1965.
In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
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