During the early years of WW2, the Allied countries lost a substantial number of cargo ships which needed to be replaced, The Canadian government started a shipbuilding program and adopted a standard design to be constructed at different shipbuilding yards, in effect the Canadian equivalent of the Liberty Ship. Both were based on a design by a British shipyard, J.L. Thompson and Sons. They were 440 feet long and of 10,000 ton capacity.
182 Park ships were built in three years at 13 shipyards located on both coasts and on the Great Lakes. The Mulgrave Park was one of twenty four built by Foundation Maritime at Pictou, Nova Scotia.
The Mulgrave Park was sold to an unknown buyer in 1946 and renamed Dun Yu, later Nan Hai 157, in 1967, Hong Qi 157. It was finally scrapped in 1983, far in excess of its projected 5 year life. All Park ships had been sold to private owners by 1948.
There were two sizes of ships in the program - this was the smaller type of 2895 gross tons and about 330 feet long.
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