page_title: SS Green Hill Park
hierarchical_section_title: SS Green Hill Park
caption_attribution_description: Firefighters beached the Greenhill Park on Vancouver's Siwash Point, in 1945. Original caption&#58; “Beached on historic Siwash Rock where she was towed after six explosions ripped her hull and shook downtown Vancouver yesterday noon; the freighter Greenhill Park stil burns furiously. A fireboat pours a steady stream of water into the hull.” This image is available from the Toronto Public LibraryThis tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. English&#160;| français&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Green Hill Park was a freighter, built in 1943, that exploded, and burst into flames, in Vancouver, British Columbia's harbour, on March 6, 1945. According to a 2013 retrospective article, in the Vancouver Sun, this was Vancouver's worst disaster, at the time it occurred.
  The ship was owned by the Park Steamship Company, which was owned by Canada's Federal government. The government had built 400 vessels during World War II. She was named after an actual park in Nova Scotia. Built as a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1943 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program.
  She was operated for the Government by Canada Shipping Company.
context_section_description: Green Hill Park was a freighter, built in 1943, that exploded, and burst into flames, in Vancouver, British Columbia's harbour, on March 6, 1945.  According to a 2013 retrospective article, in the Vancouver Sun, this was Vancouver's worst disaster, at the time it occurred.
  The ship was owned by the Park Steamship Company, which was owned by Canada's Federal government.  The government had built 400 vessels during World War II.  She was named after an actual park in Nova Scotia. Built as a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1943 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. 
  She was operated for the Government by Canada Shipping Company.
caption: Firefighters beached Green Hill Park on Vancouver's Siwash Point, in 1945
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