She was sunk by torpedo from German submarine U-177 on 6 July 1943, the first Park ship lost to enemy action.

The ships departed Liverpool on 18 December 1942[8] and were met by the Royal Canadian Navy Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-1.

[8][10][11] Jasper Park was on voyage from Calcutta and Cochin, India unescorted to Saint John, New Brunswick via Durban, South Africa with 6,500 tons of general cargo including jute and tea.

On 6 July 1943 at 10AM Jasper Park was found by the German submarine U-177, commanded by Robert Gysae, south-southwest of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar.

[13][14] The lost are remembered in the Royal Canadian Naval Ships Memorial Monument in Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario.