Southern Pride
Southern Pride, after RN conversion.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Southern Pride, HMS Southern Pride K249 |
| Owner: | Southern Whaling and Sealing Company, London (1936–1940), Admiralty (1940–44) |
| Builder: | Smiths Dock Company |
| Launched: | 1936 |
| In service: | 1936–1944 |
| Fate: | Wrecked near Freetown, 16 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 582 gross register |
| Length: | 160 ft (49 m) |
| Installed power: | Steam |
| Speed: | 15.25kt |
| Crew: | 30 |
The Southern Pride was a steam-powered whaler built by the Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough in 1936. She was the design inspiration for the Flower class corvettes used to escort convoys in the North Atlantic in World War II.
After World War II began the Southern Pride was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, and converted into a warship. Her conversion took six weeks and cost 75,000 pounds.
She was wrecked off Freetown in June 1944.
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