Southern Pride
 Southern Pride, after RN conversion. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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[1] |
| Crew: | 30 |
The Southern Pride was a steam-powered whaler built by the Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough in 1936.[2] She was the design inspiration for the Flower class corvettes used to escort convoys in the North Atlantic in World War II.[3]
After World War II began the Southern Pride was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, and converted into a warship.[4] Her conversion took six weeks and cost 75,000 pounds.
She was wrecked off Freetown in June 1944.[5]
References
- ↑ McKay, John; Harland, John (1994). The flower class corvette Agassiz. Anatomy of the Ship. Naval Inst Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-55068-084-3.
- ↑ Woodman, Richard (2005). The History of the Ship. Conway Maritime Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-84486-004-3.
- ↑ "Southern Pride HMS (K 249)", wrecksite.eu
- ↑ David Brown (2007). Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157020.
- ↑ "Naval Losses: List Completed To May 8". The Times. 18 May 1945. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
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