M. PEARSE & COMPANY., STOCKTON-ON-TEES
| Name | THE SOUTHERNER |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 45 |
| Launched | 07/03/1863 or 08/03/1863 |
| Completed | 06/1863 |
| Off. Number | 45950 |
| Engine builder | Fossick & Hackworth, Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | 2 cyl., 300 nhp |
| GRT | 1980 |
| Length (feet) | 281.1 |
| Beam (feet) | 38.1 |
| First owner | J. A. K. Wilson, Liverpool |
| History | 1863 C. K. Prioleau, Liverpool (agent for Confederate states) |
| 1863 W. J. Fernie, Liverpool | |
| 1864 renamed WESTMINSTER, temporarily under foreign flag | |
| 1864 renamed PERUVIAN | |
| 1864 British and American S.N. Co., Liverpool | |
| 1868 Merchant Trading Company, Liverpool | |
| 1869 CASTILLA, foreign owners, chartered to Thos. & Jas. Harrison | |
| 1869 Thomas Harrison, Liverpool | |
| 1870 Compania Catalana de Vapores Transatlantica, Barcelona | |
| 1890 AMERICA, Stefano Repetto, Genoa | |
| Fate | 1898 broken up at Genoa |
There is much debate about this vessel's probable role as a blockade runner for the Confederates in the American Civil War
This painting is in the collection of descendents of the Pearse family living in Germany, and a scan kindly provided by Brian Swales
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