SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | SOUSA |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 673 |
| Launched | 22/04/1924 |
| Completed | 10/1924 |
| Off. Number | 148246 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 217 |
| Length (feet) | 110.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 23 |
| First owner | The South Georgia Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith |
| History | 11/1929 Sevilla Whaling Co.Ltd. (A/S Sevilla), London (Companies part-owned & controlled by Salvesen) |
| LR1930 South Georgia Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Regd. Stanley, F.I. | |
| 05/1930 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. (A/S Polhavet), London (Companies part-owned by Salvesen) | |
| 10/1933 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. & A/S Polhavet fully acquired by Salvesen | |
| LR1939 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.) | |
| 04/1940 Captured by German Navy when lying at Tønsberg, returned to owners 05/1945 | |
| 04/1946 V.Skogland A/S, Norway | |
| 1948 SAAOY, Ole Abrahamsen, Norway - fitted diesel by M.Haldorsen & Sonner, Rubbestadneset, Norway, operating as fishing vessel | |
| 1968 Re-engined Alpha Diesel | |
| 1972 lengthened 27', now 298grt | |
| 1979 A/S Saaoy | |
| 1984 BUBISTA, Adriano Antonio Lima, Cape Verde Islands (Operating as cargo vessel) | |
| (NB Also reported as sinking off Lindesnes on 14/04/1985 as SAAOY after collision with STAKO (1499grt/1981) | |
| (Still in LR 2002 as BUBISTA) | |
| Fate |
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