SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SOUTHERN FOAM
Type Whaler
Yard Number 828
Launched 26/08/1926
Completed 09/1926
Off. Number 139446
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 295
Length (feet) 123.0
Beam (feet) 24.6
First owner Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd. (N.C.Watt), Stanley, Falkland Is.
   
History LR1939 Mgr. deleted.
  22/03/1940 - 01/1946 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm.no. Fy.1796
  09/1941 The South Georgia Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), registered in Leith
  1956 Hawke Harbour Whaling Co. Ltd. (J. Borgen), St. John's, NF.
   
Fate 1970 Stranded in Conception Bay, Newfoundland and sold to Dominion Metals Ltd. for breaking.

Use browser to return to this year

Return to this builder's yardlists

Return to all builders main index