SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | SWONA |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 813 |
| Launched | 07/07/1925 |
| Completed | 08/1925 |
| Off. Number | 148253 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 313 |
| Length (feet) | 130.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 26 |
| First owner | The South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith |
| History | 16/04/1940 - 03/1946 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper & dan layer, Adm. no. Fy.1802 |
| 03/1946 Uneconomic to refit, sold to Ministry of Transport and laid up. | |
| 11/1946 R.Scott & Co., S Africa for service as Salvage Vessel | |
| Fate | 08/12/1946 Lost propeller while assisting CITY OF LINCOLN and driven ashore at Quoin Point, Cape Province on 12/12/1946. 07/1947 bought by Hydraulic Engineering Works, S. Africa. 03/1948 wreck abandoned. |
Collection Richard Cox, in wartime guise
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