SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SOUTHERN PRIDE
Type Whaler
Yard Number 1018
Launched 16/10/1936
Completed 1936
Off. Number 159376
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 4 cyl.
GRT 582
Length (feet) 161.6
Beam (feet) 31.1
First owner Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd. (N.C.Watt), Cape Town
   
History 1939 regd. London
  1941 The South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), London
   
Fate 16/06/1944 Wrecked near Freetown, Sierra Leone.
   
Note The design of SOUTHERN PRIDE was used as the basis for the R.N. Flower Class Corvettes. See GLADIOLUS yard no. 1075 etc.

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