SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SOUTHERN FOSTER
Type Whaler
Yard Number 1182
Launched 04/10/1948
Completed 11/1948
Off. Number 182682
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 438
Length (feet) 149 (154.0 o.a.)
Beam (feet) 27.6
First owner Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd. (C. Salvesen & Co.), Leith
   
History 09/1964 Laid up Leith Harbour, South Georgia.
   
Fate 1968 Broke adrift from moorings & driven ashore at Jason Island becoming total loss.

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