Southern Pride
British whaling ship
title: "Southern Pride" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["whaling-ships", "ships-built-on-the-river-tees", "1936-ships"] description: "British whaling ship" topic_path: "general/whaling-ships" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pride" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary British whaling ship ::
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| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image |
| image | Southern Pride, after RN conversion.jpg |
| image_caption | Southern Pride, after Royal Navy conversion. |
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| name | Southern Pride, |
| owner | Southern Whaling and Sealing Company, London (1936–1940), Admiralty (1940–44) |
| builder | Smiths Dock Company |
| launched | 1936 |
| in_service | 1936–1944 |
| fate | Wrecked near Freetown, 16 June 1944 |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| tonnage | |
| length | 160 ft |
| beam | |
| power | Steam |
| speed | 15.25 kn |
| crew | 30 |
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Southern Pride was a steam-powered whaler built by the Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, in 1936. She was the initial design inspiration for the s used to escort convoys in the North Atlantic in World War II. The final design for the Flower class was significantly modified from that of Southern Pride factoring in things like ease of construction.
After World War II began Southern Pride was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, and converted into a warship. Her conversion took six weeks and cost 75,000 pounds. She was wrecked off Freetown in June 1944.
References
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5F2CAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Southern+Pride%22+corvette+%22whale+catcher%22&pg=PA43 | title = Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II | author = David Brown | publisher = Seaforth Publishing | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-1-84415-702-0
|author-link=Richard Woodman |last=Woodman |first=Richard |title=The History of the Ship |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |year=2005 |page=376 |isbn=978-1-84486-004-3}}
|last1=McKay |first1=John |first2=John |last2= Harland |title=The flower class corvette Agassiz |publisher=Naval Inst Press |year=1994 |series=Anatomy of the Ship |page=13 |isbn=978-1-55068-084-3}}
|url= http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/844/841/95669506w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS35733682&dyn=3!xrn_2_0_CS35733682&hst_1?sw_aep=corlonli |title=Naval Losses: List Completed To May 8 |work=The Times |date=18 May 1945 |access-date=7 February 2010
References
- [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141835 "Southern Pride HMS (K 249)"], wrecksite.eu
- (1991). "The Whaler and the Corvette". Warship.
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