Southern Pride

	Southern Pride,after Royal Navy conversion.
History
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 nearFreetown,16 June 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	582GRT
Length	160 ft (49 m)
Installed power	Steam
Speed	15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph)
Crew	30

Southern Pridewas a steam-poweredwhalerbuilt by theSmiths Dock CompanyofMiddlesbroughin 1936.^[2]She was the initial design inspiration for theFlower-class corvettesused to escortconvoysin theNorth AtlanticinWorld War II.^[3]^[4]^[5]The final design for the Flower class was significantly modified from that ofSouthern Pridefactoring in things like ease of construction.^[6]

After World War II beganSouthern Pridewas requisitioned by theRoyal Navy,and converted into a warship.^[4]Her conversion took six weeks and cost 75,000pounds.She was wrecked offFreetownin June 1944.^[7]

References

^ McKay, John; Harland, John (1994).The flower class corvette Agassiz.Anatomy of the Ship. Naval Inst Press. p. 13.ISBN 978-1-55068-084-3.
^ Woodman, Richard(2005).The History of the Ship.Conway Maritime Press. p. 376.ISBN 978-1-84486-004-3.
^ Brian Lavery(2016).Churchill's Navy: The ships, people and organisation, 1939-1945.Bloomsbury Publishing.p. 227.ISBN 9781844863372.About this time Mr William Reed of Smith's Docks came to see me. He enlarged upon the properties of the whale-catchers of the Southern Pride class built to the British Corporation's classification. It seemed to me that vessel with the characteristics ofSouthern Pridewould meet the requirements outlined by Sir Roger Backhouse.
^^a ^b David Brown (2007).Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II.Seaforth Publishing.ISBN 9781844157020.
^"Southern Pride HMS (K 249)",wrecksite.eu
^Harland, John (1991). "The Whaler and the Corvette".Warship:201–204.
^ "Naval Losses: List Completed To May 8".The Times.18 May 1945.Retrieved7 February2010.

[mckay-1] McKay, John; Harland, John (1994).The flower class corvette Agassiz.Anatomy of the Ship. Naval Inst Press. p. 13.ISBN 978-1-55068-084-3.

[woodman-2] Woodman, Richard(2005).The History of the Ship.Conway Maritime Press. p. 376.ISBN 978-1-84486-004-3.

[ChurchillLavery-3] Brian Lavery(2016).Churchill's Navy: The ships, people and organisation, 1939-1945.Bloomsbury Publishing.p. 227.ISBN 9781844863372.About this time Mr William Reed of Smith's Docks came to see me. He enlarged upon the properties of the whale-catchers of the Southern Pride class built to the British Corporation's classification. It seemed to me that vessel with the characteristics ofSouthern Pridewould meet the requirements outlined by Sir Roger Backhouse.

[AtlanticEscorts-4] David Brown (2007).Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II.Seaforth Publishing.ISBN 9781844157020.

[5] "Southern Pride HMS (K 249)",wrecksite.eu

[Harland-6] Harland, John (1991). "The Whaler and the Corvette".Warship:201–204.

[times1-7] "Naval Losses: List Completed To May 8".The Times.18 May 1945.Retrieved7 February2010.

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