Southern Pride

Southern Pride, after RN conversion.
History
Name:	Southern Pride, HMS Southern Pride K249
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
General characteristics
Tonnage:	582 gross register
Length:	160 ft (49 m)
Installed power:	Steam
Speed:	15.25kt
Crew:	30

The Southern Pride was a steam-powered whaler built by the Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough in 1936. She was the design inspiration for the Flower class corvettes used to escort convoys in the North Atlantic in World War II.

After World War II began the 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.