| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | K 249 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 16 Oct 1936 |
| Commissioned | Jul 1940 |
| Lost | 16 Jun 1944 |
| History | Completed in December 1936. Wrecked near Freetown on 16 June 1944 and declared a total loss. |
Commands listed for HMS Southern Pride (K 249)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Nicholas Bryan John Stapleton, RNR | 22 Jul 1940 | Jan 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Brian Osborne Babb, RNVR | Jan 1941 | 7 Feb 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Frank Arnold Darrah, RNVR | 7 Feb 1941 | 22 May 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Barrett Angus, DSC, RNVR | 22 May 1943 | 16 Jun 1944 |
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Notable events involving Southern Pride include:
21 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Southern Pride (Lt. N.B.J. Stapleton, RNR) and HMS Haarlem (T/Lt. L.B. Merrick, RNR). (1)
23 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Southern Pride (Lt. N.B.J. Stapleton, RNR) and HMS Recoil (Lt. I.M. Wilson, RNVR). (1)
23 Nov 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Southern Pride (T/Lt. F.A. Darrah, RNVR) and HMS ML 302 (T.Lt. I.L. Fawcett, RNVR). (2)
24 Dec 1943
HMS Southern Pride (T/Lt. G.B. Angus, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Arran pick up 130 survivors from the British seaplane tender Dumana that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-515 about 70 miles west-southwest of Sassandra, Ivory Coast, in position 04°27'N, 06°58'W.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6365 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17528
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.