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HMS Southern Prince
HMS Southern Prince was a motor ship that was built in 1929 as the refrigerated cargo ship Southern Prince. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1940 as a minelayer. She became a headquarters ship and then an accommodation ship in 1944, was a fleet training ship in 1945, and returned to civilian trade in 1946. In 1947 she was sold to Italian owners who had her refitted as a passenger ship and renamed her Anna C. From 1952 she was a cruise ship. She was scrapped in 1972.
This was the first of two Prince Line ships to be called Southern Prince. The second was a general cargo ship that was launched in 1955, sold and renamed in 1971, and scrapped in 1978.
In 1928 and 1929 Prince Line, part of the Furness, Withy shipping group, had four large refrigerated cargo ships built by two Clydeside shipyards. Lithgows at Port Glasgow built Northern Prince and Southern Prince, and Napier and Miller in Old Kilpatrick built their sister ships Eastern Prince and Western Prince.
Lithgows built Southern Prince as yard number 816. She was launched on 12 March 1929 and completed that August. Her registered length was 496.2 ft (151.2 m), her beam was 64.9 ft (19.8 m) and her depth was 35.4 ft (10.8 m). Her tonnages were 10,917 GRT and 6,501 NRT, and she had 148,583 cu ft (4,207 m3) of refrigerated cargo space.
Southern Prince had twin screws, driven by a pair of eight-cylinder, double-acting, four-stroke diesel engines built by John G. Kincaid & Company of Greenock. Between them, her twin engines were rated at 2,200 NHP and gave her a speed of 17 knots (31 km/h).
Prince Line registered Southern Prince in London. Her UK official number was 161277, and until 1933 her code letters were LDQJ. From 1930 her wireless telegraph call sign was GTCW. Prince Line employed her on its route between New York and Argentina.
The Admiralty requisitioned Southern Prince on 16 December 1939. She was converted into an auxiliary minelayer, with capacity to carry and lay 556 mines. She was armed with two QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V, two QF 2-pounder naval guns, seven Oerlikon 20 mm cannons and four Vickers .50 machine guns. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 June 1940, with the pennant number M47.
By mid-August 1940 Southern Prince had joined the 1st Minelaying Squadron at Kyle of Lochalsh (Port ZA), along with four other auxiliary minesweepers, and an escort of destroyers. She was the largest and swiftest auxiliary minesweeper in the squadron. She and other ships of the flotilla started laying the Northern Barrage.
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HMS Southern Prince
HMS Southern Prince was a motor ship that was built in 1929 as the refrigerated cargo ship Southern Prince. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1940 as a minelayer. She became a headquarters ship and then an accommodation ship in 1944, was a fleet training ship in 1945, and returned to civilian trade in 1946. In 1947 she was sold to Italian owners who had her refitted as a passenger ship and renamed her Anna C. From 1952 she was a cruise ship. She was scrapped in 1972.
This was the first of two Prince Line ships to be called Southern Prince. The second was a general cargo ship that was launched in 1955, sold and renamed in 1971, and scrapped in 1978.
In 1928 and 1929 Prince Line, part of the Furness, Withy shipping group, had four large refrigerated cargo ships built by two Clydeside shipyards. Lithgows at Port Glasgow built Northern Prince and Southern Prince, and Napier and Miller in Old Kilpatrick built their sister ships Eastern Prince and Western Prince.
Lithgows built Southern Prince as yard number 816. She was launched on 12 March 1929 and completed that August. Her registered length was 496.2 ft (151.2 m), her beam was 64.9 ft (19.8 m) and her depth was 35.4 ft (10.8 m). Her tonnages were 10,917 GRT and 6,501 NRT, and she had 148,583 cu ft (4,207 m3) of refrigerated cargo space.
Southern Prince had twin screws, driven by a pair of eight-cylinder, double-acting, four-stroke diesel engines built by John G. Kincaid & Company of Greenock. Between them, her twin engines were rated at 2,200 NHP and gave her a speed of 17 knots (31 km/h).
Prince Line registered Southern Prince in London. Her UK official number was 161277, and until 1933 her code letters were LDQJ. From 1930 her wireless telegraph call sign was GTCW. Prince Line employed her on its route between New York and Argentina.
The Admiralty requisitioned Southern Prince on 16 December 1939. She was converted into an auxiliary minelayer, with capacity to carry and lay 556 mines. She was armed with two QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V, two QF 2-pounder naval guns, seven Oerlikon 20 mm cannons and four Vickers .50 machine guns. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 June 1940, with the pennant number M47.
By mid-August 1940 Southern Prince had joined the 1st Minelaying Squadron at Kyle of Lochalsh (Port ZA), along with four other auxiliary minesweepers, and an escort of destroyers. She was the largest and swiftest auxiliary minesweeper in the squadron. She and other ships of the flotilla started laying the Northern Barrage.