SOUTHERN FLOE

1923 Bygget som hvalbåt SOUTHERN FLOE av Smith’s Dock Co, Ltd., Middlesbrough, England for regning av Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd. (N. C. Watt), Dunedin, UK. Sjøsatt 12/09-23.
Den første hvalbåt som var utstyrt med oljefyrt kjel fra begynnelsen.
1937 Fanger for kokeriet SOUTHERN EMPRESS sesongen 1937/38 med 8 hvalbåter.
1938 Resultatet for sesongen 1937/38 ble 105.266 fat hvalolje, 570 fat spermolje.
Fanger for kokeriet SOUTHERN EMPRESS sesongen 1937/38 med 8 hvalbåter. Hvalbåtene var SOUTHERN GEM (registrert i London), SOUTHERN BARRIER, SOUTHERN WAVE, SOUTHERN FLOE, SOUTHERN MAID (alle reg. Cape Town), SOUTHERN FIELD, SOUTHERN SHORE, og SOUTHERN STAR (alle reg. Port Stanley, FI)
1939 Resultatet for sesongen 1938/39 ble 102.760 fat hvalolje, 250 fat spermolje. Hvalbåtene gikk i sommeropplag i Durban.
Fanger for kokeriet SOUTHERN EMPRESS sesongen 1939/40 med 8 hvalbåter. Hvalbåtene var SOUTHERN BARRIER, SOUTHERN FLOE, SOUTHERN FOAM, SOUTHERN GEM, SOUTHERN MAID, SOUTHERN SHORE, SOUTHERN STAR og SOUTHERN WAVE. Fangstbestyrer Eugen Christoffersen
1940 Overtatt av South African Government sammen med SOUTHERN MAID, SOUTHERN SEA og SOUTHERN ISLES fra samme kompani, Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd., Durban. Deltok i krigen innleid til Sydafrikanske marine under navnet HMSAS SOUTHERN FLOE (T-26) tilsluttet 22. A/S group SASDF (South African Seaward Defence Force). Hvalbåtene ble kalt «little ships». Omgjort til anti-ubåt-operasjoner og var bevæpnet med 1 x 3 lb kanon (fremover), 20 mm og maskingevær og bemannet med 20-25 sydafrikanske offiserer og menige.
Forlot Syd-Afrika i desember med kurs for Middelhavet.
1941 Begynte sin tjeneste i januar. Senket av fiendeminer 11/02-1941. Kun en fyrbøter overlevde.

1923 Built as a whale catcher SOUTHERN FLOE by Smith's Dock Co, Ltd., Middlesbrough, England on behalf of Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd. (N. C. Watt), Dunedin, NZ. Launched 12/09-23.
As the first catcher ever equipped with an oil-fired boiler from the beginning.
1937 Catcher for the factory ship SOUTHERN EMPRESS season 1937/38 with 8 whale catchers.
1938 The result for the 1937/38 season was 105.266 barrels of whale oil, 570 barrels of sperm oil.
Catcher for the factory ship SOUTHERN EMPRESS season 1937/38 with 8 whale catchers. The whale catchers were SOUTHERN GEM (registered in London), SOUTHERN BARRIER, SOUTHERN WAVE, SOUTHERN FLOE, SOUTHERN MAID (all reg. Cape Town), SOUTHERN FIELD, SOUTHERN SHORE, and SOUTHERN STAR (all reg. Port Stanley, FI).
1939 The result for the 1938/39 season was 102.760 barrels of whale oil, 250 barrels of sperm oil. The whale catcher went into summer storage in Durban.
Catcher for the factory ship SOUTHERN EMPRESS season 1939/40 with 8 whale catchers. The whale catchers were SOUTHERN BARRIER, SOUTHERN FLOE, SOUTHERN FOAM, SOUTHERN GEM, SOUTHERN MAID, SOUTHERN SHORE, SOUTHERN STAR and SOUTHERN WAVE. Whaling manager was Eugen Christoffersen.
1940 Taken over by the South African Government together with catcher SOUTHERN MAID, SOUTHERN SEA and SOUTHERN ISLES from the same company, the Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd. of Durban.
Participated in the war hired to the Royal Navy under the name HMSAS SOUTHERN FLOE (T-26) joined 22. A/S group SASDF (South African Seaward Defence Force). The whale catchers were called "little ships". Transformed into anti-submarine operations and was armed with a 1 x 3 lb cannon (forward), 20 mm and machine gun and manned by 20-25 Officers and ratings from South African.
The group of four left South African waters in 15/12. Heading for the Mediterranean Sea.
1941 In service in Mediterranean January 1941.
11/02-1941 HMSAS SOUTHERN FLOE was sunk by enemy mines. Only one fireman survived