| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1790 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 6 Aug 1929 |
| Commissioned | Mar 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in September 1929. Returned to owner in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Southern Field (FY 1790)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A Jessop, RNR | 22 Sep 1940 | 20 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | E A Wakefield, RNVR | 20 Dec 1940 | 19 Jul 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Gerald Graham Dunham Head, RNVR | 19 Jul 1941 | 15 May 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Ernest George Braithwaite, RNVR | 15 May 1942 | 1 Sep 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Francis Nixon, RNR | 1 Sep 1943 | 3 Nov 1943 |
| 6 | T/Lt. David John Morris, DSC, RNR | 3 Nov 1943 | 10 Dec 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Francis Nixon, RNR | 10 Dec 1943 | 22 Jan 1945 |
| 8 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Paul Harry Sheppard, SANF(V) | 22 Jan 1945 | mid 1945 |
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