Yarrow Shipbuilders
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Yarrow Limited (YSL), often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipbuilding firm based in the Scotstoun
district of Glasgow
on the River Clyde
. It is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships, owned by BAE Systems
, which has also operated the nearby Govan shipyard
since 1999.
, later Sir Alfred Yarrow, 1st Baronet
, in the year 1865 as Yarrow & Company, Limited. Originally it was based at Folly Wall, Poplar
, then in 1898 as the company grew, Yarrow moved his shipyard to London Yard
, Cubitt Town
where hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and eventually the Royal Navy
's first destroyer
s, the Havock class
, were built between 1869 and 1908. Yarrow was also a builder of boilers, and a type of water-tube boiler
developed by the company was known as the "Yarrow boiler
", first used in a torpedo boat
in 1887 and later used for a number of applications, from the propulsion plant of the RMS Queen Mary
to the LNER Class W1
locomotive.
in the west of Glasgow, beginning in 1906. Between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of material had to be transported, from models to heavy machine tools. A train-load of from forty to fifty wagons left the works at Poplar every day. The first vessel launched from the new works at Scotstoun on July 14, 1908 was the lead ship of the Pará class destroyer
s for the Brazilian Navy
. The company also established the Coventry Ordnance Works
joint venture in 1905, building a large factory near to its Scotstoun Shipyard in 1910.
The Yarrow company was one of the world's leading builders of destroyers and frigate
s from its inception, building ships for both the Royal Navy and numerous export customers. For many years until the 1960s Yarrow also built merchant ships, specialising particularly on Riverboat
vessels for the rivers and lakes of Burma, India, Africa and South America. In total Yarrow built approximately 400 ships on the Clyde - these can be traced in detail in the Clyde-built Ship Database
. The yard continued to expand during the post-war period, acquiring and integrating the neighbouring Blythswood Shipyard, which had itself been founded in 1919, to the east of the Yarrow yard in 1964. The new acquisition was used by Yarrow to extend their Shipyard, with the construction of three covered building berths undertaken in the late 1960s with the aid of a government grant. During this period Yarrow was involved in designing and building most of the Royal Navy's post-war escort fleet; including the Type 81 Tribal class
, Type 14 Blackwood class
and the Type 12M Rothesay class frigate
s.
Yarrow also built a number of merchant ships to serve on lakes that had no navigable access to deliver them by sea. They were therefore built as "knock downs"; that is, they were assembled temporarily in the shipyard, disassembled into a large number of sections and transported to the lake, and there assembled permanently and launched. Yarrow's Scotstoun yard built the "knock down" ferry for Nyasaland
in 1949. She was completed and launched on Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi
) in 1951. The yard built three "knock down" ferries for Lake Victoria
in East Africa
. was built in Scotstoun in 1960 and reassembled at the Kenya
n port of Kisumu
on the lake in 1961. The train ferries
and were built in Scotstoun in 1965 and reassembled at Kisumu in 1965 and 1966.
which collapsed in 1971. Yarrows had already left the UCS joint venture by April 1970 however, as the only profitable division of the joint venture. In 1974 it acquired the neighbouring Elderslie Dockyard, owned by Barclay Curle
, which lay to the west of the Yarrow yard and included an extensive complex of three drydocks. During this period Yarrow was involved in the Type 12I Leander class frigate
and later Type 21 Amazon class frigate
projects for the Royal Navy, as well as the Condell class frigate
for the Chilean Navy
and the design of the Nilgiri class frigate for the Indian Navy
.
passed the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977
which nationalised Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited, and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders
. Investment continued in the yard, with the construction of a large GRP
fabrication hall at the western end of the yard, adjacent to the Elderslie drydocks during the late 1970s. This was in preparation for the Hunt class MCMV project, although only two vessels of the class were eventually built at Yarrow. The long-disused hall was subsequently demolished in 2008.
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The succeeding government of Margaret Thatcher
began a privatisation programme and the profitable Yarrow was one of British Shipbuilder's early divestitures. It was sold in 1985 to GEC's GEC-Marconi division, becoming Marconi Marine (YSL). GEC began a programme of major capital investment, culminating in the construction of a large Module Hall, north of the covered building berths, in 1989. The Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department (Y-ARD) marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy was sold to CAP Scientific
in 1986. The principal work undertaken during this period was on the Type 22 Broadsword class
and Type 23 Duke class
frigates for the Royal Navy and the Lekiu class frigate for the Royal Malaysian Navy
. In 1999 Marconi Electronic Systems
was sold to British Aerospace
, creating BAE Systems
. Marconi Marine (YSL) then became part of BAE Systems Marine
. , YSL is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships, a BAE Systems
subsidiary.
on the west coast of Vancouver Island
, Canada
. Established in 1893 as the Esquimalt Marine Railway Co., later B.C. Marine Railway Co., by W. Fitzherbert Bullen, it ran small marine railways in Victoria and Vancouver. Sir Alfred Yarrow purchased the yard in 1913, renamed it Yarrows Ltd., and installed as manager his son, Norman Yarrow. From its early start building ships for the Canadian Pacific Railway
, the yard expanded during the First World War to repair and refit many vessels for the Royal Navy, employing up to 800 men. In the late 1920s, the larger Esquimalt graving dock was completed. During the Second World War the company produced corvettes, frigates
, landing ships, and transport ferries for the Royal Navy
and Royal Canadian Navy
, as well as freighters. Other work included arming civilian ships and refitting at least one as a troop carrier. At its peak, 3,500 men and women worked for Yarrows in the yard. After the war, the Yarrow family sold the yard to Burrard Dry Dock
. The yard was closed in 1994 and the graving dock and property are now part of the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.
Scotstoun
Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...
district of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
on the River Clyde
River Clyde
The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
. It is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships, owned by BAE Systems
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
, which has also operated the nearby Govan shipyard
Kvaerner Govan
Kvaerner Govan Ltd, located at Govan in Glasgow on the River Clyde, was a shipyard subsidiary formed in 1988 when the Norwegian group Kvaerner Industrier purchased the Govan Shipbuilders division of the nationalised British Shipbuilders corporation...
since 1999.
Origins in London
The company was founded by Alfred YarrowAlfred Yarrow
Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet, of Homestead was a British shipbuilder who started a shipbuilding dynasty, Yarrow Shipbuilders.-Life and career:...
, later Sir Alfred Yarrow, 1st Baronet
Yarrow Baronets
The Yarrow Baronetcy, of Homestead, Hindhead, in Frensham in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 January 1916 for the shipbuilder and engineer Alfred Yarrow. He was the founder and Chairman of Yarrow & Co, shipbuilders, of the Isle of...
, in the year 1865 as Yarrow & Company, Limited. Originally it was based at Folly Wall, Poplar
Poplar, London
Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is about east of Charing Cross. Historically a hamlet in the parish of Stepney, Middlesex, in 1817 Poplar became a civil parish. In 1855 the Poplar District of the Metropolis was...
, then in 1898 as the company grew, Yarrow moved his shipyard to London Yard
London Yard
London Yard was a shipyard in London, in use between around 1856 and 1908 by various shipbuilding companies, including Westwood, Baillie and Yarrow Shipbuilders.-Location:...
, Cubitt Town
Cubitt Town
Cubitt Town is an area on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is on the east of the Isle, facing Greenwich across the River Thames. To the west is Millwall, to the northwest Canary Wharf and to the north, across the Blue Bridge, Blackwall...
where hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and eventually the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
's first destroyer
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
s, the Havock class
Havock class destroyer
The Havock class was a class of torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The two ships, and , built in London in 1893 by Yarrow & Company, were the first TBDs to be completed for the Royal Navy, although the equivalent pair from J.I...
, were built between 1869 and 1908. Yarrow was also a builder of boilers, and a type of water-tube boiler
Water-tube boiler
A water tube boiler is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire. Fuel is burned inside the furnace, creating hot gas which heats water in the steam-generating tubes...
developed by the company was known as the "Yarrow boiler
Yarrow boiler
Yarrow boilers are an important class of high-pressure water-tube boilers. They were developed byYarrows and were widely used on ships, particularly warships....
", first used in a torpedo boat
Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...
in 1887 and later used for a number of applications, from the propulsion plant of the RMS Queen Mary
RMS Queen Mary
RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line...
to the LNER Class W1
LNER Class W1
The LNER W1 No. 10000 was an experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler...
locomotive.
Move to Glasgow
Despite a move of yards, Yarrows outgrew its London site and this and the cost of land and labour in London led to a second move to what was at that time a greenfield site at ScotstounScotstoun
Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...
in the west of Glasgow, beginning in 1906. Between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of material had to be transported, from models to heavy machine tools. A train-load of from forty to fifty wagons left the works at Poplar every day. The first vessel launched from the new works at Scotstoun on July 14, 1908 was the lead ship of the Pará class destroyer
Pará class destroyer (1908)
The Pará class destroyers were a class of 10 destroyers built for the Brazilian Navy between 1908 and 1910 by Yarrow in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow, Scotland. All named after states of Brazil, the class closely resembled the River class destroyers...
s for the Brazilian Navy
Brazilian Navy
The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...
. The company also established the Coventry Ordnance Works
Coventry Ordnance Works
Coventry Ordnance Works was a British manufacturer of heavy guns, particularly naval artillery. The firm was based in the English city of Coventry.-History:...
joint venture in 1905, building a large factory near to its Scotstoun Shipyard in 1910.
The Yarrow company was one of the world's leading builders of destroyers and frigate
Frigate
A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
s from its inception, building ships for both the Royal Navy and numerous export customers. For many years until the 1960s Yarrow also built merchant ships, specialising particularly on Riverboat
Riverboat
A riverboat is a ship built boat designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such...
vessels for the rivers and lakes of Burma, India, Africa and South America. In total Yarrow built approximately 400 ships on the Clyde - these can be traced in detail in the Clyde-built Ship Database
Clyde-built Ship Database
The Clyde-built ship database is a free to use record of over 22,000 ships built on the River Clyde in Scotland. The extent of information varies from ship to ship, and additional information is being continually added by a team of voluntary editors. The records can be easily searched from a...
. The yard continued to expand during the post-war period, acquiring and integrating the neighbouring Blythswood Shipyard, which had itself been founded in 1919, to the east of the Yarrow yard in 1964. The new acquisition was used by Yarrow to extend their Shipyard, with the construction of three covered building berths undertaken in the late 1960s with the aid of a government grant. During this period Yarrow was involved in designing and building most of the Royal Navy's post-war escort fleet; including the Type 81 Tribal class
Tribal class frigate
The Type 81, or Tribal class, was a class of seven general-purpose frigates for the Royal Navy designed during the 1950s that served throughout the 1960s and 1970s with limited service during the 1980s.-History:...
, Type 14 Blackwood class
Blackwood class frigate
The Type 14, Blackwood, class were a twelve ship class of "second rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy, designed and built during the increasing threat from the Soviet Union's large fleet of submarines that roamed the Atlantic Ocean.-Design:They were designed to be cheaper and...
and the Type 12M Rothesay class frigate
Rothesay class frigate
The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....
s.
Yarrow also built a number of merchant ships to serve on lakes that had no navigable access to deliver them by sea. They were therefore built as "knock downs"; that is, they were assembled temporarily in the shipyard, disassembled into a large number of sections and transported to the lake, and there assembled permanently and launched. Yarrow's Scotstoun yard built the "knock down" ferry for Nyasaland
Nyasaland
Nyasaland or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi....
in 1949. She was completed and launched on Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi , is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa. This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world, is located between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania...
) in 1951. The yard built three "knock down" ferries for Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
in East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
. was built in Scotstoun in 1960 and reassembled at the Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n port of Kisumu
Kisumu
Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter...
on the lake in 1961. The train ferries
Train ferry
A train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as...
and were built in Scotstoun in 1965 and reassembled at Kisumu in 1965 and 1966.
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
In 1968 the Company became part of Upper Clyde ShipbuildersUpper Clyde Shipbuilders
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders was a British shipbuilding consortium created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the River Clyde in Scotland...
which collapsed in 1971. Yarrows had already left the UCS joint venture by April 1970 however, as the only profitable division of the joint venture. In 1974 it acquired the neighbouring Elderslie Dockyard, owned by Barclay Curle
Barclay Curle
-History:The company was founded by Robert Barclay at Stobcross in Glasgow, Scotland during 1818. In 1862, the company built a large engineering works at Stobcross in Glasgow. In 1876, the company moved their yard down the river to Whiteinch. It was incorporated in 1884 as Barclay Curle...
, which lay to the west of the Yarrow yard and included an extensive complex of three drydocks. During this period Yarrow was involved in the Type 12I Leander class frigate
Leander class frigate
The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973...
and later Type 21 Amazon class frigate
Type 21 frigate
The Type 21 frigate or Amazon-class frigate was a Royal Navy general-purpose escort designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and that served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s.-History:...
projects for the Royal Navy, as well as the Condell class frigate
Condell class frigate
The Condell class was the name given to a class of two new build and upgraded type Leander class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch. They were ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates. The ships were built between 1969 and 1973, under Chilean...
for the Chilean Navy
Chilean Navy
-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...
and the design of the Nilgiri class frigate for the Indian Navy
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...
.
Nationalisation
In 1977 the Labour government of James CallaghanJames Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...
passed the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977
Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977
The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised large parts of the UK aerospace and shipbuilding industries and established two corporations, British Aerospace and British Shipbuilders ....
which nationalised Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited, and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders
British Shipbuilders
British Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the shipbuilding industry in England and Scotland from 1977 and through the 1980s...
. Investment continued in the yard, with the construction of a large GRP
Glass-reinforced plastic
Fiberglass , is a fiber reinforced polymer made of a plastic matrix reinforced by fine fibers of glass. It is also known as GFK ....
fabrication hall at the western end of the yard, adjacent to the Elderslie drydocks during the late 1970s. This was in preparation for the Hunt class MCMV project, although only two vessels of the class were eventually built at Yarrow. The long-disused hall was subsequently demolished in 2008.
Privatisation
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
began a privatisation programme and the profitable Yarrow was one of British Shipbuilder's early divestitures. It was sold in 1985 to GEC's GEC-Marconi division, becoming Marconi Marine (YSL). GEC began a programme of major capital investment, culminating in the construction of a large Module Hall, north of the covered building berths, in 1989. The Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department (Y-ARD) marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy was sold to CAP Scientific
CAP Scientific
CAP Scientific Ltd was a British defence software company. CAP merged with the French firm Sema-Metra SA in 1988 as Sema Group plc which was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001 to become SchlumbergerSema, itself acquired by Atos Origin in 2004...
in 1986. The principal work undertaken during this period was on the Type 22 Broadsword class
Type 22 frigate
The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service...
and Type 23 Duke class
Type 23 frigate
The Type 23 frigate is a class of frigate built for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. All the ships were first named after British Dukes, thus the class is also known as the Duke class. The first Type 23 was commissioned in 1989, and the sixteenth, was launched in May 2000 and commissioned in...
frigates for the Royal Navy and the Lekiu class frigate for the Royal Malaysian Navy
Royal Malaysian Navy
The Royal Malaysian Navy is the naval arm of Malaysian Armed Forces. All commissioned ships of the RMN have the prefix KD , which means Royal Ship.-Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve:...
. In 1999 Marconi Electronic Systems
Marconi Electronic Systems
Marconi Electronic Systems , or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of The General Electric Company . It was demerged from GEC and acquired by British Aerospace on November 30, 1999 to form BAE Systems...
was sold to British Aerospace
British Aerospace
British Aerospace plc was a UK aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer. Its head office was in the Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire...
, creating BAE Systems
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
. Marconi Marine (YSL) then became part of BAE Systems Marine
BAE Systems Marine
BAE Systems Marine Ltd. was the shipbuilding subsidiary of BAE Systems, formed in 1999, which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships....
. , YSL is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships, a BAE Systems
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
subsidiary.
Yarrows in Canada
Yarrows Ltd. was a major ship yard located in Esquimalt, British ColumbiaEsquimalt, British Columbia
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the...
on the west coast of Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Established in 1893 as the Esquimalt Marine Railway Co., later B.C. Marine Railway Co., by W. Fitzherbert Bullen, it ran small marine railways in Victoria and Vancouver. Sir Alfred Yarrow purchased the yard in 1913, renamed it Yarrows Ltd., and installed as manager his son, Norman Yarrow. From its early start building ships for the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
, the yard expanded during the First World War to repair and refit many vessels for the Royal Navy, employing up to 800 men. In the late 1920s, the larger Esquimalt graving dock was completed. During the Second World War the company produced corvettes, frigates
River class frigate
The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....
, landing ships, and transport ferries for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
, as well as freighters. Other work included arming civilian ships and refitting at least one as a troop carrier. At its peak, 3,500 men and women worked for Yarrows in the yard. After the war, the Yarrow family sold the yard to Burrard Dry Dock
Burrard Dry Dock
Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. was a Canadian shipbuilding company headquartered in North Vancouver, British Columbia . Together with the neighboring North Van Ship Repair yard and the Yarrows Ltd...
. The yard was closed in 1994 and the graving dock and property are now part of the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.
Ships built by Yarrow
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Clyde-class RNLI lifeboats
- Charles H Barrett (70-001)
- Grace Paterson Ritchie (70-002)
Royal Malaysian Navy
- KD Hang TuahKD Hang TuahKD Hang Tuah is the second of the two frigates operated by Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia since the 1970s before the commissioning of newer ships Jebat, Lekiu, Kasturi and Lekir in the 1990s.- Construction:...
(F76) ex-Black Star, ex-HMS Mermaid - KD RahmatKD RahmatThe KD Rahmat was a frigate operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy.The ship was ordered in 1966 as the KD Hang Jebat. The design emphasised simplicity and economy but had an unusual machinery layout with a gas turbine and two diesels driving two propellers via a gearbox...
(F24) - Lekiu-class frigatesLekiu Class FrigatesThe Lekiu class frigates are presently the most modern major assets of the Royal Malaysian Navy. The class comprised two vessels, F29 KD Jebat and F30 KD Lekiu...
- Jebat (F29)
- Lekiu (F30)