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{{short description|Former shipbuilding firm based in Glasgow, Scotland}}
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{{Infobox company 
| name  = Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited
| logo  = Yarrowshipbuilderslogov3.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type          = Public company
| caption        = 
| fate          = Merged with others to form [[British Shipbuilders]] (1977–1985)
| successor     = [[Marconi Electronic Systems|GEC Marconi Marine (YSL)]] (1985–1999)<br>[[BAE Systems Marine]] (1999–2003)<br>[[BAE Systems Naval Ships]] (2003–2006)<br>[[BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions]] (2006–2008)<br>[[BVT Surface Fleet]] (2008–2009)<br>[[BAE Systems Surface Ships]] (2009–)
| foundation    = 1865
| defunct       = 
| location      = [[Scotstoun]], Glasgow, UK
| industry      = [[Shipbuilding]]
| key_people    = [[Alfred Yarrow|Sir Alfred Yarrow]]<br>[[Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet|Sir Harold Yarrow]]<br>[[Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet|Sir Eric Yarrow]]<br>Sir [[Arnold Weinstock]]<br>Sir Robert Easton<br>Murray Easton CBE
| products      = [[Naval ships]]<br>[[Merchant ship]]s<br>[[Marine steam engine]]s<br>[[Marine propulsion|Marine engines]]<br>[[Boiler]]s
| num_employees = Approximately 3,000
| parent        = [[Upper Clyde Shipbuilders]] (1968–1970)<br>Yarrow & Co. Ltd. (1970–1977)<br>[[British Shipbuilders]] (1977–1985)<br>[[Marconi Electronic Systems|GEC Marconi]] (1985–1999)<br>[[BAE Systems]] (1999–present)
| subsid        = [[Coventry Ordnance Works]] (1905–1925)
}}

'''Yarrow Shipbuilders 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 [[Kvaerner Govan|Govan shipyard]] (formerly Fairfields) since 1999.

==History==

===Origins in London===
The company was founded by [[Alfred Yarrow]], later Sir Alfred Yarrow, [[Yarrow Baronets|1st Baronet]], in the year 1865 as '''Yarrow & Company, Limited'''.<ref name=archives>[http://cheshire.cent.gla.ac.uk/ead/search/?operation=full&rsid=15196&firstrec=1&numreq=20&highlight=1&hitposition=0 University of Glagow Archive Service: Yarrow Shipbuilders]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Originally it was based at Folly Wall, [[Poplar, London|Poplar]], then in 1898 as the company grew, Yarrow moved his shipyard to [[London Yard]], [[Cubitt Town]].<ref name="ly">[http://londonyard.com/History/LY-History-1.htm History of London Yard] by Angela Brown and Ron Coverson, 2001</ref><ref>BAE Systems, 1842 [http://production.investis.com/heritage/nonflash/timeline/1842_alfred_yarrow/ Alfred Yarrow]</ref> Hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and eventually the [[Royal Navy]]'s first [[destroyer]]s, the {{sclass|Havock|destroyer|4}}, were built at Yarrow's London shipyards between 1869 and 1908. Yarrow was also a builder of boilers, and a type of [[water-tube boiler]] developed and patented 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 {{RMS|Queen Mary}} to the [[LNER Class W1]] locomotive.<ref>Barnes, Eleanor C.,''Alfred Yarrow: His Life and Work'', P126, Kessinger Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4179-5263-6}}</ref> The diversification into boiler manufacturing, including large boilers for electricity generation, meant that the company survived the lean years for shipbuilding. Alfred Yarrow was an inventive naval engineer,  and was responsible for a number of novel introductions into service which led to the development of increasingly fast warships.  Ultimately in the Royal Navy and abroad it became known that a "Yarrow ship was a fast ship", with the company building the first naval vessel globally to exceed 30 knots and then, later, 40 knots. [[Alfred Yarrow|Sir Alfred Yarrow]] was knighted for services to the war effort in 1916.  He was a notable benefactor to many charities.

===Move to Glasgow===
[[File:Yarrow advertisement Brasseys 1923.jpg|thumb|left|An advertisement for Yarrow & Co. Ltd. in the 1923 [[The Naval Annual|Brassey's ''Naval Annual'']], featuring the [[S-class destroyer (1917)|S-class destroyer]] HMS ''Tyrian'' and the {{sclass|Fly|gunboat|1}}]]
[[File:Yarrow plan.png|thumb|right|[[Technical drawing|General arrangement]] of the {{sclass|Charger|destroyer|1}}s built by Yarrow & Co. at [[Poplar, London|Poplar]], London, 1894–95.]]
[[File:Thyella after launch at Yarrows Flickr 3681772274 c98f47da62 o.jpg|thumb|A {{sclass|Thyella|destroyer|1}} for the [[Royal Hellenic Navy]] being launched at Yarrow's [[London Yard]] in [[Cubitt Town]], 1906.]]
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 [[Scotstoun]] in the west of Glasgow, beginning in 1906.<ref name=archives/> 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 14 July 1908 was the lead ship of the [[Pará-class destroyer (1908)|''Pará''-class destroyer]]s for the [[Brazilian Navy]].<ref>Bridges, T.C, ''Kings of commerce'', P286, Ayer Publishing, 1928, {{ISBN|0-8369-0102-9}}</ref> Sir [[Harold Yarrow]], eldest son of Sir Alfred, supervised the move to Scotland whilst still in his early twenties, and ran the company in Scotland. The company also established the [[Coventry Ordnance Works]] joint venture in 1905, building a large factory near to its Scotstoun Shipyard in 1910. During the First World War, the company developed the pioneering [[Erskine#Erskine Hospital|Erskine]] [[artificial limb]] with Sir [[William Macewen]] and Sir Harold Yarrow was one of the founders of the [[Erskine (charity)|Erskine Hospital]] for disabled ex-servicemen. Yarrow workshops were used to manufacture artificial limbs at no profit.

The Yarrow company was one of the world's leading builders of destroyers and [[frigate]]s from early on, building ships for both the Royal Navy and numerous export customers. For many years until the 1960s Yarrow also built a large number of merchant ships, specialising particularly on [[Riverboat]] vessels for the rivers and lakes of Burma, India, Africa and South America.

Several of these vessels were built to serve on lakes that had no navigable access to deliver them by sea. They were therefore built as "[[Prefabrication|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 {{MV|Ilala||2}} 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. {{RMS|Victoria}} was built in Scotstoun in 1960<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=D.C. |year=1960 |title=Check Point |journal=IMechE Proceedings |volume=50 |publisher=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] }}</ref> and reassembled at the Kenyan port of [[Kisumu]] on the lake in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dgeg.de/KatalogDetail.php4?katalog_db=2&id=12076&listID=5981bfee76 |title=RMS Victoria |last=von Kienlin |first=Markus |date=17 December 2007 |work=Katalog |publisher=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte |access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> The [[Train ferry|train ferries]] {{MV|Umoja||2}} and {{MV|Uhuru||2}} were built in Scotstoun in 1965<ref name=Clyde-Umoja>{{cite web |last= Cameron |first= Stuart |title= Umoja |work= Clyde-built Database |year= 2004 |url= http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=1588 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060923230447/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=1588 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 23 September 2006 |access-date= 17 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=Clyde-Uhuru>{{cite web |last= Cameron |first= Stuart |title= Uhuru |work= Clyde-built Database |year= 2004 |url= http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=1588 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060923230447/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=1588 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 23 September 2006 |access-date= 17 May 2011}}</ref> and reassembled at Kisumu in 1965 and 1966.

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 shipyard of the neighbouring Blythswood Shipbuilding Company, 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 and a six-storey [[Technical drawing|Technical Office Block]] undertaken in the former Blythswood shipyard site during the late 1960s, with the aid of a government grant. Other neighbouring yards was acquired to lengthen the waterfront and provide additional facilities,  the price of one being negotiated by Sir Eric Yarrow on the golf course with Sir John Hunter. [[Eric Yarrow]] had followed his father on his death as chairman in 1962,  becoming the third generation of the family to lead the firm.

During this period, Yarrow was involved in designing and building many of the Royal Navy's post-war escort fleet; including the [[Tribal-class frigate|Type 81 Tribal class]], [[Blackwood-class frigate|Type 14 ''Blackwood'' class]] and the [[Rothesay-class frigate|Type 12M ''Rothesay''-class frigate]]s. The company was also involved in the [[Leander-class frigate|Leander class]] programme.   During the 1960s ships were built for the navies of South Africa,  Chile,  Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand and Iran.

===Upper Clyde Shipbuilders and aftermath===
In 1968 the Company became part of [[Upper Clyde Shipbuilders]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/uk_confidential/1717110.stm Government's shipbuilding crisis] BBC News, 1 January 002</ref> which collapsed in 1971.<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1971/jun/14/upper-clyde-shipbuilders Parliamentary debates] Hansard, 4 June 1971</ref> 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 [[drydock]]s originally built in 1904 (No. 1 Dry Dock), 1933 (No. 2 Dry Dock) and 1965 (No. 3 Dry Dock). During this period Yarrow was involved in the [[Leander-class frigate|Type 12I ''Leander''-class frigate]] programme as well as the {{sclass|Condell|frigate|1}} for the [[Chilean Navy]] and the design of the {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|1||1972}} for the [[Indian Navy]].

The long-term investment in facilities and strong manufacturing credentials, combined with the development of the Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department (Y-ARD) from 1946 ensured that when the number of warship yards was dramatically reduced by the Navy in the 1970s, Yarrows was chosen as one of mainstream contractors alongside [[Swan Hunter]], [[Vosper & Company|Vosper]] (for the Type 21s) and [[Cammell Laird]]. The Yarrow Admiralty Research Department (YARD) relocated to the new [[Elmbank Gardens|Charing Cross Tower]] in central Glasgow in 1976. The [[Type 21 frigate]] was the first type in the Navy to be a combined Gas Turbine and Diesel design, using the marine variant of the Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine (also used in Concorde).  5 out of 8 Type 21s,  10 out of 14 [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22s]],  12 out of 16 [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23s]] and all the [[Type 45 destroyer|Type 45s]] were built at Scotstoun, demonstrating the firm's dominance in the market for medium-sized RN surface vessels.  The sleek, good looks and the sporting performance of the Type 21 frigates led to the captains of the ships being called "boy racers".   The vessel could stop from full speed in twice the length of the ship.  HMS Ardent was destroyed by Argentinian aircraft in Falkland Sound in May 1982.   All of the Yarrow built Type 21s served in the Falklands

===Nationalisation===
[[File:Yarrow Yard, Glasgow.jpg|thumb|June 1979 Polish ships under construction.]]
In 1977 the Labour government of [[James Callaghan]] passed the [[Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977]] which nationalised '''Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited''', and grouped it with other major British shipyards as a division within [[British Shipbuilders]].<ref name=govan>[http://govan.eveningtimes.co.uk/area/what-do-you-know-about-govan.html What do you know about Govan?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705223004/http://govan.eveningtimes.co.uk/area/what-do-you-know-about-govan.html |date=5 July 2008 }} Evening News</ref> Nationalisation was opposed by the owners, and by the minority Conservative party. The last ship launched under private ownership was {{HMS|Battleaxe|F89}}, a Type 22 launched by Audrey Callaghan, wife of the Prime Minister. Investment continued in the yard, with the construction of a large [[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] fabrication hall at the western end of the yard, adjacent to the Elderslie dry docks during the late 1970s. Dry dock No.1 was also covered over. This was in preparation for the {{sclass2|Hunt|mine countermeasures vessel|1}} project, although only two vessels of the class were eventually built at Yarrow. The long-disused hall was subsequently demolished in 2008. The parent company, Yarrow plc, retained ownership of non-shipbuilding assets, including YARD Ltd. Yarrow plc was subsequently sold to [[CAP Group]] in 1986, which in turn became [[Sema Group]] plc in 1988, which then put its YARD subsidiary into the [[BAeSEMA]] joint venture with [[British Aerospace]] in 1991.

===Privatisation===
[[File:HMS Daring (D32).JPG|thumb|Launch of {{HMS|Daring|D32|6}}, a [[Type 45 destroyer]] from the former YSL yard, now BAE Systems in 2006.]]
The succeeding government of [[Margaret Thatcher]] began a privatisation programme and the profitable Yarrow was one of British Shipbuilders' early divestitures. It was sold in 1985 to [[The General Electric Company|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 1987.<ref name=govan/>  The principal work undertaken during this period was on the [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22 ''Broadsword'' class]] and [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23 Duke class]] frigates for the Royal Navy and the {{sclass|Lekiu|frigate|1}} for the [[Royal Malaysian Navy]] as well as the [[Type 45 destroyer|Type 45 Destroyers]] for the Royal Navy. In 1999 [[Marconi Electronic Systems]] was sold to [[British Aerospace]], creating [[BAE Systems]]. Marconi Marine (YSL) then became part of [[BAE Systems Marine]].<ref name=govan/> Since 2009, YSL is  part of [[BAE Systems Surface Ships]], a [[BAE Systems]] subsidiary.

==Ships built by Yarrow Shipbuilders==
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
{| style="wikitable"
|-
! width=33% | Built in London
! width=33% | Built in Glasgow
! width=33% | Built in Canada
|-
| valign="top" |
*[[NMS Rândunica|NMS ''Rândunica'']]
*{{sclass|Colo Colo|torpedo boat|4}} spar torpedo boats
**{{ship|Chilean torpedo boat|Colo Colo||2}}
**{{ship|Chilean torpedo boat|Tucapel||2}}
*''[[Șoimul-class torpedo boat|Șoimul]]''-class spar torpedo boats 
** NMS ''Șoimul''
** NMS ''Vulturul''
*SS ''Ilala'' 1875  
*{{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kotaka||2}} 1885
*{{sclass|Havock|destroyer|1}}s
**{{HMS|Havock|1893|6}} 1893
**{{HMS|Hornet|1893|6}} 1893
*{{sclass|Corrientes|torpedo boat destroyer|1}}s - derivative of Havock-Class destroyers
**{{ship|ARA|Entre Rios|1896}}
**{{ship|ARA|Santa Fe|1896}}
**{{ship|ARA|Corrientes|1897}}
**{{ship|ARA|Misiones|1897}}
*''Waione'' – 1898? – scrapped in the 1960s
*''Ohura'' – 1898? – wrecked and later scrapped
*{{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer|1}}s, [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]
**''Ikazuchi'' 1898
**''Inazuma'' 1899
**''Niji'' 1899
**''Akebono'' 1899
**''Oboro'' 1899
**''Sazanami'' 1899
*PS ''Aotea'' (later renamed {{ship|PS|Waimarie}}) 1899 – restored and operating in [[Wanganui]], New Zealand
*{{sclass|Akatsuki|destroyer|1||1901}}s, Imperial Japanese Navy
**{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akatsuki|1901|2}} 1901, sunk 1904
**{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kasumi|1902|2}} 1902, scrapped 1920s
*''[[HMCS Tuna|Tarantula]]'' 1902, the World's first [[Steam turbine|turbine]]-powered [[steam yacht]]
*''Ongarue'' – 1903 – awaiting restoration, [[Wanganui]]
*''Wairua'' − 1904 – restored and operating in Wanganui
*''Waiora'' – 1904 – sunk on the river in Wanganui
* {{sclass2|River|destroyer|1||1903}}s
**{{HMS|Teviot|1903|6}} 1903
**{{HMS|Usk|1903|6}} 1903
**{{HMS|Ribble|1904|6}} 1904
**{{HMS|Welland|1904|6}} 1904
**{{HMS|Gala|1905|6}} 1905
**{{HMS|Garry|1905|6}} 1905
*{{sclass|Thyella|destroyer|1}}s ([[Hellenic Navy|Royal Hellenic Navy]])
**{{ship|Greek destroyer|Nafkratousa||2}} 1906
**{{ship|Greek destroyer|Thyella|1907|2}} 1907
**{{ship|Greek destroyer|Lonchi|1907|2}} 1907
**{{ship|Greek destroyer|Sfendoni|1907|2}} 1907
|
*[[Pará-class destroyer (1908)|''Pará''-class destroyers]]
*{{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|1}}
**{{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|6}}
**{{HMS|Flamingo|L18|6}}
**{{HMS|Black Swan|L57|6}}
**{{HMS|Whimbrel|U29|6}}
*{{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|1}}s
**{{HMS|Battleaxe|D118|6}}
**{{HMS|Broadsword|D31|6}}
*[[Daring-class destroyer (1949)|''Daring''-class destroyers]]
**{{HMS|Decoy|D106|6}}
**{{HMS|Diana|D126|6}}
*[[Lake Malawi]] ferry
**{{MV|Ilala||2}} 1949
*{{sclass2|Tribal|frigate|1}}
**{{HMS|Ashanti|F117|6}}
*[[Lake Victoria ferries]]
**RMS {{MV|Victoria|1959|2}} 1960
**{{MV|Uhuru||2}} 1965
**{{MV|Umoja||2}} 1965
*[[Hecla-class survey vessel]]
**{{HMS|Hecla|A133|6}} 1964
**{{HMS|Hecate|A137}} 1965
**{{HMS|Hydra|A144|6}} 1965
**[[SAS Protea]] 1971 <ref>Leon Steyn, "Old Older Oldest - Long Serving Ships of the South African Navy", ''Military History Journal'' Vol 18 No 3 December 2018, SA ISSN 0026-4016.</ref>
*{{sclass|Leander|frigate|1}}
**{{HMS|Apollo|F70|6}}
**{{HMS|Ariadne|F72|6}}
**{{HMS|Dido|F104|6}}
**{{HMS|Diomede|F16|6}}
**{{HMS|Hermione|F58|6}}
**{{HMS|Jupiter|F60|6}}
**{{HMS|Naiad|F39|6}}
**{{ship|HMNZS|Canterbury|F421}}
**BAE ''Morán Valverde'' (ex-{{HMS|Danae|F47|6}}, ex-{{ship|Chilean frigate|Almirante Lynch|PFG-07|3}})
**BAE ''Eloy Alfaro'' (ex-{{ship|Chilean frigate|Almirante Condell|PFG-06|3}})
*[[Type 21 frigate]]s
**{{HMS|Ambuscade|F172|6}}
**{{HMS|Arrow|F173|6}}
**{{HMS|Alacrity|F174|6}}
**{{HMS|Ardent|F184|6}}
**{{HMS|Avenger|F185|6}}
*[[Type 22 frigate]]s
**{{HMS|Broadsword|F88|6}}
**{{HMS|Battleaxe|F89|6}}
**{{HMS|Brilliant|F90|6}}
**{{HMS|Brazen|F91|6}}
**{{HMS|Boxer|F92|6}}
**{{HMS|Beaver|F93|6}}
**{{HMS|Brave|F94|6}}
**{{HMS|London|F95|6}}
**{{HMS|Cornwall|F99|6}}
**{{HMS|Cumberland|F85|6}}
*[[Type 23 frigate]]s
**{{HMS|Norfolk|F230|6}}
**{{HMS|Argyll|F231|6}}
**{{HMS|Lancaster|F229|6}}
**{{HMS|Iron Duke|F234|6}}
**{{HMS|Monmouth|F235|6}}
**{{HMS|Montrose|F236|6}}
**{{HMS|Somerset|F82|6}}
**{{HMS|Grafton|F80|6}}
**{{HMS|Sutherland|F81|6}}
**{{HMS|Kent|F78|6}}
**{{HMS|Portland|F79|6}}
**{{HMS|St Albans|F83|6}}
* [[Type 45 destroyer]]s
** {{HMS|Daring|D32|6}} 2006
** {{HMS|Dauntless|D33|6}} 2007
** {{HMS|Diamond|D34|6}} 2007
** {{HMS|Dragon|D35|6}} 2008
** {{HMS|Defender|D36|6}} 2009
** {{HMS|Duncan|D37|6}} 2010
*Converted Civilian Vessels
**{{HMCS|Tuna}} originally built as ''Tarantula''
| valign="top" |
*'''Ferries'''     (''note:'' ships without hull numbers were built for another company before [[BC Ferries]]).
**Hull Unknown {{MV|Pender Queen||2}} 1923 Built as ''Motor Princess'' and served the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].
** Hull Unknown {{MV|Salt Spring Queen||2}} 1949 Built as ''Delta Princess'' and crossed the [[Fraser River]] where the [[George Massey Tunnel]] is now.
** Hull Unknown {{MV|Kwuna||2}} 1975
** Hull 371 {{MV|Queen of Cowichan||2}} 1976
** Hull 550 {{MV|Queen of Oak Bay||2}} 1981
** {{MV|Spirit of British Columbia||2}} 1993
** {{MV|Spirit of Vancouver Island||2}} 1994
*'''Warships'''
** {{sclass2|River|frigate|1}}s for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (16 vessels) – 1942–1944
** {{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}}s for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (5 vessels) – 1940–1941<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacPherson |first1=Ken |last2=Milner |first2=Marc |year=1993 |title=Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939–1945 |location=St. Catharines, ON |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Ltd.| ISBN= 978-0920277836}}</ref>
*** {{HMCS|Alberni|K103}} 1940
*** {{HMCS|Nanaimo|K101}} 1940
*** {{HMCS|Edmundston|K106}} 1941
*** {{HMCS|Timmins|K223}} 1941
*** {{HMCS|Vancouver|K240}} 1941
** Landing craft
*'''Converted civilian vessels'''<ref name=obee/>
**Auxiliary cruiser {{SS|Rajputana||2}} 1939
**{{RMS|Empress of Russia}}
**{{RMS|Empress of Japan|1930|6}}
**{{RMS|Empress of Asia}}
**{{RMS|Empress of Canada|1922|6}}
**{{ship|CCGS|Tanu}}
**{{ship|CCGS|Vector}}
|}

===Clyde-class RNLI lifeboats===
* ''Charles H Barrett'' (70-001)
* ''Grace Paterson Ritchie'' (70-002)

===Royal Malaysian Navy===
* {{ship|KD|Hang Tuah}} (F76) ex-''Black Star'', ex-HMS ''Mermaid''
* {{ship|KD|Rahmat}} (F24)
* {{sclass|Lekiu|frigate|1}}s
** {{ship|KD|Jebat}} (F29)
** {{ship|KD|Lekiu}} (F30)

==Yarrows Ltd. (Canada)==
{{Anchor|Yarrows Limited (Canada)|Yarrows Ltd (Canada)|Yarrows in Canada}}
'''Yarrows Ltd.''' was a major ship yard located in [[Esquimalt, British Columbia]] on the south 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 his son, Norman Yarrow, as manager .  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#Graving|graving dock]] was completed. During the [[Second World War]] the company produced [[corvettes]], [[River-class frigate|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]],<ref>[http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol06/tnm_6_3_1-10.pdf Roland H. Webb, ''Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.: The Rise and Demise of Vancouver's Biggest Shipyard'', The Northern Mariner, Vol. Vi, 1996.  Retrieved 10 October 2010]</ref> with the deal completed on April 15, 1946.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist0446uvic_10/mode/1up?view=theater&q=burrard+yarrows+yarrow Yard changes due Monday]</ref> The yard was closed in 1994 and the graving dock and property are now part of the [[Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt]].<ref name=obee>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/monitor/story.html?id=64593f41-bc66-4dc2-a28f-76c5910c62ed |title=Dave Obee, ''Shipyards played key role in war effort'', Times Colonist (newspaper), 27 June 2010. |access-date=10 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052447/http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/monitor/story.html?id=64593f41-bc66-4dc2-a28f-76c5910c62ed |archive-date=14 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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