Everything about Yarrow Shipbuilders totally explained
Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited (YSL), often styled as simply
Yarrows, was a major shipyard, now part of
BAE Systems Naval Ships which also includes the nearby
Govan shipyard. The shipyard is located in the
Scotstoun district of
Glasgow,
Scotland on the
River Clyde.
History
The company was founded by
Alfred Yarrow, later Sir Alfred Yarrow, 1st Baronet, in the 1870's as
Yarrow & Company, Limited. Originally it was based on the
Isle of Dogs in London, where hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and eventually the Royal Navy's first
destroyers were built between 1869 and 1908.
Despite a move of yards, Yarrows outgrew its Poplar site and this and the cost of land and labour in London led to a second move to
Scotstoun, Glasgow beginning in 1906. The London yard closed in 1908.
The Yarrow company was one of the world's leading builders of destroyers from its inception until after World War 2, building ships for both the Royal Navy and export customers. For many years until the 1960s Yarrow also built merchant ships, speciallising particularly on 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. Yarrow was also a builder of boilers, and a type of
water-tube boiler developed by the company was known as the "Yarrow type boiler".
In 1977 the Labour government of
James Callaghan passed the
Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 which nationalised the company, by now known as
Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited, and grouped it with other major British shipyards as
British Shipbuilders. The succeeding government of
Margaret Thatcher began a privatisation programme and Yarrow was one of British Shipbuilder's early divestitures. It was sold in 1985 to
GEC's
GEC-Marconi division, becoming
Marconi Marine (YSL). In 1999 Marconi Electronic Systems was sold to
British Aerospace, creating BAE Systems. Marconi Marine (YSL) became
BAE Systems Marine (YSL).
As of 2006, YSL is now part of the
BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions division.
Ships built by Yarrow
Built in London:
Built after the move to Glasgow:
(There is some confusion as to where the Thyella class were built as they're described as 'laid down 1905' (before the move from London began) and were launched 1907/8 (before the London yard closed)
Thyella class destroyers (Royal Hellenic Navy) (1906-07)
Weapon class destroyers
Daring class destroyer (1949)
Black Swan class sloop
Tribal class frigate
Leander class frigate
Type 21 frigates
Type 22 frigates
Type 23 frigates
Type 45 destroyers
Converted Civilian Vessels
Clyde-class RNLI lifeboats
- Charles H Barrett (70-001)
- Grace Paterson Ritchie (70-002)
Royal Malaysian Navy
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