At least three steamships have been called Yarrowdale. Each bore the name when owned by Robert MacKill & Co of Glasgow, who may have named them after the valley of Yarrow Water in southern Scotland. All three ships were later renamed.
- USS Long Beach (AK-9) was built as Yarrowdale in 1892, renamed Nicolaos Castriotis in 1902, Hohenfelde in 1912, Long Beach in 1917, and scrapped in 1924. [1]
- Aoki Maru was built as Boukadra in 1910, renamed Yarrowdale in 1929, Sung-Shan in 1935, Amba Alagi in 1938 and Aoki Maru in 1941, and sunk in 1944. [2]
- SMS Leopard (1912) was built as Yarrowdale in 1912, captured in 1916, converted into the German commerce raider Leopard, and sunk in 1917. [3]
References
- ^ "Yarrowdale". Wear Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Boukadra". Tees Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Yarrowdale". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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At least three steamships have been called Yarrowdale. Each bore the name when owned by Robert MacKill & Co of Glasgow, who may have named them after the valley of Yarrow Water in southern Scotland. All three ships were later renamed.
- USS Long Beach (AK-9) was built as Yarrowdale in 1892, renamed Nicolaos Castriotis in 1902, Hohenfelde in 1912, Long Beach in 1917, and scrapped in 1924. [1]
- Aoki Maru was built as Boukadra in 1910, renamed Yarrowdale in 1929, Sung-Shan in 1935, Amba Alagi in 1938 and Aoki Maru in 1941, and sunk in 1944. [2]
- SMS Leopard (1912) was built as Yarrowdale in 1912, captured in 1916, converted into the German commerce raider Leopard, and sunk in 1917. [3]
References
- ^ "Yarrowdale". Wear Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Boukadra". Tees Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Yarrowdale". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.