Details

Name

Yarrow & Co Ltd

Occupation

Shipbuilders

Description

Yarrows was a major shipbuilding firm based in Scotstoun, Glasgow. The company was founded by Alfred Yarrow, later Sir Alfred, in 1865 as Yarrow & Company, Limited. When they outgrew their London site, the high cost of land and labour in London led to a move to a greenfield site at Scotstoun in the west of Glasgow, beginning in 1906. 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 was one of the world's leading builders of destroyers and frigates from early on, building ships for the Royal Navy and for export customers. It is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships, owned by BAE Systems, which has also operated the nearby Govan shipyard (formerly Fairfields) since 1999.