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He then (c.1871) ventured into military vessels, building torpedo boats (for the Argentine and Japanese navies, among other customers) and then (c.1892) destroyers ( HMS Havock and Hornet).

By this time, the Hedley partnership had been dissolved (1875), and the company was known as Yarrow & Co, and around 1898 moved out of Folly shipyard to the nearby London Yard. It was to be a short-lived move, for less than 10 years later (1906-08) Yarrow gradually moving his yard northwards to Scotstoun on the banks of the River Clyde on the west coast of Scotland, closing the London shipyard in 1908. An operation in Vancouver, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe was also started. (Yarrows was later purchased by GEC in 1974; in 2003 it was part of BAe Systems Marine .)

He lived in Greenwich, London for some years - occupying Woodlands in Mycenae Road, Westcombe ParkWestcombe Park is a largely residential area close to the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich. Its boundaries are broadly defined by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern ap for some years from 1896Events January 4 Utah is admitted as the 45th U. January 5 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 H. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. January 18 The X-ray machine is exhib.

Some links with east London remain: Yarrow Crescent in East HamEast Ham is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Newham. From 1904 to 1965 it was an independent county borough but has always been part of the London postal district. It is just to the north of London City Airport. For the benefit of histo was presumably named after him or his yard.

Knighted in 1916, Sir Alfred displayed extensive philanthropicA philanthropist is someone who devotes her or his time, money, or effort towards helping others. The label is most often applied to someone who gives large amounts to charity. See also philanthropy. A philanthropist does not always find universal approva tendencies, donating towards: residences for soldiers' widows in Hampstead Garden SuburbHampstead Garden Suburb in north west London, England, is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning. It was founded in 1907 by Henrietta Barnett,who, with her husband, Canon Barnett, had started Whitechapel Art Gallery and T (the Barnett Homestead, Erskine Hill); a school, Bearwood , in Berkshire; a home and hospital for children in Broadstairs, Kent; a scholarship at University College London; and medical research at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, among other noble causes. He also left a bequest to the Institution of Civil Engineers.