HMS Baralong

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Baralong in Bucknall Lines colours
History
Name	1901: Baralong 1915: HMS Baralong 1915: HMS Wyandra 1916: Manica 1922: Kyokuto Maru 1925: Shinsei Maru No. 1
Namesake	1901: Borolong 1915: Wyandra 1916: Manica
Owner	1901: Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd 1914: Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd 1922: Kyokuto Koshi Goshi Kaisha 1925: Hara Shoji KK 1926: Shinsei Kisen Goshi Kaisha
Operator	1901: Bucknall Brothers 1914: Admiralty 1915: Royal Navy 1916: Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd
Port of registry	1901: London 1915: 1922: Dairen
Builder	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Low Walker
Yard number	711
Launched	12 September 1901
Completed	November 1901
Commissioned	into Royal Navy, March 1915
Decommissioned	out of Royal Navy, October 1916
Identification	UK official number 114788 1901: code letters SWMN by 1930: code letters QBPJ
Fate	Scrapped 1933
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	1914: 4,192 GRT, 2,661 NRT 1930: 4,354 GRT, 2,711 NRT
Length	360.0 ft (109.7 m)
Beam	47.0 ft (14.3 m)
Depth	28.3 ft (8.6 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	535 NHP
Propulsion	triple expansion engine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Armament	(as Q-ship): 3 × 12-pounder naval guns
Notes	sister ships: Manica, Barotse, Bantu

HMS Baralong was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1901, served in the Royal Navy as a Q-ship in the First World War, was sold into Japanese civilian service in 1922 and scrapped in 1933. She was renamed HMS Wyandra in 1915, Manica in 1916, Kyokuto Maru in 1922 and Shinsei Maru No. 1 in 1925.

As a Q-ship, Baralong was both successful and controversial. In 1915 she sank two U-boats: U-27 in August and U-41 in September, in two engagements that are known as the Baralong incidents. The circumstances of the sinkings led Germany to describe both incidents as war crimes.