Yochow: The Yochow was a Steam Cargo vessel of 2127 Grt. built at Scott & Co., Greenock, London for the China Navigation Co., Ltd., London (Swire Line). She was 88.4 meters in length, 12.3 meters in beam, and 6.8 meters in draught, with triple-expansion engines and a maximum speed of 8.5 knots. The ship was launched 15 October 1901 and completed the following month. Requisitioned for war service (date unknown) she was provided with defensive armament.                                                                 No Photo Available On 20 March 1918, the ship was sailing from Port Said in ballast (empty) when she was attacked, torpedoed, and sunk without warning by German submarine U-33 (Hellmuth von Doemming) approximately 54 miles North-3/4-East of Port Said. The Master and 49 of the crew were lost. References: Miramar Single Ship Report for 1114783 http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=19030 British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boat in World War One (By A. J. Tennent) http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6594.html http://www.naval-history.net/WW1oMSLosses1918.htm http://www.worldwar1atsea.net/WW1oMSLosses1918.htm