HMS Baralong

	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.

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