| Name: | YEOMAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/01/1901 |
| Completed: | 02/1901 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 98 |
| Dimensions: | 1009grt, 640nrt, 220.0 x 31.7 x 14.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 130nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 114431 |
| History: | |
| 02/1901 | Fisher, Renwick & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1903 | Fisher, Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester |
| 1929 | Madrigal & Co, Manila; registered in USA; renamed ARGUS |
| 1942 | Japanese Government; renamed SHINNAN MARU |
| 13/05/1945 | Sank |
| Comments: | 25/12/1941: Captured by the Japanese off Hong Kong |
| 13/05/1945: Torpedoed & sunk by USS CERO off Ofinato, Japan | |
| 1949: Raised and broken up |
Above photo courtesy of George Robinson
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 22/01/1901