The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 12 January | France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Coutelas | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1921. |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Bonetta | Torpedo boat destroyer | Scrapped 1920. |
| 24 January | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G137 | S90-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fulani | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster..[4] |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C7 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1919 |
United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C8 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1920 |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Cossack | Tribal-class destroyer | Scrapped 1919 |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Ludworth | Cargo ship | For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[5] |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Avon | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Lines.[6] |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2 | Dredger | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[7] |
| 7 March | Germany | AG Vulcan Stettin | Stettin | Stettin | Königsberg-class cruiser | |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C10 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1922 |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Indomitable | Invincible-class battlecruiser | Scrapped 1921 |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C11 | C-class submarine | Sunk in collision, 1909 |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prashu | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[8] |
| 30 March | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Viper | B-class submarine | Sunk as a target, 1922 |
United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Tarantula | B-class submarine | Sunk as a target, 1922 |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C9 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1922 |
| 6 April | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S143 | S138-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick | Invincible | Invincible-class battlecruiser | Sunk 31 May 1916 |
| 14 April | Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure, Hiroshima | Aki | Satsuma-class battleship | Sunk as target, 1924 |
| 21 April | Italy | La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | Roma | Regina Elena-class battleship | |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | Defence | Minotaur-class cruiser | Sunk 31 May 1916 |
| 26 April[10] | United Kingdom | Gourlay Brothers | Dundee | Atalanta | Passenger vessel | Sold in 1923 |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Thornley | Cargo ship | For British Maritime Trust Ltd.[11] |
| May | United Kingdom | FJ Carver and Son | Bridgwater, England | Irene | Ketch | 100-foot ketch built in Bridgwater in 1907, the last ship built in the docks and the only ketch built in the West Country still sailing. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick, England | Afridi | Tribal-class destroyer | Scrapped 1919 |
| 28 May | France | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde | Lormont | Vérité | Liberté-class battleship | |
| 29 May | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Birmingham | Chester-class cruiser | Sold for scrap, 1930 |
| 30 May[13] | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow, Scotland | Alexandra | Royal yacht | Sold to Norway in 1925, sunk by German bombers in 1940 |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Inflexible | Invincible-class battlecruiser | Scrapped 1922 |
United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Chester | Chester-class cruiser | Scrapped 1930 |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Iroquois | Tanker | For Anglo-American Oil Company.[14] |
| 29 June | France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Carquois | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1930. |
| 29 June | United States | W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Sibyl Marston | schooner | |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | D & W Henderson Ltd | Glasgow | California | Passenger liner | For Anchor Line[15] |
| 10 July |
United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Blackwood | Cargo ship | For Tyneside Line Ltd.[16] |
United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | London | Lonchi | Thyella-class destroyer | [17] |
United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | TB 13 | Cricket-class coastal destroyer | |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth, England | Bellerophon | Bellerophon-class battleship | Scrapped 1921 |
| 15 August | Russia | Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Bayan | Bayan-class cruiser | Scrapped 1922 |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Devonport | Temeraire | Bellerophon-class battleship | Sold for scrap 1921 |
| 4 September | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Akula | Submarine | Sunk 1915 |
| 7 September | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Imperator Pavel I | Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship | Scrapped 1923 |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tarmo | Icebreaker | Museum ship in Kotka, Finland |
United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C12 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1920 |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Elterwater | Steamship | For Elterwater Steamship Co. Ltd.[19] |
| 19 September | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Circé | Circé-class submarine | Sunk by U-boat, 1918 |
| 21 September | France | Brest Dockyard | Brest | Edgar Quinet | Edgar Quinet-class cruiser | |
| 22 September | Italy | Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso | Riva Trigoso | Principessa Jolanda | Ocean liner | Capsized on launch |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Asturias | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Lines.[21] |
| 5 October | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Dresden | Dresden-class cruiser | Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra |
| 8 October | France | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand | Le Havre | Branlebas | Branlebas-class destroyer | Sunk on 30 September 1915. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Navahoe | Schooner oil barge | For Anglo-American Oil Company.[23] |
| 21 October | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Kurama | Ibuki-class armored cruiser | |
| 22 October | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Calypso | Circé-class submarine | Sunk in collision, 1914 |
United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Copenhagen | Passenger vessel | Sunk, 1917 |
| 23 October | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Albatross | Nautilus-class minelayer | Broken up, 1921 |
| 7 November | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick, England | Superb | Bellerophon-class battleship | Sold for scrap 1922 |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C13 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1920 |
| 16 November | Germany | Blohm & Voss | | Santa Elena | Merchant ship | Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I |
| 18 November | Japan | Kawasaki | Kobe | Yodo | Yodo-class cruiser | [25] |
| 21 November | Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure, Hiroshima | Ibuki | Ibuki-class armored cruiser | |
| 26 November | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Cognée | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1921. |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Median | Cargo ship | For F. Leyland & Co..[26] |
United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Redwood | Cargo ship | For Tyneside Line Ltd.[27] |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C14 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1921 |
| 14 December | France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Fleuret | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1920. |
| 19 December | France | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand | Le Havre | Fanfare | Branlebas-class destroyer | Struck 1925. |
| 21 December | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët | Rouen | Gabion | Branlebas-class destroyer | Struck 1921. |
United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pericles | Passenger ship | For Aberdeen Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Boy Arthur | Steam drifter | For Richard Sutton.[28] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | City of Paris | Ocean liner | For Ellerman Lines. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Corsican | Ocean liner | For Allan Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Felicia | Steam drifter | For Edward Baker.[30] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Hope | Steam drifter | For Edwarde Catchpole.[31] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Inter Nos | Steam drifter | For Edward Baker.[32] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd. | Belfast | Kia Ora | Cargo ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Merle | Sloop | For Summerfield & Mead Ltd.[34] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Radiant | Steam drifter | For Daniel Ralph.[35] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Rose | Steam drifter | For Alexander Storm.[36] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Ryhope | Cargo ship | For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[37] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Selina | Steam drifter | For Frederick Salmon.[38] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Sphinx | Steam drifter | For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[39] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Triumph | Steam drifter | For J. S. Johnson & Sons Ltd.[40] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | United | Lighter | For William Carmichael and G. C. Dunwell.[41] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Vigo | Lighter | For Richard Carmichael.[42] |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad | Gothenburg | Wasa | Merchant ship | Sold to Norway in 1925 |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Unnamed | Lighter | For W. Sleight.[43] |
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