List of ship launches in 1912

The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
10 January Denmark Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen Polarlys Coastal passenger/cargo steamer For Bergen Steamship Company.
31 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G9 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
5 February Spain SECN Ferrol España España-class battleship For Spanish Navy.[2]
7 February  Germany Howaldswerke Kiel Monte Penedo General cargo vessel
17 February  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Prinzregent Luitpold Kaiser-class battleship
2 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Desna Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.[3]
2 March  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S14 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
12 March Norway The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Kjell 2.-class torpedo boat Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
15 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G10 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
20 March  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Queen Mary unique battlecruiser
23 March  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S15 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
21 March  United Kingdom Scotts Shipyard Greenock Ajax King George V-class battleship
21 March Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Tegetthoff Tegetthoff-class battleship
30 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Seydlitz unique battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
3 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth West Wales Cargo ship For West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
18 April  France Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Dehorter Bouclier-class destroyer [5]
20 April  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S16 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
23 April German Empire Germaniawerft Kiel G11 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
27 April  Germany Schichau-Werft Danzig König Albert Kaiser-class battleship
11 May  United Kingdom William Bowes Whitehaven Harmony Brig For private owner.[6]
16 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Darro Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.[7]
18 May United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Texas New York-class battleship
23 May  Germany AG Vulcan Hamburg Imperator Imperator-class ocean liner For Hamburg America Line.
1 June  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Lurcher Acheron-class destroyer [8]
12 June  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited Hebburn Ebani General cargo vessel For British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
15 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oxfordshire Cargo liner For Bibby Line.[9]
18 June  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Sheaf Arrow Cargo ship For Sheaf Arrow Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
22 June  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S17 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
29 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Drina Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line..[11]
15 July  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G12 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
10 August  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S18 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
13 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Thyra Menier Cargo ship For Donald Steamship Co. Ltd.[12]
14 August  United Kingdom William Beardmore & Co Ltd Dalmuir Willochra Cruise ship For Adelaide Steamship Company
15 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Abosso Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[13]
24 August United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Jupiter Collier Later became USS Langley
29 August  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Christopher Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[14]
5 September  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Oak Acheron-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[8]
10 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Acasta Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[8]
12 September  France Arsenal de Toulon Toulon Bisson Bisson-class destroyer For French Navy.[15]
19 September  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Audacious King George V-class battleship
28 September  France Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne Paris Courbet-class battleship
10 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Appam Passenger ship For British & African Steamship Co.[16]
10 October  United Kingdom Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd Southwick Hannington Court Cargo ship For Court Line Ltd
12 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Iron Duke Iron Duke-class battleship
16 October  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig U-17 Type U 17 submarine Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
17 October  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S19 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
24 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Devonport Marlborough Iron Duke-class battleship
26 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Inglemoor Cargo ship For Moor Line Ltd.[17]
30 October United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York New York New York-class battleship
7 November  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France Courbet-class battleship
8 November  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Cockatrice Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[14]
11 November  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Karlsruhe Karlsruhe-class cruiser
12 November  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Rostock Karlsruhe-class cruiser
14 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Achates Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[8]
30 November Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Prinz Eugen Tegetthoff-class battleship
4 December  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S20 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
11 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ceramic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
Unknown date United States Kennebunk, Maine A. G. Prentiss Small wooden-hulled tug [18]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Alaburn Steam drifter For Robert Milburn.[19]
Unknown date  Germany F Schichau GmbH Elbling Badenia Coaster For A Kirsten
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Barbel Barge For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Birmingham Tug For private owner.[21]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Bitterling Barge For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[22]
Unknown date  Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Borussia Coaster For A Kirsten
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Broughton Sailing ship For private owner.[23]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Czar Passenger ship For private owner.[24]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Dimboola Cargo ship For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke Stettin Dollart Coaster Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date Sweden Oskarshamn Shipyard Oskarshamn Fernebo Cargo ship For Broström Axel & Son
Unknown date  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Fire Queen Fire float For Lord Mayor & citizens of Cardiff.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Glen Avon Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell.[27]
Unknown date Belgium Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd Hoboken Hispania Cargo ship For Svenska Lloyd AB
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Jubilee Tug For private owner.[28]
Unknown date United States Toledo Shipbuilding Company. Toledo, Ohio L. V. Stoddard Tanker For private owner.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Manoel Thomaz Sailing ship For private owner.[30]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Oburn Steam drifter For Robert Milburn.[31]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Ocean Plough Steam drifter For Bloomfields Ltd.[32]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Ocean Reaper Steam drifter For W. J. E. Green Ltd.[33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Ocean Souvenir Steam drifter For Bloomfields Ltd.[34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Sharpness Tug For private owner.[35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Thomas Beeching Steam drifter For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.[36]
Unknown date United States Kennebunk, Maine Verna & Esther Patrol vessel Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Worcester Tug For private owner.[37]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry No. 3 Newport Barge For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Swano Sloop For Henry Oldridge.[39]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Unnamed Lighter For private owner.[40]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Unnamed Lighter For private owner.[41]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Unnamed Lighter For private owner.[42]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Unnamed Lighter For private owner.[43]
Unknown date  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Unnamed Barge For private owner.[44]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.
  2. ^ Fernández, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, pp. 66–67.
  3. ^ "Desna". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "West Wales". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 104.
  6. ^ "Harmony". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Darro". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 306.
  9. ^ "Oxfordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Sheaf Arrow". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Drina". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Thyra Menier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Abosso". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  14. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 307.
  15. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 111.
  16. ^ "Appam". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Inglemoor". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  18. ^ "A. G. Prentiss". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine
  19. ^ "Alaburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Barbel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Birmingham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Bitterling". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Broughton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  24. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
  26. ^ "Fire Queen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  27. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  28. ^ "Jubilee". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  29. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.
  30. ^ "Manoel Thomaz". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Oburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Ocean Plough". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  33. ^ "Ocean Reaper". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Ocean Souvenir". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Sharpness". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  36. ^ "Thomas Beeching". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  37. ^ "Worcester". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  38. ^ "No. 3 Newport". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Swano". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  40. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  42. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  43. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  44. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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