List of ship launches in 1932

The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama I.W.C. 668 Barge For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
February United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama I.W.C. 669 Barge For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
15 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Floating Crane No.2 Floating crane For Cowans, Sheldon & Co.[2]
22 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Iris II Ferry For Wallasey Corporation.[3]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama I.W.C. 670 Barge For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
7 April United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Daring D-class destroyer
7 April United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Defender D-class destroyer
8 April United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Diamond D-class destroyer
19 April United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Falmouth Shoreham-class sloop [4]
3 May United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Dainty D-class destroyer
4 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Ardrossan Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
5 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Duchess of Hamilton Passenger ship For Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
21 May United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Portland Portland-class cruiser
2 June United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Delight D-class destroyer
7 June United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Decoy D-class destroyer
16 June United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Diana D-class destroyer
20 June Netherlands NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen Prins Hendrik Ferry For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[6]
5 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bhadravati Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[7]
7 July United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Duncan D-class destroyer
10 July  Italy OTO La Spezia Armando Diaz Condottieri-class cruiser
18 July United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard Lurline Ocean liner For Matson Lines
19 July United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Duchess D-class destroyer For Royal Navy
14 October France Arsenal de Brest Brest Le Centaure Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
29 October France Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Normandie Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
2 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan North Carr Lightship Lightship For Trinity House
19 December Denmark Nakskov Lolland Danmark Full-rigged ship For Danish Maritime Authority.[8]
21 December Norway Naval Dockyard Horten Olav Tryggvason Minelayer
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Barge No. 1 Tank barge For Three Rivers Oil Corp.[1]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama M.T.C. No. 101 Tank barge For Texas Company.[1]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama M.T.C. No. 102 Tank barge For Sun Oil Co..[1]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 96 Tank barge For Standard Dredging Corp.[1]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Unnamed Barge For private owner.[1]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Unnamed Tank barge For Pure Oil Company.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Floating Crane No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Royal Iris II". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ Hague 1993, p. 38
  5. ^ "Baron Ardrossan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ "M/S Prins Hendrik" (in Swedish).
  7. ^ "Bhadravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Skoleskibet Danmark's Historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
Sources
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
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