List of ship launches in 1934

The list of ship launches in 1934 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1934.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
18 January United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Skipjack Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
30 January United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock Escapade E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
7 February United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Exmouth E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
15 February United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Electra E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
16 February United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Echo E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
1 March United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Ajax Leander-class cruiser For Royal Navy
11 March  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Krischan Krischan-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
15 March United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Twickenham Ferry Train Ferry For the Southern Railway
19 March United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend Esk E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 March United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Encounter E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 March United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock Escort E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
12 April United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Eclipse E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
17 April United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Harrier Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
1 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waiwera Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[1]
9 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idalia Motor yacht For Alan F. Craig.[2]
12 May United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Fearless F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 May United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Tyne and Wear Express E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
8 June  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg August Bösch Fishing trawler For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow Faulknor F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
14 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sir Hastings Anderson Target towing ship For Royal Navy.[3]
28 June United Kingdom Parsons Wallsend Fame F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June United Kingdom Parsons Wallsend Firedrake F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Forester F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waipawa Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[4]
29 June United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Foresight F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
30 June  Germany Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Admiral Graf Spee Deutschland-class cruiser For Reichsmarine
11 July  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Germania Fishing trawler For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast John Dock Tug For South African Railways.[5]
27 July United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Dockyard Portsmouth Amphion Leander-class cruiser For Royal Navy
July  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Deutschland Fishing trawler For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Loch Lomond Cargo ship For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[6]
20 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Falcon Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[7]
27 August United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Hussar Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
28 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast W. H. Fuller Tug For South African Railways.[8]
29 August United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Fortune F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
10 September United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Fury F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
22 September United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend-on-Tyne Sydney Leander-class cruiser For Royal Australian Navy
26 September United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Queen Mary Ocean liner For Cunard Line
September  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Haltenbank Fishing trawler For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October  Germany Norderwerft Köser & Mayer Hamburg Hinrich Hey Fishing trawler For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde J. Hinrich Wilhelms Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyen Ancylus Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
9 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Imperial Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[10]
9 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Wairangi Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[11]
10 October  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Ro-33 Kaichū VI-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Henzada Cargo ship For P Henderson & Co.[12]
12 October United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Foxhound F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
16 October  Germany Bremer Vulkan Bremen Zieten Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Shepperton Ferry Train Ferry For the Southern Railway
7 November  Germany Bremer Vulkan Vegesack Friedrich Busse Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Martaban Cargo ship For P Henderson & Co.[13]
22 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast New Zealand Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[14]
24 November United Kingdom Workman, Clark Ltd. Belfast Acavus Yanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
1 December  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. Kiel Gadila Tanker For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[15]
6 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Nürnberg Leipzig-class cruiser For Reichsmarine
6 December France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Sfax Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
8 December United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Amastra Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
10 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Cawdor Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[16]
15 December  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Grille Aviso For Reichsmarine
19 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Anadara Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[17]
19 December Poland CRDA yard Monfalcone, Italy Piłsudski Ocean liner For PTTO
20 December  Germany Bremer Vulkan. Vegesack Alexia Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
20 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roslin Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[18]
20 December United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Triaster Cargo Liner For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A. G. & P. Co. No. 30 Dredger For Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corporation.[19]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Alabama Ferry For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company.[19]
Unknown date United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland B.H.C. Barge No. 2 Barge For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[20]
Unknown date United Kingdom James Pollock & Sons Faversham Camroux I Coaster For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd.[21]
Unknown date United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Eskdene Cargo ship For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.[22]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen Pelikan Refrigerated cargo ship For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date  United Kingdom Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe Rodney Tug For private owner.[23]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe Rodney II Tug For W. T. Beaumont & Sons Ltd.[24]
Unknown date United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Skylark 9 Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[25]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft. Hamburg Sofia Cargo ship For private owner.[26]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Sylt Coastal tanker For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 256 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 258 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 271 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 274 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
  10. ^ "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  16. ^ "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  20. ^ "B.H.C. Barge No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.
  23. ^ "Rodney". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Rodney II". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Skylark 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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