List of ship launches in 1936

The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulota Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[1]
9 January United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ramdas Passenger steamer For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[2]
9 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Standella Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[3]
11 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sydney Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[4]
22 January United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Hopestar Cargo ship For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Aberdeen Grimsby-class sloop [5]
24 January United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock, Scotland Hostile H-class destroyer [6]
25 January United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Dunnottar Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNCS Narval Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
20 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Simnia Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[8]
21 February  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Yamakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hunter H-class destroyer [6]
10 March United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hereward H-class destroyer [6]
10 March United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hero H-class destroyer [6]
10 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Ulsterman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Scotsman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Hotspur H-class destroyer [6]
24 March Sweden Karlskrona dockyard Karlskrona Stockholm Göteborg-class destroyer [9]
24 March  Germany Deschimag Bremen Paul Jacobi Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
24 March United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Fleetwood Grimsby-class sloop [5]
26 March United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Drayton Mahan-class destroyer
26 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dunvegan Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[11]
26 March United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Mallard Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
27 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Wolfgang Zenker Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
28 March Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Swan Grimsby-class sloop [5]
4 April United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Yorktown Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
7 April United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Hardy H-class destroyer [6]
8 April United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hyperion H-class destroyer [6]
22 April  Germany Deschimag Bremen Theodor Riedel Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
24 April Netherlands Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij. Amsterdam Miralda Tanker For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[13]
25 April Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Elusa Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[14]
5 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Adelong Cargo ship For Huddart Parker.[15]
5 May United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Hasty H-class destroyer [6]
5 May United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Puffin Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
7 May Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Sleipner Sleipner-class destroyer [16]
13 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leonora Tug For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[17]
14 May  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Hans Lody Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
21 May United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Vincennes New Orleans-class cruiser
22 May  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Ostmark Light seaplane tender For civilian use, later taken over by the military
27 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Charles Maciver Trawler For Lancashire Sea Fisheries.[18]
3 June United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Campbell Treasury-class cutter
3 June United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Duane Treasury-class cutter
3 June United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ingham Treasury-class cutter
3 June United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Roger B. Taney Treasury-class cutter
13 June  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Horst Wessel Gorch Fock-class school ship For Reichsmarine
17 June United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lamson Mahan-class destroyer
21 June  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūdachi Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Jupiter Fishing trawler For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Oldenburg Cargo ship For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
June United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Iroquois Tank barge For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
June United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Onondaga Tank barge For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
7 July United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Havock H-class destroyer [6]
8 July  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Bernd von Arnim Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
14 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dipavati Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[19]
16 July  Germany Deschimag Bremen Hermann Schoemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
16 July  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Pretoria Ocean liner For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdswood Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[20]
6 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdscrest Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[21]
22 August  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG Wesermünde Dr. Adolf Spilker Fishing vessel For F. Busse
25 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duchess of Abercorn Ferry For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[22]
25 August Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Æger Sleipner-class destroyer [16]
3 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdsbank Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[23]
15 September  Germany Deschimag Bremen Bruno Heinemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
16 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Power Tanker For British Tanker Company.[24]
17 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Walmer Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[25]
24 September  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Erich Steinbrinck Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 262 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 263 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 264 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 265 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 266 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 267 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
3 October  Germany Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class battleship
3 October United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Enterprise Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
6 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Crossgar Collier For John Kelly Ltd.[26]
15 October United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Inglefield I-class destroyer [6]
30 October United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imogen I-class destroyer [6]
1 November  Japan Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka Kawakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Destiny Tanker For British Tanker Company.[27]
7 November Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulima Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[28]
12 November United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Isis I-class destroyer [6]
17 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ernebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[29]
17 November United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Brooklyn-class cruiser
23 November  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Hans Loh Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November France At. & Ch. de Bretagne Nantes Volta Mogador-class destroyer For French Navy.[30]
26 November United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Icarus I-class destroyer [6]
27 November  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Umikaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton Kittiwake Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
30 November United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Brooklyn-class cruiser
2 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cameo Coaster For William Robertson Ltd.[31]
3 December United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Boise Brooklyn-class cruiser
8 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class battleship
11 December United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imperial I-class destroyer [6]
12 December France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Strasbourg Dunkerque-class battleship
17 December United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Intrepid I-class destroyer
19 December Sweden Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Sama Cargo ship For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sitala Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[32]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T. No. 28 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T. No. 30 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Chester Towboat For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
December United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Ballena Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
December United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Bonito Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 260 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 261 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown Netherlands Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij Groningen Dr Colijn Coaster For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Eilbek Cargo ship For Knohr & Burchard.[33]
Date unknown  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Heinrich Schmidt Cargo ship For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Hempstead No. 2 Tank barge For Warrior Mobile Gulf Towing.[7]
Date unknown United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Icemaid Icemaid type collier For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[34]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. Lübeck Hermann Anderson Tanker For C. Anderson.[35]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG Lübeck Nordcoke Cargo ship For F Krupp AG
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig F. Schichau. Danzig Paul Harneit tanker For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum.[36]
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig Danziger Werft AG Danzig Poel Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine.[37]
Date unknown  Germany Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Seydlitz Fishing trawler For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Shepco 10 Tank barge For Shell Producers Co.[7]
Date unknown United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Skylark 10 Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[38]
Date unknown United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Pride Whaler For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd.[39]
Date unknown  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Thalia Cargo ship For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]
Date unknown United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark I Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[41]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 54 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 97 Tank barge For Q. D. Ainsley.[7]
Date unknown United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 3 unnamed vessels Barges For private owners.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
  2. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer. 17 January 1936. p. 86.
  3. ^ "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 332.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Friedman 2009, p. 315.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitley 2000, p. 59.
  11. ^ "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 339.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  14. ^ "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
  15. ^ "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 215.
  17. ^ "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
  29. ^ "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  30. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 44.
  31. ^ "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
  38. ^ "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
  40. ^ "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  41. ^ "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
Sources
  • Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • 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.
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.