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List of ship launches in 1912

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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
18 April  France Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Dehorter Bouclier-class destroyer [4]
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
16 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Darro Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.[5]
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.[citation needed]
1 June  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Lurcher Acheron-class destroyer [6]
12 June  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited Hebburn Ebani General cargo vessel For British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd)
15 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oxfordshire Cargo Liner For Bibby Line.[7]
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..[8]
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]
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.[9]
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.[10]
5 September  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Oak Acheron-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[6]
10 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Acasta Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[6]
12 September  France Arsenal de Toulon Toulon Bisson Bisson-class destroyer For French Navy.[11]
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.[12]
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
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.[10]
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.[6]
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 [13]
Unknown date  Germany F Schichau GmbH Elbling Badenia Coaster For A Kirsten
Unknown date  Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Borussia Coaster For A Kirsten
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Czar Passenger ship For private owner.[14]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Dimboola Cargo ship For private owner.[15]
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 Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Glen Avon Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell.[16]
Unknown date  Belgium Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd Hoboken Hispania Cargo ship For Svenska Lloyd AB
Unknown date  United States Toledo Shipbuilding Company. Toledo, Ohio L. V. Stoddard Tanker For private owner.[17]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd Blyth Thyra Menier Cargo ship For Donald Steamship Co Ltd
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.

References edit

  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. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 104.
  5. ^ "Darro". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 306.
  7. ^ "Oxfordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Drina". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Abosso". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 307.
  11. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 111.
  12. ^ "Appam". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  13. ^ "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
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
  16. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  17. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.
Sources
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  • Fernández, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas; Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. 44 (1). Toledo: International Naval Research Organization: 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6.
  • 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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