The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
16 January	France	FCM	La Seyne	Voltaire	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
20 January	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Bahia	Bahia-class cruiser	For Brazilian Navy
23 January	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Mainz	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
6 February	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Delaware	Delaware-class battleship	For United States Navy
6 February	Belgium	Chantiers Navals Anversois S.A	Hoboken, Antwerp	Espagne	Cargo ship	For Armement Adolf Deppe
9 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Karoola	Passenger ship	For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. [1]
15 March	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam	De Zeven Provinciën	Coastal defence ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
20 March	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Von der Tann	Unique battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
20 March	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Crusader	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
25 March	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Mallina	Cargo ship	For Australian United Steam Navigation Company
19 April	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	São Paulo	Minas Geraes-class battleship	For Brazilian Navy
19 April	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Diderot	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
20 April	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Condorcet	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
21 April	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Southampton	Nubian	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
22 April	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	Vanguard	St Vincent-class battleship	For Royal Navy
6 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Berbice	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line. [3]
24 May	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Maori	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
3 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Leicestershire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co. [4]
5 June	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Cöln	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
3 July	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Radetzky	Radetzky-class battleship	For Austro-Hungarian Navy
4 July	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Danton	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
8 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Meltonian	Cargo ship	For Furness Leyland Line. [5]
10 July	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Augsburg	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
31 July	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Toreador	Cargo Ship	For J. D. Stücken
14 August	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik	Hamburg	Iserlohn	Cargo ship	For Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft
September	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Bremen-Vegesack	Answald	Merchant	Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
14 September	United Kingdom	Palmers	Jarrow	Viking	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
16 September	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Tyneside	Zulu	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
25 September	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Hamburg	Helgoland	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
30 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Ostfriesland	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
30 September	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Neptune	Neptune-class battleship	For Royal Navy
16 October	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Beagle	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
28 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Balantia	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line. [6]
28 October	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Devonport	Indefatigable	Indefatigable-class battlecruiser	For Royal Navy
28 October	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Mirabeau	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
30 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	City of Colombo	Cargo Ship	For Ellerman Lines
12 November	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Balmoral Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
13 November	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Bulldog	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
29 November	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Thüringen	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
11 December	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Foxhound	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [2]
23 December	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Utah	Florida-class battleship	For United States Navy
Date unknown	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3	Merchant	Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
Date unknown	France	Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence	Port de Bouc	Espagne	Ocean liner	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Date unknown	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Reiher	Cargo ship	For Argo Line
Date unknown	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Trelissick	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. [7]
Date unknown	Canada	Nakusp shipyard	Lower Arrow Lakes	Whatshan	Steam tug	For Canadian Pacific Railway

References

Sources

• 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.