LIST OF SHIP LAUNCHES IN 1913

The list of ship launches in 1913 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1913. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
11 January	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	*S21*	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[1]
22 January	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Rio de Janeiro*	Dreadnought battleship	For Brazilian Navy
25 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	*Ambuscade*	Acasta-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 January	Germany			*Phönix*	Cargo ship	For Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG
8 February	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	*Parker*	Aylwin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
15 February	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	*S22*	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[1]
28 February	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V6	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[2]
1 March	Germany	Königliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	*König*	König-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
22 March	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	*Benham*	Aylwin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
29 March	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	*S23*	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[1]
30 March	Italy	La Spezia Naval Base	La Spezia	*Andrea Doria*	Andrea Doria-class battleship	For Regia Marina
3 April	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	*Vaterland*	Imperator-class ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line
5 April	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	*Duncan*	Cassin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
8 April	Germany	Joh. C. Tecklenborg	Bremerhaven	*Solfels*	Cargo ship
8 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd	Birkenhead	*Bergensfjord*	Ocean liner	For Norwegian America Line
12 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Katoomba*	Passenger ship	For McIlwraith & McEachern & Co.
18 April	United Kingdom	Royal Navy Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	*Nottingham*	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
19 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited	Govan	*Calgarian*	Ocean liner	For Allan Line Steamship Company Ltd.
20 April	France	Naval Group	Lorient	*Provence*	Bretagne-class battleship	For French Navy
21 April	France	Brest Arsenal	Brest	*Bretagne*	Bretagne-class battleship	For French Navy
21 April	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	*Aquitania*	Ocean liner
24 April	Italy	Royal Dockyard	Castellammare di Stabia	*Duilio*	Andrea Doria-class battleship	For Regia Marina
25 April	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V5	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[2]
28 April	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	*Lowestoft*	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
5 May	Germany	Vulcan-Werke	Stettin	*Grosser Kurfürst*	König-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
7 May	Spain	Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval	Ferrol	Alfonso XIII	España-class battleship	For Spanish Navy.^[3]
7 May	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Birmingham*	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
8 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Andes*	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.^[4]
20 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	*Cassin*	Cassin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
22 May	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	*AE1*	E-class submarine	For Royal Navy
27 May	Norway	Karljohansvern	Horten	*Garm*	Draug-class destroyer	For Royal Norwegian Navy
4 June	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	*Markgraf*	König-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
18 June	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	*AE2*	E-class submarine	For Royal Navy
28 June	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	*S24*	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy.^[1]
10 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	*Attendant*	Passenger tender	For Elder Dempster Lines
17 July	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	*Derfflinger*	Derfflinger-class battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
6 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	*Cummings*	Cassin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
3 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	*Reşadiye*	Reşadiye-class battleship	For Ottoman Navy
4 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Maryland*	Passenger ship	For Atlantic Transport Co.^[5]
30 September	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	*Lorraine*	Bretagne-class battleship	For French Navy
2 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Orduna*	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
16 October	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard	Portsmouth	*Queen Elizabeth*	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship	For Royal Navy
25 October	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	*Graudenz*	Graudenz-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
30 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Alcantara*	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line
1 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	*Manoa*	Steamship	For Matson Line
8 November	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	*Downes*	Cassin-class destroyer	For United States Navy
12 November	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Glasgow	*Benbow*	Iron Duke-class battleship	For Royal Navy
26 November	United Kingdom	Plymouth Dockyard	Plymouth	*Warspite*	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship	For Royal Navy
27 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	*Emperor of India*	Iron Duke-class battleship	For Royal Navy
27 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Missouri*	Passenger ship	For Atlantic Transport Co.^[6]
29 November	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Danzig	*Lützow*	Derfflinger-class battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
15 December	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	*Tiger*	Tiger-class battlecruiser	For Royal Navy
15 December	United Kingdom	Barclay Curle	Glasgow	*Bandra*	Cargo liner	For British India Steam Navigation Company
17 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Egba*	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.^[7]
Unknown date	United States			*A. Brook Taylor*	Fishing trawler	For Virginia Fishing Co.^[8]
Unknown date	United States	New York Launch & Engine Building Co.	Morris Heights, New York	*Abalone*	Motorboat	For Arnold Schlaet.^[9]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			*Desabla*	Oil tanker
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	*Kristianiafjord*	Passenger ship	For Norwegian America Line. ^[10]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau.	Vegesack	*Sierra Salvada*	Passenger ship	For private owner.^[11]
Unknown date	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik	Hamburg	*Wotan*	Tanker	For Deutsche-Amerikan Petroleum Gesellschaft
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	*Zealous*	Dockyard tanker	For private owner.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.
^ ^a ^b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 51.
^ Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. 44 (1). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization: 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374. OCLC 1647131.
^ "Andes". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Maryland". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Egba". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "A. Brook Taylor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va.
^ Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abalone (S. P. 208)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 July 2019. Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.

Sources

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.

[FOOTNOTEGrönerJungMaass198352-1] Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.

[FOOTNOTEGrönerJungMaass198351-2] Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 51.

[FMC667-3] Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. 44 (1). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization: 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374. OCLC 1647131.

[HW434-4] "Andes". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[HW448-5] "Maryland". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[HW449-6] "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[HW444-7] "Egba". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[danfs-abrooktaylor-8] "A. Brook Taylor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va.

[danfs-abalone-9] Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abalone (S. P. 208)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 July 2019. Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer199041-10] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990468-11] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990314-12] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.

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v t e Ship events in 1913
Ship launches	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship commissionings	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship decommissionings	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Shipwrecks	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

v t e Ship events in 1913
Ship launches	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship commissionings	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship decommissionings	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Shipwrecks	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

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