From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.


Date Navy/Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
16 January   United Kingdom} Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Agapenor Cargo ship For Ocean Steam Ship Company
17 January   Austria-Hungary Ganz-Danubius Fiume Szent István Tegetthoff-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
29 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Euripides Passenger ship For Aberdeen Line.
29 January   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V25 V25-class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine. [1]
7 February   United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Landrail Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy. [2]
11 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mississippi Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co. [3]
21 February   Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Kronprinz Wilhelm König-class battleship For Imperial German navy
21 February   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V26 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
24 February   Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Fritz diesel motor ship
25 February   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Lance Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy
26 February   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Britannic Olympic-class ocean liner For Royal Navy
Sister ship of Titanic
26 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Lydiard Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 February   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S32 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
12 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Falstria Cargo ship For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co. [4]
14 March   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-3 K-class submarine For United States Navy
17 March   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-5 K-class submarine For United States Navy
19 March   United States Moran Company Seattle, Washington K-4 K-class submarine For United States Navy
23 March   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oklahoma Nevada-class battleship For United States Navy
26 March   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-6 K-class submarine For United States Navy
26 March   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V27 V25-class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine. [1]
4 April   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S33 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
8 April   United Kingdom Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd West Hartlepool, Co Durham Pengreep Cargo ship For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company
22 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Egori Cargo ship For Elder Dempster. [5]
22 April   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine McDougal O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
23 April   United Kingdom E11 E-class submarine For Royal Navy
25 April   Germany AG Weser Bremen Regensburg Graudenz-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
13 June   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S34 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
20 June   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-7 K-class submarine For United States Navy
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Arapaho tug For United States Navy [6]
  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Bismarck Imperator-class ocean liner For Hamburg America Line
24 June   United Kingdom William Denny Dunbarton Princess Margaret Passenger liner For Canadian Pacific Railway [7]
7 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orbita Ocean liner For Pacific Steam Navigation Company [8]
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lalandia Cargo ship For Western Australian Government, completed as Kangaroo. [9]
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Statendam Ocean Liner For Holland America Line [10]
11 July   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-8 K-class submarine For United States Navy
11 July   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Nevada Nevada-class battleship For United States Navy
20 July   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania O'Brien O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Mohave tug For United States Navy [11] (or 20 June [12])
6 August   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn, Tyneside Murray Admiralty M-class destroyer For Royal Navy. [2]
8 August   United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear Bjørgvin Nidaros-class coastal defence ship For Royal Norwegian Navy [13]
15 August   United States Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Tillamook tug For United States Navy [14]
19 August   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nicholson O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
22 August   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Ericsson O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
4 September   United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Govan Tuscania Passenger liner For Anchor Line [15]
8 September   United Kingdom Workman, Clark and Company Belfast Ebro Ocean Liner For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company [16]
21 September   Spain SECN Ferrol Jaime I España-class battleship For Spanish Navy. [17]
30 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Glasgow Apapa Passenger ship For Elder Dempster Line. [18]
12 October   United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Manly Yarrow M-class destroyer [2]
20 October   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton, Scotland Princess Irene Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway
31 October   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Barham Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
4 November   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan, Scotland Valiant Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
17 November   United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Royal Oak Revenge-class battleship For Royal Navy
19 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Almanzora Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line. [19]
21 November   Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Elbing Pillau-class light cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
19 December   Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Huon River-class torpedo-boat destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
31 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belgenland Passenger ship For International Navigation Co. Completed as Belgic.
Unknown date   Sweden Baychimo Cargo ship For Hudson's Bay Company
Unknown date   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff LTd. Glasgow Egba Cargo ship For Elder Dempster Lines. [20]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Palmers Ltd. River Tyne Maricopa Tanker For private owner. [21]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Glen Usk Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell. [22]
Unknown date   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Pacific Cargo ship For J S Emery Steamship Co
Unknown date   Norway Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted Tønsberg Viking II Whaler For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri
Unknown date   United Kingdom Joseph Russell & Co. Port Glasgow War Ermine Cargo ship For British Shipping Controller. [23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 308.
  3. ^ "Mississippi". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Falstria". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Egori". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 569.
  7. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Wm Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton: Princess Margaret". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 29.
  8. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Orbita". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 30.
  9. ^ "Kangaroo". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Statendam". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. pp. 30–32.
  11. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 575.
  12. ^ "Mohave (Fleet Tug No.15)".
  13. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: The Tyne and Wear: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. September 1914. p. 54.
  14. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 581.
  15. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Alex. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. p. 87.
  16. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. pp. 87–88.
  17. ^ Fernandez, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, p. 73.
  18. ^ "Apapa". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Almanzora". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 394.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 90.
Sources
  • 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: 63–114. ISSN  0043-0374. JSTOR  44895559. OCLC  1647131.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.


Date Navy/Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
16 January   United Kingdom} Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Agapenor Cargo ship For Ocean Steam Ship Company
17 January   Austria-Hungary Ganz-Danubius Fiume Szent István Tegetthoff-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
29 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Euripides Passenger ship For Aberdeen Line.
29 January   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V25 V25-class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine. [1]
7 February   United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Landrail Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy. [2]
11 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mississippi Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co. [3]
21 February   Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Kronprinz Wilhelm König-class battleship For Imperial German navy
21 February   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V26 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
24 February   Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Fritz diesel motor ship
25 February   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Lance Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy
26 February   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Britannic Olympic-class ocean liner For Royal Navy
Sister ship of Titanic
26 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Lydiard Laforey-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 February   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S32 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
12 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Falstria Cargo ship For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co. [4]
14 March   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-3 K-class submarine For United States Navy
17 March   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-5 K-class submarine For United States Navy
19 March   United States Moran Company Seattle, Washington K-4 K-class submarine For United States Navy
23 March   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oklahoma Nevada-class battleship For United States Navy
26 March   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-6 K-class submarine For United States Navy
26 March   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V27 V25-class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine. [1]
4 April   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S33 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
8 April   United Kingdom Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd West Hartlepool, Co Durham Pengreep Cargo ship For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company
22 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Egori Cargo ship For Elder Dempster. [5]
22 April   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine McDougal O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
23 April   United Kingdom E11 E-class submarine For Royal Navy
25 April   Germany AG Weser Bremen Regensburg Graudenz-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
13 June   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S34 V25-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy. [1]
20 June   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-7 K-class submarine For United States Navy
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Arapaho tug For United States Navy [6]
  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Bismarck Imperator-class ocean liner For Hamburg America Line
24 June   United Kingdom William Denny Dunbarton Princess Margaret Passenger liner For Canadian Pacific Railway [7]
7 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orbita Ocean liner For Pacific Steam Navigation Company [8]
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lalandia Cargo ship For Western Australian Government, completed as Kangaroo. [9]
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Statendam Ocean Liner For Holland America Line [10]
11 July   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-8 K-class submarine For United States Navy
11 July   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Nevada Nevada-class battleship For United States Navy
20 July   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania O'Brien O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Mohave tug For United States Navy [11] (or 20 June [12])
6 August   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn, Tyneside Murray Admiralty M-class destroyer For Royal Navy. [2]
8 August   United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear Bjørgvin Nidaros-class coastal defence ship For Royal Norwegian Navy [13]
15 August   United States Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Tillamook tug For United States Navy [14]
19 August   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nicholson O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
22 August   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Ericsson O'Brien-class destroyer For United States Navy
4 September   United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Govan Tuscania Passenger liner For Anchor Line [15]
8 September   United Kingdom Workman, Clark and Company Belfast Ebro Ocean Liner For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company [16]
21 September   Spain SECN Ferrol Jaime I España-class battleship For Spanish Navy. [17]
30 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Glasgow Apapa Passenger ship For Elder Dempster Line. [18]
12 October   United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Manly Yarrow M-class destroyer [2]
20 October   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton, Scotland Princess Irene Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway
31 October   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Barham Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
4 November   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan, Scotland Valiant Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
17 November   United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Royal Oak Revenge-class battleship For Royal Navy
19 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Almanzora Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line. [19]
21 November   Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Elbing Pillau-class light cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
19 December   Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Huon River-class torpedo-boat destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
31 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belgenland Passenger ship For International Navigation Co. Completed as Belgic.
Unknown date   Sweden Baychimo Cargo ship For Hudson's Bay Company
Unknown date   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff LTd. Glasgow Egba Cargo ship For Elder Dempster Lines. [20]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Palmers Ltd. River Tyne Maricopa Tanker For private owner. [21]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Glen Usk Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell. [22]
Unknown date   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Pacific Cargo ship For J S Emery Steamship Co
Unknown date   Norway Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted Tønsberg Viking II Whaler For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri
Unknown date   United Kingdom Joseph Russell & Co. Port Glasgow War Ermine Cargo ship For British Shipping Controller. [23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 308.
  3. ^ "Mississippi". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Falstria". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Egori". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 569.
  7. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Wm Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton: Princess Margaret". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 29.
  8. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Orbita". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 30.
  9. ^ "Kangaroo". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Statendam". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. pp. 30–32.
  11. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 575.
  12. ^ "Mohave (Fleet Tug No.15)".
  13. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: The Tyne and Wear: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. September 1914. p. 54.
  14. ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 581.
  15. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Alex. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. p. 87.
  16. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. pp. 87–88.
  17. ^ Fernandez, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, p. 73.
  18. ^ "Apapa". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Almanzora". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 394.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 90.
Sources
  • 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: 63–114. ISSN  0043-0374. JSTOR  44895559. OCLC  1647131.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: 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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