LIST OF SHIP LAUNCHES IN 1925

The list of ship launches in 1925 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1925.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
6 January	Germany	Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	*Emden*	Light cruiser	For Reichsmarine
12 January	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	*Topeka*	Cargo ship	For A/S Norge-Mexico Gulflinjen.^[1]
15 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Alynbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[2]
12 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Elmbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[3]
23 February	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	*Ro-68*	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 February	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Inanda*	Cargo liner	For Charente Steamship Co Ltd
25 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Inverlago*	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.^[4]
13 March	United Kingdom	William Simons and Co. Ltd.	Renfrew	Patrick Stewart	Cable ship	renamed HMIS Investigator and converted into a survey ship for the Royal Indian Navy
14 March	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	*Schwarzenfels*	Merchant ship	renamed Schwabenland and converted to a seaplane tender for Deutsche Luft Hansa's South Atlantic airmail in 1934
25 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Inverossa*	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.^[5]
26 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	*Rawalpindi*	Passenger ship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
6 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Inverpool*	Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company.^[6]
7 April	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	*Saratoga*	Lexington-class aircraft carrier	For United States Navy
8 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Forresbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[7]
23 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Invercaibo*	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.^[8]
24 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Hythe*	Ferry	For Southern Railway.^[9]
8 May	Norway	Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted	Fredrikstad	*Dronning Maud*	Passenger ship	For Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap
8 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*King James*	Cargo ship	For King Line.^[10]
21 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Nairnbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[11]
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Haslemere*	Ferry	For Southern Railway.^[12]
26 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Inverruba*	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.
May	Germany	Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	*Weser*	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven
18 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Weirbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[13]
23 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Whitstable*	Ferry	For Southern Railway.^[14]
7 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Asturias*	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.^[15]
7 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*King Malcolm*	Cargo ship	For King Line.^[16]
14 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Larchbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[17]
21 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	*Sulaco*	Reefer ship	For Fyffes Line
5 August	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-53 ( I-153)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Greenock	*Rajputana*	Ocean liner	For P&O.^[18]
18 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Fratton*	Ferry	For Southern Railway.^[19]
26 August	Netherlands	P. Smit Jr. Shipbuilding and Machine Factory	Rotterdam	*Jääkarhu*	Icebreaker	For the Finnish Board of Navigation.^[20]
1 September	Germany	Travewerk Gebroeders Goedhardt AG	Lübeck	*Riga*	Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
1 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Temuco*	Tender	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[21]
2 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Gascony*	Cargo ship	For David MacIver & Co.^[22]
2 September	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-55 (I-155)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 September	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Walker	*Nelson*	Nelson-class battleship	For Royal Navy
18 September	Germany	Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	*Ferdinand Niedermeyer*	Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
24 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Levernbank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[23]
25 September	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	*Ro-65*	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	I-58 ( I-158)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	*Lexington*	Lexington-class aircraft carrier	For United States Navy
28 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Madrid*	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co.^[24]
29 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Myrtlebank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[25]
14 November	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	*Hamburg*	Ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line.^[26]
17 November	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company	Troon	*Scillonian*	Ferry	For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.^[27]
25 November	Sweden	Kockums	Malmö	Childar	Merchant	For Weil & Amundsen Rederi A/S, Halden, Norway
28 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Marthara*	Cargo ship	For MacLay& MacIntyre Ltd.^[28]
3 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Olivebank*	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.^[29]
17 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	*Rodney*	Nelson-class battleship	For Royal Navy
17 December	France	Brest Dock Yard	Brest	*Duquesne*	Duquesne-class cruiser	For French Navy
19 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Colonial*	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.^[30]
29 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Roma*	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co.^[31]
31 December	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley	*William Scoresby*	Research vessel	For the Crown Agents for the Colonies.^[32]
Unknown date	Germany	Gebrüder Schäfer	Völklingen	*Anna Leonie*	Towed riverboat
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Barrow-in-Furness	*Carinthia*	Refrigerated cargo liner	For Cunard Line.^[33]
Unknown date	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik AG	Hamburg	*Grohm*	Fishing trawler	For Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg	*Las Palmas*	Cargo ship	For Oldeburg Portuguese Line.^[34]
Unknown date	Germany	Atlas Werke	Bremen	*Leander*	Cargo ship	For Neptun Line AG
Unknown date	France	Société des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	St. Nazaire	*Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft*	Ocean liner	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark and Company	Belfast	*Antinous*	Cargo ship	For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd. ^[35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brown & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	*Lumen*	Tanker	For H. E. Moss & Co. Ltd.^[36]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Michael H.	Motor barge	For J. Harker Ltd.^[37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	*Nobleman*	Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd.^[38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	*Prizeman*	Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd.^[38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Ranchi*	Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[39]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Ranpura*	Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[39]
Unknown date	Germany	Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender	Lübeck	*Reval*	Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
Unknown date	Sweden	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad	Malmö	*Skåneland*	Cargo ship	For Angfartyg AB Tirfing
Unknown date	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	*Sorrento*	Cargo ship	For Robert M Sloman Jr
Unknown date	Germany	Norderwerft.	Hamburg	*Wiedau*	Cargo ship	For Budsier Reederei & Berugungs AG.^[40]

References

^ "Topeka (5606327)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "Alynbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Elmbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Inverlago". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Inverrosa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Inverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Forresbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Invercaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Hythe". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "King James". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Haslemere". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Weirbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Whitstable". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "King Malcolm". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Larchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "1149361". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ "Fratton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ Laurell 1992, p. not cited.
^ "Temuco". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Gascony". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Levernbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Madrid". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Myrtlebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "5397109". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
^ "Marthara". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Olivebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Colonial". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Roma". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.
^ ^a ^b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
^ ^a ^b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 141.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 453.

Sources

Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
Laurell, Seppo (1992). Höyrymurtajien aika. Jyväskylä: Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. ISBN 951-47-6775-6.
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.

[1] "Topeka (5606327)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[HW676-2] "Alynbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW677-3] "Elmbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW699-4] "Inverlago". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW700-5] "Inverrosa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW708-6] "Inverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW678-7] "Forresbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW701-8] "Invercaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW706-9] "Hythe". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW691-10] "King James". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW679-11] "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW719-12] "Haslemere". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW680-13] "Weirbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW707-14] "Whitstable". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW507-15] "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[HW692-16] "King Malcolm". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW681-17] "Larchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[Rajputana-18] "1149361". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[HW720-19] "Fratton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTELaurell1992not_cited-20] Laurell 1992, p. not cited.

[HW693-21] "Temuco". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW710-22] "Gascony". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW682-23] "Levernbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW704-24] "Madrid". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW683-25] "Myrtlebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[Hamburg-26] "5397109". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[FOOTNOTECarter1998not_cited-27] Carter 1998, p. not cited.

[HW709-28] "Marthara". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW684-29] "Olivebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW721-30] "Colonial". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[HW705-31] "Roma". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990252-32] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990123-33] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990462-34] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer199039-35] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990390-36] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990215-37] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990312-38] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990141-39] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 141.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990453-40] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 453.

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v t e Ship events in 1925
Ship launches	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Ship commissionings	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Ship decommissionings	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Shipwrecks	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930

v t e Ship events in 1925
Ship launches	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Ship commissionings	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Ship decommissionings	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Shipwrecks	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930

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