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 and location | Ship | Class and type | Notes | |
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10 January | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen | Polarlys | Coastal passenger/cargo steamer | For Norway. Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan.
Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953. Scrapped in 1964 | |
31 January | German Empire | Germaniawerft, Kiel | G9 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy[1] | |
5 February | Spain | SECN, Ferrol, Galicia (Spain) | España | España-class battleship | For Spanish Navy[2] | |
7 February | German Empire | Howaldswerke, Kiel | Monte Penedo | General cargo vessel | ||
17 February | German Empire | Germaniawerft, Kiel | Prinzregent Luitpold | Kaiser-class battleship | ||
2 March | German Empire | 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 | German Empire | 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 | German Empire | Schichau-Werke, Elbing | S15 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy[1] | |
21 March | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipyard, Greenock, Scotland | Ajax | King George V-class battleship | ||
21 March | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | Tegetthoff | Tegetthoff-class battleship | ||
30 March | German Empire | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | Seydlitz | unique battlecruiser | For Imperial German Navy | |
18 April | France | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire | Dehorter | Bouclier-class destroyer | [3] | |
20 April | German Empire | 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 | German Empire | Schichau-Werft, Danzig | König Albert | Kaiser-class battleship | ||
18 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia | Texas | New York-class battleship | ||
23 May | German Empire | AG Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | Imperator | Imperator-class ocean liner | Seized by USA in the First World War, transferred to Cunard Line as war reperations, renamed Berengaria, scrapped from 1939-1946.[1] | |
1 June | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun | Lurcher | Acheron-class destroyer | [4] | |
12 June | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, Hebburn, England | General cargo vessel | For | ||
14 August | United Kingdom | William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Willochra | Cruise ship | For Adelaide Steamship Company | |
24 August | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California | Jupiter | Collier | Later became USS Langley | |
29 August | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, Tyneside | Christopher | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy[5] | |
5 September | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun | Oak | Acheron-class destroyer | For Royal Navy[4] | |
10 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | Acasta | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy[4] | |
12 September | France | Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon | Bisson | Bisson-class destroyer | For French Navy[6] | |
19 September | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England | 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 | Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, England | Hannington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line Ltd | |
12 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | Iron Duke | Iron Duke-class battleship | ||
16 October | German Empire | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig | U-17 | Type U 17 submarine | Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I. | |
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, Tyneside | Cockatrice | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy[5] | |
11 November | German Empire | Germaniawerft, Kiel | Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | ||
12 November | German Empire | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | Rostock | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | ||
14 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | Achates | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy[4] | |
30 November | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | Prinz Eugen | Tegetthoff-class battleship | ||
Unknown date | United States | Kennebunk, Maine | Small wooden-hulled tug | [7] | ||
Unknown date | German Empire | F Schichau GmbH, Elbling | Badenia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
Unknown date | German Empire | Nüscke & Co, Stettin | Borussia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
Unknown date | German Empire | 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 | Belgium | Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, Hoboken | Hispania | Cargo ship | For Svenska Lloyd AB | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth, England | Thyra Menier | Cargo ship | For Donald Steamship Co Ltd | |
Unknown date | United States | Unknown, Kennebunk, Maine | Verna & Esther | Patrol vessel | Operated as private motorboat from 1912-1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918. |
See also[]
Ship events in 1912 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship commissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | 1913 | |||||||
Shipwrecks: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52
- ^ Fernández, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, pp. 66–67
- ^ Couhat 1974, p. 104
- ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 306
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 307
- ^ Couhat 1974, p. 111
- ^ "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
- 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. Toledo: International Naval Research Organization. 44 (1): 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.
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