List of ship launches in 1916

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The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1916. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 8	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland	Repulse	Renown-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[1]
January 31	Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Karlsruhe	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
February 1	AG Weser, Bremen, Germany	Emden	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
February 2	Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales	J4	J-class submarine	Royal Navy	[2]
February 5	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	Courageous	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
March 4	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	Renown	Renown-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[1]
March 4	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	Sampson	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
March 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	L-10	L-class submarine	United States Navy
March 22	Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	Mantola	Passenger steamer
March 23	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	Rowan	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
March 28	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Deutschland	merchant submarine
April 14	Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Nürnberg	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
April 20	Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	Glorious	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
April 20	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	Patriot	Thornycroft M-class destroyer	Royal Navy
April 29	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, United States	Acme	tanker	United States Shipping Board	renamed Abarenda in 1943[5]
May 1	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	L-5	United States L-class submarine	United States Navy
May 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	L-11	United States L-class submarine	United States Navy
May 18	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Wilkes	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
June 5	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	Patrician	Thornycroft M-class destroyer	Royal Navy	[6]
June 15	Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England	G9	G-class submarine	Royal Navy	[7]
June 20	Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway	Frøya	Minelayer	Royal Norwegian Navy
July 3	A & J Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland	Newbury	Racecourse-class minesweeper	Royal Navy	[8]
July 16	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, North East England	Aurania	Ocean liner
July 22	unknown builder, Spain		submarine	Spanish Navy
August 15	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	Davis	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
August 15	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	Furious	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
August 31	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	L-6	L-class submarine	United States Navy
September 12	William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow, Scotland	Ramillies	Revenge-class battleship	Royal Navy
September 28	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	L-7	L-class submarine	United States Navy
October 5	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	Cöln	Cöln-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
October 14	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	Rosalind	R-class destroyer		[9]
October 21	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	Pola	Barque	F. Laeisz
November 11	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	K13	K-class submarine	Royal Navy	[10]
November 12	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan	Ise	Ise-class battleship	Imperial Japanese Navy
November 21	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Sachsen	Bayern-class battleship	Imperial German Navy
November 25	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	Radiant	R-class destroyer	Royal Navy	[9]
November 27	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	N-4	N-class submarine	United States Navy
December 5	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	Allen	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
December 9	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States	Shaw	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
December 30	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, United States	N-1	N-class submarine	United States Navy

References[]

• Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.

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