List of ship launches in 1931

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The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1931.

Date Ship Country Service Builder Location Class Notes
19 February[1] Aigle  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Aigle-class destroyer
28 February Savarona  Weimar Republic Blohm + Voss Hamburg Passenger ship
29 March[2] Vauquelin  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Vauquelin-class destroyer
1 April[3] Bideford  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard[3] Devonport Shoreham-class sloop
5 April[4] Chōkai  Empire of Japan  Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Nagasaki Takao-class cruiser
17 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Cargo liner
19 May Deutschland  Weimar Republic  Reichsmarine Deutsche Werke Kiel Deutschland-class cruiser
16 July[5] Rochester  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Chatham Dockyard Chatham Shoreham-class sloop
18 July[6] Strathaird  United Kingdom Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness
14 August[1]  France  French Navy Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Aigle-class destroyer
24 September[7] Leander  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Leander-class light cruiser
29 September[8] Cygnet  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong[8] Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the  Royal Canadian Navy in 1937[8]
29 September Crescent  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the  Royal Canadian Navy in 1937
30 September Comet  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the  Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September Crusader  United Kingdom  Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the  Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September[9] Luigi Cadorna  Italy  Regia Marina Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Condottieri-class cruiser
10 October[10] Monterey  United States Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy Ocean liner
13 October[1] Milan  France  French Navy Lorient Arsenal de Lorient Aigle-class destroyer
28 October[11] Conte di Savoia  Italy Italian Line Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Ocean liner
29 October Kempenfelt  United Kingdom  Royal Navy J. Samuel White Cowes C-class destroyer Transferred to the  Royal Canadian Navy in 1939
7 November[12] Indianapolis  United States  United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Portland-class cruiser
8 November[2] Cassard  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes Vauquelin-class destroyer
9 November[2] Maillé Brézé  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
12 November Georgic  United Kingdom White Star Line Harland & Wolff Belfast Ocean liner The last ship built for the White Star Line prior to its merger with the Cunard Line.
14 November[2] Kersaint  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
5 December[13] Pola  Italy  Regia Marina OTO Livorno Livorno Zara-class cruiser
7 December[2] Tartu  France  French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
15 December Manhattan  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oceanliner Commissioned by the  United States Navy in 1941 as USS Wakefield
unknown date Mariposa  United States Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Matson Line Ocean Liner

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c Whitley 2000, p. 39
  2. ^ a b c d e Whitley 2000, p. 41
  3. ^ a b Colledge (2003), p50
  4. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 177
  5. ^ Hague 1993, p. 32
  6. ^ Goossens, Reuben (2011–2012). "RMS Strathaird". P&O Line. SS Maritime. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 96
  8. ^ a b c Colledge (2003), p91
  9. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 132
  10. ^ "T/S Monterey". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  11. ^ "The "Rex" and the "Conte di Savoia"". Shipping Wonders of the World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  12. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 239
  13. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 149

References[]

  • Colledge, J.J. & Warlow, Ben (2003), Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill ISBN 1-85367-566-0
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
  • Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-8740.
Ship events in 1931
Ship launches: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Ship commissionings: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Ship decommissionings: 1926 1927 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Shipwrecks: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
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