List of ship launches in 1920
The list of ship launches in 1920 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1920. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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12 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ekari | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[1] |
18 February | United States | Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company | Bay Point, California | Cuprum | Cargo ship | For United States Shipping Board[2] |
24 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Abel P. Upshur | Clemson-class destroyer | For United States Navy.[3] |
3 March | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland, Fife | Sydney Lasry | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Lasry |
9 March | Japan | Mitsubishi | Kobe | Submarine No. 26 (Ro-52) | Type L1 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
20 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Maryland | Colorado-class battleship | For United States Navy |
25 March | Germany | Werft Nobiskrug GmbH | Rendsburg | Oliva | Fishing trawler | For Hochseefischerei Trave |
25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | War Pageant | N-type cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[4] |
March | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Scythia | Cargo liner | For Cunard Line.[5] |
7 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.6 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[6] |
7 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.7 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[7] |
15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.2 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[8] |
15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.3 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[9] |
15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glenogle | Cargo ship | For Glen Line.[10] |
21 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Sepulga | Patoka-class oiler | For United States Navy |
22 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.8 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[11] |
22 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dorsetshire | Cargo ship | For Bibby Steamship Co.[12] |
29 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.4 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[13] |
29 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.5 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[14] |
April | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Béarn | Normandie-class battleship | For French Navy |
5 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Salinas | Patoka-class oiler | For United States Navy |
6 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Paz | Cargo ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[15] |
5 June | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Tippecanoe | Patoka-class oiler | For United States Navy |
17 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bonheur | A-type cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt.[16] |
1 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | War Bamboo | A-type cargo ship | For British Shipping Controller.[17] |
3 July | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Trinity | Patoka-class oiler | For United States Navy |
6 July | Japan | Mitsubishi | Kobe | Submarine No. 27 (Ro-53) | Type L2 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
13 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Inveritchen | Tanker | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[18] |
14 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glenapp | Cargo ship | For Glen Line.[19] |
17 July | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | Submarine No. 43 (Ro-25) | Kaichū III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
30 July | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Maudie | Tanker | For A/S Hvalen |
2 August | United States | Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company | Bay Point, California | Namasket | Cargo ship | For United States Shipping Board[2] |
26 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Inverleith | Tanker | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[20] |
27 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Calgary | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[21] |
9 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Inverampton | Tanker | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[22] |
20 September | United States | J. F. Duthie & Company | Seattle, Washington | Griffdu | Cargo ship | For Universal Steamship & Barge Co. |
30 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glengarry | Cargo ship | For Glen Line.[23] |
13 October | United Kingdom | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eastney | Cargo ship | For Romney Steamship Co. Ltd.[24] |
13 October | Japan | Mitsubishi | Kobe | Submarine No. 28 (Ro-54) | Type L2 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
14 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lobos | Cargo ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[25] |
14 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Redbreast | Coaster | For Coast Lines.[26] |
14 October | Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure | Submarine No. 24 (Ro-15) | Kaichū II-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
26 October | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Submarine No. 38 (Ro-20) | Kaichū III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
26 October | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Submarine No. 39 (Ro-21) | Kaichū III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
28 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | SS Bompata (1920) | B-type cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[27] |
30 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.1 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[28] |
30 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.9 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[29] |
11 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pittsburgh | Ocean liner | For International Navigation Company.[30] |
27 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baradine | Passenger ship | For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[31] |
29 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lady Valentia | Coaster | For Coast Lines.[32] |
14 December | United States | Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company | Omaha | Omaha-class cruiser | For United States Navy | |
15 December | United States | Northwest Bridge & Iron Company | Portland, Oregon | Swiftsure | Tanker | For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co.[33] |
16 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.10 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[34] |
16 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oroya | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[35] |
20 December | Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG | Bremen | Faust | Coaster | For H Dauelsberg |
20 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Gorilla | Coaster | For Coast Lines.[36] |
22 December | United States | Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company | Bay Point, California | Meanticut | Cargo ship | For United States Shipping Board[37] |
23 December | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Scotstoun | Magnava | Passenger ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
23 December | Denmark | Kjøbenhavns Flydedol & Skibsværft | Copenhagen | Corvus | Cargo ship | For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab |
25 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glenbeg | Cargo ship | For Glen Line.[38] |
28 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britmex No.11 | Oil barge | For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[39] |
28 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cochrane | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[40] |
28 December | Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure | Submarine No. 36 (Ro-19) | Kaichū III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ropner & Sons | Sunderland | Alness | Cargo ship | For private owner.[41] |
Unknown date | Italy | Societa per Azioni Ansaldo | Sestri Ponente | Ansaldo VIII | Cargo ship | For private owner.[42] |
Unknown date | United States | American International Shipbuilding, | Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Calumet | Hog Islander | For United States Shipping Board |
Unknown date | Canada | Canadian Vickers | Montreal | Canadian Commander | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Canadian National Steamships |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Blumer & Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | Daybeam | Cargo ship | For private owner.[43] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Harkess & Sons Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Enugu | Cargo ship | For Government of Nigeria.[44] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ardrossan Shipyard | Ardrossan | Eveleen | Coaster | For J Mulligan & Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date | Germany | Joh. C. Tecklenborg | Wesermünde | Frauenfels | Cargo ship | For Hansa Line.[45] |
Unknown date | Austria-Hungary | Ganz & Co | Rijeka | Hunyar | Passenger ship | For Jadranska Plovidba |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Narrangassett | Tanker | For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[5] |
Unknown date | Germany | Krupp | Emden | Orlanda | Cargo ship | For Rhederi AG von 1896 |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Ramon de Larrinaga | Cargo ship | For Larrinaga Steamship Co. Ltd.[46] |
Unknown date | United States | Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company | Tacoma, Washington | Rotarian | Design 1914 ship | For United States Shipping Board |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Hull | Salerno | Cargo ship | For Ellerman's Wilson Line.[47] |
Unknown date | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Sturmfels | Cargo ship | For Hansa Line.[45] |
Unknown date | United States | Sugillenco | Cargo ship | For United States Shipping Board.[48] | ||
Unknown date | United States | Submarine Boat Company. | Newark, New Jersey | Sulanierco | Cargo ship | For United States Shipping Board.[48] |
Unknown date | United States | Atlantic Corporation | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Tolosa | Design 1019 ship | For United States Shipping Board |
Unknown date | Germany | Blohm & Voss. | Hamburg | Urundi | Cargo ship | For Deutsche East Africa Line.[49] |
Unknown date | United States | Long Beach Shipbuilding | Long Beach, California | West Kedron | Design 1019 ship | For United States Shipping Board |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Van Duivenijks Scheepswerft. | Lekkerkerk | Willem Van Driel Sr. | Cargo ship | For private owner.[50] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Yngaren | Cargo ship | For Rederi Transatlantic A/B.[51] |
References
- ^ "Ekari". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ a b "New Construction, Drydocking, Repairs". Pacific Marine Review. November 1920. p. 121.
- ^ "Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193) was laid down on 20 August 1918 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched on 14 February 1920; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Benson, great-great niece of Secretary Upshur
- ^ "New Columbia". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
- ^ "Britmex No.6". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.7". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.3". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Glenogle". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.8". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Dorsetshire". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.4". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No.5". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "La Paz". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Bonheur". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Boswell". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Inveritchen". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Glenapp". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Inverleith". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Calgary". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Inverampton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Glengarry". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 432.
- ^ "Lobos". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Redbreast". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Bompata". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No. 1". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No. 9". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Pittsburgh". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Baradine". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Lady Valentia". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "In West Coast Yards". Pacific Marine Review. February 1921. p. 112.
- ^ "Britmex No. 10". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Oroya". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Gorilla". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Shipbuilding". Pacific Marine Review. April 1921. p. 245.
- ^ "Glenbeg". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Britmex No. 11". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Cochrane". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 390, 392.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 396.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 438.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 466.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 389.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 473.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 56.
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