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 | |
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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
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Invercaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Hythe". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ 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.
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