List of ship launches in 1932
The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Floating Crane No.2 | Floating crane | For Cowans, Sheldon & Co.[1] |
22 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Royal Iris II | Ferry | For Wallasey Corporation.[2] |
7 April | ![]() | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Daring | D-class destroyer | |
7 April | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Defender | D-class destroyer | |
8 April | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Diamond | D-class destroyer | |
19 April | ![]() | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Falmouth | Shoreham-class sloop | [3] |
3 May | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Glasgow | Dainty | D-class destroyer | |
4 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Ardrossan | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[4] |
5 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Duchess of Hamilton | Passenger ship | For Caledonian Steam Packet Co. |
21 May | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Portland | Portland-class cruiser | |
2 June | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Glasgow | Delight | D-class destroyer | |
7 June | ![]() | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Decoy | D-class destroyer | |
16 June | ![]() | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Diana | D-class destroyer | |
20 June | ![]() | NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde | Vlissingen | Prins Hendrik | Ferry | For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[5] |
5 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bhadravati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[6] |
7 July | ![]() | HM Dockyard | Portsmouth | Duncan | D-class destroyer | |
10 July | ![]() | OTO | La Spezia | Armando Diaz | Condottieri-class cruiser | |
18 July | ![]() | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard | Lurline | Ocean liner | For Matson Lines | |
19 July | ![]() | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Duchess | D-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
14 October | ![]() | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Le Centaure | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
29 October | ![]() | Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Normandie | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
2 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | North Carr Lightship | Lightship | For Trinity House |
19 December | ![]() | Nakskov | Lolland | Danmark | Full-rigged ship | For Danish Maritime Authority.[7] |
21 December | ![]() | Naval Dockyard | Horten | Olav Tryggvason | Minelayer |
References
- ^ "Floating Crane No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Royal Iris II". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Hague 1993, p. 38
- ^ "Baron Ardrossan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "M/S Prins Hendrik" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Bhadravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Skoleskibet Danmark's Historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
- Sources
- 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.