List of ship launches in 1928

The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Alster Cargo liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
11 January  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan El Argentino Cargo ship For the Houlder Line
24 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dagomba Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[1]
24 January  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of Bedford Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
26 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King Neptune Cargo ship For King Line.[2]
10 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Deal Ferry For Southern Railway.[3]
21 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Punta Benitez Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[4]
21 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Saugor Cargo ship For James Nourse Ltd.[5]
22 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn, Leslie Hebburn Sussex County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
23 February  Australia Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Sydney Albatross Seaplane tender For Royal Australian Navy
8 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tia Juana Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[6]
20 March  Japan Yokohama Shipyards Shirayuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King Arthur Cargo ship For King Line.[7]
23 March  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure I-56 (I-156) Kaidai III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 March  Japan Mitsubishi Shipyard Nagasaki Haguro Myōkō-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Hooiberg Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[8]
14 April  Italy Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard La Spezia Enrico Toti Balilla-class submarine For Regia Marina
19 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delfina Mitre Train ferry For Entre Ríos Railway Co.[9]
20 April  France Brest Naval Yard Brest Colbert Suffren-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
22 April  Japan Kawasaki shipyard Kobe Ashigara Myōkō-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
23 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Clydefield Tanker For Hunting & Sons.[10]
23 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Punta Gorda Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[11]
24 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King Stephen Cargo ship For King Line.[12]
3 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Highland Monarch Passenger ship For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.
3 May  United Kingdom Worthing Passenger ferry For Southern Railway
5 May  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Odin Odin-class submarine
6 May  Germany Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards Bremen St. Louis Ocean liner For Hamburg-America Line
7 May Canada Canada Burrard Dry Dock North Vancouver, British Columbia St. Roch Schooner For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
17 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Brittany Cargo ship For David MacIver & Co.[13]
17 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nyanza Cargo ship For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[14]
19 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King William Cargo ship For King Line.[15]
22 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Yamanota Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[16]
23 May  Germany Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Köln Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) For Reichsmarine
3 June  France Société Provençale de Construction Navales La Ciotat Éridan Cargo liner For Société des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes
14 June  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser Wesermünde-Lehe Richard C. Krogmann Fishing trawler For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG.
18 June  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of Richmond Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
21 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Highland Chieftain Passenger ship For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[17]
26 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Centura Lighter For Argentine Navigation Co.[18]
26 June  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Miyuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Designer Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison Ltd.[19]
5 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cuidad de Salto Passenger ship For Argentine Navigation Co.[20]
5 July  United Kingdom William Beardmore & Company Dalmuir Shropshire County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
8 July  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Govan Norfolk County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
10 July  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Pascal Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
10 July  France Chantiers Naval Français Wicher Wicher-class destroyer For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
17 July  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow York York-class cruiser For Royal Navy
18 July  United Kingdom Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. Queensferry Energie Tanker For Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd.[21]
18 July  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Port Fairy cargo ship For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
19 July  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness Medway Submarine depot ship For Royal Navy
21 July  United Kingdom John I. Thorneycroft & Company Woolston Hyatt Serrano-class destroyer For Armada de Chile
2 August  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Bremen Ocean liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
15 August  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Europa For Norddeutscher Lloyd
16 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Behar Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[22]
19 August  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Pasteur Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
21 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kerma Cargo ship For Strick Line.[23]
15 September  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow Viceroy of India Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
17 September  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerke Wesermünde Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
27 September  Japan Fujinagata Shipyards Osaka Murakumo Fubuki-class destroyer
28 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of York Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
29 September  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto Hatsuyuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 October  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure I-57 (I-157) Kaidai III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Highland Brigade Passenger ship For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[24]
15 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Celtic Monarch Cargo ship For Raeburn & Verel Ltd.[25]
24 November  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Holy Cross Trawler For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
28 November  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston Aldea Serrano-class destroyer For Armada de Chile
29 November  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Uranami Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 December  United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Glasgow Olympus Odin-class submarine For Royal Navy
12 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bhutan Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[26]
13 December  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Canterbury Ferry For Southern Railway.
15 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Georgetown Trawler For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
17 December  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Narwhal Narwhal-class submarine For United States Navy
21 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idomo Motor lighter For Elder Dempster.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Aelybryn Cargo ship For private owner.[28]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Barnett McCawley-class attack transport For the United States Navy
Unknown date  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Boston College Trawler
Unknown date  Germany Germainia Werft Kiel Coronet Steam yacht For Irving T. Bush
Unknown date  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co Middlesbrough Eaglescliffe Hall cargo ship For Hall Corporation
Unknown date  United Kingdom W Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Egglestone Cargo ship
Unknown date  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Co Bay City, Michigan Elfrecia Steam yacht
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. (1918) Ltd. West Hartlepool City of Dieppe Steamship For Ellerman Lines.[29]
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Gemma Cargo ship For Holm & Molzen
Unknown date  United Kingdom J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Goodleigh Cargo ship For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date  United States Spear Engine Works Norfolk, Virginia Hydrographer Survey ship For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Unknown date  Netherlands J. Koster. Groningen Meuse Cargo ship For private owner.[30]
Unknown date  United Kingdom British Power Boat Company Southampton Miss England I Power boat For Hubert Scott-Paine
Unknown date  Germany Germania Werft Kiel Queen Anne Motor yacht For Alexander Dallas Thayer
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen Rodi Cargo ship For Societa Anonima Adriatica Navigazione.[31]
Unknown date  United States Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware Savarona Steam yacht For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
Unknown date  United States F F Pendleton Wiscasset, Maine Spindrift
Unknown date  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Trimont
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen Treuenfels Cargo ship For Hansa Line.[32]
Unknown date  Germany Blohm & Voss. Hamburg Ubena Passenger ship For Deutsche East Africa Line.[33]

References

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  1. ^ "Dagomba". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "King Neptune". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Deal". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Punta Benitez". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Saugor". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Tia Juana". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "King Arthur". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Hooiberg". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Delfina Mitre". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Clydefield". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Punta Gorda". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ "King Stephen". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Brittany". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Nyanza". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. ^ "King William". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Yamanota". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Highland Chieftain". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Centaura". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Designer". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Cuidad de Salto". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Energie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Behar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Kerma". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Highland Brigade". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Celtic Monarch". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Bhutan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Idomo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  29. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 67.
  30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  31. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 460.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.