List of ship launches in 1936

The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulota Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[1]
9 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ramdas Passenger steamer For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[2]
9 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Standella Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[3]
11 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sydney Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[4]
22 January  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Hopestar Cargo ship For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Aberdeen Grimsby-class sloop [5]
24 January  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock, Scotland Hostile H-class destroyer [6]
25 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Dunnottar Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line
20 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Simnia Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[7]
21 February  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Yamakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hunter H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hereward H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hero H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Ulsterman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Scotsman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Hotspur H-class destroyer [6]
24 March  Sweden Karlskrona dockyard Karlskrona Stockholm Göteborg-class destroyer [8]
24 March  Germany Deschimag Bremen Paul Jacobi Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
24 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Fleetwood Grimsby-class sloop [5]
26 March  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Drayton Mahan-class destroyer
26 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dunvegan Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[10]
26 March  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Mallard Kingfisher-class sloop [11]
27 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Wolfgang Zenker Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
28 March  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Swan Grimsby-class sloop [5]
4 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Yorktown Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
7 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Hardy H-class destroyer [6]
8 April  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hyperion H-class destroyer [6]
22 April  Germany Deschimag Bremen Theodor Riedel Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
24 April  Netherlands Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij. Amsterdam Miralda Tanker For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[12]
25 April  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Elusa Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[13]
5 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Adelong Cargo ship For Huddart Parker.[14]
5 May  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Hasty H-class destroyer [6]
5 May  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Puffin Kingfisher-class sloop [11]
7 May  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Sleipner Sleipner-class destroyer [15]
13 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leonora Tug For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[16]
14 May  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Hans Lody Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
21 May  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Vincennes New Orleans-class cruiser
22 May  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Ostmark Light seaplane tender For civilian use, later taken over by the military
27 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Charles Maciver Trawler For Lancashire Sea Fisheries.[17]
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Campbell Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Duane Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ingham Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Roger B. Taney Treasury-class cutter
13 June  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Horst Wessel Gorch Fock-class school ship For Reichsmarine
17 June  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lamson Mahan-class destroyer
21 June  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūdachi Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Jupiter Fishing trawler For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Oldenburg Cargo ship For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
7 July  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Havock H-class destroyer [6]
8 July  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Bernd von Arnim Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
14 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dipavati Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[18]
16 July  Germany Deschimag Bremen Hermann Schoemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
16 July  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Pretoria Ocean liner For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdswood Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[19]
6 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdscrest Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[20]
22 August  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG Wesermünde Dr. Adolf Spilker Fishing vessel For F. Busse
25 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duchess of Abercorn Ferry For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[21]
25 August  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Æger Sleipner-class destroyer [15]
3 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdsbank Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[22]
15 September  Germany Deschimag Bremen Bruno Heinemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
16 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Power Tanker For British Tanker Company.[23]
17 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Walmer Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[24]
24 September  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Erich Steinbrinck Type 1934A-class destroyer [9]
3 October  Germany Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class battleship
3 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Enterprise Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Crossgar Collier For John Kelly Ltd.[25]
15 October  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Inglefield I-class destroyer [6]
30 October  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imogen I-class destroyer [6]
1 November  Japan Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka Kawakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Destiny Tanker For British Tanker Company.[26]
7 November  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulima Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[27]
12 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Isis I-class destroyer [6]
17 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ernebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[28]
17 November  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Brooklyn-class cruiser
23 November  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Hans Loh Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November  France At. & Ch. de Bretagne Nantes Volta Mogador-class destroyer For French Navy.[29]
26 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Icarus I-class destroyer [6]
27 November  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Umikaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton Kittiwake Kingfisher-class sloop [11]
30 November  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Brooklyn-class cruiser
2 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cameo Coaster For William Robertson Ltd.[30]
3 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Boise Brooklyn-class cruiser
8 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class battleship
11 December  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imperial I-class destroyer [6]
12 December  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Strasbourg Dunkerque-class battleship
17 December  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Intrepid I-class destroyer
19 December  Sweden Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Sama Cargo ship For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sitala Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[31]
Date unknown  Netherlands Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij Groningen Dr Colijn Coaster For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Eilbek Cargo ship For Knohr & Burchard.[32]
Date unknown  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Heinrich Schmidt Cargo ship For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Icemaid Icemaid type collier For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[33]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. Lübeck Hermann Anderson Tanker For C. Anderson.[34]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG Lübeck Nordcoke Cargo ship For F Krupp AG
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig F. Schichau. Danzig Paul Harneit tanker For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum.[35]
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig Danziger Werft AG Danzig Poel Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine.[36]
Date unknown  Germany Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Seydlitz Fishing trawler For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Skylark 10 Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[37]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Pride Whaler For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd.[38]
Date unknown  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Thalia Cargo ship For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[39]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark I Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]

References

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  1. ^ "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
  2. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer. 17 January 1936. p. 86.
  3. ^ "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 332.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Friedman 2009, p. 315.
  7. ^ "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitley 2000, p. 59.
  10. ^ "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 339.
  12. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  13. ^ "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
  14. ^ "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 215.
  16. ^ "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
  28. ^ "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  29. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 44.
  30. ^ "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  31. ^ "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
  37. ^ "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
  39. ^ "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  40. ^ "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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