List of ship launches in 1913

The list of ship launches in 1913 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1913. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
11 January  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S21 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
22 January  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Rio de Janeiro Dreadnought battleship For Brazilian Navy
25 January  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Ambuscade Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 January  Germany Phönix Cargo ship For Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG
8 February  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Parker Aylwin-class destroyer For United States Navy
15 February  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S22 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
28 February  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V6 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[2]
1 March  Germany Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven König König-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
22 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Benham Aylwin-class destroyer For United States Navy
29 March  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S23 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
30 March  Italy La Spezia Naval Base La Spezia Andrea Doria Andrea Doria-class battleship For Regia Marina
3 April  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Vaterland Imperator-class ocean liner For Hamburg America Line
5 April  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Duncan Cassin-class destroyer For United States Navy
8 April  Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg Bremerhaven Solfels Cargo ship
8 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd Birkenhead Bergensfjord Ocean liner For Norwegian America Line
12 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Katoomba Passenger ship For McIlwraith & McEachern & Co.
18 April  United Kingdom Royal Navy Dockyard Pembroke Dock Nottingham Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy
19 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited Govan Calgarian Ocean liner For Allan Line Steamship Company Ltd.
20 April  France Naval Group Lorient Provence Bretagne-class battleship For French Navy
21 April  France Brest Arsenal Brest Bretagne Bretagne-class battleship For French Navy
21 April  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Aquitania Ocean liner
24 April  Italy Royal Dockyard Castellammare di Stabia Duilio Andrea Doria-class battleship For Regia Marina
25 April  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V5 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[2]
28 April  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Lowestoft Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy
5 May  Germany Vulcan-Werke Stettin Grosser Kurfürst König-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
7 May  Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol Alfonso XIII España-class battleship For Spanish Navy.[3]
7 May  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Birmingham Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy
8 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Andes Passenger ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[4]
20 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Cassin Cassin-class destroyer For United States Navy
22 May  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness AE1 E-class submarine For Royal Navy
27 May  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Garm Draug-class destroyer For Royal Norwegian Navy
4 June  Germany AG Weser Bremen Markgraf König-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
18 June  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness AE2 E-class submarine For Royal Navy
28 June  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S24 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy.[1]
10 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Attendant Passenger tender For Elder Dempster Lines
17 July  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Derfflinger Derfflinger-class battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
6 August  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Cummings Cassin-class destroyer For United States Navy
3 September  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness Reşadiye Reşadiye-class battleship For Ottoman Navy
4 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maryland Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.[5]
30 September  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Lorraine Bretagne-class battleship For French Navy
2 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orduna Passenger ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
16 October  United Kingdom Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Portsmouth Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
25 October  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Graudenz Graudenz-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
30 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alcantara Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line
1 November  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Manoa Steamship For Matson Line
8 November  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Downes Cassin-class destroyer For United States Navy
12 November  United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Glasgow Benbow Iron Duke-class battleship For Royal Navy
26 November  United Kingdom Plymouth Dockyard Plymouth Warspite Queen Elizabeth-class battleship For Royal Navy
27 November  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness Emperor of India Iron Duke-class battleship For Royal Navy
27 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Missouri Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.[6]
29 November  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Lützow Derfflinger-class battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
15 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Tiger Tiger-class battlecruiser For Royal Navy
15 December  United Kingdom Barclay Curle Glasgow Bandra Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company
17 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Egba Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[7]
Unknown date  United States A. Brook Taylor Fishing trawler For Virginia Fishing Co.[8]
Unknown date  United States New York Launch & Engine Building Co. Morris Heights, New York Abalone Motorboat For Arnold Schlaet.[9]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Desabla Oil tanker
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Kristianiafjord Passenger ship For Norwegian America Line. [10]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Vegesack Sierra Salvada Passenger ship For private owner.[11]
Unknown date  Germany Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg Wotan Tanker For Deutsche-Amerikan Petroleum Gesellschaft
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Zealous Dockyard tanker For private owner.[12]

References
  1. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.
  2. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 51.
  3. Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization. 44 (1): 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374. OCLC 1647131.
  4. "Andes". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. "Maryland". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. "Egba". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. "A. Brook Taylor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va.
  9. Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abalone (S. P. 208)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 July 2019. Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co.
  10. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.
  11. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.
  12. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.
Sources
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6.
  • 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.
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