List of ship launches in 1923

The list of ship launches in 1923 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1923.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 January  France Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence Port-de-Bouc Général Bonaparte Passenger ship For Compagnie Marseillaise de Navires à Vapeur
16 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Davisian Cargo ship For F. Leyland.[1]
18 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inveravon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[2]
18 January  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 69 (Ro-30) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergordon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[3]
1 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Araby Cargo ship For David MacIver & Co.[4]
2 February  Denmark Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Hussar Luxury yacht For E F Hutton
2 February[5]  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Sarpedon Refrigerated[5] Cargo liner For Blue Funnel Line
15 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Mooltan Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
15 February  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 70 (Ro-31) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
16 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delilian Passenger ship For F. Leyland & Co.[6]
17 February[7]  United States Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania Dickenson Cargo ship
13 March[8]  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd[8] Greenock Patroclus Cargo Liner For Blue Funnel Line
16 March  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Abukuma Nagara-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 March  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 71 (Ro-32) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnewaska Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Line.
31 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-43 S-class submarine For United States Navy
4 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dorelian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co.[9]
16 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Trenton Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
16 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Medusa Monitor For United States Navy
17 April  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd Glasgow California Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
19 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laguna Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[10]
19 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Maloja Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
28 April  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Deutschland Ocean liner For Hamburg-Amerika Line
30 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakton Cargo ship For Matthews Steamship Co.[11]
30 April  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-42 S-class submarine For United States Navy
19 May  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 72 (Ro-61) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
5 June  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūbari Light cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 June  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 51 (I-52/I-152) Kaidai II-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-45 S-class submarine For United States Navy
31 July  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Liverpool Lesbian Cargo ship For Ellerman Lines Ltd
14 August  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Duguay-Trouin Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
11 September  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-46 S-class submarine For United States Navy
12 September  Norway Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted Trondheim Nordnorge Cargo liner For Ofotens Dampskibsselskap
19 September  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 73 (Ro-62) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
9 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Marblehead Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
11 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gujarat Passenger ship For Bank Line.[12]
12 October  United States Whitney Dobbin-class destroyer tender For United States Navy
2 February  Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol Almirante Cervera Almirante Cervera-class cruiser For Armada Española
26 October  Japan Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard Mamiya Food supply ship For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 October  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-44 S-class submarine For United States Navy
15 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergarry Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[13]
22 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kathiawar Passenger ship For Bank Line.[14]
23 November  Germany Norderwerft AG Wesermünde Claus Rickmers Cargo ship For Rickmers Reederei
30 October  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Matsukaze Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
8 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lochmonar Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[15]
15 December  Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstads Ab Helsinki Voima Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
18 December[16]  United Kingdom Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Scoresby Cargo ship For Headlam & Sons
Date unknown  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Burntisland Asiatic Cargo ship For private owner.[17]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Priestman & Co. Ltd. Sunderland Barbara Marie Cargo ship For private owner.[18]
Date unknown  Italy Stabilimento Technico Triestino Trieste Carso Cargo ship For Lloyd Triestino.[19]
Date unknown  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Charlotte Cords Cargo ship For Dampfschiff Gesellschaft August Cords GmbH
Date unknown  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Gera Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line.[20]
Date unknown  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Grete Cargo ship For C Mohlenburg Reederei GmbH
Date unknown  Germany F Schichau Hamburg Heinrich Arp Cargo ship For H F C Arp Dampschiffs Reederei
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes H F Bailey Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Date unknown  Germany Nordseewerke. Emden Ilona Siemers Cargo ship For G. J. H. Siemers.[21]
Date unknown  Germany Schiffswerke AG. Hamburg Pasajes Cargo ship For Oldenburg-Portuguese Line.[22]
Date unknown  Germany Union Giesserei. königsberg Pickhuben Cargo ship For H. M. Gehrckens.[23]
Date unknown  Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Rhenania Cargo ship For Westdeutsche Schiffahrts AG
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Steelville Cargo ship For private owner.[24]
Date unknown  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Stettin Cargo ship For Stettiner Dampfer Compagnie AG

References
  1. "Davisian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "Inveravon". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "Invergordon". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. "Araby". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. "1147214". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  6. "Delilian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. "2222822". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  8. "1147218". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  9. "Dorelian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. "Laguna". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. "Oakton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. "Gujarat". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. "Invergarry". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  14. "Kathiawar". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. "Lochmonar". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  16. "1137083". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  17. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 397.
  18. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  19. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  20. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  21. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  22. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 465–66.
  23. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 446.
  24. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 398.
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.
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