List of ship launches in 1926

The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1926.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
14 January  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee Stentor Cargo ship For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company
14 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Carnarvon Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
14 January  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Tetela Reefer ship For Fyffes Line
15 January  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Ambuscade Destroyer For Royal Navy
18 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[1]
27 January  United Kingdom John I Thornycroft & Company Woolston Amazon Destroyer For Royal Navy
29 January  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Nova Scotia Ocean liner For Warren Line (Liverpool)
12 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Director Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison.[2]
14 February  Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Monte Piana Cargo ship For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni
16 February  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
25 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Speybank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[3]
26 February  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Roma Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[4]
11 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Cornwall County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
14 March  France Penhoët Saint Nazaire Île de France Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
15 March  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo I-54 (I-154) Kaidai III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
15 March  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn Stuartstar Reefer ship For Blue Star Line
16 March  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Cumberland County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Kent County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maidstone Ferry For Southern Railway.[5]
18 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Accra Passenger ship For Elder Dempster.[6]
18 March  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Ro-67 Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
30 March  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool City of Bath Cargo Ship For Ellerman Lines
31 March  United Kingdom William Hamilton & Company Glasgow Nerissa Cargo liner For Bowring Brothers
2 April  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank British Diplomat Tanker For British Tanker Company
3 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Arcadia Motor yacht [7]
12 April  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Holland Submarine tender For United States Navy
13 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ringwood Ferry For Southern Railway.[8]
13 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Glasgow Springbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[9]
15 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Begonia Oil barge For Aregentine Navigation Co.[10]
15 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Nicolas Tanker For Lago Shipping Co.[11]
23 April  Norway Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo Pol III Whaler [12]
28 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Boltonia Oil barge For Argentine Navigation Co.[13]
11 May  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn Africstar Reefer ship For Blue Star Line
15 May  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kikuzuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast George Livesey Tug For Southern Gas Co.[14]
20 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Papudo Tug For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[15]
25 May  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Minazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Robador Motor yacht [16]
3 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ambrosio Tanker For Lago shipping Co.[17]
24 June  Italy Pattison[18] Naples[18] Giovanni Nicotera Destroyer For Regia Marina.[18]
24 June  Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg[19] Geestemunde[19] Padua Flying P-Liner (Barque) For F. Laeisz, Hamburg.[19]
26 June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Malolo Ocean Liner [20]
29 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Almeda Reefer ship For Blue Star Line
30 June  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow in Furness Oxley Odin-class submarine For Royal Navy
12 July  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Mikazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 July  Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Cartagena Sánchez Barcáiztegui Churruca-class destroyer For Armada Española
5 August  Germany J. C. Tecklenborg Geestemünde Sirius Fishing trawler For Sirius Handels GmbH
10 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dolores de Urquiza Train ferry For Entre Ríos Railway Co.[21]
24 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Banda Steam lighter For Elder Dempster.[22]
24 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Berma Steam barge For New York & West Africa Steam Navigatio Co.[23]
24 August  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn-on-Tyne Rohna Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company
24 August  France Lorient Navy Yard Tourville Duquesne-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
26 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Apapa Ocean liner For Elder Dempster Lines.[24]
26 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Glasgow Koolinda Cargo liner For Stateships
7 September  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Otway Odin-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy
9 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Algonquin Ocean liner For Clyde-Mallory Line
9 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast London Mammoth Crane pontoon For Port of London Authority.[25]
15 September  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan Berwick County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 September  United States John F James & Son Essex, Massachusetts Adventure Schooner
22 September  United Kingdom Barclay Curle Glasgow Rajula Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company
23 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alcantara Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.
26 September  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Rhenania For Marinen
6 October  Japan Ishikawajima Shipyards Tokyo Nagatsuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
13 October  Netherlands De Ruyter Admiralen-class destroyer For Royal Netherlands Navy
24 October  Japan Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Kinugasa Aoba-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
25 October  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Ro-66 Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
18 November  Germany Schiffsbau Unterweser mbH Wesermünde Claus Bolten Fishing trawler For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei
13 December  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Augustus Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[26]
18 December  Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Vulcania Ocean liner For Cosulich Line
Unknown date  United States Thomas F McMannus Pensacola, Florida Alabamian Schooner For Bar Pilots Association
Unknown date  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Amrum Coaster For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer
Unknown date Canada Canada Shelburn Shipbuilding Co Shelburn, Nova Scotia Blue Dolphin Schooner
Unknown date  Italy Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Cellina Cargo ship For private owner.[27]
Unknown date  United States Franklin G Post Mystic River, Connecticut Florence Dragger
Unknown date  Germany Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Ilse L M Russ Cargo ship For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH
Unknown date  United States Defoe Boat and Motor Works Bay City, Michigan Reomar IV Motor yacht
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert L. Holt Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool). [28]
Unknown date  Germany Ostseewerft Stettin Siegmund Cargo ship For Emil R Retzlaff
Unknown date  United Kingdom S. Richards & Co. Lowestoft Veracity Motor drifter For private owner.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley William Scoresby Research vessel For the Crown Agents for the Colonies.[30]

References
  1. "Oakbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "Director". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "Speybank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. "5606547". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  5. "Maidstone". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. "Accra". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. "5513489". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  8. "Ringwood". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  9. "Springbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. "Begonia". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. "San Nicholas". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. "5172597". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  13. "Boltonia". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  14. "George Livesey". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. "Papudo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. "43359". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  17. "Ambrosio". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. "6131997". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  19. "5618294". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  20. "T/S Malolo". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  21. "Dolores de Urquiza". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  22. "Banda". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  23. "Berma". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  24. "Apapa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  25. "London Mammoth". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  26. "5606566". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  27. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  28. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
  29. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 235.
  30. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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