The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.
|
Navy/Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
17 January |
Austria-Hungary |
Ganz & Company |
Fiume |
Szent István |
Tegetthoff-class battleship |
|
7 February |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow |
Scotstoun |
Landrail |
Laforey-class destroyer |
[1] For Royal Navy |
21 February |
German Empire |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
Kronprinz Wilhelm |
König-class battleship |
For Kaiserliche Marine |
24 February |
German Empire |
Blohm & Voss |
Hamburg |
Fritz |
diesel motor ship |
|
25 February |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
|
Lance |
Laforey-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
26 February |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie |
|
Lydiard |
Laforey-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
26 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Britannic |
Olympic-class ocean liner |
For Royal Navy Sister ship of Titanic |
14 March |
United States |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
K-3 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
17 March |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
K-5 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
19 March |
United States |
Moran Company |
Seattle, Washington |
K-4 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
23 March |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Oklahoma |
Nevada-class battleship |
For United States Navy |
26 March |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
K-6 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
8 April |
United Kingdom |
Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool, Co Durham |
Pengreep |
Cargo ship |
For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company |
22 April |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
McDougal |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
For United States Navy |
23 April |
United Kingdom |
|
|
E11 |
E-class submarine |
For Royal Navy |
20 June |
United States |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
K-7 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
20 June |
German Empire |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
SS Bismarck |
Imperator-class ocean liner |
For Hamburg America Line |
11 July |
United States |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
K-8 |
K-class submarine |
For United States Navy |
11 July |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Nevada |
Nevada-class battleship |
For United States Navy |
20 July |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
O'Brien |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
For United States Navy |
19 August |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Nicholson |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
For United States Navy |
22 August |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Ericsson |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
For United States Navy |
21 September |
Spain |
SECN |
Ferrol |
Jaime I |
España-class battleship |
For Spanish Navy[2] |
12 October |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow |
Scotstoun |
Manly |
Yarrow M-class destroyer |
[1] |
20 October |
United Kingdom |
William Denny and Brothers Ltd |
Dumbarton, Scotland |
Princess Irene |
Ocean liner |
For Canadian Pacific Railway |
31 October |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Barham |
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship |
For Royal Navy |
4 November |
United Kingdom |
Fairfield Shipbuilding |
Govan, Scotland |
Valiant |
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship |
For Royal Navy |
17 November |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport, England |
Royal Oak |
Revenge-class battleship |
For Royal Navy |
21 November |
German Empire |
Schichau-Werke |
Danzig |
Elbing |
Pillau-class light cruiser |
For Kaiserliche Marine |
19 December |
Australia |
Cockatoo Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Huon |
River-class torpedo-boat destroyer |
For Royal Australian Navy |
Unknown date |
Sweden |
|
|
Baychimo |
Cargo ship |
For Hudson's Bay Company |
Unknown date |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Pacific |
Cargo ship |
For J S Emery Steamship Co |
References
- 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.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.