List of ship launches in 1912
The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.
Date | Country | Builder and location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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10 January | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen | Polarlys | Coastal passenger/cargo steamer | For Norway. Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan.
Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953. Scrapped in 1964 | |
5 February | SECN, Ferrol, Galicia (Spain) | España | España-class battleship | For Spanish Navy[1] | |
7 February | Howaldswerke, Kiel | Monte Penedo | General cargo vessel | ||
17 February | Germaniawerft, Kiel | Prinzregent Luitpold | Kaiser-class battleship | ||
12 March | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard, Horten | Kjell | 2.-class torpedo boat | Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers | |
20 March | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow | Queen Mary | unique battlecruiser | ||
21 March | Scotts Shipyard, Greenock, Scotland | Ajax | King George V-class battleship | ||
21 March | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | Tegetthoff | Tegetthoff-class battleship | ||
30 March | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | Seydlitz | unique battlecruiser | For Imperial German Navy | |
18 April | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire | Dehorter | Bouclier-class destroyer | [2] | |
27 April | Schichau-Werft, Danzig | König Albert | Kaiser-class battleship | ||
18 May | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia | Texas | New York-class battleship | ||
14 August | William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Willochra | Cruise ship | For Adelaide Steamship Company | |
24 August | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California | Jupiter | Collier | Later became USS Langley | |
12 September | Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon | Bisson | Bisson-class destroyer | For French Navy[3] | |
19 September | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England | Audacious | King George V-class battleship | ||
28 September | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | Paris | Courbet-class battleship | ||
10 October | Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, England | Hannington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line Ltd | |
12 October | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | Iron Duke | Iron Duke-class battleship | ||
16 October | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig | U-17 | Type U 17 submarine | Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I. | |
24 October | HM Dockyard, Devonport | Marlborough | Iron Duke-class battleship | ||
30 October | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York | New York | New York-class battleship | ||
7 November | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire | France | Courbet-class battleship | ||
11 November | Germaniawerft, Kiel | Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | ||
12 November | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | Rostock | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | ||
30 November | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | Prinz Eugen | Tegetthoff-class battleship | ||
unknown date | Kennebunk, Maine | A. G. Prentiss | Small wooden-hulled tug | [4] | |
unknown date | F Schichau GmbH, Elbling | Badenia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
unknown date | Nüscke & Co, Stettin | Borussia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
unknown date | Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin | Dollart | Coaster | Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG | |
unknown date | Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, Hoboken | Hispania | Cargo ship | For Svenska Lloyd AB | |
unknown date | Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth, England | Thyra Menier | Cargo ship | For Donald Steamship Co Ltd | |
unknown date | Unknown, Kennebunk, Maine | Verna & Esther | Patrol vessel | Operated as private motorboat from 1912-1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918. |
See also
Ship events in 1912 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship commissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Shipwrecks: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
References
- Fernandez, Mituckov & Crawford, pp. 66–67
- Couhat 1974, p. 104
- Couhat 1974, p. 111
- "A. G. Prentiss". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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