List of ship launches in 1916

The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1916. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 8	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland	*Repulse*	Renown-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[1]
January 31	Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Karlsruhe*	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
February 1	AG Weser, Bremen, Germany	*Emden*	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
February 2	Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales	J4	J-class submarine	Royal Navy	[2]
February 5	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	*Courageous*	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
March 4	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*Renown*	Renown-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[1]
March 4	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*Sampson*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
March 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*L-10*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
March 22	Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	*Mantola*	Passenger steamer
March 23	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*Rowan*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
March 28	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Deutschland*	merchant submarine
April 14	Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Nürnberg*	Königsberg-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
April 20	Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*Glorious*	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
April 20	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Patriot*	Thornycroft M-class destroyer	Royal Navy
April 29	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, United States	*Acme*	tanker	United States Shipping Board	renamed Abarenda in 1943[5]
May 1	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	*L-5*	United States L-class submarine	United States Navy
May 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*L-11*	United States L-class submarine	United States Navy
May 18	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	*Wilkes*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
June 5	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Patrician*	Thornycroft M-class destroyer	Royal Navy	[6]
June 15	Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England	G9	G-class submarine	Royal Navy	[7]
June 20	Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway	*Frøya*	Minelayer	Royal Norwegian Navy
July 3	A & J Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland	*Newbury*	Racecourse-class minesweeper	Royal Navy	[8]
July 16	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, North East England	*Aurania*	Ocean liner
July 22	unknown builder, Spain	*Isaac Peral*	submarine	Spanish Navy
August 15	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	*Davis*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
August 15	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	*Furious*	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Royal Navy	[3]
August 31	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	*L-6*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
September 12	William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow, Scotland	*Ramillies*	Revenge-class battleship	Royal Navy
September 28	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	*L-7*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
October 5	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	*Cöln*	Cöln-class cruiser	Imperial German Navy
October 14	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Rosalind*	R-class destroyer		[9]
October 21	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	Pola	Barque	F. Laeisz
November 11	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*K13*	K-class submarine	Royal Navy	[10]
November 12	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan	*Ise*	Ise-class battleship	Imperial Japanese Navy
November 21	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Sachsen*	Bayern-class battleship	Imperial German Navy
November 25	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Radiant*	R-class destroyer	Royal Navy	[9]
November 27	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	*N-4*	N-class submarine	United States Navy
December 5	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	*Allen*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
December 9	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States	*Shaw*	Sampson-class destroyer	United States Navy	[4]
December 30	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, United States	*N-1*	N-class submarine	United States Navy

References

Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 36
Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 88
Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 37
Friedman 1982, p. 430
Cressman, Robert J. (29 August 2016). "Abarenda II (IX-131)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 24 July 2019. the tanker Acme, built for the United States Shipping Board in 1916 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Union Iron Works
Friedman 2009, p. 309
Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 87
Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 111
Friedman 2009, p. 310
Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 89

Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.

Ship events in 1916
Ship launches:	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921
Ship commissionings:	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921
Ship decommissionings:	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921
Shipwrecks:	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921

List of ship launches in 1916

References

See also