List of ship launches in 1909

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The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
16 January  France FCM La Seyne Voltaire Danton-class battleship For French Navy
20 January  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Bahia Bahia-class cruiser For Brazilian Navy
23 January  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Mainz Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
6 February  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Delaware Delaware-class battleship For United States Navy
6 February  Belgium Chantiers Navals Anversois S.A Hoboken, Antwerp Espagne Cargo ship For Armement Adolf Deppe
9 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Karoola Passenger ship For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co.[1]
15 March  Netherlands Rijkswerf Amsterdam De Zeven Provinciën Coastal defence ship For Royal Netherlands Navy
20 March  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Von der Tann Unique battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
20 March  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Crusader Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
25 March  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Mallina Cargo ship For Australian United Steam Navigation Company
19 April  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness São Paulo Minas Geraes-class battleship For Brazilian Navy
19 April  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Diderot Danton-class battleship For French Navy
20 April  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Condorcet Danton-class battleship For French Navy
21 April  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton Nubian Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
22 April  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Vanguard St Vincent-class battleship For Royal Navy
6 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Berbice Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[3]
24 May  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Maori Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
3 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leicestershire Passenger ship For Bibby Steamship Co.[4]
5 June  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Cöln Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
3 July  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Radetzky Radetzky-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
4 July  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Danton Danton-class battleship For French Navy
8 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Meltonian Cargo ship For Furness Leyland Line.[5]
10 July  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Augsburg Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
31 July  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Toreador Cargo Ship For J. D. Stücken
14 August  Germany Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg Iserlohn Cargo ship For Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft
September  Germany Blohm & Voss Bremen-Vegesack Answald Merchant Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
14 September  United Kingdom Palmers Jarrow Viking Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
16 September  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Zulu Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
25 September  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Hamburg Helgoland Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
30 September  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Ostfriesland Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
30 September  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Neptune Neptune-class battleship For Royal Navy
16 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Beagle Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
28 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Balantia Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[6]
28 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Devonport Indefatigable Indefatigable-class battlecruiser For Royal Navy
28 October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Mirabeau Danton-class battleship For French Navy
30 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend City of Colombo Cargo Ship For Ellerman Lines
12 November  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Balmoral Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
13 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Bulldog Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
29 November  Germany AG Weser Bremen Thüringen Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
11 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Foxhound Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[2]
23 December  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Utah Florida-class battleship For United States Navy
Date unknown  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3 Merchant Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
Date unknown  France Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence Port de Bouc Espagne Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Date unknown  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Reiher Cargo ship For Argo Line
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Trelissick Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[7]
Date unknown Canada Canada Nakusp shipyard Lower Arrow Lakes Whatshan Steam tug For Canadian Pacific Railway

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Karoola". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Friedman 2009, p. 305.
  3. ^ "Berbice". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Leicestershire". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Meltonian". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Balantia". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.
Sources
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • 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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