Global InformationList of ship launches in 1901 information
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The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February |  United Kingdom
|
Palmers | Jarrow | Russell | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 5 March | United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Albemarle | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 5 March | United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Montagu | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 21 March | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Duncan | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 30 March |  Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | Kronprinz Wilhelm | Passenger ship | |
| 4 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Celtic | Ocean liner; one of the "Big Four" |
For White Star Line. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom
|
Napier & Miller | Yoker | Andrios | Cargo ship | |
| 18 May | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ryndam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
| 18 May |  United States
|
Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Ohio | Maine-class battleship | |
| 18 May | United States
|
W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Lahaina | barquentine | yard's first |
| 29 May |  Sweden
|
Bergsunds Shipyard, | Stockholm | Wasa | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
| 30 May |  Italy
|
La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | Regina Margherita | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
| 6 June |  Nyasaland
|
Lake Nyasa | Chauncy Maples | Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled | ||
| 6 June | Germany
|
Schichau-Werke | Danzig | Wettin | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 12 June | Germany
|
Germaniawerft | Kiel | Zähringen | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 22 June | Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel | Kiel | Prinz Adalbert | Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser | |
| 24 June[1] | United Kingdom
|
George Brown and Company | Greenock | Princess Beara | Steam cutter | For Bantry Bay Steamship Co.[2] The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company[1] |
| 6 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Walmer Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[3] |
| 13 July | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Cornwallis | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 16 July | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bantu | Cargo ship | Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd |
| 22 July | United States
|
Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Adder | Plunger-class submarine | [4] |
| 27 July | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Maine | Maine-class battleship | |
| 14 August | Sweden
|
Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen | Äran | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
| 17 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Athenic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line |
| 19 August | Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Schwaben | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 20 August | United States
|
Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Moccasin | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. Rice [5] |
| 31 August | United Kingdom
|
Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Exmouth | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 11 September |  Austria-Hungary
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Árpád | Habsburg-class battleship | For the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 23 September | United States
|
Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Porpoise | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost [6] |
| 25 September |  Norway
|
Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Sæl | 1.-class torpedo boat | |
| 28 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Noordam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom
|
William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Santhia | Passenger ship | For the British-India Steam Navigation Company |
| 19 October | United States
|
Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport | Shark | Plunger-class submarine | For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin [7] |
| 7 November | Sweden
|
Kockums Shipyard | Malmö | Tapperheten | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy[8] |
| 7 November | Italy
|
Castellammare Royal Dockyard | Castellammare di Stabia | Benedetto Brin | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
| 9 November | Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | Mecklenburg | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 28 November | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Warwickshire | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co.[9] |
| 12 December | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minnetonka | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[10] |
| 23 December | United States
|
Maryland Steel Company | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Shawmut | Cargo ship | For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed Ancon.[11] |
| 28 December | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Missouri | Maine-class battleship | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | King Edward | Passenger ship | For private owner.[12] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
T. Scott & Company | Goole | Sudan | Steamship | For private owner.[13] |
| Unknown date | United States
|
J. M. Bayles and Sons | Port Jefferson, New York | Zoraya | Armed yacht | Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919. |
- ^ a b "GEO. BROWN & Co". Inverclyde Shipbuilding. Cartsburn Publishing. 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
- ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-2 was originally laid down as Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3) on 3 October 1900 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 22 July 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
- ^ "A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-4 was originally laid down as Moccasin (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) ... launched on 20 August 1901; sponsored by a Mrs. Rice
- ^ "A-6 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-6 was originally laid down as Porpoise (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7) on 13 December 1900 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. E.B. Frost, the wife of E.B. Frost of Crescent Shipyard
- ^ "A-7 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-7 was originally laid down as Shark (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8) on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 19 October 1901; and sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin, wife of Lt. Comdr. Walter S. Turpin, an officer on duty at Crescent Shipyard.
- ^ Fleks 1997, p. 16.
- ^ "Warwickshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Minnetonka". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Marine Engineering (1902). "New Ships of the Boston Steamship Company". Marine Engineering. 7 (January 1902). New York: Marine Engineering, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.