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The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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10 January | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain, | Copenhagen | Polarlys | Coastal passenger/cargo steamer | For Bergen Steamship Company. |
31 January | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G9 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
5 February | Spain | SECN | Ferrol | España | España-class battleship | For Spanish Navy.[2] |
7 February | Germany | Howaldswerke | Kiel | Monte Penedo | General cargo vessel | |
17 February | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Prinzregent Luitpold | Kaiser-class battleship | |
2 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Desna | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line.[3] |
2 March | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S14 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
12 March | Norway | 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 |
15 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G10 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
20 March | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Queen Mary | unique battlecruiser | |
23 March | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S15 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
21 March | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipyard | Greenock | Ajax | King George V-class battleship | |
21 March | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Tegetthoff | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
30 March | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Seydlitz | unique battlecruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
18 April | France | Chantiers de Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Dehorter | Bouclier-class destroyer | [4] |
20 April | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S16 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
23 April | German Empire | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G11 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
27 April | Germany | Schichau-Werft | Danzig | König Albert | Kaiser-class battleship | |
16 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Darro | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line.[5] |
18 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Texas | New York-class battleship | |
23 May | Germany | AG Vulcan | Hamburg | Imperator | Imperator-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line.[citation needed] |
1 June | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Lurcher | Acheron-class destroyer | [6] |
12 June | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited | Hebburn | Ebani | General cargo vessel | For British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd) |
15 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oxfordshire | Cargo Liner | For Bibby Line.[7] |
22 June | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S17 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
29 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Drina | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line..[8] |
15 July | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G12 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
10 August | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S18 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
14 August | United Kingdom | William Beardmore & Co Ltd | Dalmuir | Willochra | Cruise ship | For Adelaide Steamship Company |
15 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Abosso | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co.[9] |
24 August | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | Jupiter | Collier | Later became USS Langley |
29 August | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Christopher | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[10] |
5 September | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Oak | Acheron-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[6] |
10 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Acasta | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[6] |
12 September | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Bisson | Bisson-class destroyer | For French Navy.[11] |
19 September | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Audacious | King George V-class battleship | |
28 September | France | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | Paris | Courbet-class battleship | |
10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Appam | Passenger ship | For British & African Steamship Co.[12] |
10 October | United Kingdom | Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd | Southwick | Hannington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line Ltd |
12 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Portsmouth | Iron Duke | Iron Duke-class battleship | |
16 October | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | U-17 | Type U 17 submarine | Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I. |
17 October | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S19 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
24 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Devonport | Marlborough | Iron Duke-class battleship | |
30 October | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | New York | New York-class battleship | |
7 November | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | France | Courbet-class battleship | |
8 November | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Cockatrice | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[10] |
11 November | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | |
12 November | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Rostock | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | |
14 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Achates | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[6] |
30 November | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Prinz Eugen | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
4 December | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S20 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
11 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ceramic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
Unknown date | United States | Kennebunk, Maine | A. G. Prentiss | Small wooden-hulled tug | [13] | |
Unknown date | Germany | F Schichau GmbH | Elbling | Badenia | Coaster | For A Kirsten |
Unknown date | Germany | Nüscke & Co | Stettin | Borussia | Coaster | For A Kirsten |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Czar | Passenger ship | For private owner.[14] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Dimboola | Cargo ship | For private owner.[15] |
Unknown date | Germany | Stettiner Oderwerke | Stettin | Dollart | Coaster | Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG |
Unknown date | Sweden | Oskarshamn Shipyard | Oskarshamn | Fernebo | Cargo ship | For Broström Axel & Son |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Glen Avon | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell.[16] |
Unknown date | Belgium | Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd | Hoboken | Hispania | Cargo ship | For Svenska Lloyd AB |
Unknown date | United States | Toledo Shipbuilding Company. | Toledo, Ohio | L. V. Stoddard | Tanker | For private owner.[17] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd | Blyth | Thyra Menier | Cargo ship | For Donald Steamship Co Ltd |
Unknown date | United States | Kennebunk, Maine | Verna & Esther | Patrol vessel | Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918. |
A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine