Global InformationList of ship launches in 1914 information
The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.
| Date | Navy/Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January |  United Kingdom}
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Agapenor | Cargo ship | For Ocean Steam Ship Company |
| 17 January |  Austria-Hungary
|
Ganz-Danubius | Fiume | Szent István | Tegetthoff-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 29 January | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Euripides | Passenger ship | For Aberdeen Line. |
| 29 January |  Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | V25 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Kaiserliche Marine.[1] |
| 7 February | United Kingdom
|
Yarrow | Scotstoun | Landrail | Laforey-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[2] |
| 11 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Mississippi | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[3] |
| 21 February | Germany
|
Germaniawerft | Kiel | Kronprinz Wilhelm | König-class battleship | For Imperial German navy |
| 21 February | Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | V26 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
| 24 February | Germany
|
Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Fritz | diesel motor ship | |
| 25 February | United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company | Lance | Laforey-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
| 26 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Britannic | Olympic-class ocean liner | For Royal Navy Sister ship of Titanic |
| 26 February | United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie | Lydiard | Laforey-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
| 28 February | Germany
|
Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S32 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
| 12 March | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Falstria | Cargo ship | For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co.[4] |
| 14 March |  United States
|
Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | K-3 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 17 March | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | K-5 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 19 March | United States
|
Moran Company | Seattle, Washington | K-4 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 23 March | United States
|
New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Oklahoma | Nevada-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 26 March | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | K-6 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 26 March | Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | V27 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Kaiserliche Marine.[1] |
| 4 April | Germany
|
Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S33 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
| 8 April | United Kingdom
|
Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd | West Hartlepool, Co Durham | Pengreep | Cargo ship | For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company |
| 22 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Egori | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[5] |
| 22 April | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | McDougal | O'Brien-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 23 April | United Kingdom
|
E11 | E-class submarine | For Royal Navy | ||
| 25 April | Germany
|
AG Weser | Bremen | Regensburg | Graudenz-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 13 June | Germany
|
Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S34 | V25-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy.[1] |
| 20 June | United States
|
Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | K-7 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | Arapaho | tug | For United States Navy[6] | ||
| Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Bismarck | Imperator-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line | |
| 24 June | United Kingdom
|
William Denny | Dunbarton | Princess Margaret | Passenger liner | For Canadian Pacific Railway[7] |
| 7 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orbita | Ocean liner | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company[8] |
| 9 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lalandia | Cargo ship | For Western Australian Government, completed as Kangaroo.[9] |
| 9 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Statendam | Ocean Liner | For Holland America Line[10] |
| 11 July | United States
|
Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | K-8 | K-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 11 July | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Nevada | Nevada-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 20 July | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | O'Brien | O'Brien-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | Mohave | tug | For United States Navy[11] (or 20 June[12]) | ||
| 6 August | United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company | Hebburn, Tyneside | Murray | Admiralty M-class destroyer | For Royal Navy.[2] |
| 8 August | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick, Tyne and Wear | Bjørgvin | Nidaros-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy[13] |
| 15 August | United States |
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | Tillamook | tug | For United States Navy[14] |
| 19 August | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Nicholson | O'Brien-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 22 August | United States
|
New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Ericsson | O'Brien-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 4 September | United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse, Govan | Tuscania | Passenger liner | For Anchor Line[15] |
| 8 September | United Kingdom
|
Workman, Clark and Company | Belfast | Ebro | Ocean Liner | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company[16] |
| 21 September |  Spain
|
SECN | Ferrol | Jaime I | España-class battleship | For Spanish Navy.[17] |
| 30 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Glasgow | Apapa | Passenger ship | For Elder Dempster Line.[18] |
| 12 October | United Kingdom
|
Yarrow | Scotstoun | Manly | Yarrow M-class destroyer | [2] |
| 20 October | United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers Ltd | Dumbarton, Scotland | Princess Irene | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Railway |
| 31 October | United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Barham | Queen Elizabeth-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 4 November | United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding | Govan, Scotland | Valiant | Queen Elizabeth-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 17 November | United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, England | Royal Oak | Revenge-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 19 November | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Almanzora | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line.[19] |
| 21 November | Germany
|
Schichau-Werke | Danzig | Elbing | Pillau-class light cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine |
| 19 December |  Australia
|
Cockatoo Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Huon | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 31 December | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belgenland | Passenger ship | For International Navigation Co. Completed as Belgic. |
| Unknown date |  Sweden
|
Baychimo | Cargo ship | For Hudson's Bay Company | ||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff LTd. | Glasgow | Egba | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster Lines.[20] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Palmers Ltd. | River Tyne | Maricopa | Tanker | For private owner.[21] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Glen Usk | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell.[22] |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Pacific | Cargo ship | For J S Emery Steamship Co |
| Unknown date |  Norway
|
Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted | Tønsberg | Viking II | Whaler | For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Joseph Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | War Ermine | Cargo ship | For British Shipping Controller.[23] |
- ^ a b c d e f Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 54.
- ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 308.
- ^ "Mississippi". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Falstria". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Egori". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 569.
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Wm Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton: Princess Margaret". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 29.
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Orbita". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 30.
- ^ "Kangaroo". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Statendam". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. pp. 30–32.
- ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 575.
- ^ "Mohave (Fleet Tug No.15)".
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: The Tyne and Wear: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. September 1914. p. 54.
- ^ Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 581.
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Alex. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. p. 87.
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. October 1914. pp. 87–88.
- ^ Fernandez, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, p. 73.
- ^ "Apapa". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Almanzora". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 394.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 90.