Global InformationList of ship launches in 1926 information
The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1926.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January |  United Kingdom
|
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Stentor | Cargo ship | For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company |
| 14 January | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Carnarvon Castle | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 14 January | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Tetela | Reefer ship | For Fyffes Line |
| 15 January | United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Ambuscade | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 18 January | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oakbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[1] |
| 27 January | United Kingdom
|
John I Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Amazon | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 29 January | United Kingdom
|
Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | Nova Scotia | Ocean liner | For Warren Line (Liverpool) |
| 12 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Director | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison.[2] |
| 14 February |  Italy
|
Cantiere Navale Triestino | Monfalcone | Monte Piana | Cargo ship | For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni |
| 16 February | United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Suffolk | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 25 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Govan | Speybank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[3] |
| 26 February | Italy
|
Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Roma | Cruise liner | For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[4] |
| 11 March | United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Cornwall | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 14 March |  France
|
Penhoët | Saint Nazaire | Île de France | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| 15 March |  Japan
|
Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | I-54 (I-154) | Kaidai III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 15 March | United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company | Hebburn | Stuartstar | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 16 March | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Cumberland | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 March | United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Kent | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 March | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maidstone | Ferry | For Southern Railway.[5] |
| 18 March | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Accra | Passenger ship | For Elder Dempster.[6] |
| 18 March | Japan
|
Mitsubishi | Kobe | Ro-67 | Type L4 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 30 March | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | City of Bath | Cargo Ship | For Ellerman Lines |
| 31 March | United Kingdom
|
William Hamilton & Company | Glasgow | Nerissa | Cargo liner | For Bowring Brothers |
| 2 April | United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company | Clydebank | British Diplomat | Tanker | For British Tanker Company |
| 3 April |  United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Arcadia | Motor yacht | [7] |
| 12 April | United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Holland | Submarine tender | For United States Navy |
| 13 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ringwood | Ferry | For Southern Railway.[8] |
| 13 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Glasgow | Springbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[9] |
| 15 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Begonia | Oil barge | For Aregentine Navigation Co.[10] |
| 15 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Nicolas | Tanker | For Lago Shipping Co.[11] |
| 23 April |  Norway
|
Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Pol III | Whaler | [12] |
| 28 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Boltonia | Oil barge | For Argentine Navigation Co.[13] |
| 11 May | United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company | Hebburn | Africstar | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 15 May | Japan
|
Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Kikuzuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 20 May | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | George Livesey | Tug | For Southern Gas Co.[14] |
| 20 May | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Papudo | Tug | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[15] |
| 25 May | Japan
|
Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Minazuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 29 May | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Robador | Motor yacht | [16] |
| 3 June | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ambrosio | Tanker | For Lago shipping Co.[17] |
| 24 June |  Italy
|
Pattison[18] | Naples[18] | Giovanni Nicotera | Destroyer | For Regia Marina.[18] |
| 24 June |  Germany
|
Joh. C. Tecklenborg[19] | Geestemunde[19] | Padua | Flying P-Liner (Barque) | For F. Laeisz, Hamburg.[19] |
| 26 June | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Malolo | Ocean Liner | [20] |
| 29 June | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Almeda | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 30 June | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow in Furness | Oxley | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 12 July | Japan
|
Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | Mikazuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 24 July |  Spain
|
Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval | Cartagena | Sánchez Barcáiztegui | Churruca-class destroyer | For Armada Española |
| 5 August | Germany
|
J. C. Tecklenborg | Geestemünde | Sirius | Fishing trawler | For Sirius Handels GmbH |
| 10 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dolores de Urquiza | Train ferry | For Entre Ríos Railway Co.[21] |
| 24 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Banda | Steam lighter | For Elder Dempster.[22] |
| 24 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Berma | Steam barge | For New York & West Africa Steam Navigatio Co.[23] |
| 24 August | United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Rohna | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 24 August | France
|
Lorient Navy Yard | Tourville | Duquesne-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale | |
| 26 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Apapa | Ocean liner | For Elder Dempster Lines.[24] |
| 26 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Glasgow | Koolinda | Cargo liner | For Stateships |
| 7 September | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Otway | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 9 September | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Algonquin | Ocean liner | For Clyde-Mallory Line |
| 9 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | London Mammoth | Crane pontoon | For Port of London Authority.[25] |
| 15 September | United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Berwick | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 September | United States
|
John F James & Son | Essex, Massachusetts | Adventure | Schooner | |
| 22 September | United Kingdom
|
Barclay Curle | Glasgow | Rajula | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 23 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alcantara | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 26 September |  Sweden
|
Götaverken | Gothenburg | Rhenania | For Marinen | |
| 6 October | Japan
|
Ishikawajima Shipyards | Tokyo | Nagatsuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 13 October |  Netherlands
|
De Ruyter | Admiralen-class destroyer | For Royal Netherlands Navy | ||
| 24 October | Japan
|
Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Kobe | Kinugasa | Aoba-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 25 October | Japan
|
Mitsubishi | Kobe | Ro-66 | Type L4 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 18 November | Germany
|
Schiffsbau Unterweser mbH | Wesermünde | Claus Bolten | Fishing trawler | For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei |
| 13 December | Italy
|
Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Augustus | Cruise liner | For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[26] |
| 18 December | Italy
|
Cantiere Navale Triestino | Monfalcone | Vulcania | Ocean liner | For Cosulich Line |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Thomas F McMannus | Pensacola, Florida | Alabamian | Schooner | For Bar Pilots Association |
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Nordseewerke | Emden | Amrum | Coaster | For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer |
| Unknown date |  Canada
|
Shelburn Shipbuilding Co | Shelburn, Nova Scotia | Blue Dolphin | Schooner | |
| Unknown date | Italy
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Cellina | Cargo ship | For private owner.[27] |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Franklin G Post | Mystic River, Connecticut | Florence | Dragger | |
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Ilse L M Russ | Cargo ship | For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Defoe Boat and Motor Works | Bay City, Michigan | Reomar IV | Motor yacht | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Robert L. Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool). [28] | ||
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Ostseewerft | Stettin | Siegmund | Cargo ship | For Emil R Retzlaff |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
S. Richards & Co. | Lowestoft | Veracity | Motor drifter | For private owner.[29] |
- ^ "Oakbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Director". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Speybank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "5606547". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Maidstone". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Accra". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "5513489". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Ringwood". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Springbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Begonia". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "San Nicholas". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "5172597". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Boltonia". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "George Livesey". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Papudo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "43359". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Ambrosio". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "6131997". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ a b c "5618294". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "T/S Malolo". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Dolores de Urquiza". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Banda". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Berma". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Apapa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "London Mammoth". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "5606566". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 235.