List of ship launches in 1905

The list of ship launches in 1905 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1905.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Irma Passenger ship Middlesbrough, England  United Kingdom
21 January Iberia Cargo liner Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For J. Hall Jr. & Co Ltd.[1]
21 February Carmania Ocean liner J. & G. Thompson Ltd. Clydebank  United Kingdom For Cunard Line.
23 February Aragon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.
9 March Bologna Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.
21 March Leipzig Bremen-class cruiser AG Weser Bremen  Germany For Imperial German Navy
5 April Dieppe Passenger ferry Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
8 April Minnesota Connecticut-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News United States For United States Navy
19 April Liberté Liberté-class battleship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France
20 April Amerika Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  Germany For Hamburg America Line.
4 May Karina Passenger liner Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company
20 May Africa King Edward VII-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Gillingham/Chatham  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
21 May Erzherzog Ferdinand Max Erzherzog Karl-class battleship Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Austria-Hungary For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 June Oscar II unique coastal defence ship Lindholmens Shipyard Lindholmen, Gothenburg Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy
17 June Hibernia King Edward VII-class battleship Devonport Dockyards Devonport, Plymouth  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 June Maharonda Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2]
6 July Slieve Bawn Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For London & North Western Railway.
18 July Ravenstone Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[3]
22 July J.M.H. No. 1 Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For John M. Hamilton & Co. Ltd.[4]
29 July Pamir Barque Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For F. Laeisz
2 August Elleray Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Elleray Steamship Co. Ltd.[5]
2 August Magne Torpedo boat destroyer Thornycroft Chiswick, London  United Kingdom For Royal Swedish Navy[6]
12 August Kansas Connecticut-class battleship New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey United States For United States Navy
31 August Herefordshire Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Bibby Steamship Co.[7]
31 August Vermont Connecticut-class battleship Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States For United States Navy
10 September Napoli Regina Elena-class battleship Castellammare Royal Dockyard Castellammare di Stabia  Italy For Regia Marina
14 September Dongola Ocean liner Barclay Curle Whiteinch  United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
23 September Danzig Bremen-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany For Imperial German Navy
28 September Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Holland America Line.
29 September Hannover Deutschland-class battleship Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Imperial German Navy
30 September Aleksandr Kamburov Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Northern Steamship Co.[8]
30 September Mississippi Mississippi-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For United States Navy
11 November Malakand Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank.[9]
14 November Westfalen[10] Merchant Joh. C. Tecklenborg  Germany
November Oswestry Merchant J.L. Thompson  United Kingdom
2 December Pommern Deutschland-class battleship AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Imperial German Navy
9 December Idaho Mississippi-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For United States Navy
12 December Königsberg Königsberg-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy
14 December Manipur Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank.[11]
26 December Medomsley Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Medomsley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[12]
Date unknown Alice Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Joseph Oldridge.[13]
Date unknown Archibald Russell Barque Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock  United Kingdom For J. Hardie & Company.[14]
Date unknown Bronte Tanker Fratelli Orlando & Co. Livorno  Italy For Regia Marina.[15]
Date unknown Marie Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[16]
Date unknown W. S. Fielding Dredger Government Shipyard Sorel Canada For private owner.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Iberia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Maharonda". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Ravenstone". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ "J.M.H. No. 1". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Elleray". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Magne". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust (SSRT). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Herefordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Aleksandr Kamburov". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Malakand". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Westfalen (5602787)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Manipur". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Medomsley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Alice". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 375.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  16. ^ "Marie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  17. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.

Sources

  • 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.