List of ship launches in 1906

The list of ship launches in 1906 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1906.

Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
13 January Heroic Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Belfast Steamship Co.[1]
17 January Viola Trawler Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley  United Kingdom For Hellyer Steam Fishing Company
23 January B8 B-class submarine Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom
24 January B9 B-class submarine Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom
27 January Empress of Ireland Ocean liner Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Govan  United Kingdom For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
10 February Dreadnought Dreadnought HM Dockyard, Portsmouth Portsmouth  United Kingdom [2]
14 February Rewa William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton  United Kingdom For British-India Steam Navigation Company
24 February Amazon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.
27 January Graphic Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Belfast Steamship Co.[3]
27 February N.E.R. No. 5 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For North Eastern Railway.[4]
9 March Ganges Cargo liner Charles Connell & Co Glasgow  United Kingdom
22 March Ortega Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[5]
23 March B10 B-class submarine Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom
23 March Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class cruiser Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Imperial German Navy[6]
9 April Ikoma Heavy cruiser Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima  Japan [7]
10 April Earl Hereford Trawler Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley  United Kingdom For Earl Steam Fishing Co.
12 April Matheran Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank.[8]
20 April Daffodil Ferry Robert Stephenson and Company Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Wallasey Corporation
21 April Governor Cobb Coastal passenger ship Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania United States For Eastern Steamship Company
25 April N.E.R. No. 6 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For North Eastern Railway.[9]
5 May Ioann Zlatoust Evstafi-class battleship Sevastopol Shipyard Sevastopol  Russia [10]
7 May Belle of Temagami Steamboat G. A. Pontbriand Temagami Canada
12 May Prinz Ludwig Ocean liner AG Vulkan Stettin  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
12 May G132 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[11]
21 May N.E.R. No. 7 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For North Eastern Railway.[12]
24 May Oronsa Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[13]
28 May N.E.R. No. 8 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For North Eastern Railway.[14]
28 May Schlesien Deutschland-class battleship Schichau Danzig  Germany [15]
30 May Niki Niki-class destroyer AG Vulkan Stettin  Germany For Royal Hellenic Navy
6 June Minotaur Minotaur-class cruiser Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom [16]
7 June Lusitania Ocean liner John Brown & Co. Ltd Clydebank  United Kingdom For Cunard Line
14 June Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class cruiser AG Weser Bremen  Germany [6]
23 June Agamemnon Lord Nelson-class battleship William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir  United Kingdom [17]
23 June Ravelston Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool  United Kingdom For Ravelston Shipping Co Ltd
23 June Sheaf Field Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[18]
27 June Esperanto Schooner Tarr and James Shipbuilders Essex, Massachusetts United States
30 June New Hampshire Connecticut-class battleship New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey United States The last American pre-dreadnought battleship
30 June G133 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[11]
5 July Salamanca Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.[19]
10 July C1 C-class submarine Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom
18 July Doxa Niki-class destroyer AG Vulkan Stettin  Germany For Royal Hellenic Navy
19 July B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1 Dredger Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[20]
23 July G134 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[21]
25 July Sagamo Canadian Ship Building Company Toronto Canada For Muskosa Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company
4 August U-1 Submarine Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany
25 August G136 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[21]
28 August Nürnberg Königsberg-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Kiel  Germany
1 September Cuttlefish B-class submarine Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts United States [22]
4 September Lord Nelson Lord Nelson-class battleship Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom Last pre-dreadnought battleship for the Royal Navy.[17]
5 September Volturno Passenger steamer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom [23]
6 September Lady Furness Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Alfred Christensen.[24]
6 September Rohilla Cruise liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For British India Steam Navigation Company.[25]
7 September G135 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[21]
10 September Reserve Lightship AG Weser Bremen  Germany
20 September Adriatic Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line[25]
20 September Agawa Yacht Ramage and Ferguson Ltd Leith  United Kingdom [26]
20 September Mauretania Ocean liner Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend  United Kingdom For Cunard Line[25]
20 September Reina Regente Protected cruiser Arsenal de Ferrol Ferrol  Spain
20 September Shannon Minotaur-class cruiser Chatham Dockyard Chatham  United Kingdom [16]
22 September Stuttgart Königsberg-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig  Germany
22 September S138 S138-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy[27]
22 September Jacob van Heemskerck Coastal defence ship Rijkswerf Amsterdam Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy
4 October Octopus C-class submarine Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts United States [22]
6 October North Carolina Tennessee-class cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News United States [28]
18 October Adele Yacht Hawthorn & Co Leith, Scotland  United Kingdom [29]
18 October Lanfranc Ocean liner Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee  United Kingdom For Booth Line[30]
18 October Aburi Cargo Ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company.[31][32]
30 October TB 4 Cricket-class coastal destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes  United Kingdom [33]
October Havana William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia United States For Ward Line
3 November Evstafi Evstafi-class battleship Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard, Nikolayev  Russia [10]
4 November Rurik Armoured cruiser Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom For Imperial Russian Navy.[34]
10 November Andrei Pervozvanny Evstafi-class battleship Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg  Russia [10]
12 November S139 S138-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy[27]
15 November Satsuma Battleship Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa  Japan [35]
15 November Sierra Leone Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Elder Dempster.[36]
1 December Kronprinzessin Cecilie Ocean Liner AG Vulkan Stettin  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
3 December Antilles Passenger-cargo ship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia United States [37]
7 December Schleswig-Holstein Deutschland-class battleship Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany [15]
10 November Pallada Bayan-class cruiser Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia
15 December De Greve Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappik.[38]
15 December Montana Tennessee-class cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia United States [28]
15 December TB 5 Cricket-class coastal destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes  United Kingdom [33]
22 December Re d'Italia Ocean liner Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd Sunderland  United Kingdom For Lloyd Sabaudo
Date unknown Aurora Tugboat Dialogue & Company Camden, New Jersey United States
Date unknown B11 B-class submarine Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom
Date unknown Boy Sam Steam drifter John Bowden Porthleven  United Kingdom For John E. Howe and others.[39]
Date unknown Champion Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For John McKenzie.[40]
Date unknown Comet Star Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For George Cowie.[41]
Date unknown Glenafton Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Alexander Smith.[42]
Date unknown Goëland Fishing vessel Bonn & Mees Rotterdam Netherlands For F. Courtois & F. Hovelaque
Date unknown Hildalgo Merchantman Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[43]
Date unknown Ibex Steamship Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[44]
Date unknown Irene Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Edward Baker.[45]
Date unknown Lysaght Puffin Steamship Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For John Lysaght Ltd.[46]
Date unknown Mariner Tugboat Camden, New Jersey United States
Date unknown Nafkratousa Thyella-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar  United Kingdom For Royal Hellenic Navy
Date unknown Nike Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For private owner.[47]
Date unknown Orion Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For James Smith.[48]
Date unknown Premier Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For George Hall.[49]
Date Unknown San Juan Merchantman Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[50]
Date unknown Thalatta Thames barge McLearon Harwich  United Kingdom
Date unknown Theodore Roosevelt Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio United States For Roosevelt Steamship Company
Date unknown Picton Steamship Richardson, Duck & Co Stockton, Great Britain  United Kingdom
Date unknown Providence Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For John Charles Raper.[51]
Date unknown Strathearn Cargo ship Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.  United Kingdom For private owner.[52]
Date unknown Unnamed Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For George F. Sleight.[53]

References

  1. ^ "Heroic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 21.
  3. ^ "Graphic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "N.E.R. No. 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Ortega". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 256.
  7. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 233.
  8. ^ "Matheran". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ "N.E.R. No. 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 185.
  11. ^ a b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 44.
  12. ^ "N.E.R. No. 7". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Oronsa". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  14. ^ "N.E.R. No. 8". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 249.
  16. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 73.
  17. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 40.
  18. ^ "Sheaf Field". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ^ "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  21. ^ a b c Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 45.
  22. ^ a b Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 127.
  23. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Volturno". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 101.
  24. ^ "Lady Furness". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  25. ^ a b c "Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 95.
  26. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Agawa". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. pp. 101–102.
  27. ^ a b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
  28. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 149.
  29. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Adele". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
  30. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Lanfranc". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
  31. ^ Haws 1990, p. not cited.
  32. ^ "Aburi". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  33. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 305.
  34. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 191.
  35. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 228.
  36. ^ "Sierra Leone". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  37. ^ "Antilles (2204018)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  38. ^ "De Greve". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Boy Sam". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  40. ^ "Champion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Comet Star". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  42. ^ "Glenafton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  43. ^ "Hildalgo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  44. ^ "Ibex". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  45. ^ "Irene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  46. ^ "Lysaght Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  47. ^ "Nike". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  48. ^ "Orion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  49. ^ "Premier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  50. ^ "San Juan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  51. ^ "Providence". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  52. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  53. ^ "Un-named". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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