List of ship launches in 1907

The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
12 January Coutelas Claymore-class destroyer Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort France Struck 1921.[1]
14 January Bonetta Torpedo boat destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom Scrapped 1920.[2]
24 January G137 S90-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy[3]
31 January Fulani Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Elder Dempster..[4]
15 February C7 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1919
15 February C8 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 February Cossack Tribal-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England  United Kingdom Scrapped 1919
28 February Ludworth Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[5]
2 March Avon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Lines.[6]
4 March B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2 Dredger Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[7]
7 March Stettin Königsberg-class cruiser AG Vulcan Stettin Stettin  Germany
15 March C10 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1922
16 March Indomitable Invincible-class battlecruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom Scrapped 1921
27 March C11 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sunk in collision, 1909
29 March Prashu Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Elder Dempster.[8]
30 March Viper B-class submarine Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States Sunk as a target, 1922
30 March Tarantula B-class submarine Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States Sunk as a target, 1922
3 April C9 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1922
6 April S143 S138-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy[9]
13 April Invincible Invincible-class battlecruiser Armstrong Whitworth Elswick  United Kingdom Sunk 31 May 1916
14 April Aki Satsuma-class battleship Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima  Japan Sunk as target, 1924
21 April Roma Regina Elena-class battleship La Spezia Naval Base La Spezia  Italy
24 April Defence Minotaur-class cruiser Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Dock  United Kingdom Sunk 31 May 1916
26 April[10] Atalanta Passenger vessel Gourlay Brothers Dundee  United Kingdom Sold in 1923
30 April Thornley Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For British Maritime Trust Ltd.[11]
May Irene Ketch FJ Carver and Son Bridgwater, England  United Kingdom 100-foot ketch built in Bridgwater in 1907, the last ship built in the docks and the only ketch built in the West Country still sailing.[12]
8 May Afridi Tribal-class destroyer Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, England  United Kingdom Scrapped 1919
28 May Vérité Liberté-class battleship Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Lormont France
29 May Birmingham Chester-class cruiser Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States Sold for scrap, 1930
30 May[13] Alexandra Royal yacht A. & J. Inglis Glasgow, Scotland  United Kingdom Sold to Norway in 1925, sunk by German bombers in 1940
26 June Inflexible Invincible-class battlecruiser John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom Scrapped 1922
26 June Chester Chester-class cruiser Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States Scrapped 1930
27 June Iroquois Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Anglo-American Oil Company.[14]
29 June Carquois Claymore-class destroyer Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort  France Struck 1930.[1]
29 June Sibyl Marston schooner W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California United States
9 July California Passenger liner D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow  United Kingdom For Anchor Line[15]
10 July Blackwood Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Tyneside Line Ltd.[16]
10 July Lonchi Thyella-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders London  United Kingdom [17]
10 July TB 13 Cricket-class coastal destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes  United Kingdom [18]
27 July Bellerophon Bellerophon-class battleship Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England  United Kingdom Scrapped 1921
15 August Bayan Bayan-class cruiser Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia Scrapped 1922
24 August Temeraire Bellerophon-class battleship HM Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom Sold for scrap 1921
4 September Akula Submarine Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia Sunk 1915
7 September Imperator Pavel I Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia Scrapped 1923
9 September Tarmo Icebreaker Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom Museum ship in Kotka, Finland
9 September C12 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1920
10 September Elterwater Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Elterwater Steamship Co. Ltd.[19]
19 September Circé Circé-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France Sunk by U-boat, 1918
21 September Edgar Quinet Edgar Quinet-class cruiser Brest Dockyard Brest  France [20]
22 September Principessa Jolanda Ocean liner Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso Riva Trigoso  Italy Capsized on launch
26 September Asturias Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Lines.[21]
5 October Dresden Dresden-class cruiser Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra
8 October Branlebas Branlebas-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre France Sunk on 30 September 1915.[22]
10 October Navahoe Schooner oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Anglo-American Oil Company.[23]
21 October Kurama Ibuki-class armored cruiser Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka  Japan [24]
22 October Calypso Circé-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France Sunk in collision, 1914
22 October Copenhagen Passenger vessel John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom Sunk, 1917
23 October Albatross Nautilus-class minelayer AG Weser Bremen  Germany Broken up, 1921
7 November Superb Bellerophon-class battleship Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, England  United Kingdom Sold for scrap 1922
9 November C13 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 November Santa Elena Merchant ship Blohm & Voss  Germany Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
18 November Yodo Yodo-class cruiser Kawasaki Kobe  Japan [25]
21 November Ibuki Ibuki-class armored cruiser Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima  Japan [24]
26 November Cognée Claymore-class destroyer Arsenal de Toulon Toulon France Struck 1921.[1]
5 December Median Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For F. Leyland & Co..[26]
5 December Redwood Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Tyneside Line Ltd.[27]
7 December C14 C-class submarine Vickers Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom Sold for scrapping, 1921
14 December Fleuret Claymore-class destroyer Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort  France Struck 1920.[1]
19 December Fanfare Branlebas-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre France Struck 1925.[22]
21 December Gabion Branlebas-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët Rouen France Struck 1921.[22]
21 December Pericles Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Aberdeen Line.
Unknown date Boy Arthur Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Richard Sutton.[28]
Unknown date City of Paris Ocean liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow  United Kingdom For Ellerman Lines.[29]
Unknown date Corsican Ocean liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow  United Kingdom For Allan Line.[29]
Unknown date Felicia Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Edward Baker.[30]
Unknown date Hope Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Edwarde Catchpole.[31]
Unknown date Inter Nos Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Edward Baker.[32]
Unknown date Kia Ora Cargo ship Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd. Belfast  United Kingdom For private owner.[33]
Unknown date Merle Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Summerfield & Mead Ltd.[34]
Unknown date Radiant Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Daniel Ralph.[35]
Unknown date Rose Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Alexander Storm.[36]
Unknown date Ryhope Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[37]
Unknown date Selina Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Frederick Salmon.[38]
Unknown date Sphinx Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[39]
Unknown date Triumph Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For J. S. Johnson & Sons Ltd.[40]
Unknown date United Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For William Carmichael and G. C. Dunwell.[41]
Unknown date Vigo Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Richard Carmichael.[42]
Unknown date Wasa Merchant ship Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad Gothenburg Sweden Sold to Norway in 1925
Unknown date Unnamed Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For W. Sleight.[43]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Couhat 1974, p. 90.
  2. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 37.
  3. ^ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 45.
  4. ^ "Fulani". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Ludworth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Avon". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Prashu". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. ^ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
  10. ^ "Important Dundee Launch". Dundee Courier. Dundee. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Thornley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  12. ^ Schäuffelen 2005, p. 146.
  13. ^ "Launches—Scotch: Alexandra". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. July 1907. p. 460.
  14. ^ "Iroquois". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches – Scotch: California". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 36.
  16. ^ "Blackwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches:English: Lonhi". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 35.
  18. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 305.
  19. ^ "Elterwater". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  20. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 62.
  21. ^ "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  22. ^ a b c Couhat 1974, p. 94.
  23. ^ "Navahoe". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  24. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 78.
  25. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 103–104.
  26. ^ "Median". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Redwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Boy Arthur". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  29. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 21.
  30. ^ "Felicia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Hope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Inter Nos". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  34. ^ "Merle". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  35. ^ "Radiant". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  36. ^ "Rose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  37. ^ "Ryhope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  38. ^ "Selina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Sphinx". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  40. ^ "Triumph". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  41. ^ "United". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  42. ^ "Vigo". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  43. ^ "Un-named". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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