List of ship launches in 1925

The list of ship launches in 1925 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1925.

Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
6 January Emden Light cruiser Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Reichsmarine
8 January Hebburn Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth United Kingdom For Huddart Parker Ltd.[1]
12 January Topeka Cargo ship Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany For A/S Norge-Mexico Gulflinjen.[2]
15 January Alynbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[3]
23 January Príncipe Alfonso Almirante Cervera-class light cruiser Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[4][5]
10 February Thisbe Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth United Kingdom For Sociètè Navale Caennaise.[6]
12 February Elmbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[7]
23 February Ro-68 Type L4 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 February Inanda Cargo liner Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Charente Steamship Co Ltd
25 February Inverlago Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[8]
13 March Patrick Stewart Cable ship William Simons and Co. Ltd. Renfrew United Kingdom renamed HMIS Investigator and converted into a survey ship for the Royal Indian Navy
14 March Schwarzenfels Merchant ship Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany renamed Schwabenland and converted to a seaplane tender for Deutsche Luft Hansa's South Atlantic airmail in 1934
25 March Inverossa Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[9]
26 March Rawalpindi Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Govan United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
6 April Inverpool Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[10]
7 April Saratoga Lexington-class aircraft carrier New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey United States For United States Navy
8 April Forresbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[11]
23 April Invercaibo Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[12]
24 April Hythe Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway.[13]
8 May Dronning Maud Passenger ship Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted Fredrikstad Norway For Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap
8 May King James Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[14]
21 May Nairnbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[15]
22 May Haslemere Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway.[16]
26 May Inverruba Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.
May Weser Fishing trawler Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven
18 June Weirbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[17]
23 June Whitstable Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway.[18]
7 July Asturias Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.[19]
7 July King Malcolm Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[20]
14 July Larchbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[21]
21 July Sulaco Reefer ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom For Fyffes Line
5 August I-53 (I-153) Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 August Rajputana Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Ltd Greenock United Kingdom For P&O.[22]
18 August Fratton Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway.[23]
26 August Jääkarhu Icebreaker P. Smit Jr. Shipbuilding and Machine Factory Rotterdam Netherlands For the Finnish Board of Navigation.[24]
1 September Riga Cargo ship Travewerk Gebroeders Goedhardt AG Lübeck  Germany For Lübeck Linie AG
1 September Temuco Tender Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[25]
2 September Gascony Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For David MacIver & Co.[26]
2 September I-55 (I-155) Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 September Nelson Nelson-class battleship Armstrong Whitworth Walker United Kingdom For Royal Navy
18 September Ferdinand Niedermeyer Fishing trawler Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Grundmann & Gröschel
24 September Levernbank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[27]
25 September Ro-65 Type L4 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October I-58 (I-158) Kaidai III-type submarine Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October Lexington Lexington-class aircraft carrier Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States For United States Navy
28 October Madrid Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Argentine Navigation Co.[28]
29 October Myrtlebank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[29]
14 November Hamburg Ocean liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Hamburg America Line.[30]
17 November Scillonian Ferry Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon United Kingdom For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.[31]
25 November Childar Merchant Kockums Malmö Sweden For Weil & Amundsen Rederi A/S, Halden, Norway
28 November Marthara Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For MacLay& MacIntyre Ltd.[32]
30 November Southgate Tanker Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Amble United Kingdom For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[33]
3 December Olivebank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[34]
17 December Rodney Nelson-class battleship Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 December Duquesne Duquesne-class cruiser Brest Dock Yard Brest France For French Navy
19 December Colonial Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For T. & J. Harrison.[35]
29 December Roma Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Argentine Navigation Co.[36]
31 December William Scoresby Research vessel Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley United Kingdom For the Crown Agents for the Colonies.[37]
Unknown date Aidie Thames barge Aldous Ltd. Brightlingsea United Kingdom For R. & W. Paul Ltd.[38]
Unknown date Anna Leonie Towed riverboat Gebrüder Schäfer Völklingen  Germany
Unknown date Barbara Jean Thames barge Aldous Ltd. Brightlingsea United Kingdom For R. & W. Paul Ltd.[39]
Unknown date Carinthia Refrigerated cargo liner Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Cunard Line.[40]
Unknown date Grohm Fishing trawler Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik AG Hamburg  Germany For Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
Unknown date Las Palmas Cargo ship Deutsche Werft. Hamburg  Germany For Oldeburg Portuguese Line.[41]
Unknown date Leander Cargo ship Atlas Werke Bremen  Germany For Neptun Line AG
Unknown date Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft Ocean liner Société des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire St. Nazaire France For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam
Unknown date Antinous Cargo ship Workman, Clark and Company Belfast United Kingdom For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd. [42]
Unknown date Hubert Tug Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe United Kingdom For F. A. Ashmead & Co. Ltd.[43]
Unknown date Lumen Tanker John Brown & Co. Ltd. Glasgow United Kingdom For H. E. Moss & Co. Ltd.[44]
Unknown date Michael H. Motor barge United Kingdom For J. Harker Ltd.[45]
Unknown date Nobleman Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For United Towing Co. Ltd.[46]
Unknown date Prizeman Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For United Towing Co. Ltd.[46]
Unknown date Ranchi Ocean Liner R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[47]
Unknown date Ranpura Ocean Liner R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[47]
Unknown date Reval Cargo ship Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender Lübeck  Germany For Lübeck Linie AG
Unknown date Skåneland Cargo ship Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad Malmö Sweden For Angfartyg AB Tirfing
Unknown date Sorrento Cargo ship AG Weser Bremen  Germany For Robert M Sloman Jr
Unknown date Wiedau Cargo ship Norderwerft. Hamburg  Germany For Budsier Reederei & Berugungs AG.[48]
Unknown date 4 unnamed vessels barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For private owners.[49]

References

  1. ^ "Hebburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Topeka (5606327)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Alynbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Principe Alfonso (1927)". todoavante.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  5. ^ Hemeroteca ABC: Botadura del crucero Príncipe Alfonso
  6. ^ "Thisbe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Elmbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Inverlago". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Inverrosa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Inverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Forresbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Invercaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Hythe". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  14. ^ "King James". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Haslemere". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Weirbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Whitstable". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  20. ^ "King Malcolm". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Larchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  22. ^ "1149361". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  23. ^ "Fratton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  24. ^ Laurell 1992, p. not cited.
  25. ^ "Temuco". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Gascony". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Levernbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Madrid". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  29. ^ "Myrtlebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  30. ^ "5397109". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  31. ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
  32. ^ "Marthara". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  33. ^ "Southgate". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Olivebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  35. ^ "Colonial". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  36. ^ "Roma". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
  38. ^ "Aidie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Barbara Jean". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  40. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.
  42. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.
  43. ^ "Hubert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  44. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
  45. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.
  46. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
  47. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 141.
  48. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 453.
  49. ^ "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

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