List of ship launches in 1934

The list of ship launches in 1934 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1934.

Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
18 January Skipjack Halcyon-class minesweeper John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom For Royal Navy
30 January Escapade E-class destroyer Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock United Kingdom For Royal Navy
7 February Exmouth E-class destroyer HM Dockyard Portsmouth United Kingdom For Royal Navy
15 February Electra E-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn United Kingdom For Royal Navy
16 February Echo E-class destroyer William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton United Kingdom For Royal Navy
1 March Ajax Leander-class cruiser Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Royal Navy
11 March Krischan Krischan-class seaplane tender Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg  Germany For the Luftwaffe
15 March Twickenham Ferry Train Ferry Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For the Southern Railway
19 March Esk E-class destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend United Kingdom For Royal Navy
29 March Encounter E-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn United Kingdom For Royal Navy
29 March Escort E-class destroyer Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock United Kingdom For Royal Navy
12 April Eclipse E-class destroyer William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 April Harrier Halcyon-class minesweeper John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton United Kingdom For Royal Navy
1 May Waiwera Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Shaw Savill Line.[1]
9 May Idalia Motor yacht Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Alan F. Craig.[2]
12 May Fearless F-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom For Royal Navy
29 May Express E-class destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Tyne and Wear United Kingdom For Royal Navy
8 June August Bösch Fishing trawler H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg  Germany For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June Faulknor F-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow United Kingdom For Royal Navy
14 June Sir Hastings Anderson Target towing ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[3]
28 June Fame F-class destroyer Parsons Wallsend United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 June Firedrake F-class destroyer Parsons Wallsend United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 June Forester F-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 June Waipawa Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Shaw Savill Line.[4]
29 June Foresight F-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom For Royal Navy
30 June Admiral Graf Spee Deutschland-class cruiser Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Reichsmarine
11 July Germania Fishing trawler Howaldtswerke Kiel  Germany For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July John Dock Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For South African Railways.[5]
27 July Amphion Leander-class cruiser Portsmouth Naval Dockyard Portsmouth United Kingdom For Royal Navy
July Deutschland Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August Loch Lomond Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[6]
20 August Flying Falcon Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Clyde Shipping Co.[7]
27 August Hussar Halcyon-class minesweeper John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 August W. H. Fuller Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For South African Railways.[8]
29 August Fortune F-class destroyer John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland United Kingdom For Royal Navy
10 September Fury F-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes United Kingdom For Royal Navy
22 September Sydney Leander-class cruiser Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend-on-Tyne United Kingdom For Royal Australian Navy
26 September Queen Mary Ocean liner John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland United Kingdom For Cunard Line
September Haltenbank Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October Hinrich Hey Fishing trawler Norderwerft Köser & Mayer Hamburg  Germany For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October J. Hinrich Wilhelms Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October Ancylus Tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyen United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
9 October Imperial Star Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Blue Star Line.[10]
9 October Wairangi Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Shaw Savill Line.[11]
10 October Ro-33 Kaichū VI-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October Henzada Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For P Henderson & Co.[12]
12 October Foxhound F-class destroyer John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland United Kingdom For Royal Navy
16 October Zieten Fishing trawler Bremer Vulkan Bremen  Germany For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October Shepperton Ferry Train Ferry Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For the Southern Railway
7 November Friedrich Busse Fishing trawler Bremer Vulkan Vegesack  Germany For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November Martaban Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For P Henderson & Co.[13]
22 November New Zealand Star Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Blue Star Line.[14]
24 November Acavus Yanker Workman, Clark Ltd. Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
1 December Gadila Tanker Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. Kiel  Germany For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[15]
6 December Nürnberg Leipzig-class cruiser Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany For Reichsmarine
6 December Sfax Redoutable-class submarine Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France For French Navy
8 December Amastra Tanker Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
10 December Baron Cawdor Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For H. Hogarth & Sons.[16]
15 December Grille Aviso Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Reichsmarine
19 December Anadara Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[17]
19 December Piłsudski Ocean liner CRDA yard Monfalcone, Italy Poland For PTTO
20 December Alexia Tanker Bremer Vulkan. Vegesack  Germany For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
20 December Roslin Castle Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[18]
20 December Triaster Cargo Liner Lithgows Port Glasgow United Kingdom For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date A. G. & P. Co. No. 30 Dredger Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corporation.[19]
Unknown date Alabama Ferry Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company.[19]
Unknown date B.H.C. Barge No. 2 Barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[20]
Unknown date Camroux I Coaster James Pollock & Sons Faversham United Kingdom For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd.[21]
Unknown date Eskdene Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland United Kingdom For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.[22]
Unknown date Pelikan Refrigerated cargo ship Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen  Germany For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date Rodney Tug Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe  United Kingdom For private owner.[23]
Unknown date Rodney II Tug Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe  United Kingdom For W. T. Beaumont & Sons Ltd.[24]
Unknown date Skylark 9 Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[25]
Unknown date Sofia Cargo ship Deutsche Werft. Hamburg  Germany For private owner.[26]
Unknown date Sylt Coastal tanker Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg
Unknown date No. 256 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date No. 258 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date No. 271 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Unknown date No. 274 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
  10. ^ "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  16. ^ "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  20. ^ "B.H.C. Barge No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.
  23. ^ "Rodney". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Rodney II". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Skylark 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.

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.
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