List of ship launches in 1936

The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
9 January Eulota Tanker Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Netherlands For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[1]
9 January Ramdas Passenger steamer Harland and Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[2]
9 January Standella Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[3]
11 January Sydney Star Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Blue Star Line.[4]
22 January Hopestar Cargo ship Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January Aberdeen Grimsby-class sloop Devonport Dockyard Plymouth United Kingdom [5]
24 January Hostile H-class destroyer Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock, Scotland United Kingdom [6]
25 January Dunnottar Castle Passenger ship Harland and Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line
January CNCS Narval Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
20 February Simnia Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[8]
21 February Yamakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer Uraga Dock Company Uraga  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February Hunter H-class destroyer Swan Hunter Wallsend United Kingdom [6]
10 March Hereward H-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne United Kingdom [6]
10 March Hero H-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne United Kingdom [6]
10 March Royal Ulsterman Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March Royal Scotsman Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March Hotspur H-class destroyer Scotts Greenock United Kingdom [6]
24 March Stockholm Göteborg-class destroyer Karlskrona dockyard Karlskrona Sweden [9]
24 March Paul Jacobi Type 1934A-class destroyer Deschimag Bremen  Germany [10]
24 March Fleetwood Grimsby-class sloop Devonport Dockyard Plymouth United Kingdom [5]
26 March Drayton Mahan-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
26 March Dunvegan Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[11]
26 March Mallard Kingfisher-class sloop Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow United Kingdom [12]
27 March Wolfgang Zenker Type 1934A-class destroyer Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany [10]
28 March Swan Grimsby-class sloop Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Australia [5]
4 April Yorktown Yorktown-class aircraft carrier Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
7 April Hardy H-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom [6]
8 April Hyperion H-class destroyer Swan Hunter Wallsend United Kingdom [6]
22 April Theodor Riedel Type 1934A-class destroyer Deschimag Bremen  Germany [10]
24 April Miralda Tanker Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij. Amsterdam Netherlands For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[13]
25 April Elusa Tanker Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Netherlands For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[14]
5 May Adelong Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Huddart Parker.[15]
5 May Hasty H-class destroyer Denny Dumbarton United Kingdom [6]
5 May Puffin Kingfisher-class sloop Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow United Kingdom [12]
7 May Sleipner Sleipner-class destroyer Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Norway [16]
13 May Leonora Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[17]
14 May Hans Lody Type 1934A-class destroyer Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany [10]
21 May Vincennes New Orleans-class cruiser Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States
22 May Ostmark Light seaplane tender Howaldtswerke Kiel  Germany For civilian use, later taken over by the military
27 May Charles Maciver Trawler Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lancashire Sea Fisheries.[18]
3 June Campbell Treasury-class cutter Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
3 June Duane Treasury-class cutter Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
3 June Ingham Treasury-class cutter Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
3 June Roger B. Taney Treasury-class cutter Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
13 June Horst Wessel Gorch Fock-class school ship Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Reichsmarine
17 June Lamson Mahan-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
21 June Yūdachi Shiratsuyu-class destroyer Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June Jupiter Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden  Germany For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June Oldenburg Cargo ship Deutsche Werft Hamburg  Germany For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
June Iroquois Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
June Onondaga Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
7 July Havock H-class destroyer Denny Dumbarton United Kingdom [6]
8 July Bernd von Arnim Type 1934A-class destroyer Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany [10]
14 July Dipavati Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[19]
16 July Hermann Schoemann Type 1934A-class destroyer Deschimag Bremen  Germany [10]
16 July Pretoria Ocean liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July Lairdswood Livestock carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Burns & Laird Line.[20]
6 August Lairdscrest Livestock carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Burns & Laird Line.[21]
22 August Dr. Adolf Spilker Fishing vessel Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG Wesermünde  Germany For F. Busse
25 August Duchess of Abercorn Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[22]
25 August Æger Sleipner-class destroyer Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Norway [16]
3 September Lairdsbank Livestock carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Burns & Laird Line.[23]
15 September Bruno Heinemann Type 1934A-class destroyer Deschimag Bremen  Germany [10]
16 September British Power Tanker Harland & Wolff Govan United Kingdom For British Tanker Company.[24]
17 September Walmer Castle Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[25]
24 September Erich Steinbrinck Type 1934A-class destroyer Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany [10]
September CNSC 262 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September CNSC 263 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September CNSC 264 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September CNSC 265 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September CNSC 266 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September CNSC 267 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
3 October Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class battleship Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven  Germany
3 October Enterprise Yorktown-class aircraft carrier Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
6 October Crossgar Collier Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For John Kelly Ltd.[26]
15 October Inglefield I-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom [6]
30 October Imogen I-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside United Kingdom [6]
1 November Kawakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November British Destiny Tanker Harland & Wolff Govan United Kingdom For British Tanker Company.[27]
7 November Eulima Tanker Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Netherlands For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[28]
12 November Isis I-class destroyer Yarrow Glasgow United Kingdom [6]
17 November Ernebank Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bank Line.[29]
17 November Philadelphia Brooklyn-class cruiser Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
23 November Hans Loh Fishing trawler Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde  Germany For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November Volta Mogador-class destroyer At. & Ch. de Bretagne Nantes France For French Navy.[30]
26 November Icarus I-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom [6]
27 November Umikaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November Kittiwake Kingfisher-class sloop John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton United Kingdom [12]
30 November Brooklyn Brooklyn-class cruiser New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York United States
2 December Cameo Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For William Robertson Ltd.[31]
3 December Boise Brooklyn-class cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia United States
8 December Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class battleship Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany
11 December Imperial I-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside United Kingdom [6]
12 December Strasbourg Dunkerque-class battleship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France
17 December Intrepid I-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes United Kingdom
19 December Sama Cargo ship Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Sweden For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December Sitala Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[32]
Date unknown A.G.T. No. 28 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown A.G.T. No. 30 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown Chester Towboat Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
December CNSC Ballena Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
December CNSC Bonito Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown CNSC 260 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown CNSC 261 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown Dr Colijn Coaster Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij Groningen Netherlands For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown Eilbek Cargo ship Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck  Germany For Knohr & Burchard.[33]
Date unknown Heinrich Schmidt Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown Hempstead No. 2 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior Mobile Gulf Towing.[7]
Date unknown Icemaid Icemaid type collier S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland United Kingdom For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[34]
Date unknown Hermann Anderson Tanker Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. Lübeck  Germany For C. Anderson.[35]
Date unknown Nordcoke Cargo ship Lübecker Flenderwerke AG Lübeck  Germany For F Krupp AG
Date unknown Paul Harneit tanker F. Schichau. Danzig Danzig For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum.[36]
Date unknown Poel Coastal tanker Danziger Werft AG Danzig Danzig For Kriegsmarine.[37]
Date unknown Seydlitz Fishing trawler Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven  Germany For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown Shepco 10 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Shell Producers Co.[7]
Date unknown Skylark 10 Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[38]
Date unknown Southern Pride Whaler Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough United Kingdom For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd.[39]
Date unknown Thalia Cargo ship Nordseewerke Emden  Germany For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown Titlark Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]
Date unknown Titlark I Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[41]
Date unknown No. 54 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
Date unknown No. 97 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Q. D. Ainsley.[7]
Date unknown 3 unnamed vessels Barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For private owners.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
  2. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer. 17 January 1936. p. 86.
  3. ^ "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 332.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Friedman 2009, p. 315.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitley 2000, p. 59.
  11. ^ "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 339.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  14. ^ "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
  15. ^ "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 215.
  17. ^ "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
  29. ^ "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  30. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 44.
  31. ^ "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
  38. ^ "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
  40. ^ "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  41. ^ "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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