List of ship launches in 1901

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The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
19 February	United Kingdom	Palmers	Jarrow	Russell	Duncan-class battleship
5 March	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Albemarle	Duncan-class battleship
5 March	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Montagu	Duncan-class battleship
21 March	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks	Leamouth	Duncan	Duncan-class battleship
22 March	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Barwon	Cargo ship	For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. [1]
30 March	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Kronprinz Wilhelm	Passenger ship
4 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Celtic	Ocean liner; one of the "Big Four"	For White Star Line.
16 April	United Kingdom	Napier & Miller	Yoker	Andrios	Cargo ship
18 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ryndam	Passenger ship	For Holland America Line.
18 May	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Ohio	Maine-class battleship
18 May	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Lahaina	barquentine	yard's first
29 May	Sweden	Bergsunds Shipyard,	Stockholm	Wasa	Äran-class coastal defence ship	For the Royal Swedish Navy
30 May	Italy	La Spezia Naval Base	La Spezia	Regina Margherita	Regina Margherita-class battleship	For the Regia Marina
6 June	Nyasaland		Lake Nyasa	Chauncy Maples		Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled
6 June	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Danzig	Wettin	Wittelsbach-class battleship
7 June	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Wisbech	Cargo ship	For Wisbech Steamship Co. Ltd. [2]
12 June	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Zähringen	Wittelsbach-class battleship
22 June	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Kiel	Kiel	Prinz Adalbert	Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser
24 June [3]	United Kingdom	George Brown and Company	Greenock	Princess Beara	Steam cutter	For Bantry Bay Steamship Co. [4] The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company [3]
6 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Walmer Castle	Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line. [5]
13 July	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks	Leamouth	Cornwallis	Duncan-class battleship
16 July	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne	Bantu	Cargo ship	Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd
16 July	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Seagull	Lightship	For Commissioners of Irish Lights. [6]
22 July	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport, New Jersey	Adder	Plunger-class submarine	[7]
27 July	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Maine	Maine-class battleship
14 August	Sweden	Lindholmens Shipyard	Lindholmen	Äran	Äran-class coastal defence ship	For the Royal Swedish Navy
15 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Battenhall	Cargo ship	For Lombard Steamship Co. Ltd. [8]
17 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Athenic	Passenger ship	For White Star Line
19 August	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven	Wilhelmshaven	Schwaben	Wittelsbach-class battleship
20 August	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport, New Jersey	Moccasin	Plunger-class submarine	Sponsored by Mrs. Rice [9]
31 August	United Kingdom	Laird Brothers	Birkenhead	Exmouth	Duncan-class battleship
11 September	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Árpád	Habsburg-class battleship	For the Austro-Hungarian Navy
23 September	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport, New Jersey	Porpoise	Plunger-class submarine	Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost [10]
25 September	Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard	Horten	Sæl	1.-class torpedo boat
28 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Noordam	Passenger ship	For Holland America Line.
30 September	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	Santhia	Passenger ship	For the British-India Steam Navigation Company
19 October	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport	Shark	Plunger-class submarine	For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin [11]
7 November	Sweden	Kockums Shipyard	Malmö	Tapperheten	Äran-class coastal defence ship	For the Royal Swedish Navy [12]
7 November	Italy	Castellammare Royal Dockyard	Castellammare di Stabia	Benedetto Brin	Regina Margherita-class battleship	For the Regia Marina
9 November	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Mecklenburg	Wittelsbach-class battleship
14 November	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Lady Mildred	Cargo ship	For Exchange Steamship Co. Ltd. [13]
28 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Warwickshire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co. [14]
12 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Minnetonka	Passenger ship	For Atlantic Transport Co. [15]
23 December	United States	Maryland Steel Company	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Shawmut	Cargo ship	For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed Ancon. [16]
28 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Missouri	Maine-class battleship
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Bowden	Porthleven	Ada	Steam drifter	For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. [17]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Bowden	Porthleven	Clara	Steam drifter	For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. [18]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Bowden	Porthleven	Glentana	Steam drifter	For Steam Herring Fleet Ltd. [19]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	King Edward	Passenger ship	For private owner. [20]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	King Edward	Steam drifter	For John Moore. [21]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Lord Kitchener	Steamboat	For David & William Monk. [22]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Queen Alexandra	Steam drifter	For William Clowes. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Snowdrop	Steam drifter	For Pitchers Ltd. [24]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Star of the Sea	Steam drifter	For James Murray. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. Scott & Company	Goole	Sudan	Steamship	For private owner. [26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Sunflower	Steam drifter	For John Salmon. [27]
Unknown date	United States	J. M. Bayles and Sons	Port Jefferson, New York	Zoraya	Armed yacht	Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919.

References

1. "Barwon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "Wisbech". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. "GEO. BROWN & Co". Inverclyde Shipbuilding. Cartsburn Publishing. 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
4. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
5. "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
6. "Seagull". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
7. "A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-2 was originally laid down as Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3) on 3 October 1900 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 22 July 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
8. "Battenhall". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
9. "A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-4 was originally laid down as Moccasin (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) ... launched on 20 August 1901; sponsored by a Mrs. Rice
10. "A-6 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-6 was originally laid down as Porpoise (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7) on 13 December 1900 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. E.B. Frost, the wife of E.B. Frost of Crescent Shipyard
11. "A-7 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-7 was originally laid down as Shark (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8) on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 19 October 1901; and sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin, wife of Lt. Comdr. Walter S. Turpin, an officer on duty at Crescent Shipyard.
12. Fleks 1997, p. 16.
13. "Lady Mildred". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
14. "Warwickshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
15. "Minnetonka". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
16. Marine Engineering (1902). "New Ships of the Boston Steamship Company". Marine Engineering. 7 (January 1902). New York: Marine Engineering, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
17. "Ada". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
18. "Clara". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
19. "Glentana". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
20. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
21. "King Edward". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
22. "Lord Kitchener". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
23. "Queen Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
24. "Snowdrop". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
25. "Star of the Sea". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
26. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
27. "Sunflower". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

Sources

• Fleks, Adam (1997). Od Svea Do Drottning Victoria [From Svea to Drottning Victoria] (in Polish). Tarnowskie Góry: Okręty Wojenne. ISBN   978-8-39022-748-1.
• 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.