List of ship launches in 1905

The list of ship launches in 1905 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1905.

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Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
5 January	United Kingdom		Middlesbrough, England	Irma	Passenger ship
21 January	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Iberia	Cargo liner	For J. Hall Jr. & Co Ltd. [1]
21 February	United Kingdom	J. & G. Thompson Ltd.	Clydebank	Carmania	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line.
23 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Aragon	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.
9 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bologna	Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line.
21 March	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Leipzig	Bremen-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
5 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Dieppe	Passenger ferry	For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
8 April	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News	Minnesota	Connecticut-class battleship	For United States Navy
19 April	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Liberté	Liberté-class battleship
20 April	Germany	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Amerika	Ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line.
4 May	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Linthouse	Karina	Passenger liner	For African Steamship Company
20 May	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Gillingham/Chatham	Africa	King Edward VII-class battleship	For Royal Navy
21 May	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Erzherzog Ferdinand Max	Erzherzog Karl-class battleship	For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 June	Sweden	Lindholmens Shipyard	Lindholmen, Gothenburg	Oscar II	unique coastal defence ship	For Royal Swedish Navy
17 June	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyards	Devonport, Plymouth	Hibernia	King Edward VII-class battleship	For Royal Navy
17 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Maharonda	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [2]
6 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Slieve Bawn	Ferry	For London & North Western Railway.
18 July	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Ravenstone	Cargo ship	For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd. [3]
22 July	United Kingdom	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	J.M.H. No. 1	Lighter	For John M. Hamilton & Co. Ltd. [4]
29 July	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Pamir	Barque	For F. Laeisz
2 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Elleray	Cargo ship	For Elleray Steamship Co. Ltd. [5]
2 August	United Kingdom	Thornycroft	Chiswick, London	Magne	Torpedo boat destroyer	For Royal Swedish Navy [6]
12 August	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Kansas	Connecticut-class battleship	For United States Navy
31 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Herefordshire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co. [7]
31 August	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Vermont	Connecticut-class battleship	For United States Navy
10 September	Italy	Castellammare Royal Dockyard	Castellammare di Stabia	Napoli	Regina Elena-class battleship	For Regia Marina
14 September	United Kingdom	Barclay Curle	Whiteinch	Dongola	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
23 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	Danzig	Bremen-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
28 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nieuw Amsterdam	Passenger ship	For Holland America Line.
29 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Hannover	Deutschland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
30 September	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Aleksandr Kamburov	Cargo ship	For Northern Steamship Co. [8]
30 September	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Mississippi	Mississippi-class battleship	For United States Navy
11 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Malakand	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [9]
14 November	Germany	Joh. C. Tecklenborg		Westfalen [10]	Merchant
November	United Kingdom	J.L. Thompson		Oswestry	Merchant
2 December	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Pommern	Deutschland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
9 December	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Idaho	Mississippi-class battleship	For United States Navy
12 December	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Königsberg	Königsberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
14 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Manipur	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [11]
26 December	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Medomsley	Cargo ship	For Medomsley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. [12]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Alice	Sloop	For Joseph Oldridge. [13]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Archibald Russell	Barque	For J. Hardie & Company. [14]
Date unknown	Italy	Fratelli Orlando & Co.	Livorno	Bronte	Tanker	For Regia Marina. [15]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Marie	Steam drifter	For Horatio Fenner Ltd. [16]
Date unknown	Canada	Government Shipyard	Sorel	W. S. Fielding	Dredger	For private owner. [17]

References

1. "Iberia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "Maharonda". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
3. "Ravenstone". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
4. "J.M.H. No. 1". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
5. "Elleray". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
6. "Magne". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust (SSRT). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
7. "Herefordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
8. "Aleksandr Kamburov". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
9. "Malakand". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
10. "Westfalen (5602787)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2 June 2012.
11. "Manipur". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
12. "Medomsley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
13. "Alice". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
14. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 375.
15. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
16. "Marie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
17. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.

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.