List of ship launches in 1906

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The list of ship launches in 1906 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1906.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
13 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Heroic	Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co. [1]
17 January	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley	Viola	Trawler	For Hellyer Steam Fishing Company
23 January	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	B8	B-class submarine
24 January	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	B9	B-class submarine
27 January	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering	Govan	Empress of Ireland	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
10 February	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard, Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Dreadnought	Dreadnought	[2]
14 February	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	Rewa		For British-India Steam Navigation Company
24 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Amazon	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Graphic	Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co. [3]
27 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 5	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [4]
9 March	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co	Glasgow	Ganges	Cargo liner
22 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ortega	Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [5]
23 March	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	B10	B-class submarine
23 March	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Scharnhorst	Scharnhorst-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy [6]
9 April	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure, Hiroshima	Ikoma	Heavy cruiser	[7]
10 April	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley	Earl Hereford	Trawler	For Earl Steam Fishing Co.
12 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Matheran	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [8]
20 April	United Kingdom	Robert Stephenson and Company	Newcastle upon Tyne	Daffodil	Ferry	For Wallasey Corporation
21 April	United States	Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works	Chester, Pennsylvania	Governor Cobb	Coastal passenger ship	For Eastern Steamship Company
25 April	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 6	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [9]
5 May	Russia	Sevastopol Shipyard	Sevastopol	Ioann Zlatoust	Evstafi-class battleship	[10]
7 May	Canada	G. A. Pontbriand	Temagami	Belle of Temagami	Steamboat
12 May	Germany	Stettiner Vulkan	Stettin	Prinz Ludwig	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
12 May	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G132	S90-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [11]
21 May	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 7	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [12]
24 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oronsa	Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [13]
28 May	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 8	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [14]
28 May	Germany	Schichau	Danzig	Schlesien	Deutschland-class battleship	[15]
30 May	Germany	Stettiner Vulkan AG	Stettin	Niki	Niki-class destroyer	For Royal Hellenic Navy
6 June	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Minotaur	Minotaur-class cruiser	[16]
7 June	United Kingdom	John Brown & Co. Ltd	Clydebank	Lusitania	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
14 June	Germany	Weserwerft	Bremen	Gneisenau	Scharnhorst-class cruiser	[6]
23 June	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Dalmuir	Agamemnon	Lord Nelson-class battleship	[17]
23 June	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Ravelston	Cargo ship	For Ravelston Shipping Co Ltd
23 June	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Sheaf Field	Cargo ship	For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. [18]
27 June	United States	Tarr and James Shipbuilders	Essex, Massachusetts	Esperanto	Schooner
30 June	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	New Hampshire	Connecticut-class battleship	The last American pre-dreadnought battleship
30 June	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G133	S90-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [11]
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Salamanca	Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line. [19]
10 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow in Furness	C1	C-class submarine
18 July	Germany	Stettiner Vulkan AG	Stettin	Doxa	Niki-class destroyer	For Royal Hellenic Navy
19 July	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1	Dredger	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [20]
23 July	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G134	S90-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [21]
25 July	Canada	Canadian Ship Building Company	Toronto	Sagamo		For Muskosa Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company
4 August	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	U-1	Submarine
25 August	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G136	S90-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [21]
28 August	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Kiel	Kiel	Nürnberg	Königsberg-class cruiser
1 September	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts	Cuttlefish	B-class submarine	[22]
4 September	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Lord Nelson	Lord Nelson-class battleship	Last pre-dreadnought battleship for the Royal Navy. [17]
5 September	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Volturno	Passenger steamer	[23]
6 September	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Lady Furness	Cargo ship	For Alfred Christensen. [24]
6 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rohilla	Cruise liner	For British India Steam Navigation Company. [25]
7 September	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G135	S90-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [21]
10 September	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Reserve	Lightship
20 September	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Adriatic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line [25]
20 September	United Kingdom	Ramage and Ferguson Ltd	Leith	Agawa	Yacht	[26]
20 September	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Mauretania	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line [25]
20 September	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Shannon	Minotaur-class cruiser	[16]
22 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	Stuttgart	Königsberg-class cruiser
22 September	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S138	S138-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [27]
22 September	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam	Jacob van Heemskerck	Coastal defence ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
4 October	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts	Octopus	C-class submarine	[22]
6 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News	North Carolina	Tennessee-class cruiser	[28]
18 October	United Kingdom	Hawthorn & Co	Leith, Scotland	Adele	Yacht	[29]
18 October	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Dundee	Lanfranc	Ocean liner	For Booth Line [30]
18 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Aburi	Cargo Ship	For African Steamship Company. [31] [32]
30 October	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	TB 4	Cricket-class coastal destroyer	[33]
October	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Havana		For Ward Line
3 November	Russia	Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard,	Nikolayev	Evstafi	Evstafi-class battleship	[10]
4 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	Rurik	Armoured cruiser	For Imperial Russian Navy. [34]
10 November	Russia	Admiralty Shipyard,	Saint Petersburg	Andrei Pervozvanny	Evstafi-class battleship	[10]
12 November	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S139	S138-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [27]
15 November	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Satsuma	Battleship	[35]
15 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sierra Leone	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster. [36]
1 December	Germany	AG Vulkan	Stettin	Kronprinzessin Cecilie	Ocean Liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
3 December	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Antilles	Passenger-cargo ship	[37]
7 December	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	Deutschland-class battleship	[15]
10 November	Russia	Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Pallada	Bayan-class cruiser
15 December	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	De Greve	Cargo ship	For N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappik. [38]
15 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Montana	Tennessee-class cruiser	[28]
15 December	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	TB 5	Cricket-class coastal destroyer	[33]
22 December	United Kingdom	Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Re d'Italia	Ocean liner	For Lloyd Sabaudo
Date unknown	United States	Dialogue & Company	Camden, New Jersey	Aurora	Tugboat
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	B11	B-class submarine
Date unknown	United Kingdom	John Bowden	Porthleven	Boy Sam	Steam drifter	For John E. Howe and others. [39]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Champion	Steam drifter	For John McKenzie. [40]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Comet Star	Steam drifter	For George Cowie. [41]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Glenafton	Steam drifter	For Alexander Smith. [42]
Date unknown	Netherlands	Bonn & Mees	Rotterdam	Goëland	Fishing vessel	For F. Courtois & F. Hovelaque
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Hildalgo	Merchantman	For private owner. [43]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Ibex	Steamship	For private owner. [44]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Irene	Steam drifter	For Edward Baker. [45]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Lysaght Puffin	Steamship	For John Lysaght Ltd. [46]
Date unknown	United States		Camden, New Jersey	Mariner	Tugboat
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Poplar	Nafkratousa	Thyella-class destroyer	For Royal Hellenic Navy
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Nike	Steam drifter	For private owner. [47]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Orion	Steam drifter	For James Smith. [48]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Premier	Steam drifter	For George Hall. [49]
Date Unknown	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	San Juan	Merchantman	For private owner. [50]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	McLearon	Harwich	Thalatta	Thames barge
Date unknown	United States	Toledo Shipbuilding Company	Toledo, Ohio	Theodore Roosevelt		For Roosevelt Steamship Company
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Richardson, Duck & Co	Stockton, Great Britain	Picton	Steamship
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.		Strathearn	Cargo ship	For private owner. [51]

References

1. "Heroic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
2. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 21.
3. "Graphic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
4. "N.E.R. No. 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Ortega". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
6. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 256.
7. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 233.
8. "Matheran". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
9. "N.E.R. No. 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
10. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 185.
11. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 44.
12. "N.E.R. No. 7". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
13. "Oronsa". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
14. "N.E.R. No. 8". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
15. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 249.
16. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 73.
17. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 40.
18. "Sheaf Field". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
19. "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
20. "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
21. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 45.
22. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 127.
23. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Volturno". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 101.
24. "Lady Furness". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
25. "Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 95.
26. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Agawa". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. pp. 101–102.
27. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
28. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 149.
29. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Adele". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
30. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Lanfranc". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
31. Haws 1990, p. not cited.
32. "Aburi". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
33. Friedman 2009, p. 305.
34. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 191.
35. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 228.
36. "Sierra Leone". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
37. "Antilles (2204018)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
38. "De Greve". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
39. "Boy Sam". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
40. "Champion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
41. "Comet Star". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
42. "Glenafton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
43. "Hildalgo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
44. "Ibex". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
45. "Irene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
46. "Lysaght Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
47. "Nike". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
48. "Orion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
49. "Premier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
50. "San Juan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
51. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.

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