List of ship launches in 1907

The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.

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Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
12 January	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	Coutelas	Claymore-class destroyer	Struck 1921. [1]
14 January	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Bonetta	Torpedo boat destroyer	Scrapped 1920. [2]
31 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Fulani	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.. [3]
15 February	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C7	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1919
	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C8	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 February	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Cossack	Tribal-class destroyer	Scrapped 1919
28 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Ludworth	Cargo ship	For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd. [4]
2 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Avon	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Lines. [5]
4 March	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2	Dredger	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [6]
7 March	Germany	AG Vulcan Stettin	Stettin	Stettin	Königsberg-class cruiser
15 March	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C10	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1922
16 March	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Indomitable	Invincible-class battlecruiser	Scrapped 1921
27 March	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C11	C-class submarine	Sunk in collision, 1909
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Prashu	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster. [7]
30 March	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Viper	B-class submarine	Sunk as a target, 1922
	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Tarantula	B-class submarine	Sunk as a target, 1922
3 April	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C9	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1922
6 April	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S143	S138-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [8]
13 April	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Invincible	Invincible-class battlecruiser	Sunk 31 May 1916
14 April	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure, Hiroshima	Aki	Satsuma-class battleship	Sunk as target, 1924
21 April	Italy	La Spezia Naval Base	La Spezia	Roma	Regina Elena-class battleship
24 April	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	Defence	Minotaur-class cruiser	Sunk 31 May 1916
26 April [9]	United Kingdom	Gourlay Brothers	Dundee	Atalanta	Passenger vessel	Sold in 1923
30 April	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Thornley	Cargo ship	For British Maritime Trust Ltd. [10]
May	United Kingdom	FJ Carver and Son	Bridgwater, England	Irene	Ketch	100-foot ketch built in Bridgwater in 1907, the last ship built in the docks and the only ketch built in the West Country still sailing. [11]
8 May	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick, England	Afridi	Tribal-class destroyer	Scrapped 1919
28 May	France	Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde	Lormont	Vérité	Liberté-class battleship
29 May	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Birmingham	Chester-class cruiser	Sold for scrap, 1930
30 May [12]	United Kingdom	A. & J. Inglis	Glasgow, Scotland	Alexandra	Royal yacht	Sold to Norway in 1925, sunk by German bombers in 1940
26 June	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Inflexible	Invincible-class battlecruiser	Scrapped 1922
	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Chester	Chester-class cruiser	Scrapped 1930
27 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Iroquois	Tanker	For Anglo-American Oil Company. [13]
29 June	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	Carquois	Claymore-class destroyer	Struck 1930. [1]
29 June	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Sibyl Marston	schooner
9 July	United Kingdom	D & W Henderson Ltd	Glasgow	California	Passenger liner	For Anchor Line [14]
10 July
	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Blackwood	Cargo ship	For Tyneside Line Ltd. [15]
	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	London	Lonchi	Thyella-class destroyer	[16]
	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	TB 13	Cricket-class coastal destroyer	[17]
27 July	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth, England	Bellerophon	Bellerophon-class battleship	Scrapped 1921
15 August	Russia	Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Bayan	Bayan-class cruiser	Scrapped 1922
24 August	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Devonport	Temeraire	Bellerophon-class battleship	Sold for scrap 1921
4 September	Russia	Baltic Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Akula	Submarine	Sunk 1915
7 September	Russia	Baltic Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Imperator Pavel I	Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship	Scrapped 1923
9 September	United Kingdom	Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tarmo	Icebreaker	Museum ship in Kotka, Finland
	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C12	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1920
10 September	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Elterwater	Steamship	For Elterwater Steamship Co. Ltd. [18]
19 September	France	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	Circé	Circé-class submarine	Sunk by U-boat, 1918
21 September	France	Brest Dockyard	Brest	Edgar Quinet	Edgar Quinet-class cruiser	[19]
22 September	Italy	Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso	Riva Trigoso	Principessa Jolanda	Ocean liner	Capsized on launch
26 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Asturias	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Lines. [20]
5 October	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Dresden	Dresden-class cruiser	Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra
8 October	France	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand	Le Havre	Branlebas	Branlebas-class destroyer	Sunk on 30 September 1915. [21]
10 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Navahoe	Schooner oil barge	For Anglo-American Oil Company. [22]
21 October	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Kurama	Ibuki-class armored cruiser	[23]
22 October	France	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	Calypso	Circé-class submarine	Sunk in collision, 1914
	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Copenhagen	Passenger vessel	Sunk, 1917
23 October	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Albatross	Nautilus-class minelayer	Broken up, 1921
7 November	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick, England	Superb	Bellerophon-class battleship	Sold for scrap 1922
9 November	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C13	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 November	Germany	Blohm & Voss		Santa Elena	Merchant ship	Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
18 November	Japan	Kawasaki	Kobe	Yodo	Yodo-class cruiser	[24]
21 November	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure, Hiroshima	Ibuki	Ibuki-class armored cruiser	[23]
26 November	France	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	Cognée	Claymore-class destroyer	Struck 1921. [1]
5 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Median	Cargo ship	For F. Leyland & Co.. [25]
	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Redwood	Cargo ship	For Tyneside Line Ltd. [26]
7 December	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	C14	C-class submarine	Sold for scrapping, 1921
14 December	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	Fleuret	Claymore-class destroyer	Struck 1920. [1]
19 December	France	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand	Le Havre	Fanfare	Branlebas-class destroyer	Struck 1925. [21]
21 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët	Rouen	Gabion	Branlebas-class destroyer	Struck 1921. [21]
	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pericles	Passenger ship	For Aberdeen Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Boy Arthur	Steam drifter	For Richard Sutton. [27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	City of Paris	Ocean liner	For Ellerman Lines. [28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Corsican	Ocean liner	For Allan Line. [28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Felicia	Steam drifter	For Edward Baker. [29]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Hope	Steam drifter	For Edwarde Catchpole. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Inter Nos	Steam drifter	For Edward Baker. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd.	Belfast	Kia Ora	Cargo ship	For private owner. [32]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Radiant	Steam drifter	For Daniel Ralph. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Rose	Steam drifter	For Alexander Storm. [34]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Ryhope	Cargo ship	For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd. [35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Selina	Steam drifter	For Frederick Salmon. [36]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Sphinx	Steam drifter	For Horatio Fenner Ltd. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Triumph	Steam drifter	For J. S. Johnson & Sons Ltd. [38]
Unknown date	Sweden	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad	Gothenburg	Wasa	Merchant ship	Sold to Norway in 1925

References

1. Couhat 1974, p. 90.
2. Lyon 2001, p. 37.
3. "Fulani". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
4. "Ludworth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Avon". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
6. "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
7. "Prashu". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
8. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
9. "Important Dundee Launch" . Dundee Courier. Dundee. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 13 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Thornley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
11. Schäuffelen 2005, p. 146.
12. "Launches—Scotch: Alexandra". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. July 1907. p. 460.
13. "Iroquois". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
14. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches – Scotch: California". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 36.
15. "Blackwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
16. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches:English: Lonhi". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 35.
17. Friedman 2009, p. 305.
18. "Elterwater". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
19. Couhat 1974, p. 62.
20. "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
21. Couhat 1974, p. 94.
22. "Navahoe". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
23. Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 78.
24. Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 103–104.
25. "Median". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
26. "Redwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
27. "Boy Arthur". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
28. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 21.
29. "Felicia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
30. "Hope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
31. "Inter Nos". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
32. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
33. "Radiant". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
34. "Rose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
35. "Ryhope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
36. "Selina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
37. "Sphinx". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
38. "Triumph". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

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