List of ship launches in 1909

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The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
16 January	France	FCM	La Seyne	Voltaire	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
20 January	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Bahia	Bahia-class cruiser	For Brazilian Navy
23 January	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Mainz	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
6 February	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Delaware	Delaware-class battleship	For United States Navy
6 February	Belgium	Chantiers Navals Anversois S.A	Hoboken, Antwerp	Espagne	Cargo ship	For Armement Adolf Deppe
24 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. No. 9	Hopper barge	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [1]
24 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. No. 10	Hopper barge	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [2]
9 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Karoola	Passenger ship	For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. [3]
15 March	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam	De Zeven Provinciën	Coastal defence ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
20 March	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Von der Tann	Unique battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
20 March	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Crusader	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
25 March	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Mallina	Cargo ship	For Australian United Steam Navigation Company
19 April	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	São Paulo	Minas Geraes-class battleship	For Brazilian Navy
19 April	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Diderot	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
20 April	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Condorcet	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
21 April	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Southampton	Nubian	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
22 April	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	Vanguard	St Vincent-class battleship	For Royal Navy
6 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Berbice	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line. [5]
8 May	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	May Scott	Cargo ship	For May Scott Steamship Co. Ltd. [6]
12 May	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. No. 11	Hopper barge	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [7]
24 May	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Maori	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
3 June	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Constantine	Coaster	For Screw Collier Co. Ltd. [8]
3 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Leicestershire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co. [9]
5 June	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Cöln	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
3 July	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Radetzky	Radetzky-class battleship	For Austro-Hungarian Navy
4 July	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Danton	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
8 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Meltonian	Cargo ship	For Furness Leyland Line. [10]
8 July	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Woodmere	Coaster	For Grasmere Steamship Co. Ltd. [11]
10 July	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Augsburg	Kolberg-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
31 July	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Toreador	Cargo Ship	For J. D. Stücken
14 August	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik	Hamburg	Iserlohn	Cargo ship	For Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft
September	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Bremen-Vegesack	Answald	Merchant	Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
14 September	United Kingdom	Palmers	Jarrow	Viking	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
16 September	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Tyneside	Zulu	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
25 September	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Hamburg	Helgoland	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
30 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Ostfriesland	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
30 September	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Neptune	Neptune-class battleship	For Royal Navy
14 October	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 9	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [12]
16 October	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Beagle	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
21 October	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 11	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [13]
28 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Balantia	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line. [14]
28 October	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Devonport	Indefatigable	Indefatigable-class battlecruiser	For Royal Navy
28 October	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Mirabeau	Danton-class battleship	For French Navy
28 October	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 10	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [15]
30 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	City of Colombo	Cargo Ship	For Ellerman Lines
12 November	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Balmoral Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
13 November	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Bulldog	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
29 November	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Thüringen	Helgoland-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy
7 December	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 12	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway. [16]
11 December	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Foxhound	Beagle-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [4]
23 December	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Utah	Florida-class battleship	For United States Navy
23 December	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V183	S138-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy [17]
Date unknown	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3	Merchant	Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
Date unknown	France	Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence	Port de Bouc	Espagne	Ocean liner	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	G.A.W.	Steam drifter	For Charles A. Webster. [18]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Morrison	Steam drifter	For Richard Sutton. [19]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Pimpernel	Steam drifter	For J. S. Johnston & Sons Ltd. [20]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Provencal 17	Tug	For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A. [21]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Provencal 18	Tug	For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A. [22]
Date unknown	Germany	Bremer Vulcan	Bremen-Vegesack	Reiher	Cargo ship	For Argo Line
Date unknown	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Trelissick	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. [23]
Date unknown	Canada	Nakusp shipyard	Lower Arrow Lakes	Whatshan	Steam tug	For Canadian Pacific Railway

References

1. "B.H.C. No. 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "B.H.C. No. 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. "Karoola". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
4. Friedman 2009, p. 305.
5. "Berbice". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
6. "May Scott". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
7. "B.H.C. No. 11". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
8. "Constantine". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
9. "Leicestershire". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
10. "Meltonian". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
11. "Woodmere". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
12. "N.E.R. No. 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
13. "N.E.R. No. 11". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
14. "Balantia". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
15. "N.E.R. No. 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
16. "N.E.R. No. 12". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
17. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 49.
18. "G.A.W." Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
19. "Morrison". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
20. "Pimpernel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
21. "Provencal 17". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
22. "Provencal 18". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
23. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.

Sources

• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN   3-7637-4801-6.
• 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.