List of ship launches in 1912

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The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
10 January	Denmark	Burmeister & Wain,	Copenhagen	Polarlys	Coastal passenger/cargo steamer	For Bergen Steamship Company.
31 January	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G9	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
5 February	Spain	SECN	Ferrol	España	España-class battleship	For Spanish Navy. [2]
7 February	Germany	Howaldswerke	Kiel	Monte Penedo	General cargo vessel
17 February	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Prinzregent Luitpold	Kaiser-class battleship
2 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Desna	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line. [3]
2 March	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S14	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
12 March	Norway	The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard	Horten	Kjell	2.-class torpedo boat	Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
15 March	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G10	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
20 March	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Queen Mary	unique battlecruiser
23 March	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S15	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
21 March	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipyard	Greenock	Ajax	King George V-class battleship
21 March	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Tegetthoff	Tegetthoff-class battleship
30 March	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Seydlitz	unique battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
3 April	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	West Wales	Cargo ship	For West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd. [4]
18 April	France	Chantiers de Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Dehorter	Bouclier-class destroyer	[5]
20 April	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S16	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
23 April	German Empire	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G11	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
27 April	Germany	Schichau-Werft	Danzig	König Albert	Kaiser-class battleship
11 May	United Kingdom	William Bowes	Whitehaven	Harmony	Brig	For private owner. [6]
16 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Darro	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line. [7]
18 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Texas	New York-class battleship
23 May	Germany	AG Vulcan	Hamburg	Imperator	Imperator-class ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line.[ citation needed ]
1 June	United Kingdom	Yarrow & Company	Scotstoun	Lurcher	Acheron-class destroyer	[8]
12 June	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited	Hebburn	Ebani	General cargo vessel	For British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
15 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oxfordshire	Cargo liner	For Bibby Line. [9]
18 June	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Sheaf Arrow	Cargo ship	For Sheaf Arrow Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. [10]
22 June	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S17	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
29 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Drina	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.. [11]
15 July	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G12	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
10 August	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S18	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
13 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Thyra Menier	Cargo ship	For Donald Steamship Co. Ltd. [12]
14 August	United Kingdom	William Beardmore & Co Ltd	Dalmuir	Willochra	Cruise ship	For Adelaide Steamship Company
15 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Abosso	Cargo ship	For African Steamship Co. [13]
24 August	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	Jupiter	Collier	Later became USS Langley
29 August	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	Christopher	Acasta-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [14]
5 September	United Kingdom	Yarrow & Company	Scotstoun	Oak	Acheron-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [8]
10 September	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Acasta	Acasta-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [8]
12 September	France	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	Bisson	Bisson-class destroyer	For French Navy. [15]
19 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Audacious	King George V-class battleship
28 September	France	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne	Paris	Courbet-class battleship
10 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Appam	Passenger ship	For British & African Steamship Co. [16]
10 October	United Kingdom	Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd	Southwick	Hannington Court	Cargo ship	For Court Line Ltd
12 October	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Iron Duke	Iron Duke-class battleship
16 October	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	U-17	Type U 17 submarine	Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
17 October	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S19	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
24 October	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Devonport	Marlborough	Iron Duke-class battleship
26 October	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Inglemoor	Cargo ship	For Moor Line Ltd. [17]
30 October	United States	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	New York	New York-class battleship
7 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	France	Courbet-class battleship
8 November	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	Cockatrice	Acasta-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [14]
11 November	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe-class cruiser
12 November	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Rostock	Karlsruhe-class cruiser
14 November	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Achates	Acasta-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [8]
30 November	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Prinz Eugen	Tegetthoff-class battleship
4 December	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S20	V1-class torpedo boat	For Imperial German Navy. [1]
11 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ceramic	Passenger ship	For White Star Line.
Unknown date	United States		Kennebunk, Maine	A. G. Prentiss	Small wooden-hulled tug	[18]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Alaburn	Steam drifter	For Robert Milburn. [19]
Unknown date	Germany	F Schichau GmbH	Elbling	Badenia	Coaster	For A Kirsten
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Barbel	Barge	For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. [20]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Birmingham	Tug	For private owner. [21]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Bitterling	Barge	For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. [22]
Unknown date	Germany	Nüscke & Co	Stettin	Borussia	Coaster	For A Kirsten
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Broughton	Sailing ship	For private owner. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Czar	Passenger ship	For private owner. [24]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Dimboola	Cargo ship	For private owner. [25]
Unknown date	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke	Stettin	Dollart	Coaster	Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date	Sweden	Oskarshamn Shipyard	Oskarshamn	Fernebo	Cargo ship	For Broström Axel & Son
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Fire Queen	Fire float	For Lord Mayor & citizens of Cardiff. [26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon	Glen Avon	Paddle steamer	For P. & A. Campbell. [27]
Unknown date	Belgium	Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd	Hoboken	Hispania	Cargo ship	For Svenska Lloyd AB
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Jubilee	Tug	For private owner. [28]
Unknown date	United States	Toledo Shipbuilding Company.	Toledo, Ohio	L. V. Stoddard	Tanker	For private owner. [29]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Manoel Thomaz	Sailing ship	For private owner. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Oburn	Steam drifter	For Robert Milburn. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Ocean Plough	Steam drifter	For Bloomfields Ltd. [32]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Ocean Reaper	Steam drifter	For W. J. E. Green Ltd. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Ocean Souvenir	Steam drifter	For Bloomfields Ltd. [34]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Sharpness	Tug	For private owner. [35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Thomas Beeching	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. [36]
Unknown date	United States		Kennebunk, Maine	Verna & Esther	Patrol vessel	Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Worcester	Tug	For private owner. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	No. 3 Newport	Barge	For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. [38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Unnamed	Lighter	For private owner. [39]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Unnamed	Lighter	For private owner. [40]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Unnamed	Lighter	For private owner. [41]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Unnamed	Lighter	For private owner. [42]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Unnamed	Barge	For private owner. [43]

References

1. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.
2. Fernández, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, pp. 66–67.
3. "Desna". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
4. "West Wales". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. Couhat 1974, p. 104.
6. "Harmony". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
7. "Darro". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
8. Friedman 2009, p. 306.
9. "Oxfordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
10. "Sheaf Arrow". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
11. "Drina". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
12. "Thyra Menier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
13. "Abosso". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
14. Friedman 2009, p. 307.
15. Couhat 1974, p. 111.
16. "Appam". The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
17. "Inglemoor". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
18. "A. G. Prentiss". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine
19. "Alaburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
20. "Barbel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
21. "Birmingham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
22. "Bitterling". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
23. "Broughton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
24. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
25. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
26. "Fire Queen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
27. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
28. "Jubilee". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
29. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 468.
30. "Manoel Thomaz". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
31. "Oburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
32. "Ocean Plough". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
33. "Ocean Reaper". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
34. "Ocean Souvenir". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
35. "Sharpness". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
36. "Thomas Beeching". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
37. "Worcester". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
38. "No. 3 Newport". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
39. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
40. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
41. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
42. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
43. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
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