List of ship launches in 1915

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The list of ship launches in 1915 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1915.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	Russia	Russo-Baltic Yard	Reval	Gavriil	Orfey-class destroyer	[1]
8 January	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Teodo	Pola-class collier
14 January	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow, England	Resolution	Revenge-class battleship
15 January	Austria-Hungary	Cantiere Navale Triestino	Monfalcone	Tb 100 M	250t-class torpedo boat	[2]
16 January	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	Quincy, Massachusetts	Cushing	O'Brien-class destroyer	[3]
16 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Earl of Peterborough	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
16 January	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G39	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
18 January	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Birkenhead	Town-class cruiser	[5]
18 January	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Hebburn	Cargo ship	For Huddart Parker Ltd. [6]
19 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Glengyle	Cargo ship	For Glen Line.. [7]
27 January	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V43	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
9 February	United States	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company	Seattle, Washington	Bushnell	submarine tender	[8]
11 February	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Winslow	O'Brien-class destroyer	[3]
14 February	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Czaritza	Passenger ship	For Russian American Line. [9]
18 February	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Bayern	Bayern-class battleship
24 February	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V44	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
27 February	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G40	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
16 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania-class battleship
18 March	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Walker-on-Tyne	Malaya	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
20 March	Austria-Hungary	Ganz & Danubius	Fiume	Tb 87 F	250t-class torpedo boat	[10]
29 March	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V45	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
10 April	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S49	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
12 April	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Nimrod	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
14 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Glenartney	Cargo ship	For Glen Line. [12]
15 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Abercrombie	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
15 April	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	U-45	Type U-43 submarine	[13]
19 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Marconi	Cargo ship	For Lamport and Holt. [14]
24 April	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G41	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
24 April	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S50	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
28 April	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Marksman	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
29 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Havelock	Monitor	For Royal Navy
29 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Raglan	Monitor	For Royal Navy
29 April	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Royal Sovereign	Revenge-class battleship
29 April	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S51	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
1 May	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Kempenfelt	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
3 May	Sweden	Götaverken	Gothenburg	Sverige	Sverige-class coastal defence ship
4 May	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	Quincy, Massachusetts	Tucker	Tucker-class destroyer	[15]
15 May	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	Mécanicien Principal Lestin	Enseigne Roux-class destroyer	[16]
18 May	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	U-46	Type U-43 submarine	[13]
20 May	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G42	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	M29	Monitor	For Royal Navy
22 May	United Kingdom	Workman Clark		M32	Monitor	For Royal Navy
22 May	United Kingdom	Workman Clark		M33	Monitor	For Royal Navy
28 May	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Lightfoot	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
29 May	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Revenge	Revenge-class battleship
10 June	United Kingdom	Charles Connell and Company	Scotstoun	Laburnum	Acacia-class sloop	[17]
10 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lord Clive	Monitor	For Royal Navy
10 June	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V47	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
12 June	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S52	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
19 June	United States	New York Naval Shipyard	Brooklyn, New York	Arizona	Pennsylvania-class battleship
23 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	M30	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
24 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	M31	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
8 July	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Conyngham	Tucker-class destroyer	[15]
8 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	General Craufurd	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
13 July	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	Enseigne Roux	Enseigne Roux-class destroyer	[16]
14 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Prince Eugene	Monitor	For Royal Navy.
1 August	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Hindenburg	Derfflinger-class battlecruiser
6 August	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	V48	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
16 August	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	U-47	Type U-43 submarine	[13]
24 August	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Dalmuir	Lassoo	Laforey-class destroyer	[11]
28 August	Australia	Cockatoo Dockyard	Sydney	Torrens	River-class torpedo-boat destroyer
11 September	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Mounsey	Yarrow M-class destroyer	[18]
18 September	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S53	V25-class torpedo boat	[4]
30 September	Australia	Cockatoo Dockyard	Sydney	Brisbane	Town-class cruiser
30 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sir Thomas Picton	Monitor	For Royal Navy
3 October	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	U-48	Type U-43 submarine	[13]
12 October	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Abdiel	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
18 October	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	UB-24	Type UB II submarine
29 October	Norway	Bergens Mekaniske Verksted	Bergen, Norway	Vigrid	Cargo ship
30 October	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Danzig	Baden	Bayern-class battleship
9 November	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Verbena	Arabis-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [19]
22 November	United Kingdom	Richardson, Duck and Company	Thornaby-on-Tees	Rosemary	Arabis-class sloop	[20]
24 November	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Honor Storey	Coaster	For Darwen & Mostyn Iron Co. Ltd. [21]
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	P24	Patrol boat	For Royal Navy. [22]
25 November	Austria-Hungary	Ganz & Danubius	Fiume	Tb 93 F	250t-class torpedo boat	[10]
11 December	Australia	Cockatoo Dockyard	Sydney	Swan	River-class torpedo-boat destroyer
18 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Chester	Town-class cruiser	[5]
18 December	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Königsberg	Königsberg-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
23 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Gabriel	Marksman-class flotilla leader	[11]
December	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Greenock	Tyndareus	Cargo liner	For Ocean Steamship Company
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	A 18	Tug	For War Office. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Bongo	Barge	For Lever Bros. Ltd. [24]
Unknown date	Germany	Howaltdswerke.	Kiel	Brosen	Tanker	For German Government. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Dolo	Barge	For Lever Bros. Ltd. [26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 79	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 80	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 81	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [29]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 82	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 83	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 84	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [32]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 85	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 86	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [34]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 87	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	X 88	Landing craft	For Royal Navy. [36]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Yumbi	Barge	For Lever Bros. Ltd. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Queensferry	Zambi	Barge	For Lever Bros. Ltd. [38]

References

1. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 310.
2. Greger 1976, p. 63.
3. Friedman 1982, p. 429.
4. Gröner 1983, p. 54.
5. Lyon 1977, p. 50.
6. "Hebburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
7. "Glengyle". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
8. Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels. 1919. p. 189.
9. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.
10. Greger 1976, p. 60.
11. Friedman 2009, p. 307.
12. "Glenartney". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
13. Gröner 1985, p. 34.
14. "Marconi". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
15. Friedman 1982, p. 430.
16. Couhat 1974, p. 115.
17. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 94.
18. Friedman 2009, p. 308.
19. "Verbena". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
20. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 95.
21. "Honor Storey". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
22. "HMS P24". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
23. "A 18". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
24. "Bongo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
25. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
26. "Dolo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
27. "X 79". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
28. "X 80". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
29. "X 81". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
30. "X82". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
31. "X 83". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
32. "X 84". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
33. "X 85". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
34. "X 86". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
35. "X 87". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
36. "X 88". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
37. "Yumbi". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
38. "Zambi". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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