List of ship launches in 1925

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The list of ship launches in 1925 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1925.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
6 January	Germany	Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	Emden	Light cruiser	For Reichsmarine
8 January	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Hebburn	Cargo ship	For Huddart Parker Ltd. [1]
12 January	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Topeka	Cargo ship	For A/S Norge-Mexico Gulflinjen. [2]
15 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Alynbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [3]
10 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Thisbe	Cargo ship	For Sociètè Navale Caennaise. [4]
12 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Elmbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [5]
23 February	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	Ro-68	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 February	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Inanda	Cargo liner	For Charente Steamship Co Ltd
25 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Inverlago	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [6]
13 March	United Kingdom	William Simons and Co. Ltd.	Renfrew	Patrick Stewart	Cable ship	renamed HMIS Investigator and converted into a survey ship for the Royal Indian Navy
14 March	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Schwarzenfels	Merchant ship	renamed Schwabenland and converted to a seaplane tender for Deutsche Luft Hansa's South Atlantic airmail in 1934
25 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Inverossa	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [7]
26 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Rawalpindi	Passenger ship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
6 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Inverpool	Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [8]
7 April	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Saratoga	Lexington-class aircraft carrier	For United States Navy
8 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Forresbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [9]
23 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Invercaibo	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [10]
24 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hythe	Ferry	For Southern Railway. [11]
8 May	Norway	Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted	Fredrikstad	Dronning Maud	Passenger ship	For Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap
8 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King James	Cargo ship	For King Line. [12]
21 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nairnbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [13]
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Haslemere	Ferry	For Southern Railway. [14]
26 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Inverruba	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.
May	Germany	Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Weser	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven
18 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Weirbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [15]
23 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Whitstable	Ferry	For Southern Railway. [16]
7 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Asturias	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line. [17]
7 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Malcolm	Cargo ship	For King Line. [18]
14 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Larchbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [19]
21 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Sulaco	Reefer ship	For Fyffes Line
5 August	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-53 (I-153)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Greenock	Rajputana	Ocean liner	For P&O. [20]
18 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Fratton	Ferry	For Southern Railway. [21]
26 August	Netherlands	P. Smit Jr. Shipbuilding and Machine Factory	Rotterdam	Jääkarhu	Icebreaker	For the Finnish Board of Navigation. [22]
1 September	Germany	Travewerk Gebroeders Goedhardt AG	Lübeck	Riga	Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
1 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Temuco	Tender	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [23]
2 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gascony	Cargo ship	For David MacIver & Co. [24]
2 September	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-55 (I-155)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 September	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Walker	Nelson	Nelson-class battleship	For Royal Navy
18 September	Germany	Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Ferdinand Niedermeyer	Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
24 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Levernbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [25]
25 September	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	Ro-65	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	I-58 (I-158)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Lexington	Lexington-class aircraft carrier	For United States Navy
28 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Madrid	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [26]
29 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Myrtlebank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [27]
14 November	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Hamburg	Ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line. [28]
17 November	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company	Troon	Scillonian	Ferry	For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. [29]
25 November	Sweden	Kockums	Malmö	Childar	Merchant	For Weil & Amundsen Rederi A/S, Halden, Norway
28 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Marthara	Cargo ship	For MacLay& MacIntyre Ltd. [30]
30 November	United Kingdom	Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Amble	Southgate	Tanker	For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. [31]
3 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Olivebank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [32]
17 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Rodney	Nelson-class battleship	For Royal Navy
17 December	France	Brest Dock Yard	Brest	Duquesne	Duquesne-class cruiser	For French Navy
19 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Colonial	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison. [33]
29 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Roma	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [34]
31 December	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley	William Scoresby	Research vessel	For the Crown Agents for the Colonies. [35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aldous Ltd.	Brightlingsea	Aidie	Thames barge	For R. & W. Paul Ltd. [36]
Unknown date	Germany	Gebrüder Schäfer	Völklingen	Anna Leonie	Towed riverboat
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aldous Ltd.	Brightlingsea	Barbara Jean	Thames barge	For R. & W. Paul Ltd. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Barrow-in-Furness	Carinthia	Refrigerated cargo liner	For Cunard Line. [38]
Unknown date	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik AG	Hamburg	Grohm	Fishing trawler	For Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg	Las Palmas	Cargo ship	For Oldeburg Portuguese Line. [39]
Unknown date	Germany	Atlas Werke	Bremen	Leander	Cargo ship	For Neptun Line AG
Unknown date	France	Société des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	St. Nazaire	Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft	Ocean liner	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark and Company	Belfast	Antinous	Cargo ship	For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd. [40]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Hubert	Tug	For F. A. Ashmead & Co. Ltd. [41]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brown & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Lumen	Tanker	For H. E. Moss & Co. Ltd. [42]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Michael H.	Motor barge	For J. Harker Ltd. [43]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	Nobleman	Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd. [44]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	Prizeman	Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd. [44]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Ranchi	Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [45]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Ranpura	Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [45]
Unknown date	Germany	Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender	Lübeck	Reval	Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
Unknown date	Sweden	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad	Malmö	Skåneland	Cargo ship	For Angfartyg AB Tirfing
Unknown date	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Sorrento	Cargo ship	For Robert M Sloman Jr
Unknown date	Germany	Norderwerft.	Hamburg	Wiedau	Cargo ship	For Budsier Reederei & Berugungs AG. [46]

References

1. "Hebburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "Topeka (5606327)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 9 June 2016.
3. "Alynbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
4. "Thisbe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Elmbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
6. "Inverlago". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
7. "Inverrosa". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
8. "Inverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
9. "Forresbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
10. "Invercaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
11. "Hythe". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
12. "King James". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
13. "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
14. "Haslemere". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
15. "Weirbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
16. "Whitstable". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
17. "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
18. "King Malcolm". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
19. "Larchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
20. "1149361" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 28 March 2009.
21. "Fratton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
22. Laurell 1992, p. not cited.
23. "Temuco". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
24. "Gascony". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
25. "Levernbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
26. "Madrid". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
27. "Myrtlebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
28. "5397109" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 28 March 2009.
29. Carter 1998, p. not cited.
30. "Marthara". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
31. "Southgate". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
32. "Olivebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
33. "Colonial". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
34. "Roma". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
35. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
36. "Aidie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
37. "Barbara Jean". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
38. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
39. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.
40. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.
41. "Hubert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
42. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
43. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.
44. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
45. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 141.
46. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 453.

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• Laurell, Seppo (1992). Höyrymurtajien aika (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. ISBN   951-47-6775-6.
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