List of ship launches in 1928

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The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	Germany	Deutsche Werft	Hamburg	Alster	Cargo liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
11 January	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	El Argentino	Cargo ship	For the Houlder Line
24 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dagomba	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster. [1]
24 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of Bedford	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
26 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Neptune	Cargo ship	For King Line. [2]
10 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Deal	Ferry	For Southern Railway. [3]
21 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Punta Benitez	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [4]
21 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Saugor	Cargo ship	For James Nourse Ltd. [5]
22 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn, Leslie	Hebburn	Sussex	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
23 February	Australia	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company	Sydney	Albatross	Seaplane tender	For Royal Australian Navy
8 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Tia Juana	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [6]
20 March	Japan	Yokohama Shipyards		Shirayuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Arthur	Cargo ship	For King Line. [7]
23 March	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-56 (I-156)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 March	Japan	Mitsubishi Shipyard	Nagasaki	Haguro	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hooiberg	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [8]
14 April	Italy	Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard	La Spezia	Enrico Toti	Balilla-class submarine	For Regia Marina
19 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Delfina Mitre	Train ferry	For Entre Ríos Railway Co. [9]
20 April	France	Brest Naval Yard	Brest	Colbert	Suffren-class cruiser	For Marine Nationale
22 April	Japan	Kawasaki shipyard	Kobe	Ashigara	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
23 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Clydefield	Tanker	For Hunting & Sons. [10]
23 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Punta Gorda	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [11]
24 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Stephen	Cargo ship	For King Line. [12]
3 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Highland Monarch	Passenger ship	For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.
3 May	United Kingdom			Worthing	Passenger ferry	For Southern Railway
5 May	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Odin	Odin-class submarine
6 May	Germany	Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards	Bremen	St. Louis	Ocean liner	For Hamburg-America Line
7 May	Canada	Burrard Dry Dock	North Vancouver, British Columbia	St. Roch	Schooner	For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
17 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Brittany	Cargo ship	For David MacIver & Co. [13]
17 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nyanza	Cargo ship	For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd. [14]
19 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King William	Cargo ship	For King Line. [15]
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Yamanota	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [16]
23 May	Germany	Kriegsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	Köln	Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)	For Reichsmarine
3 June	France	Société Provençale de Construction Navales	La Ciotat	Éridan	Cargo liner	For Société des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes
14 June	Germany	Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser	Wesermünde-Lehe	Richard C. Krogmann	Fishing trawler	For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG.
18 June	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of Richmond	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
21 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Highland Chieftain	Passenger ship	For H. & W. Nelson Ltd. [17]
26 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Centura	Lighter	For Argentine Navigation Co. [18]
26 June	Japan	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Miyuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Designer	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison Ltd. [19]
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cuidad de Salto	Passenger ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [20]
5 July	United Kingdom	William Beardmore & Company	Dalmuir	Shropshire	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
8 July	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Govan	Norfolk	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
10 July	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Pascal	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
10 July	France	Chantiers Naval Français		Wicher	Wicher-class destroyer	For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
17 July	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	York	York-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
18 July	United Kingdom	Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd.	Queensferry	Energie	Tanker	For Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd. [21]
18 July	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Port Fairy	cargo ship	For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
19 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow in Furness	Medway	Submarine depot ship	For Royal Navy
21 July	United Kingdom	John I. Thorneycroft & Company	Woolston	Hyatt	Serrano-class destroyer	For Armada de Chile
2 August	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG	Bremen	Bremen	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
15 August	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Europa		For Norddeutscher Lloyd
16 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Behar	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. [22]
19 August	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Pasteur	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
21 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kerma	Cargo ship	For Strick Line. [23]
15 September	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons	Glasgow	Viceroy of India	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
17 September	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerke	Wesermünde	Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff	Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
27 September	Japan	Fujinagata Shipyards	Osaka	Murakumo	Fubuki-class destroyer
28 September	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of York	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
29 September	Japan	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru, Kyoto	Hatsuyuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 October	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-57 (I-157)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Highland Brigade	Passenger ship	For H. & W. Nelson Ltd. [24]
15 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Celtic Monarch	Cargo ship	For Raeburn & Verel Ltd. [25]
24 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Holy Cross	Trawler	For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
28 November	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston	Aldea	Serrano-class destroyer	For Armada de Chile
29 November	Japan	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Uranami	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 December	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Glasgow	Olympus	Odin-class submarine	For Royal Navy
12 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bhutan	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. [26]
13 December	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Canterbury	Ferry	For Southern Railway.
15 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Georgetown	Trawler	For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
17 December	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Narwhal	Narwhal-class submarine	For United States Navy
21 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Idomo	Motor lighter	For Elder Dempster. [27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Aelybryn	Cargo ship	For private owner. [28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	Barnett	McCawley-class attack transport	For the United States Navy
Unknown date	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Boston College	Trawler
Unknown date	Germany	Germainia Werft	Kiel	Coronet	Steam yacht	For Irving T. Bush
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Smith's Dock Co	Middlesbrough	Eaglescliffe Hall	cargo ship	For Hall Corporation
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W Gray & Co Ltd	West Hartlepool	Egglestone	Cargo ship
Unknown date	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Co	Bay City, Michigan	Elfrecia	Steam yacht
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. (1918) Ltd.	West Hartlepool	City of Dieppe	Steamship	For Ellerman Lines. [29]
Unknown date	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Gemma	Cargo ship	For Holm & Molzen
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J L Thompson & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Goodleigh	Cargo ship	For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date	United States	Spear Engine Works	Norfolk, Virginia	Hydrographer	Survey ship	For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Unknown date	Netherlands	J. Koster.	Groningen	Meuse	Cargo ship	For private owner. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	British Power Boat Company	Southampton	Miss England I	Power boat	For Hubert Scott-Paine
Unknown date	Germany	Germania Werft	Kiel	Queen Anne	Motor yacht	For Alexander Dallas Thayer
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Bremen	Rodi	Cargo ship	For Societa Anonima Adriatica Navigazione. [31]
Unknown date	United States	Pusey & Jones	Wilmington, Delaware	Savarona	Steam yacht	For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
Unknown date	United States	F F Pendleton	Wiscasset, Maine	Spindrift
Unknown date	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts	Trimont
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau.	Bremen	Treuenfels	Cargo ship	For Hansa Line. [32]
Unknown date	Germany	Blohm & Voss.	Hamburg	Ubena	Passenger ship	For Deutsche East Africa Line. [33]

References

1. "Dagomba". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. "King Neptune". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
3. "Deal". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
4. "Punta Benitez". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. "Saugor". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
6. "Tia Juana". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. "King Arthur". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
8. "Hooiberg". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. "Delfina Mitre". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
10. "Clydefield". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
11. "Punta Gorda". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
12. "King Stephen". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
13. "Brittany". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
14. "Nyanza". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
15. "King William". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
16. "Yamanota". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. "Highland Chieftain". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
18. "Centaura". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
19. "Designer". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
20. "Cuidad de Salto". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
21. "Energie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
22. "Behar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
23. "Kerma". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. "Highland Brigade". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
25. "Celtic Monarch". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
26. "Bhutan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
27. "Idomo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
28. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
29. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 67.
30. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
31. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
32. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 460.
33. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.

Sources

• 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.