List of ship launches in 1930

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The list of ship launches in 1930 includes a chronological list of notable ships launched in 1930.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
11 January	Sweden	Öresundsvarvet	Landskrona	Belgia	Passenger ship	For F Sternhagen – "Gotha Line"
17 January	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	Prince Henry	Cargo ship	For Canadian National Steamship Company. [1]
12 February	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co Ltd	Wallsend	Folkestone	Hastings-class sloop	For Royal Navy [2]
14 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	William Wilberforce	Cargo ship	For British & African Steamship Co. [3]
28 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Genova	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [4]
12 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Baron Napier	Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [5]
18 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Silvercypress	Cargo ship	For Silver Line. [6]
27 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Edward Blyden	Cargo ship	For British & African Steamship Co. [7]
27 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Macgregor Laird	Cargo ship	For British & African Steamship Co. [8]
1 March	United Kingdom	Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd	Ardrossan	Waimarino	Cargo ship	For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington
4 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Innisfallen	Ferry	For City of Cork Steam Packet Co.
5 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Celedonia	Lighter	For Argentine Navigatio Co. [9]
14 March	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend	Scarborough	Hastings-class sloop	For Royal Navy [2]
17 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Baron Erskine	Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [10]
18 March	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Acheron	A-class destroyer	For Royal Navy [11]
19 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Aras	Yacht
March	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	New York City	Santa Clara	Passenger ship	For Grace Steamship Company
10 April	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Chicago	Northampton-class cruiser	For United States Navy
10 April	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Hastings	Hastings-class sloop	For Royal Navy [2]
10 April	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Penzance	Hastings-class sloop	For Royal Navy [2]
10 April	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Schürbek	Cargo ship	For Knöhr & Burchardt .
12 April	France	Chantiers Dubigeon	Nantes	Phénix	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
15 April	United Kingdom	Lithgows	Port Glasgow	Atheltemplar	Tanker	For United Molasses Co Ltd
15 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Silverwalnut	Cargo ship	For Silver Line. [12]
27 April	Italy			Alberto di Giussano	Condottieri-class cruiser	For Regia Marina
27 April	Italy	O.T.O.	La Spezia	Zara	Zara-class cruiser	For Regia Marina
28 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Prestatyn Rose	Cargo ship	For Richard Hughes & Co. [13]
29 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Alfred Jones	Cargo ship	For British & African Steamship Co. [14]
29 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Warwick Castle	Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line. [15]
8 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hamburgo	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [16]
12 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Anglesea Rose	Cargo ship	For Richard Hughes & Co. [17]
12 May	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Takao	Takao-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May	Japan	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru, Kyoto	Yūgiri	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Hindustan	Hastings-class sloop	For Royal Indian Marine [18]
15 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Oriente	Ocean liner	For New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Co
27 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ebano	Asphalt carrier	For Ebano Oil Co. [19]
28 May	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Achille	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	Blanche	B-class destroyer
29 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Silverteak	Cargo ship	For Silver Line. [20]
30 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Medoc	Cargo ship	For Worms & Cie. [21]
5 June	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	Edenhurst	cargo ship	For Hartlepool Steamship Co
10 June	United Kingdom	Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd.	Queensferry	Brightside	Coaster	For Eltham Shipping Co. Ltd. [22]
12 June	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Foylebank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.
12 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pomerol	Cargo ship	For Worms & Cie. [23]
16 June	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Atago	Takao-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Guayra	Ferry	For Argentine Navigation Co. [24]
26 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Silversandal	Cargo ship	For Silver Line. [25]
28 June	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Pégase	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
30 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ciudad de Corrientes	Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co. [26]
June	Germany	Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG	Lübeck	Jakob Goldschmidt	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG
1 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Antonio	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [27]
2 July	Finland	Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad	Helsinki	Saukko	Submarine	For Suomen Merivoimat
10 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Chateau Larose	Cargo ship	For Worms & Cie. [28]
10 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Keith	B-class destroyer flotilla leader	[29]
10 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Laganbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line. [30]
11 July	Canada	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Saguenay	River-class destroyer	For Royal Canadian Navy
18 July	United Kingdom	Palmer's	Jarrow	Boreas	B-class destroyer
25 July	United Kingdom	Palmer's	Hebburn	Brazen	B-class destroyer
26 July	Germany	Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Wilfred	Cargo schooner
30 July	United Kingdom	Smiths Dock Co Ltd	Middlesbrough	Svana	Trawler	For Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd
6 August	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Basilisk	B-class destroyer	For Royal Navy [29]
11 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Chateau Pavie	Cargo ship	For Worms & Cie. [31]
14 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Diego	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [32]
23 August	Italy			Alberico da Barbiano	Condottieri-class cruiser	For Regia Marina
23 August	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley	Firefly	Trawler	For St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd
26 August	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Athelfoam	Tanker molasses	For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
26 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ganges	Cargo ship	For Nourse Line. [33]
1 September	United States	Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton, Washington	Louisville	Northampton-class cruiser	For United States Navy
6 September	France	Chantiers Navals Français	Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen	Archimède	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
11 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Francisco	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [34]
17 September	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Monte Pascoal	Monte-class ocean liner	For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
23 September	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	Boadicea	B-class destroyer
23 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Reina del Pacifico	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
24 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Athelbeach	Tanker molasses	For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
25 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Maurice Rose	Cargo ship	For Richard Hughes & Co. [35]
29 September	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Beagle	B-class destroyer
9 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Tyne and Wear	Brilliant	B-class destroyer
9 October	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Dupleix	Suffren-class cruiser	For Marine Nationale
9 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Somali	Cargo ship	For Hain Shipping Co. [36]
10 October	Canada	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Skeena	River-class destroyer (1931)	For Royal Canadian Navy
14 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dennis Rose	Cargo ship	For Richard Hughes & Co. [37]
18 October	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Trudione	Yacht
22 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cuidad de Concepcion	Ferry	For Argentine Navigation Co. [38]
23 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Jose	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [39]
4 November	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Fowey	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy [40]
6 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	St Nazaire	Georges Philippar	Ocean liner	For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
8 November	Japan	Sasebo Naval Arsenal	Sasebo, Nagasaki	Oboro	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Mateo	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [41]
22 November	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Shoreham	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy [40]
4 December	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Monte Rosa	Monte-class ocean liner	For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft. [42]
6 December	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend	Bulldog	B-class destroyer	For Royal Navy [29]
19 December	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited	Greenock	Ajax	cargo ship	For Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rockabill	Coaster	For Clyde Shipping Co. [43]
20 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Pedro	Cargo ship	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [44]
Date unknown	Germany	Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.	Flensburg	Adele Traber	Cargo ship	For W. Traber & Co. [45]
Date unknown	United States	Mathis Yacht Building Company	Camden, New Jersey	Armina	Yacht
Date unknown	Germany	Schiffswerft J. Frerichs & Co	Einswarden	August Wriedt	Fishing trawler	For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	Benlawers	Cargo ship	For Ben Line. [46]
Date unknown	United States	Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp	New York City	Elda	Yacht
Date unknown	Germany	Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg	Elsa Essberger	Tanker	For J. T. Essberger. [47]
Date unknown	Germany	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft	Kiel	Etak	Schooner
Date unknown	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Wesermünde	Fritz Homann	Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
Date unknown	Italy			Gorizia	Zara-class cruiser	For Regia Marina
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Sunderland	Harmonic	Cargo ship	For J. & C. Harrison. [48]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Sunderland	Harmattan	Cargo ship	For J. & C. Harrison. [48]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Harpenden	Cargo ship	For National Steamship Co. [49]
Date unknown	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Wesermünde	Hinrich Freese	Fishing trawler	For Hanseatische Hochseefisherei AG
Date unknown	United States	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co	Bristol, Rhode Island	Katoura	Yacht
Date unknown	Germany	Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.	Flensburg	Lipari	Cargo ship	For R. M. Sloman. [50]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Northumberland Shipbuilding Company	Howdon	Margariti	Cargo ship	For Constantine Group
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Saunders-Roe	Cowes	Miss England II	Racing monohull hydroplane	For Kaye Don
Date unknown	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Neumark	Cargo ship	For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft
Date unknown	Canada	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Prince David	ocean liner	For Canadian National Railway
Date unknown	United Kingdom	William Simons & Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Rietbok'	Dredger	For South African Railways. [51]
Date unknown	United States Navy	General Engineering and Dry Dock		Sebago	Banff-class sloop	For United States Navy
Date unknown	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Bremen	Skolpenbank	Fishing trawler	For private owner
Date unknown	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd	Sunderland, Co Durham	Stakesby	Cargo ship	For Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd
Date unknown	Norway		Oslo	Suderøy V	Whaler
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tafelberg	Tanker	For Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co. [52]
Date unknown	United States			Veedol II	Tanker	For Tidewater Oil Co
Date unknown	United States	Al Larson	Los Angeles	Vindicator	Purse seiner
Date unknown	United States	Nunes Brothers	Sausalito	Zaca	Yacht

References

1. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.
2. Hague 1993 , p. 26
3. "William Wilberforce". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. "Genova". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. "Baron Napier". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. "Silvercypress". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. "Edward Blyden". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. "Macgregor Laird". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. "Celedonia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
10. "Baron Erskine". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. Whitley 2000 , p. 97
12. "Silverwalnut". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
13. "Prestatyn Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
14. "Alfred Jones". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
15. "Warwick Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
16. "Hamburgo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. "Anglesea Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
18. Hague 1993 , p. 31
19. "Ebano". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
20. "Silverteak". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
21. "Medoc". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
22. "Brightside". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
23. "Pomerol". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. "Guayra". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
25. "Silversandal". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
26. "Ciudad de Corrientes". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
27. "San Antonio". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
28. "Chateau Larose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
29. Whitley 2000 , p. 99
30. "Laganbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
31. "Chateau Pavie". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
32. "San Diego". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
33. "Ganges". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
34. "San Francisco". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
35. "Maurice Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
36. "Somali". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
37. "Dennis Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
38. "Cuidad de Concepcion". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
39. "San Jose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
40. Hague 1993 , p. 32
41. "San Mateo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
42. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 476–77.
43. "Rockabill". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
44. "San Pedro". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
45. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
46. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
47. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
48. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
49. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 395.
50. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 460.
51. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 352.
52. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 389–90.

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