List of ship launches in 1931

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The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1931.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
22 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Triona	Cargo ship	For British Phosphate Carriers. [1]
5 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Autocarrier	Ferry	For Southern Railway
19 February	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de France	Dunkirk	Aigle	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy. [2]
28 February	Weimar Republic	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Savarona	Passenger ship
5 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ogeni	Sternwheeler	For Elder Dempster. [3]
17 March	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Monarch of Bermuda	Ocean liner	For Furness Withy. [4]
29 March	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de France	Dunkirk	Vauquelin	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy. [5]
1 April	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Bideford	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [6]
5 April	Japan	Mitsubishi	Nagasaki	Chōkai	Takao-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy. [7]
17 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Hilary	Cargo liner	For Booth Steamship Co.
14 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cliona	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [8]
16 May	United Kingdom	Berthon Boat Co. Ltd	Lymington	Lexia	Motor yacht	For Thomas P. Rose-Richards. [9]
19 May	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Deutschland	Deutschland-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine.
21 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Maracay	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co. [10]
June	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C.661	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission. [11]
2 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Conch	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [12]
16 July	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Rochester	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [13]
18 July	France	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	L'Espoir	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy.
18 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	Strathaird		For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [14]
14 August	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Épervier	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy. [2]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 662	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 663	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
24 September	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Leander	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy. [15]
29 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Cygnet	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [16]
29 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Crescent	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
30 September	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Comet	C-class destroyer	Royal Navy.
30 September	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Crusader	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
30 September	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Luigi Cadorna	Condottieri-class cruiser	For Regia Marina. [17]
September	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 664	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
10 October	United States	Bethlehem Steel Co.	Quincy, Massachusetts	Monterey	Ocean liner	For Matson Navigation Co. [18]
13 October	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Milan	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy. [2]
28 October	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Conte di Savoia	Ocean liner	For Italian Line. [19]
29 October	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Kempenfelt	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
October	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 665	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
7 November	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Indianapolis	Portland-class cruiser	For United States Navy. [20]
8 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne	Nantes	Cassard	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy. [5]
9 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Maillé Brézé	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy. [5]
12 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Georgic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line.
14 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Kersaint	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy. [5]
November	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 666	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
5 December	Italy	OTO Livorno	Livorno	Pola	Zara-class cruiser	For Regia Marina. [21]
7 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Tartu	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy. [5]
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Highland Patriot	Passenger ship	For Nelson Steamship Co. [22]
15 December	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Manhattan	Ocean liner
23 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lightship No. 87	Lightship	For Trinity House. [23]
December	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 667	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission]]. [11]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Avon Queen	Motor barge	For Francis & Niblett. [24]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Southwick	Flathouse	Collier	For Stephenson Clarke. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	Hoedic	Tug	For Compagnie Nazairienne de Remorquage et de Sauvetage. [26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd.	Queensferry	John Hickman	Barge	For Spillers Ltd. [27]
Unknown date	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Quincy, Massachusetts	Mariposa	Ocean Liner	For Matson Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Skylark 8	Motor vessel	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [28]

References

1. "Triona". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. Whitley 2000, p. 39.
3. "Ogeni". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
5. Whitley 2000, p. 41.
6. Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 50.
7. Whitley 1999, p. 177.
8. "Cliona". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. "Lexia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
10. "Maracay". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
12. "Conch". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
13. Hague 1993, p. 32.
14. Goossens, Reuben (2011–2012). "RMS Strathaird". P&O Line. SS Maritime. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
15. Whitley 1999, p. 96.
16. Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 91.
17. Whitley 1999, p. 132.
18. "T/S Monterey". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
19. "The "Rex" and the "Conte di Savoia"". Shipping Wonders of the World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
20. Whitley 1999, p. 239.
21. Whitley 1999 , p. 149
22. "Highland Patriot". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
23. "East Goodwin". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. "Avon Queen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
25. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 114.
26. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 310.
27. "John Hickman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
28. "Skylark 8". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

Sources

• Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Greenhill. ISBN   1-85367-566-0.
• Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-67-3.
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