List of ship launches in 1932

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The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
January	I.W.C. 668	Barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Inland Waterways Commission. [1]
February	I.W.C. 669	Barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Inland Waterways Commission. [1]
15 March	Floating Crane No.2	Floating crane	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Cowans, Sheldon & Co. [2]
22 March	Royal Iris II	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Wallasey Corporation. [3]
March	I.W.C. 670	Barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Inland Waterways Commission. [1]
7 April	Daring	D-class destroyer	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	United Kingdom
7 April	Defender	D-class destroyer	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness	United Kingdom
8 April	Diamond	D-class destroyer	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness	United Kingdom
19 April	Falmouth	Shoreham-class sloop	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	United Kingdom	[4]
3 May	Dainty	D-class destroyer	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Glasgow	United Kingdom
4 May	Baron Ardrossan	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [5]
5 May	Duchess of Hamilton	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Govan	United Kingdom	For Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
21 May	Portland	Portland-class cruiser	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
2 June	Delight	D-class destroyer	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Glasgow	United Kingdom
4 June	Moldanger	Reefer ship	Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij	Amsterdam	Netherlands	For Westfal-Larsen (Norway)
7 June	Decoy	D-class destroyer	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	United Kingdom
16 June	Diana	D-class destroyer	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	United Kingdom
20 June	Prins Hendrik	Ferry	NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde	Vlissingen	Netherlands	For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland [6]
5 July	Bhadravati	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [7]
7 July	Duncan	D-class destroyer	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	United Kingdom
10 July	Armando Diaz	Condottieri-class cruiser	OTO	La Spezia	Italy
18 July	Lurline	Ocean liner	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard		United States	For Matson Lines
19 July	Duchess	D-class destroyer	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy
14 October	Le Centaure	Redoutable-class submarine	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	France	For French Navy
29 October	Normandie	Ocean liner	Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	France	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
2 December	North Carr Lightship	Lightship	Harland & Wolff	Govan	United Kingdom	For Trinity House
19 December	Danmark	Full-rigged ship	Nakskov	Lolland	Denmark	For Danish Maritime Authority. [8]
21 December	Olav Tryggvason	Minelayer	Naval Dockyard	Horten	Norway
Unknown date	Barge No. 1	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Three Rivers Oil Corp. [1]
Unknown date	M.T.C. No. 101	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Texas Company. [1]
Unknown date	M.T.C. No. 102	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Sun Oil Co.. [1]
Unknown date	No. 96	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Standard Dredging Corp. [1]
Unknown date	Unnamed	Barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Unnamed	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Pure Oil Company. [1]

References

1. "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
2. "Floating Crane No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. "Royal Iris II". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. Hague 1993 , p. 38
5. "Baron Ardrossan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. "M/S Prins Hendrik" (in Swedish).
7. "Bhadravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. "Skoleskibet Danmark's Historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

Sources

• 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.