List of ship launches in 1933

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The list of ship launches in 1933 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1933.

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
25 February	Ranger	Unique aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
9 March	San Francisco	New Orleans-class cruiser	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	United States
1 April	Admiral Scheer	Deutschland-class cruiser	Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven	Wilhelmshaven	Germany
12 April	New Orleans	New Orleans-class cruiser	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	United States
12 April	Brittany	Ferry	William Denny & Bros Ltd	Dumbarton, Scotland	United Kingdom	For Southern Railway
3 May	Gorch Fock	Gorch Fock-class sailing training ship	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Germany	For Reichsmarine
4 July	Chandravati	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [1]
July	Carl Röver	Fishing trawler	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Germany	For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
July	R. Walther Darré	Fishing trawler	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Germany	For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
9 August	Baron Dunmore	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [2]
17 August	Prabhavati	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [3]
6 September	Baron Elgin	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [4]
6 September	Minneapolis	New Orleans-class cruiser	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
7 September	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke	Stettin	Stettin	Steam icebreaker	For Stettin Chamber of Commerce
15 November	Tuscaloosa	New Orleans-class cruiser	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	United States
16 December	Astoria	New Orleans-class cruiser	Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton, Washington	United States
20 December	Halcyon	Halcyon-class minesweeper	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	United Kingdom	for Royal Navy
Date unknown	Acklam Cross	Tug	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Robinson & Crosthwaite. [5]
Date unknown	Alabama	Dredger	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For McWilliams Dredging Co. [6]
Date unknown	Pass of Balmaha	Coastal tanker			United Kingdom	For Bulk Oil Steamship Co. [7]
Date unknown	Sam Houston	Dredger	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corporation. [6]
Date unknown	Superman	Tug	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	United Kingdom	For United Towing Co. Ltd. [8]

References

1. "Chandravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. "Baron Dunmore". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. "Prabhavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. "Baron Elgin". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 315.
6. "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
7. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 278.
8. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.

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.