List of ship launches in 1934

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The list of ship launches in 1934 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1934.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
18 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Skipjack	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
30 January	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock	Escapade	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
7 February	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Exmouth	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
15 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Electra	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 February	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	Echo	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
1 March	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Ajax	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
11 March	Germany	Norderwerft Koser und Meyer	Hamburg	Krischan	Krischan-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
15 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Twickenham Ferry	Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
19 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend	Esk	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Encounter	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock	Escort	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
12 April	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	Eclipse	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
17 April	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	Harrier	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
1 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Waiwera	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line. [1]
9 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Idalia	Motor yacht	For Alan F. Craig. [2]
12 May	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Fearless	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Tyne and Wear	Express	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
8 June	Germany	H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hamburg	August Bösch	Fishing trawler	For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun, Glasgow	Faulknor	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
14 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sir Hastings Anderson	Target towing ship	For Royal Navy. [3]
28 June	United Kingdom	Parsons	Wallsend	Fame	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	Parsons	Wallsend	Firedrake	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Forester	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Waipawa	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line. [4]
29 June	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Foresight	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
30 June	Germany	Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	Admiral Graf Spee	Deutschland-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine
11 July	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Germania	Fishing trawler	For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	John Dock	Tug	For South African Railways. [5]
27 July	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Naval Dockyard	Portsmouth	Amphion	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
July	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Deutschland	Fishing trawler	For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Loch Lomond	Cargo ship	For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd. [6]
20 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Flying Falcon	Tug	For Clyde Shipping Co. [7]
27 August	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	Hussar	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
28 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	W. H. Fuller	Tug	For South African Railways. [8]
29 August	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Fortune	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
10 September	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Fury	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
22 September	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend-on-Tyne	Sydney	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Australian Navy
26 September	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Queen Mary	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
September	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	Haltenbank	Fishing trawler	For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October	Germany	Norderwerft Köser & Mayer	Hamburg	Hinrich Hey	Fishing trawler	For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	J. Hinrich Wilhelms	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyen	Ancylus	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [9]
9 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Imperial Star	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line. [10]
9 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Wairangi	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line. [11]
10 October	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	Ro-33	Kaichū VI-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Henzada	Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co. [12]
12 October	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Foxhound	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 October	Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen	Zieten	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Shepperton Ferry	Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
7 November	Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Vegesack	Friedrich Busse	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Martaban	Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co. [13]
22 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	New Zealand Star	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line. [14]
24 November	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark Ltd.	Belfast	Acavus	Yanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [9]
1 December	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.	Kiel	Gadila	Tanker	For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona. [15]
6 December	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Nürnberg	Leipzig-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine
6 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Sfax	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
8 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Amastra	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [9]
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Baron Cawdor	Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons. [16]
15 December	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Grille	Aviso	For Reichsmarine
19 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Anadara	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [17]
19 December	Poland	CRDA yard	Monfalcone, Italy	Piłsudski	Ocean liner	For PTTO
20 December	Germany	Bremer Vulkan.	Vegesack	Alexia	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [9]
20 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Roslin Castle	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line. [18]
20 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows	Port Glasgow	Triaster	Cargo Liner	For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	B.H.C. Barge No. 2	Barge	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. [19]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James Pollock & Sons	Faversham	Camroux I	Coaster	For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd. [20]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Eskdene	Cargo ship	For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd. [21]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Bremen	Pelikan	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Arthur R. Brown Ltd	Wivenhoe	Rodney	Tug	For private owner. [22]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Arthur R. Brown Ltd	Wivenhoe	Rodney II	Tug	For W. T. Beaumont & Sons Ltd. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Skylark 9	Motor vessel	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [24]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg	Sofia	Cargo ship	For private owner. [25]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Sylt	Coastal tanker	For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg

References

1. "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
10. "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
12. "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
13. "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
14. "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
15. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
16. "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
18. "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
19. "B.H.C. Barge No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
20. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.
21. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.
22. "Rodney". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
23. "Rodney II". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
24. "Skylark 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
25. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.

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.