List of ship launches in 1936

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The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
9 January	Eulota	Tanker	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Netherlands	For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity [1]
9 January	Ramdas	Passenger steamer	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd. [2]
9 January	Standella	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [3]
11 January	Sydney Star	Refrigerated cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Blue Star Line. [4]
22 January	Hopestar	Cargo ship	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January	Aberdeen	Grimsby-class sloop	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	United Kingdom	[5]
24 January	Hostile	H-class destroyer	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock, Scotland	United Kingdom	[6]
25 January	Dunnottar Castle	Passenger ship	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Union-Castle Line
January	CNCS Narval	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
20 February	Simnia	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [8]
21 February	Yamakaze	Shiratsuyu-class destroyer	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Japan	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February	Hunter	H-class destroyer	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	United Kingdom	[6]
10 March	Hereward	H-class destroyer	Vickers Armstrong	Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne	United Kingdom	[6]
10 March	Hero	H-class destroyer	Vickers Armstrong	Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne	United Kingdom	[6]
10 March	Royal Ulsterman	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March	Royal Scotsman	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March	Hotspur	H-class destroyer	Scotts	Greenock	United Kingdom	[6]
24 March	Stockholm	Göteborg-class destroyer	Karlskrona dockyard	Karlskrona	Sweden	[9]
24 March	Paul Jacobi	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Deschimag	Bremen	Germany	[10]
24 March	Fleetwood	Grimsby-class sloop	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	United Kingdom	[5]
26 March	Drayton	Mahan-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
26 March	Dunvegan Castle	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Union-Castle Line. [11]
26 March	Mallard	Kingfisher-class sloop	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Linthouse, Glasgow	United Kingdom	[12]
27 March	Wolfgang Zenker	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Germany	[10]
28 March	Swan	Grimsby-class sloop	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney	Australia	[5]
4 April	Yorktown	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
7 April	Hardy	H-class destroyer	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	United Kingdom	[6]
8 April	Hyperion	H-class destroyer	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	United Kingdom	[6]
22 April	Theodor Riedel	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Deschimag	Bremen	Germany	[10]
24 April	Miralda	Tanker	Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij.	Amsterdam	Netherlands	For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona. [13]
25 April	Elusa	Tanker	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Netherlands	For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity [14]
5 May	Adelong	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Huddart Parker. [15]
5 May	Hasty	H-class destroyer	Denny	Dumbarton	United Kingdom	[6]
5 May	Puffin	Kingfisher-class sloop	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Linthouse, Glasgow	United Kingdom	[12]
7 May	Sleipner	Sleipner-class destroyer	Royal Norwegian Navy Yard	Horten	Norway	[16]
13 May	Leonora	Tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For McKie & Baxter Ltd. [17]
14 May	Hans Lody	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Germany	[10]
21 May	Vincennes	New Orleans-class cruiser	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
22 May	Ostmark	Light seaplane tender	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Germany	For civilian use, later taken over by the military
27 May	Charles Maciver	Trawler	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Lancashire Sea Fisheries. [18]
3 June	Campbell	Treasury-class cutter	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
3 June	Duane	Treasury-class cutter	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
3 June	Ingham	Treasury-class cutter	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
3 June	Roger B. Taney	Treasury-class cutter	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
13 June	Horst Wessel	Gorch Fock-class school ship	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Germany	For Reichsmarine
17 June	Lamson	Mahan-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
21 June	Yūdachi	Shiratsuyu-class destroyer	Sasebo Naval Arsenal	Sasebo	Japan	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June	Jupiter	Fishing trawler	Schulte & Bruns	Emden	Germany	For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June	Oldenburg	Cargo ship	Deutsche Werft	Hamburg	Germany	For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
June	Iroquois	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Gulf Oil Corp. [7]
June	Onondaga	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Gulf Oil Corp. [7]
7 July	Havock	H-class destroyer	Denny	Dumbarton	United Kingdom	[6]
8 July	Bernd von Arnim	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Germany	[10]
14 July	Dipavati	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [19]
16 July	Hermann Schoemann	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Deschimag	Bremen	Germany	[10]
16 July	Pretoria	Ocean liner	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Germany	For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July	Lairdswood	Livestock carrier	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Burns & Laird Line. [20]
6 August	Lairdscrest	Livestock carrier	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Burns & Laird Line. [21]
22 August	Dr. Adolf Spilker	Fishing vessel	Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG	Wesermünde	Germany	For F. Busse
25 August	Duchess of Abercorn	Ferry	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Belfast Harbour Commissioners. [22]
25 August	Æger	Sleipner-class destroyer	Royal Norwegian Navy Yard	Horten	Norway	[16]
3 September	Lairdsbank	Livestock carrier	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Burns & Laird Line. [23]
15 September	Bruno Heinemann	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Deschimag	Bremen	Germany	[10]
16 September	British Power	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Govan	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Company. [24]
17 September	Walmer Castle	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Union-Castle Line. [25]
24 September	Erich Steinbrinck	Type 1934A-class destroyer	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Germany	[10]
September	CNSC 262	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
September	CNSC 263	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
September	CNSC 264	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
September	CNSC 265	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
September	CNSC 266	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
September	CNSC 267	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
3 October	Scharnhorst	Scharnhorst-class battleship	Kriegsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	Germany
3 October	Enterprise	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
6 October	Crossgar	Collier	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For John Kelly Ltd. [26]
15 October	Inglefield	I-class destroyer	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	United Kingdom	[6]
30 October	Imogen	I-class destroyer	Hawthorn Leslie	Tyneside	United Kingdom	[6]
1 November	Kawakaze	Shiratsuyu-class destroyer	Fujinagata Shipyard	Osaka	Japan	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November	British Destiny	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Govan	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Company. [27]
7 November	Eulima	Tanker	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Netherlands	For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity [28]
12 November	Isis	I-class destroyer	Yarrow	Glasgow	United Kingdom	[6]
17 November	Ernebank	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Bank Line. [29]
17 November	Philadelphia	Brooklyn-class cruiser	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
23 November	Hans Loh	Fishing trawler	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Wesermünde	Germany	For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November	Volta	Mogador-class destroyer	At. & Ch. de Bretagne	Nantes	France	For French Navy. [30]
26 November	Icarus	I-class destroyer	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	United Kingdom	[6]
27 November	Umikaze	Shiratsuyu-class destroyer	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru	Japan	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November	Kittiwake	Kingfisher-class sloop	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Southampton	United Kingdom	[12]
30 November	Brooklyn	Brooklyn-class cruiser	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	United States
2 December	Cameo	Coaster	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For William Robertson Ltd. [31]
3 December	Boise	Brooklyn-class cruiser	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	United States
8 December	Gneisenau	Scharnhorst-class battleship	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Germany
11 December	Imperial	I-class destroyer	Hawthorn Leslie	Tyneside	United Kingdom	[6]
12 December	Strasbourg	Dunkerque-class battleship	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	France
17 December	Intrepid	I-class destroyer	J. Samuel White	Cowes	United Kingdom
19 December	Sama	Cargo ship	Lindholmens Varv	Gothenburg	Sweden	For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December	Sitala	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. [32]
Date unknown	A.G.T. No. 28	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For A. G. Thomas. [7]
Date unknown	A.G.T. No. 30	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For A. G. Thomas. [7]
Date unknown	Chester	Towboat	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For United States Army Corps of Engineers. [7]
December	CNSC Ballena	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
December	CNSC Bonito	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
Date unknown	CNSC 260	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
Date unknown	CNSC 261	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For CN San Cristobal SA. [7]
Date unknown	Dr Colijn	Coaster	Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij	Groningen	Netherlands	For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown	Eilbek	Cargo ship	Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft	Lübeck	Germany	For Knohr & Burchard. [33]
Date unknown	Heinrich Schmidt	Cargo ship	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Germany	For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown	Hempstead No. 2	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Warrior Mobile Gulf Towing. [7]
Date unknown	Icemaid	Icemaid type collier	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. [34]
Date unknown	Hermann Anderson	Tanker	Lübecker Flenderwerke AG.	Lübeck	Germany	For C. Anderson. [35]
Date unknown	Nordcoke	Cargo ship	Lübecker Flenderwerke AG	Lübeck	Germany	For F Krupp AG
Date unknown	Paul Harneit	tanker	F. Schichau.	Danzig	Danzig	For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum. [36]
Date unknown	Poel	Coastal tanker	Danziger Werft AG	Danzig	Danzig	For Kriegsmarine. [37]
Date unknown	Seydlitz	Fishing trawler	Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	Germany	For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown	Shepco 10	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Shell Producers Co. [7]
Date unknown	Skylark 10	Motor vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [38]
Date unknown	Southern Pride	Whaler	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd. [39]
Date unknown	Thalia	Cargo ship	Nordseewerke	Emden	Germany	For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown	Titlark	Motor vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [40]
Date unknown	Titlark I	Motor vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [41]
Date unknown	No. 54	Barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For United States Army Corps of Engineers. [7]
Date unknown	No. 97	Tank barge	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For Q. D. Ainsley. [7]
Date unknown	3 unnamed vessels	Barges	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For private owners. [7]

References

1. "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
2. "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer . 17 January 1936. p. 86.
3. "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. Friedman 2008, p. 332.
6. Friedman 2009, p. 315.
7. "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
8. "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. Whitley 2000, p. 249.
10. Whitley 2000, p. 59.
11. "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
12. Friedman 2008, p. 339.
13. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
14. "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
15. "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
16. Whitley 2000, p. 215.
17. "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
18. "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
19. "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
20. "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
21. "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
22. "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
23. "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
25. "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
26. "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
27. "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
28. "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
29. "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
30. Whitley 2000, p. 44.
31. "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
32. "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
33. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
34. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
35. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
36. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
37. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
38. "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
39. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
40. "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
41. "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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