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