List of ship launches in 1923

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The list of ship launches in 1923 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1923.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 January  France Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence Port-de-Bouc Général Bonaparte Passenger ship For Compagnie Marseillaise de Navires à Vapeur
16 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Davisian Cargo ship For F. Leyland.[1]
18 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inveravon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[2]
18 January  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 69 (Ro-30) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergordon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[3]
1 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Araby Cargo ship For David MacIver & Co.[4]
2 February  Denmark Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Hussar Luxury yacht For E F Hutton
2 February[5]  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Sarpedon Refrigerated[5] Cargo liner For Blue Funnel Line
15 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Mooltan Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
15 February  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 70 (Ro-31) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
16 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delilian Passenger ship For F. Leyland & Co.[6]
17 February[7]  United States Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania Dickenson Cargo ship
13 March[8]  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd[8] Greenock Patroclus Cargo Liner For Blue Funnel Line
16 March  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Abukuma Nagara-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 March  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 71 (Ro-32) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnewaska Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Line.
31 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-43 S-class submarine For United States Navy
4 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dorelian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co.[9]
16 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Trenton Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
16 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Medusa Monitor For United States Navy
17 April  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd Glasgow California Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
19 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laguna Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[10]
19 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Maloja Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
28 April  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Deutschland Ocean liner For Hamburg-Amerika Line
30 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakton Cargo ship For Matthews Steamship Co.[11]
30 April  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-42 S-class submarine For United States Navy
19 May  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 72 (Ro-61) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 May  Germany G. Seebeck AG Wesermünde Fladengrund Fishing trawler For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei.
5 June  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūbari Light cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 June  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 51 (I-52/I-152) Kaidai II-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-45 S-class submarine For United States Navy
June  Germany G. Seebeck AG. Wesermünde-Geestemünde Carsten Fishing trawler For L. Janssen & Co.
31 July  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Liverpool Lesbian Cargo ship For Ellerman Lines Ltd
14 August  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Duguay-Trouin Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
11 September  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-46 S-class submarine For United States Navy
12 September  Norway Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted Trondheim Nordnorge Cargo liner For Ofotens Dampskibsselskap
19 September  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 73 (Ro-62) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
September  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Sheaf Field Cargo ship For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[12]
9 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Marblehead Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
11 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gujarat Passenger ship For Bank Line.[13]
12 October  United States Whitney Dobbin-class destroyer tender For United States Navy
2 February  Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol Almirante Cervera Almirante Cervera-class cruiser For Armada Española
26 October  Japan Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard Mamiya Food supply ship For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 October  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-44 S-class submarine For United States Navy
15 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergarry Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[14]
22 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kathiawar Passenger ship For Bank Line.[15]
23 November  Germany Norderwerft AG Wesermünde Claus Rickmers Cargo ship For Rickmers Reederei
30 October  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Matsukaze Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
8 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lochmonar Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[16]
15 December  Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstads Ab Helsinki Voima Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
18 December[17]  United Kingdom Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Scoresby Cargo ship For Headlam & Sons
28 December  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford Hereford Tank barge For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[18]
28 December  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford Monmouth Tank barge For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[19]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Burntisland Asiatic Cargo ship For private owner.[20]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Priestman & Co. Ltd. Sunderland Barbara Marie Cargo ship For private owner.[21]
Date unknown  Italy Stabilimento Technico Triestino Trieste Carso Cargo ship For Lloyd Triestino.[22]
Date unknown  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Charlotte Cords Cargo ship For Dampfschiff Gesellschaft August Cords GmbH
Date unknown  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Gera Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line.[23]
Date unknown  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Grete Cargo ship For C Mohlenburg Reederei GmbH
Date unknown  Germany F Schichau Hamburg Heinrich Arp Cargo ship For H F C Arp Dampschiffs Reederei
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes H F Bailey Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Date unknown  Germany Nordseewerke. Emden Ilona Siemers Cargo ship For G. J. H. Siemers.[24]
Date unknown  Germany Schiffswerke AG. Hamburg Pasajes Cargo ship For Oldenburg-Portuguese Line.[25]
Date unknown  Germany Union Giesserei. königsberg Pickhuben Cargo ship For H. M. Gehrckens.[26]
Date unknown  Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Rhenania Cargo ship For Westdeutsche Schiffahrts AG
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Steelville Cargo ship For private owner.[27]
Date unknown  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Stettin Cargo ship For Stettiner Dampfer Compagnie AG
Date unknown  United Kingdom Aldous Ltd. Brightlingsea Vulcan Barge For Harrisons (London) Ltd.[28]

References

  1. ^ "Davisian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Inveravon". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Invergordon". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Araby". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "1147214". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Delilian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "2222822". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  8. ^ a b "1147218". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Dorelian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Laguna". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Oakton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Sheaf Field". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Gujarat". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Invergarry". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Kathiawar". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Lochmonar". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  17. ^ "1137083". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  18. ^ "Hereford". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Monmouth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 397.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  24. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 465–66.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 446.
  27. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 398.
  28. ^ "Vulcan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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.