Date
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Country
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Builder and location
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Ship
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Class and type
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Notes
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10 January
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Denmark
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Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen
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Polarlys
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Coastal passenger/cargo steamer
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For Norway. Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan.
Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953.
Scrapped in 1964
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31 January
|
German Empire
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Germaniawerft, Kiel
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G9
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Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
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5 February
|
Spain
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SECN, Ferrol, Galicia (Spain)
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España
|
España-class battleship
|
For Spanish Navy[2]
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7 February
|
German Empire
|
Howaldswerke, Kiel
|
Monte Penedo
|
General cargo vessel
|
|
17 February
|
German Empire
|
Germaniawerft, Kiel
|
Prinzregent Luitpold
|
Template:Sclass-
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2 March
|
German Empire
|
Schichau-Werke, Elbing
|
S14
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
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12 March
|
Norway
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The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard, Horten
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Kjell
|
Template:Sclass2-
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Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
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15 March
|
German Empire
|
Germaniawerft, Kiel
|
G10
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
|
20 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
|
Queen Mary
|
unique battlecruiser
|
|
23 March
|
German Empire
|
Schichau-Werke, Elbing
|
S15
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
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21 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipyard, Greenock, Scotland
|
Ajax
|
Template:Sclass- battleship
|
|
21 March
|
Austria-Hungary
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
|
Tegetthoff
|
Template:Sclass-
|
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30 March
|
German Empire
|
Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
|
Seydlitz
|
unique battlecruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
18 April
|
France
|
Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
|
Dehorter
|
Template:Sclass-
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[3]
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20 April
|
German Empire
|
Schichau-Werke, Elbing
|
S16
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
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23 April
|
German Empire
|
Germaniawerft, Kiel
|
G11
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Imperial German Navy[1]
|
27 April
|
German Empire
|
Schichau-Werft, Danzig
|
König Albert
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
18 May
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
|
Texas
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
23 May
|
German Empire
|
AG Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany
|
SS Imperator
|
Template:Sclass-
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Seized by USA in the First World War, transferred to Cunard Line as war reperations, renamed Berengaria, scrapped from 1939-1946.[1]
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|
1 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun
|
Lurcher
|
Template:Sclass-
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[4]
|
14 August
|
United Kingdom
|
William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
|
Willochra
|
Cruise ship
|
For Adelaide Steamship Company
|
24 August
|
United States
|
Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California
|
Jupiter
|
Collier
|
Later became USS Langley
|
29 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, Tyneside
|
Christopher
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Royal Navy[5]
|
5 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun
|
Oak
|
Template:Sclass-
|
For Royal Navy[4]
|
10 September
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
|
Acasta
|
Template:Sclass-
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For Royal Navy[4]
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12 September
|
France
|
Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon
|
Bisson
|
Template:Sclass-
|
For French Navy[6]
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19 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
|
Audacious
|
Template:Sclass- battleship
|
|
28 September
|
France
|
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne
|
Paris
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
10 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, England
|
Hannington Court
|
Cargo ship
|
For Court Line Ltd
|
12 October
|
United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
|
Iron Duke
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
16 October
|
German Empire
|
Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
|
U-17
|
Type U 17 submarine
|
Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
|
24 October
|
United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard, Devonport
|
Marlborough
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
30 October
|
United States
|
New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
|
New York
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
7 November
|
France
|
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
|
France
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
8 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, Tyneside
|
Cockatrice
|
Template:Sclass-
|
For Royal Navy[5]
|
11 November
|
German Empire
|
Germaniawerft, Kiel
|
Karlsruhe
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
12 November
|
German Empire
|
Howaldtswerke, Kiel
|
Rostock
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
14 November
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
|
Achates
|
Template:Sclass-
|
For Royal Navy[4]
|
30 November
|
Austria-Hungary
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
|
Prinz Eugen
|
Template:Sclass-
|
|
unknown date
|
United States
|
Kennebunk, Maine
|
A. G. Prentiss
|
Small wooden-hulled tug
|
[7]
|
unknown date
|
German Empire
|
F Schichau GmbH, Elbling
|
Badenia
|
Coaster
|
For A Kirsten
|
unknown date
|
German Empire
|
Nüscke & Co, Stettin
|
Borussia
|
Coaster
|
For A Kirsten
|
unknown date
|
German Empire
|
Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin
|
Dollart
|
Coaster
|
Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
|
unknown date
|
Belgium
|
Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, Hoboken
|
Hispania
|
Cargo ship
|
For Svenska Lloyd AB
|
unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth, England
|
Thyra Menier
|
Cargo ship
|
For Donald Steamship Co Ltd
|
unknown date
|
United States
|
Unknown, Kennebunk, Maine
|
Verna & Esther
|
Patrol vessel
|
Operated as private motorboat from 1912-1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918.
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