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The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1931.

Date Ship Country Service Builder Location Class Notes
19 February[1] Aigle  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Template:Sclass-
28 February Savarona  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Passenger ship
29 March[2] Vauquelin  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Template:Sclass-
1 April[3] Bideford  United Kingdom Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard[3] Devonport Template:Sclass-
5 April[4] Chōkai  Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Nagasaki Template:Sclass-
19 May Deutschland  Germany Reichsmarine Deutsche Werke Kiel Template:Sclass-
16 July[5] Rochester  United Kingdom Royal Navy Chatham Dockyard Chatham Template:Sclass-
18 July[6] Strathaird  England Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness
14 August[1] Epervier  France French Navy Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Template:Sclass-
24 September[7] Leander  United Kingdom Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Leander-class light cruiser
29 September[8] Cygnet  United Kingdom Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong[8] Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937[8]
29 September Crescent  United Kingdom Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937
30 September Comet  United Kingdom Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September Crusader  United Kingdom Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September[9] Luigi Cadorna  Italy Regia Marina Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Template:Sclass2-
10 October[10] SS Monterey  United States Matson Navigation Co Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy Ocean liner
13 October[1] Milan  France French Navy Lorient Arsenal de Lorient Template:Sclass-
28 October[11] Conte di Savoia  Italy Italian Line Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Ocean liner
29 October Kempenfelt  United Kingdom Royal Navy J. Samuel White Cowes C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939
7 November[12] Indianapolis  United States United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Template:Sclass-
8 November[2] Cassard  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes Template:Sclass-
9 November[2] Maillé Brézé  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Template:Sclass-
14 November[2] Kersaint  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Template:Sclass-
5 December[13] Pola  Italy Regia Marina OTO Livorno Livorno Template:Sclass-
7 December[2] Tartu  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Template:Sclass-
15 December Manhattan  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oceanliner Commissioned by the United States Navy in 1941 as USS Wakefield
unknown date SS Mariposa  United States Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Matson Line Ocean Liner

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Whitley 2000, p. 39
  2. ^ a b c d e Whitley 2000, p. 41
  3. ^ a b Colledge (2003), p50
  4. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 177
  5. ^ Hague 1993, p. 32
  6. ^ Goossens, Reuben (2011–2012). "RMS Strathaird". P&O Line. SS Maritime. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 96
  8. ^ a b c Colledge (2003), p91
  9. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 132
  10. ^ "T/S Monterey". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  11. ^ "The "Rex" and the "Conte di Savoia"". Shipping Wonders of the World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  12. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 239
  13. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 149

References

  • Colledge, J.J. & Warlow, Ben (2003), Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill ISBN 1-85367-566-0
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-8740. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)