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The list of ship launches in 1917 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1917.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January  United Kingdom W Harkness & Sons Ltd Middlesbrough, County Durham Flaminian Cargo ship For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines
24 January  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn, England Calypso Template:Sclass2-
25 January  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Mississippi Template:Sclass-
27 January  Empire of Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Hyūga Template:Sclass-
10 February  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Torrid Template:Sclass2- destroyer [1]
24 February  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Tristram Template:Sclass2- destroyer [2]
3 March  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin Wiesbaden Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy
8 March  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn, England Thisbe Template:Sclass2- destroyer [1]
10 March  United Kingdom Thornycroft Southampton, England Taurus Template:Sclass2- destroyer [1]
24 March  United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Ceres Template:Sclass2-
22 March  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Valentine Admiralty V-class leader [3]
13 April  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York New Mexico Template:Sclass-
21 April  United Kingdom Thornycroft Southampton, England Teazer Template:Sclass2- destroyer [1]
25 April  German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg Dresden Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy
8 May  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dunbarton Valorous Admiralty V-class leader [3]
15 May  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales Curacoa Template:Sclass2-
21 May  Great Britain Cammell Laird Birkenhead Stavangerfjord Passenger ship For Den Norske Amerikalinje[4]
21 May  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Wallace Admiralty V-class leader [3]
22 May  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Valhalla Admiralty V-class leader [3]
25 May  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dunbarton Valkyrie Admiralty V-class leader
14 June  United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Vanoc Admiralty V-class destroyer
23 June  German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg Priwall Barque For F Laeisz, Hamburg
30 June  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Idaho Template:Sclass-
30 June  German Empire AG Vulcan Hamburg Württemberg Template:Sclass-
5 July  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness, England Curlew Template:Sclass2-
6 July  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Coventry Template:Sclass2-
7 July  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Shakespeare Thornycroft type flotilla leader [5]
18 August  United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Vanquisher Admiralty V-class destroyer
1 September  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Vega Admiralty V-class destroyer
4 September  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Vectis Admiralty V-class destroyer
15 September  Sweden Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad Malmö Gustav V Template:Sclass-
15 September  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Drottning Victoria Template:Sclass-
18 October  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Scott Admiralty type flotilla leader [5]
20 October  United Kingdom Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow, Scotland Mahratta Cargo ship
11 November  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Little Template:Sclass-
17 November  German Empire Howaldtswerke Kiel Magdeburg Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy
14 December  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Kimberly Template:Sclass-
15 December  United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Fairfax Template:Sclass-
16 December  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Sigourney Template:Sclass-
17 December  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rathburne Template:Sclass-
28 December  United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir Vancouver Admiralty V-class destroyer
Unknown date  Netherlands Gebroeders van Diepen Waterhuizen De Lauwers Schooner
Unknown date  United Kingdom Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd Stockton on Tees Farnworth Cargo ship For R S Dalgleish & Co Ltd.
Unknown date  Netherlands L Smit & Zoon Kinderdijk Tilburg Cargo ship For NV Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij Transatlanta

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 310
  2. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 311
  3. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 312
  4. ^ "S/S Stavangerfjord, NAL - The Norwegian-America Line". 2017-05-21.
  5. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 314
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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