List of ship launches in 1916

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The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1916. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 8	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland	*Repulse*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[1]
January 31	Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Karlsruhe*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial German Navy
February 1	AG Weser, Bremen, Germany	*Emden*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial German Navy
February 2	Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales	J4	Template:Sclass2-	Royal Navy	^[2]
February 5	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	*Courageous*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[3]
March 4	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*Renown*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[1]
March 4	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*Sampson*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
March 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*L-10*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
March 22	Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	*Mantola*	Passenger steamer
March 23	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*Rowan*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
March 28	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Deutschland*	merchant submarine
April 14	Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Nürnberg*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial German Navy
April 20	Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*Glorious*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[3]
April 20	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Patriot*	Template:Sclass2-	Royal Navy
April 29	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, United States	*Acme*	tanker	United States Shipping Board	renamed Abarenda in 1943^[5]
May 1	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	*L-5*	Template:Sclass2-	United States Navy
May 16	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States	*L-11*	Template:Sclass2-	United States Navy
May 18	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	*Wilkes*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
June 5	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Patrician*	Template:Sclass2-	Royal Navy	^[6]
June 15	Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England	G9	G-class submarine	Royal Navy	^[7]
June 20	Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway	*Frøya*	Minelayer	Royal Norwegian Navy
July 3	A & J Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland	*Newbury*	Template:Sclass2-	Royal Navy	^[8]
July 16	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, North East England	*Aurania*	Ocean liner
July 22	unknown builder, Spain	*Isaac Peral*	submarine	Spanish Navy
August 15	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	*Davis*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
August 15	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England	*Furious*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[3]
August 31	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	*L-6*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
September 12	William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow, Scotland	*Ramillies*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy
September 28	Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States	*L-7*	L-class submarine	United States Navy
October 5	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	*Cöln*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial German Navy
October 14	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Rosalind*	Template:Sclass-		^[9]
October 21	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	Pola	Barque	F. Laeisz
November 11	Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	*K13*	K-class submarine	Royal Navy	^[10]
November 12	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan	*Ise*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial Japanese Navy
November 21	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	*Sachsen*	Template:Sclass-	Imperial German Navy
November 25	Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England	*Radiant*	Template:Sclass-	Royal Navy	^[9]
November 27	Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	*N-4*	N-class submarine	United States Navy
December 5	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	*Allen*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
December 9	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States	*Shaw*	Template:Sclass-	United States Navy	^[4]
December 30	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, United States	*N-1*	N-class submarine	United States Navy

References

^ ^a ^b Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 36
^ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 88
^ ^a ^b ^c Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 37
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Friedman 1982, p. 430
^ Cressman, Robert J. (29 August 2016). "Abarenda II (IX-131)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 24 July 2019. the tanker Acme, built for the United States Shipping Board in 1916 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Union Iron Works
^ Friedman 2009, p. 309
^ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 87
^ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 111
^ ^a ^b Friedman 2009, p. 310
^ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 89

Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.

v t e Ship events in 1916
Ship launches	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship commissionings	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship decommissionings	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Shipwrecks	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921

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