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The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.


Navy/Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
17 January  Austria-Hungary Ganz-Danubius Fiume Szent István Template:Sclass- For Austro-Hungarian Navy
29 January  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin V25 Template:Sclass- For Kaiserliche Marine[1]
7 February  United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Landrail Template:Sclass- destroyer For Royal Navy[2]
21 February  German Empire Germaniawerft Kiel Kronprinz Wilhelm Template:Sclass- For Kaiserliche Marine
21 February  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin V26 Template:Sclass- For Kaiserliche Marine[1]
24 February  German Empire Blohm & Voss Hamburg Fritz diesel motor ship
25 February  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Lance Template:Sclass- destroyer For Royal Navy
26 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Lydiard Template:Sclass- destroyer For Royal Navy
26 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Britannic Template:Sclass- For Royal Navy
Sister ship of Titanic
28 February  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S32 Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy[1]
14 March  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-3 K-class submarine For United States Navy
17 March  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-5 K-class submarine For United States Navy
19 March  United States Moran Company Seattle, Washington K-4 K-class submarine For United States Navy
23 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oklahoma Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
26 March  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-6 K-class submarine For United States Navy
26 March  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin V27 Template:Sclass- For Kaiserliche Marine[1]
4 April  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S33 Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy[1]
8 April  United Kingdom Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd West Hartlepool, Co Durham Pengreep Cargo ship For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company
22 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine McDougal Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
23 April  United Kingdom E11 E-class submarine For Royal Navy
25 April  German Empire AG Weser Bremen Regensburg Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy
13 June  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S34 Template:Sclass- For Imperial German Navy[1]
20 June  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-7 K-class submarine For United States Navy
20 June  German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg SS Bismarck Imperator-class ocean liner For Hamburg America Line
24 June  United Kingdom William Denny Dunbarton Princess Margaret Passenger liner For Canadian Pacific Railway[3]
7 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orbita Ocean Liner For Pacific Steam Navigation Company[4]
9 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Statendam Ocean Liner For Holland America Line[5]
11 July  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California K-8 K-class submarine For United States Navy
11 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Nevada Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
20 July  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania O'Brien Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
6 August  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn, Tyneside Murray Template:Sclass2- For Royal Navy[2]
8 August  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear Bjørgvin Nidaros-class coastal defence ship For Royal Norwegian Navy[6]
19 August  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nicholson Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
22 August  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Ericsson Template:Sclass- For United States Navy
21 September  Spain SECN Ferrol Jaime I España-class battleship For Spanish Navy[7]
12 October  United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Manly Yarrow M-class destroyer [2]
20 October  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton, Scotland Princess Irene Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway
31 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Barham Template:Sclass- For Royal Navy
4 November  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan, Scotland Valiant Template:Sclass- For Royal Navy
17 November  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Royal Oak Template:Sclass- For Royal Navy
21 November  German Empire Schichau-Werke Danzig Elbing Template:Sclass- light cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
19 December  Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Huon Template:Sclass2- For Royal Australian Navy
Unknown date  Sweden Baychimo Cargo ship For Hudson's Bay Company
Unknown date  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Pacific Cargo ship For J S Emery Steamship Co

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 54
  2. ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 308
  3. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Wm Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton: Princess Margaret". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 29.
  4. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Orbita". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Statendam". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. August 1914. pp. 30–32.
  6. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: The Tyne and Wear: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37. September 1914. p. 54.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Mituckov & Crawford, pp. 66–67
  • Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. 44 (1). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization: 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374. OCLC 1647131.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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