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The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class and type
Notes
10 January
Denmark
Burmeister & Wain ,
Copenhagen
Polarlys
Coastal passenger/cargo steamer
For Bergen Steamship Company .
31 January
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
G9
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
5 February
Spain
SECN
Ferrol
España
España -class battleship
For Spanish Navy .
7 February
Germany
Howaldswerke
Kiel
Monte Penedo
General cargo vessel
17 February
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
Prinzregent Luitpold
Kaiser -class battleship
2 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Desna
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Line .[ 3]
2 March
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S14
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
12 March
Norway
The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard
Horten
Kjell
2.-class torpedo boat
Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
15 March
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
G10
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
20 March
United Kingdom
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Jarrow
Queen Mary
unique battlecruiser
23 March
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S15
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
21 March
United Kingdom
Scotts Shipyard
Greenock
Ajax
King George V -class battleship
21 March
Austria-Hungary
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Trieste
Tegetthoff
Tegetthoff -class battleship
30 March
Germany
Blohm + Voss
Hamburg
Seydlitz
unique battlecruiser
For Imperial German Navy
18 April
France
Chantiers de Penhoët
Saint-Nazaire
Dehorter
Bouclier -class destroyer
20 April
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S16
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
23 April
German Empire
Germaniawerft
Kiel
G11
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
27 April
Germany
Schichau-Werft
Danzig
König Albert
Kaiser -class battleship
16 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Darro
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Line .[ 5]
18 May
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Texas
New York -class battleship
23 May
Germany
AG Vulcan
Hamburg
Imperator
Imperator -class ocean liner
For Hamburg America Line .[citation needed ]
1 June
United Kingdom
Yarrow & Company
Scotstoun
Lurcher
Acheron -class destroyer
12 June
United Kingdom
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited
Hebburn
Ebani
General cargo vessel
For British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd)
15 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Oxfordshire
Cargo Liner
For Bibby Line.[ 7]
22 June
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S17
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
29 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Drina
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Line ..[ 8]
15 July
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
G12
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
10 August
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S18
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
14 August
United Kingdom
William Beardmore & Co Ltd
Dalmuir
Willochra
Cruise ship
For Adelaide Steamship Company
15 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Abosso
Cargo ship
For African Steamship Co.[ 9]
24 August
United States
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo, California
Jupiter
Collier
Later became USS Langley
29 August
United Kingdom
Hawthorn Leslie
Hebburn
Christopher
Acasta -class destroyer
For Royal Navy.
5 September
United Kingdom
Yarrow & Company
Scotstoun
Oak
Acheron -class destroyer
For Royal Navy.
10 September
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Acasta
Acasta -class destroyer
For Royal Navy.
12 September
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Bisson
Bisson -class destroyer
For French Navy.
19 September
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Audacious
King George V -class battleship
28 September
France
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne
Paris
Courbet -class battleship
10 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Appam
Passenger ship
For British & African Steamship Co.[ 12]
10 October
United Kingdom
Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd
Southwick
Hannington Court
Cargo ship
For Court Line Ltd
12 October
United Kingdom
HM Dockyard
Portsmouth
Iron Duke
Iron Duke -class battleship
16 October
Germany
Kaiserliche Werft
Danzig
U-17
Type U 17 submarine
Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I .
17 October
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S19
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
24 October
United Kingdom
HM Dockyard
Devonport
Marlborough
Iron Duke -class battleship
30 October
United States
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn, New York
New York
New York -class battleship
7 November
France
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
Saint-Nazaire
France
Courbet -class battleship
8 November
United Kingdom
Hawthorn Leslie
Hebburn
Cockatrice
Acasta -class destroyer
For Royal Navy.
11 November
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe -class cruiser
12 November
Germany
Howaldtswerke
Kiel
Rostock
Karlsruhe -class cruiser
14 November
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Achates
Acasta -class destroyer
For Royal Navy.
30 November
Austria-Hungary
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Trieste
Prinz Eugen
Tegetthoff -class battleship
4 December
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S20
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
11 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Ceramic
Passenger ship
For White Star Line .
Unknown date
United States
Kennebunk, Maine
A. G. Prentiss
Small wooden-hulled tug
[ 13]
Unknown date
Germany
F Schichau GmbH
Elbling
Badenia
Coaster
For A Kirsten
Unknown date
Germany
Nüscke & Co
Stettin
Borussia
Coaster
For A Kirsten
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd .
Glasgow
Czar
Passenger ship
For private owner.
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd .
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dimboola
Cargo ship
For private owner.
Unknown date
Germany
Stettiner Oderwerke
Stettin
Dollart
Coaster
Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date
Sweden
Oskarshamn Shipyard
Oskarshamn
Fernebo
Cargo ship
For Broström Axel & Son
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd .
Troon
Glen Avon
Paddle steamer
For P. & A. Campbell.
Unknown date
Belgium
Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd
Hoboken
Hispania
Cargo ship
For Svenska Lloyd AB
Unknown date
United States
Toledo Shipbuilding Company .
Toledo, Ohio
L. V. Stoddard
Tanker
For private owner.
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd
Blyth
Thyra Menier
Cargo ship
For Donald Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date
United States
Kennebunk, Maine
Verna & Esther
Patrol vessel
Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I ; returned to owner in 1918.
^ "Desna" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Darro" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Oxfordshire" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Drina" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Abosso" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Appam" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "A. G. Prentiss" . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019 . A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine
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