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The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
12 January[ 1]
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Coutelas
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1921
14 January[ 2]
United Kingdom
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Jarrow
Bonetta
Torpedo boat destroyer
Scrapped 1920
15 February
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C7
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1919
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C8
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 February
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead , England
Cossack
Tribal-class destroyer
Scrapped 1919
15 March
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C10
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1922
16 March
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan
Indomitable
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Scrapped 1921
27 March
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C11
C-class submarine
Sunk in collision, 1909
30 March
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Viper
B-class submarine
Sunk as a target, 1922
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Tarantula
B-class submarine
Sunk as a target, 1922
3 April
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C9
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1922
13 April
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Elswick
Invincible
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Sunk 31 May 1916
14 April
Empire of Japan
Kure Naval Arsenal
Kure, Hiroshima
Aki
Satsuma -class battleship
Sunk as target, 1924
24 April
United Kingdom
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke Dock
Defence
Minotaur -class cruiser
Sunk 31 May 1916
26 April[ 3]
United Kingdom
Gourlay Brothers
Dundee
Atalanta
Passenger vessel
Sold in 1923
May[ 4]
United Kingdom
FJ Carver and Son
Bridgwater , England
Irene
Ketch
100-foot ketch built in Bridgwater in 1907, the last ship built in the docks and the only ketch built in the West Country still sailing
8 May
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Elswick , England
Afridi
Tribal-class destroyer
Scrapped 1919
29 May
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Birmingham
Chester -class cruiser
Sold for scrap, 1930
30 May[ 5]
United Kingdom
A. & J. Inglis
Glasgow , Scotland
Alexandra
Royal yacht
Sold to Norway in 1925, sunk by German bombers in 1940
26 June
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Inflexible
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Scrapped 1922
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Chester
Chester -class cruiser
Scrapped 1930
29 June[ 1]
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Carquois
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1930
9 July
United Kingdom
D & W Henderson Ltd
Glasgow
California
Passenger liner
For Anchor Line [ 6]
10 July
United Kingdom
Yarrow Shipbuilders
London
Lonchi
Thyella -class destroyer
[ 7]
United Kingdom
J. Samuel White
Cowes
TB 13
Cricket -class coastal destroyer
[ 8]
27 July
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth , England
Bellerophon
Bellerophon -class battleship
Scrapped 1921
15 August
Russian Empire
Admiralty Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Bayan
Bayan -class cruiser
Scrapped 1922
4 September
Russian Empire
Baltic Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Akula
Submarine
Sunk 1915
7 September
Russian Empire
Baltic Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Imperator Pavel I
Andrei Pervozvanny -class battleship
Scrapped 1923
9 September
United Kingdom
Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tarmo
Icebreaker
Museum ship in Kotka , Finland
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C12
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
19 September
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Circé
Circé -class submarine
Sunk by U-boat, 1918
21 September
France
Brest Dockyard
Brest
Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet -class cruiser
[ 9]
22 September
Italy
Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso
Riva Trigoso
Principessa Jolanda
Ocean liner
Capsized on launch
5 October
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Dresden
Light cruiser
Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra
8 October[ 10]
France
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre
Branlebas
Branlebas -class destroyer
Sunk on 30 September 1915
21 October
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka
Kurama
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[ 11]
22 October
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Calypso
Circé -class submarine
Sunk in collision, 1914
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Copenhagen
Passenger vessel
Sunk, 1917
23 October
Germany
AG Weser
Bremen
Albatross
Nautilus -class minelayer
Broken up, 1921
9 November
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C13
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 November
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Santa Elena
Merchant ship
Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
18 November
Japan
Kawasaki
Kobe
Yodo
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[ 12]
21 November
Japan
Kure Naval Arsenal
Kure, Hiroshima
Ibuki
Template:Sclass- .
[ 11]
26 November[ 1]
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Cognée
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1921
7 December
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C14
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1921
14 December[ 1]
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Fleuret
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1920
19 December[ 10]
France
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre
Fanfare
Branlebas -class destroyer
Struck 1925
21 December[ 10]
France
Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët
Rouen
Gabion
Branlebas -class destroyer
Struck 1921
Exact date unknown
United States
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Antilles
Passenger-cargo ship
Sunk 17 October 1917
Exact date unknown
Sweden
Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad
Gothenburg
Wasa
Merchant ship
Sold to Norway in 1925
References
^ a b c d Couhat 1974, p. 90.
^ Lyon 2001 , p. 37
^ "Important Dundee Launch" . Dundee Courier . Dundee. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World . Hearst Books. p. 146. ISBN 1-58816-384-9 .
^ "Launches—Scotch: Alexandra". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 29. July 1907. p. 460.
^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches – Scotch: California". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 36.
^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches:English: Lonhi". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 35.
^ Friedman 2009 , p. 305
^ Couhat 1974, p. 62.
^ a b c Couhat 1974, p. 94.
^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Michel 1977, p. 78.
^ Jentschura, Jung & Michel 1977, pp. 103–104.
Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I . Shepperton, UK: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5 .
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Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mikel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945 . Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X .
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