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The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1912.
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Country
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Builder
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Location
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Ship
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Class
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Notes
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10 January
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Norway
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Burmeister & Wain
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Copenhagen
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Polarlys
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Coastal passenger/cargo steamer
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Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan. Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953, scrapped in 1964
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5 February
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Spain
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SECN
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Ferrol
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España
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España-class battleship
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For Spanish Navy[1]
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12 March
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Norway
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The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard
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Horten
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Kjell
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Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
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21 March
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United Kingdom
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Scotts Shipyard
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Greenock, Scotland
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Ajax
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21 March
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Austria-Hungary
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Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
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Trieste
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Tegetthoff
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30 March
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German Empire
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Blohm + Voss
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Hamburg
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SMS Seydlitz
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battlecruiser
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For Imperial German Navy
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18 April
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France
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Chantiers de Penhoët
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Saint-Nazaire
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Dehorter
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[2]
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27 April
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Germany
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Schichau-Werft
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Danzig
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König Albert
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18 May
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United States
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Newport News Shipbuilding
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Newport News, Virginia
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Texas
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14 August
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United Kingdom
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William Beardmore & Co Ltd
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Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire
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Willochra
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Cruise ship
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For Adelaide Steamship Company
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24 August
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United States
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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Vallejo, California
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Jupiter
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Collier
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Later became USS Langley
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12 September
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France
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Arsenal de Toulon
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Toulon
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Bisson
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For French Navy[3]
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19 September
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United Kingdom
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Cammell Laird
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Birkenhead, England
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Audacious
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10 October
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United Kingdom
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Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd
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Southwick, Sunderland
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Hannington Court
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Cargo ship
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For Court Line Ltd
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16 October
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Germany
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Kaiserliche Werft
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Danzig
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U-17
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Type U 17 submarine
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Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
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30 October
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United States
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New York Navy Yard
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Brooklyn, New York
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New York
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30 November
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Austria-Hungary
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Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
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Trieste
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Prinz Eugen
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Exact date unknown
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United States
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Kennebunk, Maine
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A. G. Prentiss
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Small wooden-hulled tug
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Exact date unknown
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Germany
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F Schichau GmbH
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Elbling
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Badenia
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Coaster
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For A Kirsten
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Exact date unknown
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Germany
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Nüscke & Co
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Stettin
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Borussia
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Coaster
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For A Kirsten
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Exact date unknown
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Germany
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Stettiner Oderwerke
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Stettin
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Dollart
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Coaster
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Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
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Exact date unknown
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Belgium
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Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd,
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Hoboken
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Hispania
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Cargo ship
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For Svenska Lloyd AB
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Exact date unknown
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United Kingdom
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Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd
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Blyth
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Thyra Menier
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Cargo ship
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For Donald Steamship Co Ltd
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See also
References
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.