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The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class
Notes
9 January
British India
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Ramdas
Passenger steamer
For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[1]
22 January
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Newcastle upon Tyne
Hopestar
Cargo ship
For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January
United Kingdom
Devonport Dockyard
Plymouth
Aberdeen
Template:Sclass-
[2]
24 January
United Kingdom
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Greenock , Scotland
Hostile
H-class destroyer
[3]
25 January
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Dunnottar Castle
passenger ship
For Union-Castle Line
25 February
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend
Hunter
H-class destroyer
[3]
10 March
United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Hereward
H-class destroyer
[3]
10 March
United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Hero
H-class destroyer
[3]
23 March
United Kingdom
Scotts
Greenock
Hotspur
H-class destroyer
[3]
24 March
Sweden
Karlskrona dockyard
Karlskrona
Stockholm
Template:Sclass-
[4]
24 March
Germany
Deschimag
Bremen
Paul Jacobi
Template:Sclass2-
[5]
24 March
United Kingdom
Devonport Dockyard
Plymouth
Fleetwood
Grimsby -class sloop
[2]
26 March
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Drayton
Template:Sclass-
26 March
United Kingdom
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Linthouse , Glasgow
Mallard
Template:Sclass-
[6]
27 March
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
Wolfgang Zenker
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
28 March
Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney
Swan
Grimsby -class sloop
[2]
4 April
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Yorktown
Template:Sclass-
7 April
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Hardy
H-class destroyer
Leader[3]
8 April
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend
Hyperion
H-class destroyer
[3]
22 April
Germany
Deschimag
Bremen
Theodor Riedel
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
5 May
United Kingdom
Denny
Dumbarton
Hasty
H-class destroyer
[3]
5 May
United Kingdom
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Linthouse, Glasgow
Puffin
Template:Sclass-
[6]
7 May
Norway
Royal Norwegian Navy Yard
Horten
Sleipner
Template:Sclass-
[7]
14 May
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
Hans Lody
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
21 May
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Vincennes
Template:Sclass-
22 May
Germany
Howaldtswerke
Kiel
Ostmark
Light seaplane tender
For civilian use, later taken over by the military
3 June
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Campbell
Template:Sclass2-
3 June
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Duane
Template:Sclass2-
3 June
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Ingham
Template:Sclass2-
3 June
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Roger B. Taney
Template:Sclass2-
13 June
Germany
Blohm + Voss
Hamburg
Horst Wessel
Template:Sclass-
For Reichsmarine
17 June
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Lamson
Template:Sclass-
30 June
Germany
Deutsche Werke
Kiel
Gneisenau
Template:Sclass-
7 July
United Kingdom
Denny
Dumbarton
Havock
H-class destroyer
[3]
8 July
Germany
Germaniawerft
Kiel
Bernd von Arnim
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
16 July
Germany
Deschimag
Bremen
Hermann Schoemann
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
16 July
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Pretoria
Ocean liner
For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
25 August
Norway
Royal Norwegian Navy Yard
Horten
Æger
Template:Sclass-
[7]
15 September
Germany
Deschimag
Bremen
Bruno Heinemann
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
24 September
Germany
Blohm + Voss
Hamburg
Erich Steinbrinck
Type 1934A-class destroyer
[5]
3 October
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Enterprise
Template:Sclass-
15 October
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Inglefield
Template:Sclass2-
Leader[3]
30 October
United Kingdom
Hawthorn Leslie
Tyneside
Imogen
I-class destroyer
[3]
12 November
United Kingdom
Yarrow
Glasgow
Isis
I-class destroyer
[3]
17 November
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Template:Sclass-
26 November
France
At. & Ch. de Bretagne
Nantes
Volta
Template:Sclass-
[8]
26 November
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Icarus
I-class destroyer
[3]
30 November
United States
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn
Template:Sclass-
30 November
United Kingdom
John I. Thornycroft & Company
Woolston , Southampton
Kittiwake
Template:Sclass-
[6]
3 December
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Boise
Template:Sclass-
12 December
France
Strasbourg
Template:Sclass-
11 December
United Kingdom
Hawthorn Leslie
Tyneside
Imperial
I-class destroyer
[3]
19 December
Sweden
Lindholmens Varv
Gothenburg
Sama
Cargo ship
For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
Date uncertain
Netherlands
Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij
Groningen
Dr Colijn
Coaster
For M Oosterhuis
Date uncertain
Germany
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Flensburg
Heinrich Schmidt
Cargo ship
For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date uncertain
Germany
Lübecker Flenderwerke AG
Lübeck
Nordcoke
Cargo ship
For F Krupp AG
Date uncertain
Germany
Danziger Werft AG
Danzig
Poel
Coastal tanker
For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain
Germany
Nordseewerke
Emden
Thalia
Cargo ship
For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
See also
References
Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After . Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4 .
Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War . Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9 .
Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia . London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8 .