List of ship launches in 1936
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 |
Grimsby-class sloop |
[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 |
Göteborg-class destroyer |
[4] |
24 March |
Germany |
Deschimag |
Bremen |
Paul Jacobi |
Type 1934A-class destroyer |
[5] |
24 March |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Plymouth |
Fleetwood |
Grimsby-class sloop |
[2] |
26 March |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Drayton |
Mahan-class destroyer |
|
26 March |
United Kingdom |
Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Linthouse, Glasgow |
Mallard |
Kingfisher-class sloop |
[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 |
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier |
|
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 |
Kingfisher-class sloop |
[6] |
7 May |
Norway |
Royal Norwegian Navy Yard |
Horten |
Sleipner |
Sleipner-class destroyer |
[7] |
14 May |
Germany |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
Hans Lody |
Type 1934A-class destroyer |
[5] |
21 May |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Vincennes |
New Orleans-class cruiser |
|
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 |
Treasury-class cutter |
|
3 June |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Duane |
Treasury-class cutter |
|
3 June |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Ingham |
Treasury-class cutter |
|
3 June |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Roger B. Taney |
Treasury-class cutter |
|
13 June |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
Horst Wessel |
Gorch Fock-class school ship |
For Reichsmarine |
17 June |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Lamson |
Mahan-class destroyer |
|
30 June |
Germany |
Deutsche Werke |
Kiel |
Gneisenau |
Scharnhorst-class battleship |
|
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 |
Sleipner-class destroyer |
[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 |
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier |
|
15 October |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird |
Birkenhead |
Inglefield |
I-class destroyer |
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 |
Brooklyn-class cruiser |
|
26 November |
France |
At. & Ch. de Bretagne |
Nantes |
Volta |
Mogador-class destroyer |
[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 |
Brooklyn-class cruiser |
|
30 November |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Woolston, Southampton |
Kittiwake |
Kingfisher-class sloop |
[6] |
3 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
Newport News, Virginia |
Boise |
Brooklyn-class cruiser |
|
12 December |
France |
|
|
Strasbourg |
Dunkerque-class battleship |
|
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.