List of ship launches in 1907

The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.

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Date  | Country  | Builder  | Location  | Ship  | Class / type  | Notes

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12 January  |  France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Coutelas | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1921.[1]
14 January  |  United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Bonetta | Torpedo boat destroyer | Scrapped 1920.[2]
31 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fulani | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster..[3]
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
28 February  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Ludworth | Cargo ship | For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[4]
2 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Avon | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Lines.[5]
4 March  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2 | Dredger | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[6]
7 March  |  Germany | AG Vulcan Stettin | Stettin | Stettin | Königsberg-class cruiser  |
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
29 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prashu | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[7]
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
6 April  |  Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S143 | S138-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy[8]
13 April  |  United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick | Invincible | Invincible-class battlecruiser | Sunk 31 May 1916
14 April  |  Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure, Hiroshima | Aki | Satsuma-class battleship | Sunk as target, 1924
21 April  |  Italy | La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | Roma | Regina Elena-class battleship  |
24 April  |  United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | Defence | Minotaur-class cruiser | Sunk 31 May 1916
26 April[9] |  United Kingdom | Gourlay Brothers | Dundee | Atalanta | Passenger vessel  | Sold in 1923
30 April  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Thornley | Cargo ship | For British Maritime Trust Ltd.[10]
May  |  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.[11]
8 May  |  United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick, England | Afridi | Tribal-class destroyer | Scrapped 1919
28 May  |  France | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde | Lormont | Vérité | Liberté-class battleship  |
29 May  |  United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Birmingham | Chester-class cruiser | Sold for scrap, 1930
30 May[12] |  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
27 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Iroquois | Tanker | For Anglo-American Oil Company.[13]
29 June  |  France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Carquois | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1930.[1]
29 June  |  United States | W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Sibyl Marston | schooner |
9 July  |  United Kingdom | D & W Henderson Ltd | Glasgow | California | Passenger liner  | For Anchor Line[14]
10 July
United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Blackwood | Cargo ship | For Tyneside Line Ltd.[15]
United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | London | Lonchi | Thyella-class destroyer | [16]
United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | TB 13 | Cricket-class coastal destroyer | [17]
27 July  |  United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth, England | Bellerophon | Bellerophon-class battleship | Scrapped 1921
15 August  |  Russia | Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Bayan | Bayan-class cruiser | Scrapped 1922
24 August  |  United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Devonport | Temeraire | Bellerophon-class battleship | Sold for scrap 1921
4 September  |  Russia | Baltic Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Akula | Submarine  | Sunk 1915
7 September  |  Russia | 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
10 September  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Elterwater | Steamship | For Elterwater Steamship Co. Ltd.[18]
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 | [19]
22 September  |  Italy | Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso  | Riva Trigoso | Principessa Jolanda | Ocean liner | Capsized on launch
26 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Asturias | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Lines.[20]
5 October  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Dresden | Dresden-class cruiser  | Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra
8 October  |  France | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand | Le Havre | Branlebas | Branlebas-class destroyer | Sunk on 30 September 1915.[21]
10 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Navahoe | Schooner oil barge | For Anglo-American Oil Company.[22]
21 October  |  Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Kurama | Ibuki-class armored cruiser | [23]
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
7 November  |  United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick, England | Superb | Bellerophon-class battleship | Sold for scrap 1922
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 | Yodo-class cruiser | [24]
21 November  |  Japan | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure, Hiroshima | Ibuki | Ibuki-class armored cruiser | [23]
26 November  |  France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Cognée | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1921.[1]
5 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Median | Cargo ship | For F. Leyland & Co..[25]
United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Redwood | Cargo ship | For Tyneside Line Ltd.[26]
7 December  |  United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | C14 | C-class submarine | Sold for scrapping, 1921
14 December  |  France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Fleuret | Claymore-class destroyer | Struck 1920.[1]
19 December  |  France | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand | Le Havre | Fanfare | Branlebas-class destroyer | Struck 1925.[21]
21 December  |  France | Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët | Rouen | Gabion | Branlebas-class destroyer | Struck 1921.[21]
United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pericles | Passenger ship | For Aberdeen Line.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Boy Arthur | Steam drifter | For Richard Sutton.[27]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | City of Paris | Ocean liner | For Ellerman Lines.[28]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Corsican | Ocean liner | For Allan Line.[28]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Felicia | Steam drifter | For Edward Baker.[29]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Hope | Steam drifter | For Edwarde Catchpole.[30]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Inter Nos | Steam drifter | For Edward Baker.[31]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd.  | Belfast | Kia Ora | Cargo ship | For private owner.[32]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson  | Barton-upon-Humber | Merle | Sloop | For Summerfield & Mead Ltd.[33]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Radiant | Steam drifter | For Daniel Ralph.[34]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Rose | Steam drifter | For Alexander Storm.[35]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Ryhope | Cargo ship | For Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.[36]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Selina | Steam drifter | For Frederick Salmon.[37]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Sphinx | Steam drifter | For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[38]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd.  | Great Yarmouth | Triumph | Steam drifter | For J. S. Johnson & Sons Ltd.[39]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson  | Barton-upon-Humber | United | Lighter | For William Carmichael and G. C. Dunwell.[40]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson  | Barton-upon-Humber | Vigo | Lighter | For Richard Carmichael.[41]
Unknown date  |  Sweden | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad | Gothenburg | Wasa | Merchant ship | Sold to Norway in 1925
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson  | Barton-upon-Humber | Unnamed | Lighter | For W. Sleight.[42]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Couhat 1974, p. 90.
2. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 37.
3. ^ "Fulani". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
4. ^ "Ludworth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. ^ "Avon". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
6. ^ "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
7. ^ "Prashu". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
8. ^ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
9. ^ "Important Dundee Launch". Dundee Courier. Dundee. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 13 October 2015 - via British Newspaper Archive.
10. ^ "Thornley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
11. ^ Schäuffelen 2005, p. 146.
12. ^ "Launches—Scotch: Alexandra". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29\. July 1907. p. 460.
13. ^ "Iroquois". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
14. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches – Scotch: California". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30\. 1 August 1907. p. 36.
15. ^ "Blackwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
16. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches:English: Lonhi". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30\. 1 August 1907. p. 35.
17. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 305.
18. ^ "Elterwater". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
19. ^ Couhat 1974, p. 62.
20. ^ "Asturias". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
21. ^ a b c Couhat 1974, p. 94.
22. ^ "Navahoe". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
23. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 78.
24. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 103–104.
25. ^ "Median". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
26. ^ "Redwood". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
27. ^ "Boy Arthur". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
28. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 21.
29. ^ "Felicia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
30. ^ "Hope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
31. ^ "Inter Nos". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
33. ^ "Merle". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
34. ^ "Radiant". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
35. ^ "Rose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
36. ^ "Ryhope". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
37. ^ "Selina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
38. ^ "Sphinx". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
39. ^ "Triumph". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
40. ^ "United". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
41. ^ "Vigo". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
42. ^ "Un-named". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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* Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. ISBN 1-58816-384-9.

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