List of ship launches in 1930

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The list of ship launches in 1930 includes a chronological list of notable ships launched in 1930.

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

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11 January  |  Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Belgia | Passenger ship | For F Sternhagen – "Gotha Line"
17 January  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.  | Birkenhead | Prince Henry | Cargo ship | For Canadian National Steamship Company.[1]
12 February  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co Ltd | Wallsend | Folkestone | Hastings-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[2]
14 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | William Wilberforce | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co.[3]
28 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Genova | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co.[4]
12 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Napier | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
18 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silvercypress | Cargo ship | For Silver Line.[6]
27 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Edward Blyden | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co.[7]
27 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Macgregor Laird | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co.[8]
1 March  |  United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd | Ardrossan | Waimarino | Cargo ship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington
4 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Innisfallen | Ferry | For City of Cork Steam Packet Co.
5 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Celedonia | Lighter | For Argentine Navigatio Co.[9]
14 March  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | Scarborough | Hastings-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[2]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Erskine | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[10]
18 March  |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Acheron | A-class destroyer  | For Royal Navy[11]
19 March  |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Aras | Yacht |
March  |  United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | New York City | Santa Clara | Passenger ship | For Grace Steamship Company
10 April  |  United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Chicago | Northampton-class cruiser  | For United States Navy
10 April  |  United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Hastings | Hastings-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[2]
10 April  |  United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Penzance | Hastings-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[2]
10 April  |  Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Schürbek | Cargo ship | For Knöhr & Burchardt .
12 April  |  France | Chantiers Dubigeon | Nantes | Phénix | Redoutable-class submarine  | For French Navy
15 April  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Atheltemplar | Tanker | For United Molasses Co Ltd
15 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silverwalnut | Cargo ship | For Silver Line.[12]
27 April  |  Italy |  |  | Alberto di Giussano | Condottieri-class cruiser  | For Regia Marina
27 April  |  Italy | O.T.O.  | La Spezia | Zara | Zara-class cruiser  | For Regia Marina
28 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prestatyn Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co.[13]
29 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alfred Jones | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co.[14]
29 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Warwick Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[15]
8 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hamburgo | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co.[16]
12 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Anglesea Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co.[17]
12 May  |  Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Takao | Takao-class cruiser  | For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May  |  Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | Yūgiri | Fubuki-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hindustan | Hastings-class sloop  | For Royal Indian Marine[18]
15 May  |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Oriente | Ocean liner | For New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Co
27 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ebano | Asphalt carrier  | For Ebano Oil Co.[19]
28 May  |  France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Achille | Redoutable-class submarine  | For French Navy
29 May  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Blanche | B-class destroyer  |
29 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silverteak | Cargo ship | For Silver Line.[20]
30 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Medoc | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie.[21]
5 June  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Edenhurst | cargo ship | For Hartlepool Steamship Co
10 June  |  United Kingdom | Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd.  | Queensferry | Brightside | Coaster | For Eltham Shipping Co. Ltd.[22]
12 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Foylebank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.
12 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pomerol | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie.[23]
16 June  |  Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Atago | Takao-class cruiser  | For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Guayra | Ferry | For Argentine Navigation Co.[24]
26 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silversandal | Cargo ship | For Silver Line.[25]
28 June  |  France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Pégase | Redoutable-class submarine  | For French Navy
30 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ciudad de Corrientes | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co.[26]
June  |  Germany | Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG  | Lübeck | Jakob Goldschmidt | Fishing trawler | For Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG
1 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Antonio | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[27]
2 July  |  Finland | Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad | Helsinki | Saukko | Submarine | For Suomen Merivoimat
10 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chateau Larose | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie.[28]
10 July  |  United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow-in-Furness | Keith | B-class destroyer flotilla leader | [29]
10 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Laganbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[30]
11 July  |  Canada | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Saguenay | River-class destroyer  | For Royal Canadian Navy
18 July  |  United Kingdom | Palmer's | Jarrow | Boreas | B-class destroyer  |
25 July  |  United Kingdom | Palmer's | Hebburn | Brazen | B-class destroyer  |
26 July  |  Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Wilfred | Cargo schooner |
30 July  |  United Kingdom | Smiths Dock Co Ltd  | Middlesbrough | Svana | Trawler | For Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd
6 August  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Basilisk | B-class destroyer  | For Royal Navy[29]
11 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chateau Pavie | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie.[31]
14 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Diego | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[32]
23 August  |  Italy |  |  | Alberico da Barbiano | Condottieri-class cruiser  | For Regia Marina
23 August  |  United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Beverley | Firefly | Trawler | For St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd
26 August  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Athelfoam | Tanker molasses | For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
26 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ganges | Cargo ship | For Nourse Line.[33]
1 September  |  United States | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | Louisville | Northampton-class cruiser  | For United States Navy
6 September  |  France | Chantiers Navals Français | Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen | Archimède | Redoutable-class submarine  | For French Navy
11 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Francisco | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[34]
17 September  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Monte Pascoal | Monte-class ocean liner  | For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
23 September  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Boadicea | B-class destroyer  |
23 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Reina del Pacifico | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
24 September  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Athelbeach | Tanker molasses | For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
25 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maurice Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co.[35]
29 September  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Beagle | B-class destroyer  |
9 October  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Brilliant | B-class destroyer  |
9 October  |  France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Dupleix | Suffren-class cruiser  | For Marine Nationale
9 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Somali | Cargo ship | For Hain Shipping Co.[36]
10 October  |  Canada | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Skeena | River-class destroyer (1931)  | For Royal Canadian Navy
14 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dennis Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co.[37]
18 October  |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Trudione | Yacht |
22 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cuidad de Concepcion | Ferry | For Argentine Navigation Co.[38]
23 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Jose | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[39]
4 November  |  United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Fowey | Shoreham-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[40]
6 November  |  France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | St Nazaire | Georges Philippar | Ocean liner | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
8 November  |  Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo, Nagasaki | Oboro | Fubuki-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Mateo | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[41]
22 November  |  United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Shoreham | Shoreham-class sloop  | For Royal Navy[40]
4 December  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Monte Rosa | Monte-class ocean liner | For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft.[42]
6 December  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | Bulldog | B-class destroyer  | For Royal Navy[29]
19 December  |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited | Greenock | Ajax | cargo ship | For Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd
10 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rockabill | Coaster | For Clyde Shipping Co.[43]
20 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Pedro | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[44]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.  | Flensburg | Adele Traber | Cargo ship | For W. Traber & Co.[45]
Date unknown  |  United States | Mathis Yacht Building Company | Camden, New Jersey | Armina | Yacht |
Date unknown  |  Germany | Schiffswerft J. Frerichs & Co  | Einswarden | August Wriedt | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Benlawers | Cargo ship | For Ben Line.[46]
Date unknown  |  United States | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp  | New York City | Elda | Yacht |
Date unknown  |  Germany | Deutsche Werft.  | Hamburg | Elsa Essberger | Tanker | For J. T. Essberger.[47]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Kiel | Etak | Schooner |
Date unknown  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Fritz Homann | Fishing trawler | For Grundmann & Gröschel
Date unknown  |  Italy |  |  | Gorizia | Zara-class cruiser  | For Regia Marina
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.  | Sunderland | Harmonic | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison.[48]
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.  | Sunderland | Harmattan | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison.[48]
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Harpenden | Cargo ship | For National Steamship Co.[49]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Hinrich Freese | Fishing trawler | For Hanseatische Hochseefisherei AG
Date unknown  |  United States | Herreshoff Manufacturing Co  | Bristol, Rhode Island | Katoura | Yacht |
Date unknown  |  Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.  | Flensburg | Lipari | Cargo ship | For R. M. Sloman.[50]
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company | Howdon | Margariti | Cargo ship  | For Constantine Group
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Saunders-Roe | Cowes | Miss England II | Racing monohull hydroplane | For Kaye Don
Date unknown  |  Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Neumark | Cargo ship | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft
Date unknown  |  Canada | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Prince David | ocean liner | For Canadian National Railway
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | William Simons & Co. Ltd.  | Greenock | Rietbok' | Dredger | For South African Railways.[51]
Date unknown  |  United States Navy | General Engineering and Dry Dock  |  | Sebago | Banff-class sloop  | For United States Navy
Date unknown  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Bremen | Skolpenbank | Fishing trawler | For private owner
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd  | Sunderland, Co Durham | Stakesby | Cargo ship | For Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd
Date unknown  |  Norway |  | Oslo | Suderøy V | Whaler |
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tafelberg | Tanker | For Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co.[52]
Date unknown  |  United States |  |  | Veedol II | Tanker | For Tidewater Oil Co
Date unknown  |  United States | Al Larson  | Los Angeles | Vindicator | Purse seiner |
Date unknown  |  United States | Nunes Brothers  | Sausalito | Zaca | Yacht |

## References

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1. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.
2. ^ a b c d Hague 1993, p. 26
3. ^ "William Wilberforce". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. ^ "Genova". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. ^ "Baron Napier". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. ^ "Silvercypress". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. ^ "Edward Blyden". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. ^ "Macgregor Laird". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. ^ "Celedonia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
10. ^ "Baron Erskine". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 97
12. ^ "Silverwalnut". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
13. ^ "Prestatyn Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
14. ^ "Alfred Jones". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
15. ^ "Warwick Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
16. ^ "Hamburgo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. ^ "Anglesea Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
18. ^ Hague 1993, p. 31
19. ^ "Ebano". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
20. ^ "Silverteak". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
21. ^ "Medoc". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
22. ^ "Brightside". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
23. ^ "Pomerol". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. ^ "Guayra". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
25. ^ "Silversandal". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
26. ^ "Ciudad de Corrientes". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
27. ^ "San Antonio". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
28. ^ "Chateau Larose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
29. ^ a b c Whitley 2000, p. 99
30. ^ "Laganbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
31. ^ "Chateau Pavie". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
32. ^ "San Diego". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
33. ^ "Ganges". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
34. ^ "San Francisco". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
35. ^ "Maurice Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
36. ^ "Somali". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
37. ^ "Dennis Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
38. ^ "Cuidad de Concepcion". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
39. ^ "San Jose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
40. ^ a b Hague 1993, p. 32
41. ^ "San Mateo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
42. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 476–77.
43. ^ "Rockabill". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
44. ^ "San Pedro". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
45. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
46. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
47. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
48. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
49. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 395.
50. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 460.
51. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 352.
52. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 389–90.

Sources

* Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
* Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
* Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.

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