List of ship launches in 1936

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The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

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

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9 January  |  Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Eulota | Tanker  | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[1]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Ramdas | Passenger steamer  | For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[2]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Standella | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[3]
11 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sydney Star | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Blue Star Line.[4]
22 January  |  United Kingdom | 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  | [5]
24 January  |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Greenock, Scotland | Hostile | H-class destroyer  | [6]
25 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Dunnottar Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line
20 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Simnia | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[7]
21 February  |  Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Yamakaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hunter | H-class destroyer  | [6]
10 March  |  United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Hereward | H-class destroyer  | [6]
10 March  |  United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Hero | H-class destroyer  | [6]
10 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Royal Ulsterman | Ferry | For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Royal Scotsman | Ferry | For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March  |  United Kingdom | Scotts | Greenock | Hotspur | H-class destroyer  | [6]
24 March  |  Sweden | Karlskrona dockyard  | Karlskrona | Stockholm | Göteborg-class destroyer  | [8]
24 March  |  Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Paul Jacobi | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
24 March  |  United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Fleetwood | Grimsby-class sloop  | [5]
26 March  |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Drayton | Mahan-class destroyer  |
26 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dunvegan Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[10]
26 March  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse, Glasgow | Mallard | Kingfisher-class sloop  | [11]
27 March  |  Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Wolfgang Zenker | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
28 March  |  Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Swan | Grimsby-class sloop  | [5]
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  | [6]
8 April  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hyperion | H-class destroyer  | [6]
22 April  |  Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Theodor Riedel | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
24 April  |  Netherlands | Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij.  | Amsterdam | Miralda | Tanker | For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[12]
25 April  |  Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Elusa | Tanker  | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[13]
5 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Adelong | Cargo ship | For Huddart Parker.[14]
5 May  |  United Kingdom | Denny | Dumbarton | Hasty | H-class destroyer  | [6]
5 May  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse, Glasgow | Puffin | Kingfisher-class sloop  | [11]
7 May  |  Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Yard  | Horten | Sleipner | Sleipner-class destroyer  | [15]
13 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leonora | Tug | For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[16]
14 May  |  Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Hans Lody | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
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
27 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Charles Maciver | Trawler | For Lancashire Sea Fisheries.[17]
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  |
21 June  |  Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | Yūdachi | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June  |  Germany | Schulte & Bruns  | Emden | Jupiter | Fishing trawler | For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June  |  Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Oldenburg | Cargo ship | For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
7 July  |  United Kingdom | Denny  | Dumbarton | Havock | H-class destroyer  | [6]
8 July  |  Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Bernd von Arnim | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
14 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dipavati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[18]
16 July  |  Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Hermann Schoemann | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
16 July  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Pretoria | Ocean liner | For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdswood | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line.[19]
6 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdscrest | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line.[20]
22 August  |  Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG  | Wesermünde | Dr. Adolf Spilker | Fishing vessel | For F. Busse
25 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Duchess of Abercorn | Ferry | For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[21]
25 August  |  Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Yard  | Horten | Æger | Sleipner-class destroyer  | [15]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdsbank | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line.[22]
15 September  |  Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Bruno Heinemann | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
16 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | British Power | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[23]
17 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Walmer Castle | Cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[24]
24 September  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Erich Steinbrinck | Type 1934A-class destroyer  | [9]
3 October  |  Germany | Kriegsmarinewerft | Wilhelmshaven | Scharnhorst | Scharnhorst-class battleship  |
3 October  |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Enterprise | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier  |
6 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Crossgar | Collier | For John Kelly Ltd.[25]
15 October  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Inglefield | I-class destroyer  | [6]
30 October  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Tyneside | Imogen | I-class destroyer  | [6]
1 November  |  Japan | Fujinagata Shipyard | Osaka | Kawakaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | British Destiny | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[26]
7 November  |  Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Eulima | Tanker  | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[27]
12 November  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Isis | I-class destroyer  | [6]
17 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ernebank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[28]
17 November  |  United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Brooklyn-class cruiser  |
23 November  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Hans Loh | Fishing trawler | For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November  |  France | At. & Ch. de Bretagne  | Nantes | Volta | Mogador-class destroyer  | For French Navy.[29]
26 November  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Icarus | I-class destroyer  | [6]
27 November  |  Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Umikaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November  |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southampton | Kittiwake | Kingfisher-class sloop  | [11]
30 November  |  United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Brooklyn | Brooklyn-class cruiser  |
2 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cameo | Coaster | For William Robertson Ltd.[30]
3 December  |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Boise | Brooklyn-class cruiser  |
8 December  |  Germany | Deutsche Werke | Kiel | Gneisenau | Scharnhorst-class battleship  |
11 December  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Tyneside | Imperial | I-class destroyer  | [6]
12 December  |  France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Strasbourg | Dunkerque-class battleship  |
17 December  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Intrepid | I-class destroyer  |
19 December  |  Sweden | Lindholmens Varv  | Gothenburg | Sama | Cargo ship  | For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sitala | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[31]
Date unknown  |  Netherlands | Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij  | Groningen | Dr Colijn | Coaster | For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown  |  Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft  | Lübeck | Eilbek | Cargo ship | For Knohr & Burchard.[32]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Heinrich Schmidt | Cargo ship | For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Icemaid | Icemaid type collier | For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[33]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG.  | Lübeck | Hermann Anderson | Tanker | For C. Anderson.[34]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG  | Lübeck | Nordcoke | Cargo ship | For F Krupp AG
Date unknown  |  Danzig | F. Schichau.  | Danzig  | Paul Harneit | tanker | For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum.[35]
Date unknown  |  Danzig | Danziger Werft AG | Danzig  | Poel | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[36]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Seydlitz | Fishing trawler | For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Skylark 10 | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[37]
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.  | Middlesbrough | Southern Pride | Whaler | For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd.[38]
Date unknown  |  Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Thalia | Cargo ship | For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Titlark | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[39]
Date unknown  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Titlark I | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]

## References

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1. ^ "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
2. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer. 17 January 1936. p. 86.
3. ^ "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. ^ "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 332.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Friedman 2009, p. 315.
7. ^ "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
9. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitley 2000, p. 59.
10. ^ "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 339.
12. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
13. ^ "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
14. ^ "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
15. ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 215.
16. ^ "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. ^ "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
18. ^ "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
19. ^ "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
20. ^ "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
21. ^ "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
22. ^ "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
23. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
24. ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
25. ^ "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
26. ^ "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
27. ^ "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
28. ^ "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
29. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 44.
30. ^ "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
31. ^ "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
37. ^ "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
39. ^ "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
40. ^ "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

Sources

* 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.
* 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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