List of ship launches in 1905

The list of ship launches in 1905 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1905.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Irma Passenger ship Middlesbrough, England  United Kingdom
21 January Iberia Cargo liner Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For J. Hall Jr. & Co Ltd[1]
5 February Louisiane Mixed cargo passenger carrier Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk  France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[2]
6 February Libellule Torpedo launch Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For French Navy[3]
21 February Carmania Ocean liner J. & G. Thompson Ltd Clydebank  United Kingdom For Cunard Line
23 February Aragon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line
9 March Bologna Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line
21 March La Provence Steamship Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint‑Nazaire–Penhoët Saint-Nazaire  France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[4]
21 March Leipzig Bremen-class cruiser AG Weser Bremen  Germany For Imperial German Navy
5 April Dieppe Passenger ferry Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
8 April Minnesota Connecticut-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News United States For United States Navy
14 April Truite Naïade-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France for the French Navy[5]
19 April Liberté Liberté-class battleship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France
20 April Amerika Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  Germany For Hamburg America Line
4 May Karina Passenger liner Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company
6 May Torpilleur N° 306 38‑metre type Normand (1903 tranche) torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
20 May Africa King Edward VII-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Gillingham/Chatham  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
21 May Erzherzog Ferdinand Max Erzherzog Karl-class battleship Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Austria-Hungary For Austro-Hungarian Navy
31 May — Floating dock (Arsenal de Cherbourg) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre France For French Navy[6]
10 June Oscar II Unique coastal defence ship Lindholmens Shipyard Lindholmen, Gothenburg Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy
17 June Hibernia King Edward VII-class battleship Devonport Dockyards Devonport, Plymouth  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 June Maharonda Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank[7]
6 July Slieve Bawn Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For London & North Western Railway
17 July Torpilleur N° 307 38‑metre type Normand (1903 tranche) torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
18 July Ravenstone Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd[8]
21 July Californie Steamship Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk  France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[9]
22 July J.M.H. No. 1 Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For John M. Hamilton & Co. Ltd[10]
24 July Y Submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy[5]
26 July Oasis Motor yacht Abel Le Marchand Le Havre  France For Georges Ancel[11]
28 July Truite Naïade-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France for the French Navy[5]
29 July Pamir Barque Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For F. Laeisz
2 August Elleray Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Elleray Steamship Co. Ltd[12]
2 August Magne Torpedo boat destroyer Thornycroft Chiswick, London  United Kingdom For Royal Swedish Navy[13]
3 August Mexico Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[14]
12 August Kansas Connecticut-class battleship New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey United States For United States Navy
31 August Herefordshire Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Bibby Steamship Co[15]
31 August Vermont Connecticut-class battleship Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States For United States Navy
10 September Napoli Regina Elena-class battleship Castellammare Royal Dockyard Castellammare di Stabia  Italy For Regia Marina
14 September Vendée Steel, screw steamer; 2,700 GRT Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Cie. de Navigation d'Orbigny[16]
14 September Dongola Ocean liner Barclay Curle Whiteinch  United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
23 September Danzig Bremen-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany For Imperial German Navy
28 September Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Holland America Line
29 September Hannover Deutschland-class battleship Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Imperial German Navy
30 September Aleksandr Kamburov Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Northern Steamship Co[17]
30 September Mississippi Mississippi-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For United States Navy
28 October Lovky Leytenant Burakov-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre France For Imperial Russian Navy[18]
11 November Malakand Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank[19]
14 November Westfalen[20] Merchant Joh. C. Tecklenborg  Germany
23 November Hudson Passenger/cargo vessel Chantiers de Normandie Grand-Quevilly  France For: Cie Générale Transatlantique[2]
28 November Oméga Submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France for the French Navy[5]
29 November Litoutchy Leytenant Burakov-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre France For Imperial Russian Navy[21]
November Oswestry Merchant J.L. Thompson  United Kingdom
2 December Pommern Deutschland-class battleship AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Imperial German Navy
9 December Idaho Mississippi-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For United States Navy
12 December Königsberg Königsberg-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy
14 December Manipur Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For T. & J. Brocklebank[22]
16 December Lyon Havre type self‑propelled paddle‑wheel barge Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Soc. des Messageries fluviales de France[23]
23 December Marguerite Molois Trawler Chantiers de France Dunkirk  France For A.Joly, S.Duhamel and G. Vasse[24]
26 December Medomsley Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Medomsley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd[25]
27 December Likhoi
(Лихой)		 Leytenant Burakov-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For Imperial Russian Navy[26]
27 December Europe Cargo vessel Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire  France For Chargeurs[27]
Date unknown Alice Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Joseph Oldridge[28]
Date unknown Archibald Russell Barque Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd Greenock  United Kingdom For J. Hardie & Company[29]
Date unknown Bronte Tanker Fratelli Orlando & Co. Livorno  Italy For Regia Marina[30]
Date unknown Marie Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Horatio Fenner Ltd[31]
Date unknown W. S. Fielding Dredger Government Shipyard Sorel Canada Canada For private owner[32]

References

  1. ↑ "Iberia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 Middlemiss, Norman L. (2007). Merchant Fleets, French Lines (New ed.). Gateshead, England: Shield Publications Ltd. p. 240. ISBN 9781871128277.
  3. ↑ "Lancement de la Libellule". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8612. 7 February 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  4. ↑ "Le Lancement de « La Provence »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8655. 22 March 1905. p. 1. Retrieved 21 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roberts, Stephen S (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859-1914 Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (1st ed.). Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781526745330.
  6. ↑ "Lancement d'un Dock flottant". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8726. 1 June 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  7. ↑ "Maharonda". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ravenstone". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lancement de la Californie". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8778. 23 July 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  10. ↑ "J.M.H. No. 1". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lancement de l'Oasis". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8782. 27 July 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  12. ↑ "Elleray". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Magne". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust (SSRT). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Lancement du Mexico". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8790. 4 August 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  15. ↑ "Herefordshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Lancement de la Vendee". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8832. 15 September 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  17. ↑ "Aleksandr Kamburov". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "Lancement du Lovki". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8876. 29 October 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  19. ↑ "Malakand". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Westfalen (5602787)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "Lancement du contre-torpilleur Litoutchy". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8908. 30 November 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 15 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  22. ↑ "Manipur". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  23. ↑ "Lancement du Lyon". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8925. 17 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  24. ↑ "Lancement d'un Chalutier [Marguerite Molois]". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8935. 27 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  25. ↑ "Medomsley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  26. ↑ "Lancement d'un Contre-Torpilleur Likoy". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8936. 28 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  27. ↑ "Lancement [Europe]". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 25ᵉ Année, no. 8937. 29 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  28. ↑ "Alice". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  29. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 375.
  30. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  31. ↑ "Marie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  32. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.

Sources

  • 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.
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