List of ship launches in 1912

The list of ship launches in 1912 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1912. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes
6 January Nivôse Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg  France For French Navy[1]
10 January Polarlys Coastal passenger/cargo steamer Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen Denmark For Bergen Steamship Company.
31 January G9 V1-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
3 February Durak Reis Gunboat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ottoman Navy[3]
5 February España España-class battleship SECN Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[4]
7 February Monte Penedo General cargo vessel Howaldswerke Kiel  Germany
17 February Prinzregent Luitpold Kaiser-class battleship Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany
2 March Desna Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.[5]
2 March S14 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
12 March Kjell 2.-class torpedo boat The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Norway Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
15 March G10 V1-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
20 March Queen Mary unique battlecruiser Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom
23 March S15 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
21 March Ajax King George V-class battleship Scotts Shipyard Greenock  United Kingdom
21 March Tegetthoff Tegetthoff-class battleship Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Austria-Hungary
30 March Seydlitz unique battlecruiser Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Imperial German Navy
1 April Hizir Reis Gunboat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ottoman Navy[6]
3 April West Wales Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd.[7]
18 April Dehorter Bouclier-class destroyer Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire  France [8]
18 April Montgolfier Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort  France For French Navy[1]
20 April S16 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
23 April G11 V1-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel German Empire For Imperial German Navy.[2]
27 April König Albert Kaiser-class battleship Schichau-Werft Danzig  Germany
10 May Indomito Indomito-class destroyer Cantiere Pattison Naples  Italy For Regia Marina.
11 May Harmony Brig William Bowes Whitehaven  United Kingdom For private owner.[9]
16 May Darro Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.[10]
18 May Texas New York-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
18 May Newton Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort  France For French Navy[1]
18 May Rouen Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre France For: Chemins de Fer de l'État Français[11]
23 May Imperator Imperator-class ocean liner AG Vulcan Hamburg  Germany For Hamburg America Line.
1 June Lurcher Acheron-class destroyer Yarrow & Company Scotstoun  United Kingdom [12]
12 June Ebani General cargo vessel Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited Hebburn  United Kingdom For British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
13 June Coulomb Bernoullie-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy[1]
15 June Oxfordshire Cargo liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Bibby Line.[13]
15 June Foucault Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg  France For French Navy[1]
18 June Sheaf Arrow Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Sheaf Arrow Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[14]
22 June S17 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
28 June Arago Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy[1]
29 June Drina Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.[15]
12 July Le Havre Light ship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées [16]
15 July G12 V1-class torpedo boat Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
18 July Curie Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy[1]
7 August Intrepido Indomito-class destroyer Cantiere Pattison Naples  Italy For Regia Marina.
10 August S18 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
13 August Thyra Menier Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Donald Steamship Co. Ltd.[17]
14 August Willochra Cruise ship William Beardmore & Co Ltd Dalmuir  United Kingdom For Adelaide Steamship Company
15 August Abosso Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For African Steamship Co.[18]
24 August Jupiter Collier Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California United States Later became USS Langley
29 August Christopher Acasta-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[19]
5 September Oak Acheron-class destroyer Yarrow & Company Scotstoun  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[12]
10 September Acasta Acasta-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[12]
12 September Bisson Bisson-class destroyer Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy.[20]
12 September Ville d'Alger Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Cie. Havraise Péninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur [21]
19 September Audacious King George V-class battleship Cammell Laird Birkenhead  United Kingdom
27 September Le Hève Light ship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées (Cap de la Hève)[22]
28 September Paris Courbet-class battleship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France
10 October Appam Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For British & African Steamship Co.[23]
10 October Hannington Court Cargo ship Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd Southwick  United Kingdom For Court Line Ltd
12 October Euler Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg  France For French Navy[1]
12 October Iron Duke Iron Duke-class battleship HM Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom
16 October U-17 Type U 17 submarine Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
17 October S19 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
24 October Marlborough Iron Duke-class battleship HM Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom
26 October Inglemoor Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Moor Line Ltd.[24]
30 October New York New York-class battleship New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York United States
31 October Le Verrier Brumaire-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon  France For French Navy[1]
7 November France Courbet-class battleship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire  France
8 November Cockatrice Acasta-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[19]
11 November Karlsruhe Karlsruhe-class cruiser Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany
12 November Rostock Karlsruhe-class cruiser Howaldtswerke Kiel  Germany
14 November Achates Acasta-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[12]
23 November Kristianiafjord Passenger ship Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Norwegian America Line.[25][26][27]
25 November Amiral Bourgois Submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort  France For French Navy[1]
30 November Prinz Eugen Tegetthoff-class battleship Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Austria-Hungary
4 December S20 V1-class torpedo boat Schichau-Werke Elbing  Germany For Imperial German Navy.[2]
11 December Ceramic Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line.
Unknown date A. G. Prentiss Small wooden-hulled tug Kennebunk, Maine United States [28]
Unknown date Alaburn Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Robert Milburn.[29]
Unknown date Badenia Coaster F Schichau GmbH Elbling  Germany For A Kirsten
Unknown date Barbel Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[30]
Unknown date Birmingham Tug Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[31]
Unknown date Bitterling Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[32]
Unknown date Borussia Coaster Nüscke & Co Stettin  Germany For A Kirsten
Unknown date Broughton Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[33]
Unknown date Czar Passenger ship Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow  United Kingdom For private owner.[34]
Unknown date Dimboola Cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For private owner.[35]
Unknown date Dollart Coaster Stettiner Oderwerke Stettin  Germany Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date Fernebo Cargo ship Oskarshamn Shipyard Oskarshamn Sweden For Broström Axel & Son
Unknown date Fire Queen Fire float Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For Lord Mayor & citizens of Cardiff.[36]
Unknown date Glen Avon Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon  United Kingdom For P. & A. Campbell.[37]
Unknown date Hispania Cargo ship Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd Hoboken Belgium For Svenska Lloyd AB
Unknown date Jubilee Tug I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[38]
Unknown date L. V. Stoddard Tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company. Toledo, Ohio United States For private owner.[39]
Unknown date Manoel Thomaz Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[40]
Unknown date Oburn Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Robert Milburn.[41]
Unknown date Ocean Plough Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Bloomfields Ltd.[42]
Unknown date Ocean Reaper Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For W. J. E. Green Ltd.[43]
Unknown date Ocean Souvenir Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Bloomfields Ltd.[44]
Unknown date Sharpness Tug Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[45]
Unknown date Thomas Beeching Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.[46]
Unknown date Verna & Esther Patrol vessel Kennebunk, Maine United States Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918.
Unknown date Worcester Tug Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For private owner.[47]
Unknown date No. 3 Newport Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For Rea Transport Co. Ltd.[48]
Unknown date Swano Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Henry Oldridge.[49]
Unknown date Unnamed Lighter I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[50]
Unknown date Unnamed Lighter I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[51]
Unknown date Unnamed Lighter I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[52]
Unknown date Unnamed Lighter I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[53]
Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry  United Kingdom For private owner.[54]

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