List of ship launches in 1932

The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
January I.W.C. 668 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
February I.W.C. 669 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
15 March Floating Crane No.2 Floating crane Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Cowans, Sheldon & Co.[2]
22 March Royal Iris II Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Wallasey Corporation.[3]
March I.W.C. 670 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
7 April Daring D-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire United Kingdom
7 April Defender D-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom
8 April Diamond D-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom
19 April Falmouth Shoreham-class sloop Devonport Dockyard Plymouth United Kingdom [4]
3 May Dainty D-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow United Kingdom
4 May Baron Ardrossan Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
5 May Duchess of Hamilton Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Govan United Kingdom For Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
21 May Portland Portland-class cruiser Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts United States
2 June Delight D-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow United Kingdom
4 June Moldanger Reefer ship Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Amsterdam Netherlands For Westfal-Larsen (Norway)
7 June Decoy D-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire United Kingdom
16 June Diana D-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow United Kingdom
20 June Prins Hendrik Ferry NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen Netherlands For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[6]
5 July Bhadravati Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[7]
7 July Duncan D-class destroyer HM Dockyard Portsmouth United Kingdom
10 July Armando Diaz Condottieri-class cruiser OTO La Spezia  Italy
18 July Lurline Ocean liner Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard United States For Matson Lines
19 July Duchess D-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow United Kingdom For Royal Navy
14 October Le Centaure Redoutable-class submarine Arsenal de Brest Brest France For French Navy
29 October Normandie Ocean liner Penhoët Saint-Nazaire France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
2 December North Carr Lightship Lightship Harland & Wolff Govan United Kingdom For Trinity House
19 December Danmark Full-rigged ship Nakskov Lolland Denmark For Danish Maritime Authority.[8]
21 December Olav Tryggvason Minelayer Naval Dockyard Horten Norway
Unknown date Barge No. 1 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Three Rivers Oil Corp.[1]
Unknown date M.T.C. No. 101 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Texas Company.[1]
Unknown date M.T.C. No. 102 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Sun Oil Co..[1]
Unknown date No. 96 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Standard Dredging Corp.[1]
Unknown date Unnamed Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For private owner.[1]
Unknown date Unnamed Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Pure Oil Company.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Floating Crane No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Royal Iris II". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Hague 1993, p. 38
  5. ↑ "Baron Ardrossan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "M/S Prins Hendrik" (in Swedish).
  7. ↑ "Bhadravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Skoleskibet Danmark's Historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

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.
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