List of ship launches in 1938

The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
22 January Rose Cargo ship Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Sweden For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S
14 February Maury Gridley-class destroyer Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Francisco United States [1]
February Citizen No. 1 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Citizens Oil Co.[2]
3 March Lochavon Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Royal Mail Line.[3]
13 March Phoenix Brooklyn-class cruiser New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey United States
14 March Barbican Bar-class boom defence vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[4]
16 March Santa Cruz Cargo ship Deutsche Werft Hamburg  Germany For Oldenburg Portuguese Line.[5]
17 March Belfast Town-class cruiser Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
19 March Chikuma Tone-class cruiser Mitsubishi Nagasaki  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.[6]
15 April St. Louis St. Louis-class cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia United States
16 April Benham Benham-class destroyer Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey United States [1]
28 April Donax Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.[7]
5 May Rowan Benham-class destroyer Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia United States [1]
5 May Stack Benham-class destroyer Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia United States [1]
14 May Mayrant Benham-class destroyer Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts United States [1]
14 May Trippe Benham-class destroyer Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts United States [1]
16 May Mizuho Seaplane carrier Kawasaki Kobe  Japan [8]
28 May Barbrook Bar-class boom defence vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[9]
31 May Egret Egret-class sloop J. Samuel White Cowes United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[10]
31 May Waimarama Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Shaw Savill Line.[11]
11 June Ellet Benham-class destroyer Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey United States [1]
14 June Durban Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[12]
15 June Karl Galster Type 1936-class destroyer DeSchiMAG Bremen  Germany
28 June Dromus Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.
28 June Shiranui Kagerō-class destroyer Uraga Dock Company Uraga  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
29 June Glenearn Cargo ship Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee United Kingdom For Blue Funnel Line.[13]
29 June Robert Middleton Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth United Kingdom For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[14]
30 June Auckland Egret-class sloop Denny Dumbarton  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[10]
7 July Gyller Sleipner-class destroyer Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Norway
17 July Bembridge Pilot cutter Smiths Dock Company South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough  United Kingdom For Trinity House.[15]
27 July Dominion Monarch Cargo liner Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England United Kingdom For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
28 July Mauretania Ocean liner Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England United Kingdom For Cunard Line
28 July Rhind Benham-class destroyer Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia United States [1]
July Todd Johnson 17 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Todd Johnson Drydocks Inc.[2]
July 4 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
22 August Prinz Eugen Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany
23 August Barcastle Bar-class boom defence vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[16]
25 August British Fidelity Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For British Tanker Company.[17]
28 August Wilhelm Heidkamp Type 1936-class destroyer DeSchiMAG Bremen  Germany
28 August Lang Benham-class destroyer Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey United States [1]
August J.H.C. No. 4 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For J. H. Coppedge.[2]
date unnamed Steamship Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States [2]
August 2 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
1 September Dr. Heinrich Wiegand Cargo ship Nylands Verksted Copenhagen Denmark For Argo Line.
9 September Jervis J-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne United Kingdom [18]
12 September Pelican Egret-class sloop Thornycroft Woolston United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[10]
15 September Steiermark Cargo ship Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Hamburg America Line.[5]
20 September Anton Schmitt Type 1936-class destroyer DeSchiMAG Bremen  Germany
22 September Mircea Gorch Fock-class barque Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Romanian Navy
24 September Sisu Icebreaker Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard Helsinki  Finland For Finnish Board of Navigation
26 September Jersey J-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes  United Kingdom
27 September Queen Elizabeth Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland  United Kingdom For Cunard Line
27 September Kagerō Kagerō-class destroyer Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru  Japan [19]
29 September Jan Mayen Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG
September Weser Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde  Germany For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
11 October Janus J-class destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend United Kingdom
11 October San Demetrio Tanker Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow United Kingdom For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.
12 October Pretoria Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.
25 October Cairndale Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[20]
25 October Jackal J-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom [18]
25 October Kelly K-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne United Kingdom
25 October Kuroshio Kagerō-class destroyer Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 October Jupiter J-class destroyer Yarrow & Company Scotstoun United Kingdom
27 October Sterett Benham-class destroyer Charleston Naval Shipyard North Charleston, South Carolina United States [1]
October Neidenfels Cargo liner Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen  Germany For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa"
8 November Bayonet Net-class boom defence vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[21]
8 November Richmond Castle Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[22]
22 November Jaguar J-class destroyer William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton United Kingdom
29 November Oyashio Kagerō-class destroyer Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.
5 December Falconet Net-class boom defence vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[23]
8 December Graf Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany
8 December Juno J-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan United Kingdom
8 December Kuroshio Maru Kawasaki-type oiler Harima Zōsen KK Aioi, Harima  Japan For Chigai Kisen KK
8 December Rowallan Castle Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line.[24]
20 December San Emiliano Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company.[25]
21 December Javelin J-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom
December B 5 Dredger Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Atlantic Dredging.[2]
Unknown date Adler Cargo liner Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck  Germany For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date Amrum Coastal tanker Danziger Werft AG Danzig Free City of Danzig Danzig For Kriegsmarine.[26]
Unknown date Barcombe Bar-class boom defence vessel Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[27]
Unknown date Barcroft Bar-class boom defence vessel Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[27]
Unknown date B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4 Ferry Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland United Kingdom For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[28]
Unknown date Brahman Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For United Towing Co. Ltd.[29]
Unknown date Coburg Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden  Germany For H. Bischoff & Co
Unknown date Denbighshire Cargo ship Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Vlissingen Netherlands For Blue Funnel Line.[30]
Unknown date Eisdanger Norwegian-type tanker Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland United Kingdom For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[31]
Unknown date Friedrich Karl Cargo ship Neptun Werft Rostock  Germany For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH
Unknown date Gabelsflach tanker F. Schichau GmbH. Elbing  Germany For Kriegsmarine.[32]
Unknown date Haga Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Mathies Reederei
Unknown date Hannah Boge Cargo ship Neptun AG Rostock  Germany For J. M. K. Blumenthal.[33]
Unknown date Hohenfels Cargo ship Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau Stettin  Germany For Hansa Line.[34]
Unknown date John Holt Cargo ship United Kingdom For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [35]
Unknown date Johnathan Holt Cargo ship United Kingdom For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [35]
Unknown date Krooman Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For United Towing Co Ltd.[29]
Unknown date Luna Passenger ship Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde  Germany For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line).
Unknown date MMS 51 MMS-class minesweeper British Power Boat Company Hythe  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[36]
Unknown date Mountpark Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow United Kingdom For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[37]
Unknown date Marinia tug Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date Neptunia tug Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[39]
Unknown date Norman Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For United Towing Co. Ltd.[29]
Unknown date Patria Ocean liner Deutsche Werft. Hamburg  Germany For private owner.[40]
Unknown date Pomona Cargo ship Deutsche Werft Hamburg  Germany For F. Laiesz & Co.[34]
Unknown date Prospect Tuna clipper Campbell Industries San Diego United States For Star & Crescent Boat Company
Unknown date Sachsen Sealer Studen und Reederei GmbH Beidenfleth  Germany For Studen und Reederei GmbH.
Unknown date Salvonia tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date Sandanger Norwegian-type tanker Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland United Kingdom For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[31]
Unknown date Schwan Cargo ship Howaldtswerke Kiel  Germany For Argo Line
Unknown date Sperber Light seaplane tender H. C. Stulcken Hamburg  Germany For Luftwaffe use
Unknown date Süderau Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen  Germany For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date Viator Cargo ship Oresunds Varvet. Landskrona Sweden For private owner.[41]
Unknown date Wandsbek Cargo ship Moss Vaerft & Dokk. Moss Norway For Knohr & Burchard.[42]
Unknown date Wellpark Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow United Kingdom For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[37]
Unknown date Unnamed Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For private owner.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Friedman 1982, p. 439.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lochavon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Barbican". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 Lenton 1966, p. 14.
  6. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87.
  7. ↑ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66.
  9. ↑ "Barbrook". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 Hague 1993, p. 67.
  11. ↑ "Waimarama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Durban Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 37.
  14. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 210.
  15. ↑ "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  16. ↑ "Barcastle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "British Fidelity". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  18. 1 2 Friedman 2008, p. 326
  19. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
  20. ↑ "Cairndale". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Bayonet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  22. ↑ "Richmond Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  23. ↑ "Falconet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  24. ↑ "Rowallan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  25. ↑ "San Emiliano". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  26. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 469–70.
  27. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
  28. ↑ "B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  29. 1 2 3 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
  30. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 38.
  31. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 134.
  32. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  33. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 431.
  34. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 438.
  35. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
  36. ↑ "MMS 51". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  37. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
  38. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 299.
  39. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
  40. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 475–76.
  41. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 476.
  42. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 463.

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