List of ship launches in 1914
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The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.
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! Navy/Country ! Builder ! Location ! Ship ! Class / type ! Notes | ||||
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16 January
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock |{{SS|Agapenor||2}} | Cargo ship |For Ocean Steam Ship Company. 7550 Gross Tons{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Greenock: Agapenor |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=February 1914 |page=280 |volume=36}} | ||||
17 January
| {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} | Fiume | {{SMS|Szent István||2}} | {{sclass|Tegetthoff|battleship|2}} | ||||
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! 29 January | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Euripides|1914|2}} | For Aberdeen Line. | ||||
29 January
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Stettin | {{SMS|V25||2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Kaiserliche Marine.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
7 February
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Yarrow |{{HMS|Landrail|1914|2}} | {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyer |For Royal Navy.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=308}} | ||||
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! 11 February | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Mississippi|1914|2}} | For Atlantic Transport Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=450 |title=Mississippi |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
21 February
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Kiel | {{SMS|Kronprinz Wilhelm||2}} | {{sclass|König|battleship|2}} | For Imperial German navy | ||||
21 February
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Stettin | {{SMS|V26||2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Imperial German Navy.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
24 February
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Hamburg | {{MS|Fritz||2}} | diesel motor ship | | ||||
25 February
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | John I. Thornycroft & Company | | {{HMS|Lance|1914|2}} | {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyer | For Royal Navy | ||||
26 February
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{ship|HMHS|Britannic||2}} | {{sclass|Olympic|ocean liner|2}} | For Royal Navy | ||||
26 February
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | | {{HMS|Lydiard|1914|2}} | {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyer | For Royal Navy | ||||
28 February
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | {{SMS|S32|1914|2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Imperial German Navy.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
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! 12 March | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | {{SS|Aydon|1914|2}} | For Aydon Steamship Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10065&a1Page=8&ref=202840&vessel=AYDON |title=Aydon |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=30 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! 12 March | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Falstria|1914|2}} | For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=451 |title=Falstria |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
14 March
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-3|SS-34|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
17 March
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-5|SS-36|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
19 March
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-4|SS-35|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
23 March
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37|2}} | {{sclass|Nevada|battleship|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
26 March
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-6|SS-37|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
26 March
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Stettin | {{SMS|V27||2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Kaiserliche Marine.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
4 April
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} |Elbing | {{SMS|S33|1914|2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Imperial German Navy.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
8 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd | {{SS|Pengreep||2}} | For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company | ||||
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! 22 April | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Egori|1914|2}} | For Elder Dempster.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=445 |title=Egori |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
22 April
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|McDougal|DD-54|2}} | {{sclass|O'Brien|destroyer|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
23 April
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | | | {{HMS|E11||2}} | E-class submarine | For Royal Navy | ||||
25 April
|{{Flagcountry|German Empire}} |{{SMS|Regensburg||2}} |{{sclass|Graudenz|cruiser|2}} |For Imperial German Navy | ||||
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! 11 May | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | {{MV|Kingsholm|1914|2}} | Tug | For W. M. Butler & Co (Bristol) Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=9&ref=203097&vessel=KINGSHOLM |title=Kingsholm |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
13 June
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} |Elbing | {{SMS|S34|1914|2}} |{{sclass|V25|torpedo boat}} | For Imperial German Navy.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1983|p=54}} | ||||
rowspan=3 | 20 June
| rowspan=2 | {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-7|SS-38|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | {{USS|Arapaho|AT-14|2}} | tug | For United States Navy{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0ZHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA569|title=Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels|date=1919|page=569}} |
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| Hamburg | Bismarck | {{sclass|Imperator|ocean liner|2}} | For Hamburg America Line | ||||
24 June
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} |{{HMS|Princess Margaret||2}} | Passenger liner | For Canadian Pacific Railway{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Wm Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton: Princess Margaret |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=August 1914 |page=29 |volume=37}} | ||||
7 July
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{ship|SS|Orbita||2}} | Ocean liner | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Orbita |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=August 1914 |page=30 |volume=37}} | ||||
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! 9 July | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{MV|Lalandia|1914|2}} | For Western Australian Government, completed as Kangaroo.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=452 |title=Kangaroo |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
9 July
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | Ocean Liner | For Holland America Line{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Harland & Wolff, Belfast: Statendam |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=August 1914 |pages=30–32 |volume=37}} | ||||
11 July
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|K-8|SS-39|2}} | K-class submarine | For United States Navy | ||||
11 July
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|2}} | {{sclass|Nevada|battleship|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
rowspan=2 | 20 July
| rowspan=2 | {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|O'Brien|DD-51|2}} | {{sclass|O'Brien|destroyer|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | {{USS|Mohave|AT-15|2}} | tug | For United States Navy{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0ZHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA575|title=Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels|date=1919|page=575}} (or 20 June{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mohave-i.html | title=Mohave (Fleet Tug No.15) }}) |
6 August
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company |{{HMS|Murray|1914|2}} |{{sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer}} |For Royal Navy.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=308}} | ||||
8 August
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Bjørgvin | Nidaros-class coastal defence ship |For Royal Norwegian Navy{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: The Tyne and Wear: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=September 1914 |page=54 |volume=37}} | ||||
15 August
| {{flag|United States|1912}} || Seattle Construction and Drydock Company || Seattle, Washington || {{USS|Tillamook|AT-16|2}} || tug || For United States Navy{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0ZHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA581|title=Ship's Data U.S. Navy Vessels|date=1919|page=581}} | ||||
19 August
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|Nicholson|DD-52|2}} | {{sclass|O'Brien|destroyer|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
22 August
| {{Flag|United States|1912}} | {{USS|Ericsson|DD-56|2}} | {{sclass|O'Brien|destroyer|2}} | For United States Navy | ||||
4 September
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | {{ship|SS|Tuscania|1914|2}} | Passenger liner | For Anchor Line{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Scotland: Alex. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=October 1914 |page=87 |volume=37}} | ||||
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! 5 September | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | {{HMS|Ark Royal|1914|2}} | For Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10065&a1Page=8&ref=202908&vessel=ARK+ROYAL |title=Ark Royal |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=30 September 2024 }} | ||||
8 September
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{ship|RMS|Ebro||2}} | Ocean Liner | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company{{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Ireland: Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=October 1914 |pages=87–88 |volume=37}} | ||||
21 September
| {{Flag|Spain|1785}} | SECN | Ferrol | {{ship|Spanish battleship|Jaime I||2}} | {{sclass|España|battleship|2}} | For Spanish Navy.{{sfn|Fernandez|Mitiukov|Crawford|2007|p=73}} | ||||
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! 30 September | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Glasgow | {{SS|Apapa|1914|2}} | For Elder Dempster Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=443 |title=Apapa |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
12 October
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Yarrow | {{HMS|Manly|1914|2}} | {{Sclass2|Yarrow M|destroyer|2}} |{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=308}} | ||||
20 October
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | William Denny and Brothers Ltd | {{SS|Princess Irene|1914|2}} | For Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||
31 October
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | {{HMS|Barham|04|2}} | {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|battleship|2}} | For Royal Navy | ||||
4 November
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | {{HMS|Valiant|1914|2}} | {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|battleship|2}} | For Royal Navy | ||||
17 November
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | {{HMS|Royal Oak|08|2}} | {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|2}} | For Royal Navy | ||||
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! 19 November | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Almanzora|1914|2}} | For Royal Mail Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=441 |title=Almanzora |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=23 February 2017}} | ||||
21 November
| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}} | Danzig | {{SMS|Elbing||2}} | {{sclass|Pillau|cruiser|0}} light cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine | ||||
19 December
| {{Flag|Australia}} | {{HMAS|Huon|D50|2}} | {{sclass2|River|torpedo-boat destroyer|2}} | For Royal Australian Navy | ||||
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! 31 December | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Belfast | {{SS|Belgenland|1914|2}} | For International Navigation Co. Completed as Belgic. | ||||
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! 3rd Quarter | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | {{MV|Sir William|1914|2}} | Coaster | ||||
Unknown date
| {{flag|Sweden}} | | | {{ship||Baychimo}} | For Hudson's Bay Company | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Glasgow | {{SS|Egba|1914|2}} | For Elder Dempster Lines.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=394}} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | {{HMT|Eskburn | 2}} | |||
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! Unknown date | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Troon | {{PS|Glen Usk|1914|2}} | For P. & A. Campbell.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=244}} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Palmers Ltd. | {{SS|Maricopa|1914|2}} | Tanker | For private owner.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=392}} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Ocean Emperor | ||||
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| {{flag|United States|1912}} | {{SS|Pacific|1914|2}} | Cargo ship | For J S Emery Steamship Co | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | J. Allen & Co. | Poole | Skylark | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. | Deptford | The Flame | For London Motor Lighterage Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10489&ref=205232&vessel=THE+FLAME |title=The Flame |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }} | ||||
Unknown date
| {{flag|Norway}} | Tønsberg | Whaler | For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | Joseph Russell & Co. | {{SS|War Ermine | 2}}
| For British Shipping Controller.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=90}} | |||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 7 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203502&vessel=7+G.W.R. |title=7 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 8 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203503&vessel=8+G.W.R. |title=8 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 9 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203505&vessel=9+G.W.R. |title=9 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 10 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203507&vessel=10+G.W.R. |title=10 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 11 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203509&vessel=11+G.W.R. |title=11 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | 12 G.W.R. | Barge | For Great Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10198&a1Page=5&ref=203510&vessel=12+G.W.R. |title=12 G.W.R. |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=22 September 2024 }} | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed | ||||
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! Unknown date | {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Unnamed |
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