List of ship launches in 1906 explained

The list of ship launches in 1906 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1906.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
13 January		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co.[1]
17 January		Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley		Trawler	For Hellyer Steam Fishing Company
23 January		Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness		B-class submarine
24 January		Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness		B-class submarine
27 January		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering	Govan		Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
10 February		HM Dockyard, Portsmouth	Portsmouth		Dreadnought
14 February		William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton			For British-India Steam Navigation Company
24 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.
27 January		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co.[2]
27 February		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 5	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway.[3]
9 March		Charles Connell & Co	Glasgow		Cargo liner
22 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[4]
23 March		Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness		B-class submarine
23 March		Blohm + Voss	Hamburg			For Imperial German Navy
9 April		Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure, Hiroshima		Heavy cruiser
10 April		Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley		Trawler	For Earl Steam Fishing Co.
12 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank.[5]
20 April		Robert Stephenson and Company	Newcastle upon Tyne	Daffodil	Ferry	For Wallasey Corporation
21 April	United States	Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works	Chester, Pennsylvania		Coastal passenger ship	For Eastern Steamship Company
25 April		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 6	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway.[6]
5 May		Sevastopol Shipyard	Sevastopol
7 May	Canada	G. A. Pontbriand	Temagami	Belle of Temagami	Steamboat
12 May		Stettiner Vulkan	Stettin	Prinz Ludwig	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
12 May		Germaniawerft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
21 May		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 7	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway.[7]
24 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[8]
28 May		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	N.E.R. No. 8	Hopper barge	For North Eastern Railway.[9]
28 May		Schichau	Danzig
30 May		Stettiner Vulkan AG	Stettin			For Royal Hellenic Navy
6 June		Devonport Dockyard	Devonport		cruiser
7 June		John Brown & Co. Ltd	Clydebank		Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
14 June		Weserwerft	Bremen
23 June		William Beardmore and Company	Dalmuir
23 June		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ravelston Shipping Co Ltd
23 June		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
27 June	United States	Tarr and James Shipbuilders	Essex, Massachusetts		Schooner
30 June	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey			The last American pre-dreadnought battleship
30 June		Germaniawerft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
5 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line.[11]
10 July		Vickers Limited	Barrow in Furness		C-class submarine
18 July		Stettiner Vulkan AG	Stettin			For Royal Hellenic Navy
19 July		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1	Dredger	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[12]
23 July		Germaniawerft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
25 July	Canada	Canadian Ship Building Company	Toronto			For Muskosa Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company
4 August		Germaniawerft	Kiel		Submarine
25 August		Germaniawerft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
28 August		Kaiserliche Werft Kiel	Kiel
1 September	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts		B-class submarine
4 September		Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow			Last pre-dreadnought battleship for the Royal Navy.
5 September		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan		Passenger steamer	[13]
6 September		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Alfred Christensen.[14]
6 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cruise liner	For British India Steam Navigation Company.[15]
7 September		Germaniawerft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
10 September		AG Weser	Bremen	Reserve	Lightship
20 September		Harland and Wolff	Belfast		Ocean liner	For White Star Line
20 September		Ramage and Ferguson Ltd	Leith	Agawa	Yacht	[16]
20 September		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend		Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
20 September		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham		cruiser
22 September		Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig
22 September		Schichau-Werke	Elbing			For Imperial German Navy
22 September	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam		Coastal defence ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
4 October	United States	Fore River Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts		C-class submarine
6 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News
18 October		Hawthorn & Co	Leith, Scotland		Yacht	[17]
18 October		Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Dundee		Ocean liner	For Booth Line[18]
18 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo Ship	For African Steamship Company.[19]
30 October			Cowes		Cricket-class coastal destroyer
October	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Havana		For Ward Line
3 November		Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard,	Nikolayev
4 November		Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness		Armoured cruiser	For Imperial Russian Navy.
10 November		Admiralty Shipyard,	Saint Petersburg
12 November			Elbing			For Imperial German Navy
15 November		Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka, Kanagawa		Battleship
15 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.[20]
1 December		AG Vulkan	Stettin		Ocean Liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
3 December	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia		Passenger-cargo ship
7 December		Germaniawerft	Kiel
10 November		Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg
15 December		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappik.[21]
15 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Newport News, Virginia
15 December			Cowes		Cricket-class coastal destroyer
22 December		Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Ocean liner	For Lloyd Sabaudo
Date unknown	United States	Dialogue & Company	Camden, New Jersey		Tugboat
Date unknown		Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness		B-class submarine
Date unknown		John Bowden	Porthleven	Boy Sam	Steam drifter	For John E. Howe and others.[22]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Champion	Steam drifter	For John McKenzie.[23]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Comet Star	Steam drifter	For George Cowie.[24]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Glenafton	Steam drifter	For Alexander Smith.[25]
Date unknown	Netherlands	Bonn & Mees	Rotterdam		Fishing vessel	For F. Courtois & F. Hovelaque
Date unknown		Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	Hildalgo	Merchantman	For private owner.[26]
Date unknown		Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe		Steamship	For private owner.[27]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Irene	Steam drifter	For Edward Baker.[28]
Date unknown		Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe		Steamship	For John Lysaght Ltd.[29]
Date unknown	United States		Camden, New Jersey		Tugboat
Date unknown		Yarrow Shipbuilders	Poplar			For Royal Hellenic Navy
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Nike	Steam drifter	For private owner.[30]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Orion	Steam drifter	For James Smith.[31]
Date unknown		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Premier	Steam drifter	For George Hall.[32]
Date Unknown		Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe	San Juan	Merchantman	For private owner.[33]
Date unknown		McLearon	Harwich		Thames barge
Date unknown	United States	Toledo Shipbuilding Company	Toledo, Ohio			For Roosevelt Steamship Company
Date unknown		Richardson, Duck & Co	Stockton, Great Britain		Steamship
Date unknown		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Providence	Lighter	For John Charles Raper.[34]
Date unknown		Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.			Cargo ship	For private owner.
Date unknown		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Unnamed	Lighter	For George F. Sleight.[35]
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References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Heroic . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
2. Web site: Graphic . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
3. Web site: N.E.R. No. 5 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Ortega . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
5. Web site: Matheran . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
6. Web site: N.E.R. No. 6 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
7. Web site: N.E.R. No. 7 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
8. Web site: Oronsa . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
9. Web site: N.E.R. No. 8 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
10. Web site: Sheaf Field . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
11. Web site: Salamanca . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
12. Web site: B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
13. Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Volturno . The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 29 . 1 October 1909. 101.
14. Web site: Lady Furness . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
15. Belfast. The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 29 . 1 October 1909. 95.
16. Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Agawa . The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 29 . 1 October 1909. 101–102.
17. Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Adele . The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 29 . 1 November 1909. 137.
18. Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Lanfranc . The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 29 . 1 November 1909. 137.
19. Web site: Aburi . The Yard . 22 February 2017.
20. Web site: Sierra Leone . The Yard . 22 February 2017.
21. Web site: De Greve . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
22. Web site: Boy Sam . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 2 October 2024 .
23. Web site: Champion . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
24. Web site: Comet Star . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
25. Web site: Glenafton . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
26. Web site: Hildalgo . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
27. Web site: Ibex . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
28. Web site: Irene . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
29. Web site: Lysaght Puffin . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
30. Web site: Nike . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
31. Web site: Orion . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
32. Web site: Premier . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
33. Web site: San Juan . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
34. Web site: Providence . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
35. Web site: Un-named . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .