List of ship launches in 1913 explained

The list of ship launches in 1913 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1913. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

DateCountryBuilderLocationShipClassNotes
7 January Hawthorn Leslie and CompanyNewcastle upon TyneFor Royal Navy
11 JanuarySchichau-WerkeElbingFor Imperial German Navy.
22 JanuaryArmstrong WhitworthNewcastle upon TyneDreadnought battleshipFor Brazilian Navy
25 JanuaryJohn Brown & CompanyClydebankFor Royal Navy
28 January Cargo shipFor Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG
8 February United StatesWilliam Cramp & SonsPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaFor United States Navy
15 FebruarySchichau-WerkeElbingFor Imperial German Navy.
20 FebruaryBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythCargo shipFor Tyneside Line Ltd.[1]
28 FebruaryAG VulcanStettinFor Imperial German Navy.
1 MarchKönigliche WerftWilhelmshavenFor Imperial German Navy
22 March United StatesWilliam Cramp & SonsPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaFor United States Navy
29 MarchSchichau-WerkeElbingFor Imperial German Navy.
30 MarchLa Spezia Naval BaseLa SpeziaFor Regia Marina
3 AprilBlohm & VossHamburgFor Hamburg America Line
5 April United StatesFore River ShipyardQuincy, MassachusettsFor United States Navy
8 AprilJoh. C. TecklenborgBremerhavenSolfelsCargo ship
8 AprilCammell Laird & Co. LtdBirkenheadOcean linerFor Norwegian America Line
12 AprilHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor McIlwraith & McEachern & Co.
18 AprilRoyal Navy DockyardPembroke Dock cruiserFor Royal Navy
19 AprilFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, LimitedGovanOcean linerFor Allan Line Steamship Company Ltd.
20 April FranceNaval GroupLorientFor French Navy
21 April FranceBrest ArsenalBrestFor French Navy
21 AprilJohn Brown & CompanyClydebankOcean liner
22 AprilBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythCargo shipFor Ref 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
24 AprilRoyal DockyardCastellammare di StabiaFor Regia Marina
25 AprilAG VulcanStettinFor Imperial German Navy.
28 AprilChatham DockyardChatham cruiserFor Royal Navy
5 MayVulcan-WerkeStettinFor Imperial German Navy
7 May SpainSociedad Española de Construcción NavalFerrolAlfonso XIIIEspaña-class battleshipFor Spanish Navy.[3]
7 MayArmstrong WhitworthNewcastle upon Tyne cruiserFor Royal Navy
8 MayHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[4]
20 May United StatesBath Iron WorksBath, MaineFor United States Navy
22 MayVickers Shipbuilding and EngineeringBarrow-in-FurnessE-class submarineFor Royal Navy
27 May NorwayKarljohansvernHortenFor Royal Norwegian Navy
4 JuneAG WeserBremenFor Imperial German Navy
18 JuneVickers Shipbuilding and EngineeringBarrow-in-FurnessE-class submarineFor Royal Navy
28 JuneBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythtypeFor A/S Borga.[5]
28 JuneSchichau-WerkeElbingFor Imperial German Navy.
10 JulyHarland & WolffGovanPassenger tenderFor Elder Dempster Lines
17 JulyBlohm & VossHamburgFor Imperial German Navy
6 August United StatesBath Iron WorksBath, MaineFor United States Navy
20 AugustBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythCollierFor Screw Collier Co. Ltd.[6]
3 SeptemberVickers Shipbuilding and EngineeringBarrow-in-FurnessFor Ottoman Navy
4 SeptemberHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Atlantic Transport Co.[7]
30 SeptemberAteliers et Chantiers de la LoireSaint-NazaireFor French Navy
2 OctoberHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
16 OctoberPortsmouth Royal DockyardPortsmouthFor Royal Navy
25 OctoberKaiserliche WerftKielFor Imperial German Navy
30 OctoberHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Royal Mail Line
30 OctoberBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythCargo shipFor Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[8]
1 November United StatesNewport News ShipbuildingNewport News, VirginiaSteamshipFor Matson Line
8 November United StatesNew York Shipbuilding CorporationCamden, New JerseyFor United States Navy
12 NovemberWilliam Beardmore and CompanyGlasgowFor Royal Navy
26 NovemberPlymouth DockyardPlymouthFor Royal Navy
27 NovemberVickers Shipbuilding and EngineeringBarrow-in-FurnessFor Royal Navy
27 NovemberHarland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Atlantic Transport Co.[9]
29 NovemberSchichau-WerkeDanzigFor Imperial German Navy
14 DecemberBlyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. LtdBlythCargo shipFor Sharp Steamship Co. Ltd.[10]
15 DecemberJohn Brown & CompanyClydebankFor Royal Navy
15 DecemberBarclay CurleGlasgowCargo linerFor British India Steam Navigation Company.
17 DecemberHarland & WolffBelfastCargo shipFor Elder Dempster.[11]
29 DecemberParsons Marine Steam Turbine Company / Hawthorn LeslieWallsend / HebburnFor Royal Navy
Unknown date United StatesFishing trawlerFor Virginia Fishing Co.[12]
Unknown date United StatesNew York Launch & Engine Building Co.Morris Heights, New YorkMotorboatFor Arnold Schlaet.[13]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryAnchovyBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[14]
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthArthur H. JohnsonSteam drifterFor Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.[15]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferrySteamshipFor private owner.[16]
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthBoy CharlesSteam drifterFor Charles A. Webster.[17]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryCoasterFor John Summers & Sons Ltd.[18]
Unknown dateOil tanker
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryCoasterFor John Summers & Sons Ltd.[19]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryHaddockBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[20]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryHakeBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[21]
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthJ Burn Steam drifterFor Robert Milburn.[22]
Unknown dateCammell Laird & Co. Ltd.BirkenheadPassenger shipFor Norwegian America Line.
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthOcean FavouriteSteam drifterFor Bloomfields Ltd.[23]
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthOcean HarvestSteam drifterFor Bloomfields Ltd.[24]
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthOcean PilotSteam drifterFor W. J. E. Green Ltd.[25]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryMotor vesselFor The Barge Pirate Co. Ltd.[26]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferrySardineBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[27]
Unknown dateBremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau.VegesackPassenger shipFor private owner.
Unknown dateBeeching Brothers Ltd.Great YarmouthThe ThroneSteam drifterFor Crown Steam Drifters Ltd.[28]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryWhelkBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[29]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryWhitingBargeFor Rea Transportation Co. Ltd.[30]
Unknown dateReiherstieg Schiffswerft & MaschinenfabrikHamburgTankerFor Deutsche-Amerikan Petroleum Gesellschaft
Unknown dateHall, Russell & Co. Ltd.AberdeenDockyard tankerFor private owner.
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.Queensferry3 G.W.R.BargeFor Great Western Railway.[31]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.Queensferry4 G.W.R.BargeFor Great Western Railway.[32]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.Queensferry5 G.W.R.BargeFor Great Western Railway.[33]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.Queensferry6 G.W.R.BargeFor Great Western Railway.[34]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedPontoonFor private owner.[35]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedPontoonFor private owner.[36]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedMotor vesselFor private owner.[37]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedMotor vesselFor private owner.[38]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedMotor vesselFor private owner.[39]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedMotor vesselFor private owner.[40]
Unknown dateI. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.QueensferryUnnamedSteamshipFor private owner.[41]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dilston . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  2. Web site: Ridley . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  3. Fernandez . Rafael . Nicholas. Mitiukov. Kent. Crawford . March 2007 . The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class . Warship International . 44 . 1 . 63–117 . Toledo, Ohio . International Naval Research Organization . 0043-0374 . 1647131 . amp.
  4. Web site: Andes . The Yard . 23 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Borgland . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  6. Web site: Bywell . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  7. Web site: Maryland . The Yard . 23 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Ryton . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  9. Web site: Missouri . The Yard . 23 February 2017.
  10. Web site: Elsdon . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  11. Web site: Egba . The Yard . 23 February 2017.
  12. Web site: A. Brook Taylor . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 30 May 2019 . 20 May 2015 . A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va..
  13. Web site: Cressman . Robert J. . Abalone (S. P. 208) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 8 July 2019 . English . 8 February 2016 . Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co..
  14. Web site: Anchovy . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  15. Web site: Arthur H. Johnson . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  16. Web site: Bonanza . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  17. Web site: Boy Charles . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  18. Web site: Carita . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  19. Web site: Fleurita . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  20. Web site: Haddock . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  21. Web site: Hake . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  22. Web site: Jburn . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  23. Web site: Ocean Favourite . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  24. Web site: Ocean Harvest . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  25. Web site: Ocean Pilot . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  26. Web site: Pater . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  27. Web site: Sardine . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  28. Web site: The Throne . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
  29. Web site: Whelk . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  30. Web site: Whiting . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  31. Web site: 3 G.W.R. . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  32. Web site: 4 G.W.R. . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  33. Web site: 5 G.W.R. . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  34. Web site: 6 G.W.R. . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  35. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  36. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  37. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  38. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  39. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  40. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
  41. Web site: Un-named . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .