List of ship launches in 1925 explained

The list of ship launches in 1925 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1925.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
6 January		Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven		Light cruiser	For Reichsmarine
8 January		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Huddart Parker Ltd.[1]
12 January		Deutsche Werke	Kiel		Cargo ship	For A/S Norge-Mexico Gulflinjen.
15 January		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[2]
10 February		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Sociètè Navale Caennaise.[3]
12 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[4]
23 February		Mitsubishi	Kobe		Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 February	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo liner	For Charente Steamship Co Ltd
25 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[5]
13 March	United Kingdom	William Simons and Co. Ltd.	Renfrew	Patrick Stewart	Cable ship	renamed HMIS Investigator and converted into a survey ship for the Royal Indian Navy
14 March		Deutsche Werke	Kiel		Merchant ship	renamed Schwabenland and converted to a seaplane tender for Deutsche Luft Hansa's South Atlantic airmail in 1934
25 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[6]
26 March		Harland & Wolff	Govan		Passenger ship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
6 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[7]
7 April	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey			For United States Navy
8 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[8]
23 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[9]
24 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Southern Railway.[10]
8 May	Norway	Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted	Fredrikstad		Passenger ship	For Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap
8 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For King Line.[11]
21 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[12]
22 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Southern Railway.[13]
26 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.
May		Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde		Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven
18 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[14]
23 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Southern Railway.[15]
7 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.[16]
7 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For King Line.[17]
14 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[18]
21 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead		Reefer ship	For Fyffes Line
5 August		Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	I-53	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 August		Harland & Wolff Ltd	Greenock		Ocean liner	For P&O.
18 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Southern Railway.[19]
26 August		P. Smit Jr. Shipbuilding and Machine Factory	Rotterdam		Icebreaker	For the Finnish Board of Navigation.
1 September		Travewerk Gebroeders Goedhardt AG	Lübeck		Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
1 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tender	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[20]
2 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For David MacIver & Co.[21]
2 September		Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	(I-155)	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 September		Armstrong Whitworth	Walker			For Royal Navy
18 September		Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde		Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
24 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[22]
25 September		Mitsubishi	Kobe		Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October		Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	I-58	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 October	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts			For United States Navy
28 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co.[23]
29 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[24]
14 November		Blohm & Voss	Hamburg		Ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line.
17 November		Ailsa Shipbuilding Company	Troon		Ferry	For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.
25 November		Kockums	Malmö	Childar	Merchant	For Weil & Amundsen Rederi A/S, Halden, Norway
28 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For MacLay& MacIntyre Ltd.[25]
30 November		Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Amble		Tanker	For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[26]
3 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[27]
17 December		Cammell Laird	Birkenhead			For Royal Navy
17 December		Brest Dock Yard	Brest			For French Navy
19 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.[28]
29 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Argentine Navigation Co.[29]
31 December		Cook, Welton & Gemmell	Beverley		Research vessel	For the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
Unknown date		Aldous Ltd.	Brightlingsea		Thames barge	For R. & W. Paul Ltd.[30]
Unknown date		Gebrüder Schäfer	Völklingen		Towed riverboat
Unknown date		Aldous Ltd.	Brightlingsea		Thames barge	For R. & W. Paul Ltd.[31]
Unknown date		Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Barrow-in-Furness		Refrigerated cargo liner	For Cunard Line.
Unknown date		Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik AG	Hamburg		Fishing trawler	For Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG
Unknown date		Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg		Cargo ship	For Oldeburg Portuguese Line.
Unknown date		Atlas Werke	Bremen		Cargo ship	For Neptun Line AG
Unknown date		Société des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	St. Nazaire		Ocean liner	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark and Company	Belfast		Cargo ship	For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Abdela & Mitchell Ltd.	Brimscombe		Tug	For F. A. Ashmead & Co. Ltd.[32]
Unknown date		John Brown & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Tanker	For H. E. Moss & Co. Ltd.
Unknown date				Michael H.	Motor barge	For J. Harker Ltd.
Unknown date		Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby		Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd.
Unknown date		Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby		Tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd.
Unknown date		R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Unknown date		R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Ocean Liner	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Unknown date		Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender	Lübeck		Cargo ship	For Lübeck Linie AG
Unknown date <	--23 July needs confirmation by RS-->		Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad	Malmö		Cargo ship	For Angfartyg AB Tirfing
Unknown date		AG Weser	Bremen		Cargo ship	For Robert M Sloman Jr
Unknown date		Norderwerft.	Hamburg		Cargo ship	For Budsier Reederei & Berugungs AG.

References

Sources

• Book: Carter, C. The Port of Penzance. A History. 1998. Black Dwarf Publications. Lydney. 0-9533028-0-6.
• Book: Laurell, Seppo . Höyrymurtajien aika . Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy . Jyväskylä . 1992 . 951-47-6775-6 . Finnish.
• Book: Sawyer . LA . Mitchell . WH . 1990 . The Empire Ships . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd . 1-85044-275-4 . Second .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hebburn . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
2. Web site: Alynbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
3. Web site: Thisbe . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Elmbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
5. Web site: Inverlago . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
6. Web site: Inverrosa . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
7. Web site: Inverpool . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
8. Web site: Forresbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
9. Web site: Invercaibo . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
10. Web site: Hythe . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
11. Web site: King James . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
12. Web site: Nairnbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
13. Web site: Haslemere . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
14. Web site: Weirbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
15. Web site: Whitstable . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
16. Web site: Asturias . The Yard . 24 February 2017.
17. Web site: King Malcolm . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
18. Web site: Larchbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
19. Web site: Fratton . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
20. Web site: Temuco . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
21. Web site: Gascony . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
22. Web site: Levernbank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
23. Web site: Madrid . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
24. Web site: Myrtlebank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
25. Web site: Marthara . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
26. Web site: Southgate . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 24 September 2024 .
27. Web site: Olivebank . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
28. Web site: Colonial . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
29. Web site: Roma . The Yard . 25 February 2017.
30. Web site: Aidie . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
31. Web site: Barbara Jean . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
32. Web site: Hubert . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .