List of ship launches in 1934 explained

The list of ship launches in 1934 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1934.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
18 January		John Brown & Company	Clydebank		Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
30 January		Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
7 February		HM Dockyard	Portsmouth		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
15 February		Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 February		William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
1 March		Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness		cruiser	For Royal Navy
11 March		Norderwerft Koser und Meyer	Hamburg			For the Luftwaffe
15 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
19 March		Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March		Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March		Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
12 April		William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
17 April		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton		Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
1 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.[1]
9 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Motor yacht	For Alan F. Craig.[2]
12 May		Cammell Laird	Birkenhead		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 May		Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Tyne and Wear		E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
8 June		H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hamburg		Fishing trawler	For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June		Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun, Glasgow		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
14 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Target towing ship	For Royal Navy.[3]
28 June		Parsons	Wallsend		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June		Parsons	Wallsend		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June		J. Samuel White	Cowes		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.[4]
29 June		Cammell Laird	Birkenhead		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
30 June		Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven			For Reichsmarine
11 July		Howaldtswerke	Kiel		Fishing trawler	For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tug	For South African Railways.[5]
27 July		Portsmouth Naval Dockyard	Portsmouth	Amphion	cruiser	For Royal Navy
July		Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde		Fishing trawler	For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[6]
20 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tug	For Clyde Shipping Co.[7]
27 August		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton		Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
28 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tug	For South African Railways.[8]
29 August		John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
10 September		J. Samuel White	Cowes		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
22 September		Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend-on-Tyne		cruiser	For Royal Australian Navy
26 September		John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland		Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
September		Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde		Fishing trawler	For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October		Norderwerft Köser & Mayer	Hamburg		Fishing trawler	For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October		Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde		Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyen		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
9 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.[9]
9 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.[10]
10 October		Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure		Kaichū VI-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co.[11]
12 October		John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland		F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 October		Bremer Vulkan	Bremen		Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
7 November		Bremer Vulkan	Vegesack		Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co.[12]
22 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.[13]
24 November		Workman, Clark Ltd.	Belfast		Yanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
1 December		Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.	Kiel		Tanker	For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.
6 December		Deutsche Werke	Kiel			For Reichsmarine
6 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire			For French Navy
8 December		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
10 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons.[14]
15 December		Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Grille	Aviso	For Reichsmarine
19 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[15]
19 December	Poland	CRDA yard	Monfalcone, Italy		Ocean liner	For PTTO
20 December		Bremer Vulkan.	Vegesack		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
20 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line.[16]
20 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows	Port Glasgow		Cargo Liner	For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	B.H.C. Barge No. 2	Barge	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[17]
Unknown date		James Pollock & Sons	Faversham		Coaster	For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.
Unknown date		Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Bremen		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date		Arthur R. Brown Ltd	Wivenhoe		Tug	For private owner.[18]
Unknown date		Arthur R. Brown Ltd	Wivenhoe		Tug	For W. T. Beaumont & Sons Ltd.[19]
Unknown date		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Skylark 9	Motor vessel	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[20]
Unknown date		Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg		Cargo ship	For private owner.
Unknown date		Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Sylt	Coastal tanker	For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg

References

Sources

• 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: Waiwera . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
2. Web site: Idalia . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
3. Web site: Sir Hastings Anderson . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
4. Web site: Waipawa . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
5. Web site: John Dock . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
6. Web site: Loch Lomond . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
7. Web site: Flying Falcon . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
8. Web site: W H Fuller . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
9. Web site: Imperial Star . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
10. Web site: Wairangi . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
11. Web site: Henzada . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
12. Web site: Martaban . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
13. Web site: New Zealand Star . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
14. Web site: Baron Cawdor . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
15. Web site: Anadara . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
16. Web site: Roslin Castle . The Yard . 26 February 2017.
17. Web site: B.H.C. Barge No. 2 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 29 September 2024 .
18. Web site: Rodney . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
19. Web site: Rodney II . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
20. Web site: Skylark 9 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .