List of ship launches in 1938
The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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22 January | Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Rose | Cargo ship | For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S | |
14 February | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | San Francisco | Maury | Gridley-class destroyer | [1] | |
3 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lochavon | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[2] | |
13 March | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Phoenix | Brooklyn-class cruiser | ||
16 March | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Santa Cruz | Cargo ship | For Oldenburg Portuguese Line.[3] | |
17 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belfast | Town-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. | |
19 March | Japan | Mitsubishi | Nagasaki | Chikuma | Tone-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy.[4] | |
15 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | St. Louis | St. Louis-class cruiser | ||
16 April | United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Benham | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
28 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Donax | Tanker | For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.[5] | |
5 May | United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | Rowan | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
5 May | United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | Stack | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
14 May | United States | Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Mayrant | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
14 May | United States | Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Trippe | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
16 May | Japan | Kawasaki | Kobe | Mizuho | Seaplane carrier | [6] | |
31 May | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Egret | Egret-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[7] | |
31 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waimarama | Cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[8] | |
11 June | United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Ellet | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
14 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Durban Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[9] | |
15 June | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Karl Galster | Type 1936-class destroyer | ||
28 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dromus | Tanker | For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. | |
28 June | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Shiranui | Kagerō-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
29 June | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Glenearn | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[10] | |
29 June | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Robert Middleton | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[11] | |
30 June | United Kingdom | Denny | Dumbarton | Auckland | Egret-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[7] | |
7 July | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Gyller | Sleipner-class destroyer | ||
17 July | United Kingdom | Smiths Dock Company | South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough | Bembridge | Pilot cutter | For Trinity House.[12] | |
27 July | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend, England | Dominion Monarch | Cargo liner | For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line | |
28 July | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Mauretania | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
28 July | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Rhind | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
22 August | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Prinz Eugen | Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser | ||
25 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Fidelity | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[13] | |
28 August | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Wilhelm Heidkamp | Type 1936-class destroyer | ||
28 August | United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Lang | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
1 September | Denmark | Nylands Verksted | Copenhagen | Dr. Heinrich Wiegand | Cargo ship | For Argo Line. | |
9 September | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Jervis | J-class destroyer | [14] | |
12 September | United Kingdom | Thornycroft | Woolston | Pelican | Egret-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[7] | |
15 September | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Steiermark | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line.[3] | |
20 September | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Anton Schmitt | Type 1936-class destroyer | ||
22 September | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Mircea | Gorch-Fock-class sail training ship | For Romanian Navy | |
24 September | Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard | Helsinki | Sisu | Icebreaker | For Finnish Board of Navigation | |
26 September | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Jersey | J-class destroyer | ||
27 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Queen Elizabeth | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
27 September | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Kagerō | Kagerō-class destroyer | [15] | |
29 September | Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Jan Mayen | Fishing trawler | For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG | |
September | Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Weser | Fishing trawler | For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG | |
11 October | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Janus | J-class destroyer | ||
11 October | United Kingdom | Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | San Demetrio | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
12 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pretoria Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. | |
25 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cairndale | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[16] | |
25 October | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Jackal | J-class destroyer | [14] | |
25 October | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Kelly | K-class destroyer | ||
25 October | Japan | Fujinagata Shipyard | Osaka | Kuroshio | Kagerō-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
27 October | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Jupiter | J-class destroyer | ||
27 October | United States | Charleston Naval Shipyard | North Charleston, South Carolina | Sterett | Benham-class destroyer | [1] | |
October | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Neidenfels | Cargo liner | For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" | |
8 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Richmond Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[17] | |
22 November | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Jaguar | J-class destroyer | ||
29 November | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Oyashio | Kagerō-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
8 December | Germany | Deutsche Werke | Kiel | Graf Zeppelin | Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier | ||
8 December | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Juno | J-class destroyer | ||
8 December | Japan | Harima Zōsen KK | Aioi, Harima | Kuroshio Maru | Kawasaki-type oiler | For Chigai Kisen KK | |
8 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rowallan Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[18] | |
20 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Emiliano | Tanker | For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company.[19] | |
21 December | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Javelin | J-class destroyer | ||
Unknown date | Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft | Lübeck | Adler | Cargo liner | For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co | |
Unknown date | Danzig | Danziger Werft AG | Danzig | Amrum | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[20] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Barcombe | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[21] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Barcroft | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[21] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Brahman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd.[22] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Schulte & Bruns | Emden | Coburg | Fishing trawler | For H. Bischoff & Co | |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij | Vlissingen | Denbighshire | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[23] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Eisdanger | Norwegian-type tanker | For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[24] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock | Friedrich Karl | Cargo ship | For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH | |
Unknown date | Germany | F. Schichau GmbH. | Elbing | Gabelsflach | tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[25] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Haga | Cargo ship | For Mathies Reederei | |
Unknown date | Germany | Neptun AG | Rostock | Hannah Boge | Cargo ship | For J. M. K. Blumenthal.[26] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau | Stettin | Hohenfels | Cargo ship | For Hansa Line.[27] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [28] | |||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Johnathan Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [28] | |||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Krooman | Tug | For United Towing Co Ltd.[22] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, | Wesermünde | Luna | Passenger ship | For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line). | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Mountpark | Cargo ship | For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[29] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrne & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Marinia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[30] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrne & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Neptunia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[31] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Norman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd.[22] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Werft. | Hamburg | Patria | Ocean liner | For private owner.[32] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Pomona | Cargo ship | For F. Laiesz & Co.[27] | |
Unknown date | United States | Campbell Industries | San Diego | Prospect | Tuna clipper | For Star & Crescent Boat Company | |
Unknown date | Germany | Studen und Reederei GmbH | Beidenfleth | Sachsen | Sealer | For Studen und Reederei GmbH. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Salvonia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[30] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Sandanger | Norwegian-type tanker | For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[24] | |
Unknown date | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Schwan | Cargo ship | For Argo Line | |
Unknown date | Germany | H. C. Stulcken | Hamburg | Sperber | Light seaplane tender | For Luftwaffe use | |
Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Süderau | Cargo ship | For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG | |
Unknown date | Sweden | Oresunds Varvet. | Landskrona | Viator | Cargo ship | For private owner.[33] | |
Unknown date | Norway | Moss Vaerft & Dokk. | Moss | Wandsbek | Cargo ship | For Knohr & Burchard.[34] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Wellpark | Cargo ship | For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[29] |
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Friedman 1982, p. 439.
- ^ "Lochavon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b Lenton 1966, p. 14.
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87.
- ^ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66.
- ^ a b c Hague 1993, p. 67.
- ^ "Waimarama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Durban Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 37.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 210.
- ^ "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "British Fidelity". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 326
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
- ^ "Cairndale". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Richmond Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Rowallan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "San Emiliano". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 469–70.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 38.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 134.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 431.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 438.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
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- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 475–76.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 476.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 463.
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