List of ship launches in 1934

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  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Skipjack Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
30 January  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock Escapade E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
7 February  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Exmouth E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
15 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Electra E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
16 February  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Echo E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
1 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Ajax Leander-class cruiser For Royal Navy
11 March  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Krischan Krischan-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
15 March  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Twickenham Ferry Train Ferry For the Southern Railway
19 March  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend Esk E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 March  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Encounter E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 March  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock Escort E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
12 April  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Eclipse E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
17 April  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Harrier Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
1 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waiwera Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[1]
9 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idalia Motor yacht For Alan F. Craig.[2]
12 May  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Fearless F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
29 May  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Tyne and Wear Express E-class destroyer For Royal Navy
8 June  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hambur August Bösch Fishing trawler For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow Faulknor F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
14 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sir Hastings Anderson Target towing ship For Royal Navy.[3]
28 June  United Kingdom Parsons Wallsend Fame F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June  United Kingdom Parsons Wallsend Firedrake F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Forester F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
28 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waipawa Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[4]
29 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Foresight F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
30 June  Germany Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Admiral Graf Spee Deutschland-class cruiser For Reichsmarine
11 July  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Germania Fishing trawler For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast John Dock Tug For South African Railways.[5]
27 July  United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Dockyard Portsmouth Amphion Leander-class cruiser For Royal Navy
July  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Deutschland Fishing trawler For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Loch Lomond Cargo ship For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[6]
20 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Falcon Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[7]
27 August  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Hussar Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
28 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast W. H. Fuller Tug For South African Railways.[8]
29 August  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Fortune F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
10 September  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Fury F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
22 September  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend-on-Tyne Sydney Leander-class cruiser For Royal Australian Navy
26 September  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Queen Mary Ocean liner For Cunard Line
September  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Haltenbank Fishing trawler For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October  Germany Norderwerft Köser & Mayer Hamburg Hinrich Hey Fishing trawler For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde J. Hinrich Wilhelms Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyen Ancylus Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
9 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Imperial Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[10]
9 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Wairangi Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[11]
10 October  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Ro-33 Kaichū VI-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Henzada Cargo ship For P Henderson & Co.[12]
12 October  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Foxhound F-class destroyer For Royal Navy
16 October  Germany Bremer Vulkan Bremen Zieten Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Shepperton Ferry Train Ferry For the Southern Railway
7 November  Germany Bremer Vulkan Vegesack Friedrich Busse Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Martaban Cargo ship For P Henderson & Co.[13]
22 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast New Zealand Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[14]
24 November  United Kingdom Workman, Clark Ltd. Belfast Acavus Yanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
1 December  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. Kiel Gadila Tanker For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[15]
6 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Nürnberg Leipzig-class cruiser For Reichsmarine
6 December  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Sfax Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
8 December  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Amastra Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
10 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Cawdor Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[16]
15 December  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Grille Aviso For Reichsmarine
19 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Anadara Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[17]
19 December  Poland CRDA yard Monfalcone, Italy Piłsudski Ocean liner For PTTO
20 December  Germany Bremer Vulkan. Vegesack Alexia Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[9]
20 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roslin Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[18]
20 December  United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Triaster Cargo Liner For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland B.H.C. Barge No. 2 Barge For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Pollock & Sons Faversham Camroux I Coaster For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Eskdene Cargo ship For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.[21]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen Pelikan Refrigerated cargo ship For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date  United Kingdom Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe Rodney Tug For private owner.[22]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Arthur R. Brown Ltd Wivenhoe Rodney II Tug For W. T. Beaumont & Sons Ltd.[23]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Skylark 9 Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[24]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft. Hamburg Sofia Cargo ship For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Sylt Coastal tanker For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg

References

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  1. ^ "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
  10. ^ "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  16. ^ "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "B.H.C. Barge No. 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.
  22. ^ "Rodney". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Rodney II". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Skylark 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.