List of ship launches in 1901
The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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19 February | United Kingdom | Palmers | Jarrow | Russell | Duncan-class battleship | |
5 March | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Albemarle | Duncan-class battleship | |
5 March | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Montagu | Duncan-class battleship | |
21 March | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Duncan | Duncan-class battleship | |
30 March | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Kronprinz Wilhelm | Passenger ship | |
4 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Celtic | Ocean liner; one of the "Big Four" | For White Star Line. |
16 April | United Kingdom | Napier & Miller | Yoker | Andrios | Cargo ship | |
18 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ryndam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
18 May | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Ohio | Maine-class battleship | |
18 May | United States | W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Lahaina | barquentine | yard's first |
29 May | Sweden | Bergsunds Shipyard, | Stockholm | Wasa | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
30 May | Italy | La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | Regina Margherita | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
6 June | Nyasaland | Lake Nyasa | Chauncy Maples | Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled | ||
6 June | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Danzig | Wettin | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
12 June | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Zähringen | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
22 June | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Kiel | Kiel | Prinz Adalbert | Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser | |
24 June[1] | United Kingdom | George Brown and Company | Greenock | Princess Beara | Steam cutter | For Bantry Bay Steamship Co.[2] The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company[1] |
6 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Walmer Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[3] |
13 July | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Cornwallis | Duncan-class battleship | |
16 July | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bantu | Cargo ship | Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd |
22 July | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Adder | Plunger-class submarine | [4] |
27 July | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Maine | Maine-class battleship | |
14 August | Sweden | Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen | Äran | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
17 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Athenic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line |
19 August | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Schwaben | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
20 August | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Moccasin | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. Rice [5] |
31 August | United Kingdom | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Exmouth | Duncan-class battleship | |
11 September | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Árpád | Habsburg-class battleship | For the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
23 September | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Porpoise | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost [6] |
25 September | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Sæl | 1.-class torpedo boat | |
28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Noordam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
30 September | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Santhia | Passenger ship | For the British-India Steam Navigation Company |
19 October | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport | Shark | Plunger-class submarine | For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin [7] |
7 November | Sweden | Kockums Shipyard | Malmö | Tapperheten | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy[8] |
7 November | Italy | Castellammare Royal Dockyard | Castellammare di Stabia | Benedetto Brin | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
9 November | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Mecklenburg | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
28 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Warwickshire | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co.[9] |
12 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minnetonka | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[10] |
23 December | United States | Maryland Steel Company | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Shawmut | Cargo ship | For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed Ancon.[11] |
28 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Missouri | Maine-class battleship | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | King Edward | Passenger ship | For private owner.[12] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Scott & Company | Goole | Sudan | Steamship | For private owner.[13] |
Unknown date | United States | J. M. Bayles and Sons | Port Jefferson, New York | Zoraya | Armed yacht | Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919. |
References
- ^ a b "GEO. BROWN & Co". Inverclyde Shipbuilding. Cartsburn Publishing. 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
- ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-2 was originally laid down as Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3) on 3 October 1900 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 22 July 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
- ^ "A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-4 was originally laid down as Moccasin (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) ... launched on 20 August 1901; sponsored by a Mrs. Rice
- ^ "A-6 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-6 was originally laid down as Porpoise (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7) on 13 December 1900 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. E.B. Frost, the wife of E.B. Frost of Crescent Shipyard
- ^ "A-7 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
The submarine torpedo boat A-7 was originally laid down as Shark (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8) on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 19 October 1901; and sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin, wife of Lt. Comdr. Walter S. Turpin, an officer on duty at Crescent Shipyard.
- ^ Fleks 1997, p. 16.
- ^ "Warwickshire". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Minnetonka". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Marine Engineering (1902). "New Ships of the Boston Steamship Company". Marine Engineering. 7 (January 1902). New York: Marine Engineering, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
- Sources
- Fleks, Adam (1997). Od Svea Do Drottning Victoria [From Svea to Drottning Victoria] (in Polish). Tarnowskie Góry: Okręty Wojenne. ISBN 978-8-39022-748-1.
- 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.