The list of ship launches in 1924 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1924.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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5 January | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | Quincy, Massachusetts | S-47 | S-class submarine | For United States Navy |
6 February | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Aurania | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
23 February | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | De Grasse | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
15 March | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | Hatakaze | Kamikaze-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
21 March | France | Arsenal de Lorient | French cruiser Lamotte-Piquet | Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale | |
17 April | United States | William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Memphis | Omaha class light cruiser | |
21 April | Japan | Fujinagata Shipyards | Osaka | Asanagi | Kamikaze-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
23 April | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | Medway Queen | Paddle steamer | For New Medway Steam Packet Company |
23 April | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo, Nagasaki | Yūnagi | Kamikaze-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
2 May | United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros Ltd | Dumbarton, Scotland | Dinard | ferry | |
2 May | United Kingdom | J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd | Woolston | Jamnagar | Coaster | For HH The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar |
19 May | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Takliwa | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd. |
21 May | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Primauguet | Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
18 June | United Kingdom | Vickers Limited | Barrow in Furness | Adventure | Minelaying cruiser | For Royal Navy |
18 June | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Hector | Cargo liner | For Ocean Steamship Co Ltd |
17 July | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | V-1 | Barracuda-class submarine | For United States Navy |
29 September | France | Saint Nazaire | Léopard | Chacal-class destroyer | For Marine Nationale | |
September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Princess Kathleen | Cargo liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships |
5 December | Canada | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Kipawo | Ferry | First ship built by the yard. For Dominion Atlantic Railway |
10 December | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Cape Leeuwin | Lighthouse tender | For Queensland Department of Commerce |
14 October | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Letitia | Ocean liner | For Anchor-Donaldson Ltd |
27 November | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Oite | Kamikaze-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
6 December | France | Chantiers Navals Français | Caen | Ouragan | Bourrasque-class destroyer | For Marine Nationale |
27 December | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | V-2 | Barracuda-class submarine | For United States Navy |
28 December | Italy | Ansaldo | La Spezia | Leonardo da Vinci | Ocean liner | For Società di Navigazione Transatlantica |
Unknown date | United States | Alexander Hamilton | Steamship | For Hudson River Day Line | ||
Unknown date | Germany | Neptun AG | Rostock | Alk | Cargo ship | For Roland Linie AG |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Antenor | Ocean liner | For Alfred Holt and Company |
Unknown date | United States | Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock | San Pedro, California | Catalina | Passenger ship | For William Wrigley Jr. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Centaur | Cargo liner | For Alfred Holt and Company |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Workman, Clark & Co Ltd | Belfast | City of Venice | Passenger ship | For Ellerman Lines |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Corinthic | Cargo ship | For W H Cockerline & Co Ltd, Hull |
Unknown date | United States | American Ship Building Company | Lorain, Ohio | Greater Buffalo | Paddlewheeler | For Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company |
Unknown date | United States | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp | Morris Heights, New York | Janey III | Yacht | For Clifford C Hemphill |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Kamloops | Lake freighter | For Canada Steamship Lines |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Philip and Son | Dartmouth | Kingswear Castle | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway |
Unknown date | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Klio | Cargo ship | For Neptun Line |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Levenwood | Coaster | For Joseph Constantine & Co Ltd | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Greenock | Razmak | Passenger ship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
Unknown date | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain Maskin og Skibsbyggeri | Copenhagen | Rigel | Cargo ship | For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab |
Unknown date | United States | New Jersey Transportation & Drydock Co | Wilmington, Delaware | Yale | Passenger ship | |
Unknown date | United States | Zodiac | Schooner | For William H. Hand, Jr. | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd | Woolston | Satellite | Tender | For Trinity House |
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