List of Ship Launches in 1926

The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1926.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
15 January United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Ambuscade Destroyer For Royal Navy
27 January United Kingdom John I Thornycroft Ltd Woolston Amazon Destroyer For Royal Navy
14 February Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Monte Piana Cargo ship For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni
16 February United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
26 February Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Roma Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
11 March United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Cornwall County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
14 March France Penhoët Saint Nazaire Île de France Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
16 March United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Cumberland County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 March United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Kent County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
31 March United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co Ltd Glasgow Nerissa Cargo liner For Bowring Brothers
2 April United Kingdom J Brown & Co Ltd Clydebank British Diplomat Tanker For British Tanker Co Ltd
3 April United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Newport News, Virginia Arcadia Motor yacht
12 April United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Holland Submarine tender For United States Navy
23 April Norway Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo Pol III Whaler
15 May Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kikuzuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
25 May Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Minazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 May United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Newport News, Virginia Robador Motor yacht
16 June United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Malolo Cruise ship For Matson Line
24 June Italy Pattison Naples Giovanni Nicotera Destroyer For Regia Marina
24 June Germany J C Tecklenborg Geestemunde Padua Flying P-Liner (Barque) For F. Laeisz, Hamburg
30 June United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow in Furness Oxley Odin-class submarine For Royal Navy
12 July Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Mikazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 August United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn-on-Tyne Rohna Troopship For Royal Navy
24 August France Lorient Navy Yard Tourville Duquesne-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
7 September United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Otway Odin-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy
9 September United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia Algonquin Ocean liner For Clyde-Mallory Line
15 September United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Berwick County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 September United States John F James & Son Essex, Massachusetts Adventure Schooner
26 September Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Rhenania For Marinen
6 October Japan Ishikawajima Shipyards Tokyo Nagatsuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
13 October Netherlands De Ruyter Admiralen-class destroyer For Royal Netherlands Navy
24 October Japan Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Kinugasa Aoba-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
13 December Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Augustus Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
18 December Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Vulcania Ocean liner For Cosulich Line
Date uncertain United States Thomas F McMannus Pensacola, Florida Alabamian Schooner For Bar Pilots Association
Date uncertain Germany Nordseewerke Emden Amrum Coaster For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer
Date uncertain Canada Shelburn Shipbuilding Co Shelburn, Nova Scotia Blue Dolphin Schooner
Date uncertain United States Franklin G Post Mystic River, Connecticut Florence Dragger
Date uncertain Germany Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Ilse L M Russ Cargo ship For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH
Date uncertain United States Defoe Boat and Motor Works Bay City, Michigan Reomar IV Motor yacht
Date uncertain Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Cartagena Sánchez Barcáiztegui Churruca-class destroyer For Armada Española
Date uncertain Germany Ostseewerft Stettin Siegmund Cargo ship For Emil R Retzlaff

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