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The list of ship launches in 1913 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1913 . In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class
Notes
11 January
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S21
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
22 January
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Rio de Janeiro
Dreadnought battleship
For Brazilian Navy
25 January
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Ambuscade
Acasta -class destroyer
For Royal Navy
28 January
Germany
Phönix
Cargo ship
For Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG
8 February
United States
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Parker
Aylwin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
15 February
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S22
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
28 February
Germany
AG Vulcan
Stettin
V6
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
1 March
Germany
Königliche Werft
Wilhelmshaven
König
König -class battleship
For Imperial German Navy
22 March
United States
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benham
Aylwin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
29 March
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S23
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
30 March
Italy
La Spezia Naval Base
La Spezia
Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria -class battleship
For Regia Marina
3 April
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Vaterland
Imperator -class ocean liner
For Hamburg America Line
5 April
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Duncan
Cassin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
8 April
Germany
Joh. C. Tecklenborg
Bremerhaven
Solfels
Cargo ship
8 April
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd
Birkenhead
Bergensfjord
Ocean liner
For Norwegian America Line
12 April
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Katoomba
Passenger ship
For McIlwraith & McEachern & Co .
18 April
United Kingdom
Royal Navy Dockyard
Pembroke Dock
Nottingham
Town-class cruiser
For Royal Navy
19 April
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited
Govan
Calgarian
Ocean liner
For Allan Line Steamship Company Ltd .
20 April
France
Naval Group
Lorient
Provence
Bretagne -class battleship
For French Navy
21 April
France
Brest Arsenal
Brest
Bretagne
Bretagne -class battleship
For French Navy
21 April
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Aquitania
Ocean liner
24 April
Italy
Royal Dockyard
Castellammare di Stabia
Duilio
Andrea Doria -class battleship
For Regia Marina
25 April
Germany
AG Vulcan
Stettin
V5
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
28 April
United Kingdom
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham
Lowestoft
Town-class cruiser
For Royal Navy
5 May
Germany
Vulcan-Werke
Stettin
Grosser Kurfürst
König -class battleship
For Imperial German Navy
7 May
Spain
Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval
Ferrol
Alfonso XIII
España -class battleship
For Spanish Navy .[3]
7 May
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Birmingham
Town-class cruiser
For Royal Navy
8 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Andes
Passenger ship
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company .[4]
20 May
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Cassin
Cassin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
22 May
United Kingdom
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Barrow-in-Furness
AE1
E-class submarine
For Royal Navy
27 May
Norway
Karljohansvern
Horten
Garm
Draug -class destroyer
For Royal Norwegian Navy
4 June
Germany
AG Weser
Bremen
Markgraf
König -class battleship
For Imperial German Navy
18 June
United Kingdom
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Barrow-in-Furness
AE2
E-class submarine
For Royal Navy
28 June
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S24
V1 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy.
10 July
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Govan
Attendant
Passenger tender
For Elder Dempster Lines
17 July
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Derfflinger
Derfflinger -class battlecruiser
For Imperial German Navy
6 August
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Cummings
Cassin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
3 September
United Kingdom
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Barrow-in-Furness
Reşadiye
Reşadiye -class battleship
For Ottoman Navy
4 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Maryland
Passenger ship
For Atlantic Transport Co.[5]
30 September
France
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
Saint-Nazaire
Lorraine
Bretagne -class battleship
For French Navy
2 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Orduna
Passenger ship
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company .
16 October
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Portsmouth
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth -class battleship
For Royal Navy
25 October
Germany
Kaiserliche Werft
Kiel
Graudenz
Graudenz -class cruiser
For Imperial German Navy
30 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Alcantara
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Line
1 November
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Manoa
Steamship
For Matson Line
8 November
United States
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden, New Jersey
Downes
Cassin -class destroyer
For United States Navy
12 November
United Kingdom
William Beardmore and Company
Glasgow
Benbow
Iron Duke -class battleship
For Royal Navy
26 November
United Kingdom
Plymouth Dockyard
Plymouth
Warspite
Queen Elizabeth -class battleship
For Royal Navy
27 November
United Kingdom
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Barrow-in-Furness
Emperor of India
Iron Duke -class battleship
For Royal Navy
27 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Missouri
Passenger ship
For Atlantic Transport Co.[6]
29 November
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Danzig
Lützow
Derfflinger -class battlecruiser
For Imperial German Navy
15 December
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Tiger
Tiger -class battlecruiser
For Royal Navy
15 December
United Kingdom
Barclay Curle
Glasgow
Bandra
Cargo liner
For British India Steam Navigation Company
17 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Egba
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster.[7]
Unknown date
United States
A. Brook Taylor
Fishing trawler
For Virginia Fishing Co.[8]
Unknown date
United States
New York Launch & Engine Building Co.
Morris Heights, New York
Abalone
Motorboat
For Arnold Schlaet.[9]
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Desabla
Oil tanker
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.
Birkenhead
Kristianiafjord
Passenger ship
For Norwegian America Line .
Unknown date
Germany
Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau .
Vegesack
Sierra Salvada
Passenger ship
For private owner.
Unknown date
Germany
Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik
Hamburg
Wotan
Tanker
For Deutsche-Amerikan Petroleum Gesellschaft
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.
Aberdeen
Zealous
Dockyard tanker
For private owner.
References [ edit ]
^ Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International . 44 (1). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization: 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374 . OCLC 1647131 .
^ "Andes" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Maryland" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Missouri" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "Egba" . The Yard. Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
^ "A. Brook Taylor" . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019 . A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va.
^ Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abalone (S. P. 208)" . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 July 2019 . Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co.
Sources
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6 .
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 .