The list of ship launches in 1920 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1920. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes 6 January Lunéville Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: French Navy 12 JanuaryCargo ship Harland & WolffBelfast For Elder Dempster. 28 January Craonne Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: French Navy 18 February Cargo ship Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company Bay Point, California For United States Shipping Board 24 February Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. February Coaster I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For John Summers & Sons Ltd. 3 March Cargo ship Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland, Fife For Compagnie Lasry 6 March Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Sociètè Navale Caennaise. 9 March Submarine No. 26 () Type L1 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 16 March Liévin Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: French Navy 20 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 21 March Peronne Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: French Navy 25 March Fishing trawler Werft Nobiskrug GmbH Rendsburg For Hochseefischerei Trave 25 March N-type cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. March Cargo liner Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Cunard Line. 7 April Britmex No.6 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 7 April Britmex No.7 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 15 April Britmex No.2 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 15 April Britmex No.3 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 15 April Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 15 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 20 April Versailles Screw steamer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Chemins de Fer de l'État Français 21 April Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 22 April Britmex No.8 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 22 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bibby Steamship Co. 29 April Britmex No.4 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 29 April Britmex No.5 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. April Coaster I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For John Summers & Sons Ltd. 5 May Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 6 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 7 May Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For G. Lamy & 5 June Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 10 June Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Hijos de Astigarraga. 17 June A-type cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 17 June Mondement Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: French Navy 1 July A-type cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 3 July Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 6 July Submarine No. 27 () Type L2 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 13 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Govan For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 14 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 17 July Coaster I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Cornish Traders Ltd. 17 July Submarine No. 43 () Kaichū III-type submarine Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo For Imperial Japanese Navy 30 July Tanker Lithgows Port Glasgow For A/S Hvalen 31 July Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Fernand Bouet. 2 August Cargo ship Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company Bay Point, California For United States Shipping Board 26 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 27 August Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 9 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Govan For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 12 September Montmirail Amiens-class sloop Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: French Navy 20 September Cargo ship J. F. Duthie & Company Seattle, Washington For Universal Steamship & Barge Co. 28 September Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For F. Sainz e Inchaustegui. 28 September Coaster I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Moffat Steamship Co. Ltd. 30 September Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 11 October Le Puissant Trawler Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: French Government (Secrétariat d’État au Ravitaillement) 13 October Cargo ship Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Romney Steamship Co. Ltd. 13 October Submarine No. 28 () Type L2 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 14 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 14 October Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 14 October Submarine No. 24 () Kaichū II-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy 26 October Submarine No. 38 () Kaichū III-type submarine Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka For Imperial Japanese Navy 26 October Submarine No. 39 () Kaichū III-type submarine Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka For Imperial Japanese Navy 28 October B-type cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 30 October Britmex No.1 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 30 October Britmex No.9 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 11 November Pittsburgh Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For International Navigation Company. 25 November Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Fernand Bouet. 27 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 29 November Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 14 December Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company For United States Navy 15 December Tanker Northwest Bridge & Iron Company Portland, Oregon For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co. 16 December Britmex No.10 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 16 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 16 December L'Auroch Steel, screw steam tug; 352 GRT Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: French Government (Secrétariat d’État au Ravitaillement) 20 December Coaster Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG Bremen For H Dauelsberg 20 December Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 22 December Cargo ship Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company Bay Point, California For United States Shipping Board 23 December Passenger ship Barclay Curle Scotstoun For British India Steam Navigation Company 23 December Cargo ship Kjøbenhavns Flydedol & Skibsværft Copenhagen For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab 25 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 28 December Britmex No.11 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 28 December Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 28 December Submarine No. 36 () Kaichū III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy Unknown date Cargo ship Ropner & Sons Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship Societa per Azioni Ansaldo Sestri Ponente For private owner. Unknown date Tring Tug Bushell Bros. For London Haulage Co Ltd. Unknown date Hog Islander American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Shipping Board Unknown date Refrigerated cargo ship Canadian Vickers Montreal Canada For Canadian National Steamships Unknown date Chimera Steam drifter Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd Hull For private owner. Unknown date Darien Coal barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Panama Canal Company. Unknown date Cargo ship J. Blumer & Co. Ltd. Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship W. Harkess & Sons Ltd. Middlesbrough For Government of Nigeria. Unknown date Coaster Ardrossan Shipyard Ardrossan For J Mulligan & Co. Ltd. Unknown date Fogbreak Fishing vessel I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Royal Navy, but completed as a commercial fishing vessel. Unknown date Cargo ship Joh. C. Tecklenborg Wesermünde For Hansa Line. Unknown date Passenger ship Ganz & Co Rijeka For Jadranska Plovidba Unknown date Steam drifter Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington For Admiralty, completed as a commercial fishing vessel. Unknown date Lysaght Gull Barge Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe For John Lysaght Ltd. Unknown date Lysaght Petrel Barge Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe For John Lysaght Ltd. Unknown date Maelstrom Steam drifter Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington For Admiralty, completed as a commercial fishing vessel. Unknown date Mamei Coal barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Panama Canal Company. Unknown date Moonset Naval drifter J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy but completed as a commercial fishing drifter. Unknown date Tanker Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Unknown date Ocean Swell Drifter J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship Krupp Emden For Rhederi AG von 1896 Unknown date Outline Drifter J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. Lowestoft For John W. Brooke, John W. M. Brooke and Adrian Lodge. Unknown date Puff Drifter J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Larrinaga Steamship Co. Ltd. Unknown date Design 1914 ship Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company Tacoma, Washington For United States Shipping Board Unknown date Cargo ship Earle's Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Hull For Ellerman's Wilson Line. Unknown date Cargo ship AG Weser Bremen For Hansa Line. Unknown date Cargo ship For United States Shipping Board. Unknown date Cargo ship Submarine Boat Company. Newark, New Jersey For United States Shipping Board. Unknown date Steamship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Unknown date Design 1019 ship Atlantic Corporation Portsmouth, New Hampshire For United States Shipping Board Unknown date Cargo ship Blohm & Voss. Hamburg For Deutsche East Africa Line. Unknown date Design 1019 ship Long Beach Shipbuilding Long Beach, California For United States Shipping Board Unknown date Williwaw Naval drifter J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy, but completed as a commercial drifter.Unknown date Cargo ship Van Duivenijks Scheepswerft. Lekkerkerk For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Rederi Transatlantic A/B. Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sternwheeler I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner.
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