The list of ship launches in 1928 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1928.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 5 January Cargo liner Deutsche Werft Hamburg For Norddeutscher Lloyd 11 January Cargo ship Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For the Houlder Line 24 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 24 January Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd 26 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 10 February Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Southern Railway. 21 February Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 21 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For James Nourse Ltd. 22 February Hawthorn, Leslie Hebburn For Royal Navy 23 February Seaplane tender Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Sydney For Royal Australian Navy 4 March C-class submarine SECN Cartagena For Spanish Navy 8 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 20 March Yokohama Shipyards For Imperial Japanese Navy 22 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 23 March I-56 () Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy 24 March Mitsubishi Shipyard Nagasaki For Imperial Japanese Navy 27 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 14 April Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard La Spezia For Regia Marina 19 April Train ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Entre Ríos Railway Co. 20 April Brest Naval Yard Brest For Marine Nationale 22 April Kawasaki shipyard Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 23 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hunting & Sons. 23 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 24 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 3 May Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For H. & W. Nelson Ltd. 3 May Passenger ferry For Southern Railway 5 May Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 6 May Ocean liner Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards Bremen For Hamburg-America Line 7 May Schooner Burrard Dry Dock North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada For Royal Canadian Mounted Police 17 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For David MacIver & Co. 17 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd. 19 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 22 May Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 23 May Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven For Reichsmarine 3 June Cargo liner Société Provençale de Construction Navales La Ciotat For Société des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes 14 June Fishing trawler Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser Wesermünde-Lehe For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG. 18 June Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd 21 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For H. & W. Nelson Ltd. 26 June Centura Lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast For Argentine Navigation Co. 26 June Uraga Dock Company Uraga For Imperial Japanese Navy 3 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For T. & J. Harrison Ltd. 5 July Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Argentine Navigation Co. 5 July William Beardmore & Company Dalmuir For Royal Navy 8 July Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Govan For Royal Navy 10 July Arsenal de Brest Brest For French Navy 10 July Chantiers Naval Français For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij 17 July Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy 18 July Tanker Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. Queensferry For Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd. 18 July cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd 19 July Submarine depot ship Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness For Royal Navy 21 July John I. Thorneycroft & Company Woolston For Armada de Chile 2 August Ocean liner Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen For Norddeutscher Lloyd 15 August Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Norddeutscher Lloyd 16 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hain Steamship Co. 19 August Arsenal de Brest Brest For French Navy 21 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Strick Line. 15 September Ocean liner Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 17 September Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerke Wesermünde For Grundmann & Gröschel 27 September Fujinagata Shipyards Osaka 28 September Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd 29 September Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto For Imperial Japanese Navy 1 October I-57 () Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy 1 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For H. & W. Nelson Ltd. 15 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Raeburn & Verel Ltd. 24 November Holy Cross Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. 28 November John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Armada de Chile 29 November Uraga Dock Company Uraga For Imperial Japanese Navy 11 December William Beardmore and Company Glasgow For Royal Navy 12 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hain Steamship Co. 13 December Ferry William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Southern Railway. 15 December Georgetown Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. 17 December Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine For United States Navy 21 December Idomo Motor lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. Unknown date Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For private owner. Unknown date Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees For the United States Navy Unknown date Boston College Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Unknown date Coronet Steam yacht Germainia Werft Kiel For Irving T. Bush Unknown date cargo ship Smith's Dock Co Middlesbrough For Hall Corporation Unknown date Egglestone Cargo ship W Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Unknown date Elfrecia Steam yacht Defoe Shipbuilding Co Bay City, Michigan Unknown date Steamship William Gray & Co. (1918) Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ellerman Lines. Unknown date Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Holm & Molzen Unknown date Cargo ship J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd Unknown date Survey ship Spear Engine Works Norfolk, Virginia For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Unknown date Cargo ship J. Koster. Groningen For private owner. Unknown date Miss England I Power boat British Power Boat Company Southampton For Hubert Scott-Paine Unknown date Queen Anne Motor yacht Germania Werft Kiel For Isaac Edward Emerson Unknown date Cargo ship Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen For Societa Anonima Adriatica Navigazione. Unknown date Savarona Steam yacht Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader Unknown date F F Pendleton Wiscasset, Maine Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 5 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 6 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 7 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 8 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 9 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Unknown date Trimont Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Unknown date Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen For Hansa Line. Unknown date Passenger ship Blohm & Voss. Hamburg For Deutsche East Africa Line. Unknown date WGN 67 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 68 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 69 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 70 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 71 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 72 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 73 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 74 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 75 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 76 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 77 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 78 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 79 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 80 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 81 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 82 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 83 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company. Unknown date WGN 84 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.
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