The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1931. Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 22 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Phosphate Carriers. 22 January Ville de Tamatave Steamship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime Le Trait For Cie. Havraise Péninsulaire 29 January Commandant Reculoux 12 m 50 Lifeboat Chantiers de la Rochelle La Rochelle For Soc. des Hospitaliers-Sauveteurs Bretons (Saint Malo) 3 February Alabama Cargo ship Chantiers de Normandie Le Grand-Quevilly For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 5 February Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Southern Railway 19 February Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk For French Navy. 28 FebruarySavaronaPassenger shipBlohm + Voss Hamburg 5 March Sternwheeler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 17 March Ocean liner Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Furness Withy.29 March Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk For French Navy. 1 April Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy. 5 April Mitsubishi Nagasaki For Imperial Japanese Navy. 17 April Hilary Cargo liner Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Booth Steamship Co. 14 May Maréchal Joffre Ocean liner Soc. Provençale de Constructions Navales La Ciotat For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes 14 May Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. 16 May Lexia Motor yacht Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington For Thomas P. Rose-Richards.19 May Deutsche Werke Kiel For Reichsmarine.19 May Marcelle Motor boat Chantiers et Forges de la Hève Le Havre For: Soc. Hyproma 21 May Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 18 June Savorgnan de Brazza Colinial Aviso Chantiers MAritime du Sud Ouest Bordeaux For French Navy June I.W.C.661 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 2 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.16 July Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy. 18 July Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy. 18 July Colombie Ocean liner Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk For Compagnie Generale Transatlantique 19 July Ville de Majunga Screw steamer Chantiers de Seine-Maritime Le Trait For: Compagnie Havraise Péninsulaire 18 July Strathaird Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 14 August Arsenal de Lorient Lorient For French Navy. August I.W.C. 662 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. August I.W.C. 663 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 13 September Courgain Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Ponts et Chaussées (Calais) 24 September Leander-class cruiser Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy. 29 September C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 29 September C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 30 September C-class destroyer Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Royal Navy. 30 September C-class destroyer Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth For Royal Navy. 30 September Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste For Regia Marina. September I.W.C. 664 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 10 October Ocean liner Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy, Massachusetts For Matson Navigation Co. 11 October Bout-Blanc Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Ponts et Chaussées (Rochelle) 13 October Arsenal de Lorient Lorient For French Navy. 13 October Risban Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Ponts et Chaussées (Calais) 28 October Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste For Italian Line. 29 October C-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy October I.W.C. 665 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 7 November New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy. 8 November Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes For French Navy. 9 November Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire For French Navy. 12 November Georgic Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 14 November Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire For French Navy. November I.W.C. 666 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 5 December OTO Livorno Livorno For Regia Marina. 7 December Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire For French Navy. 9 December Saint Marc Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Ponts et Chaussées (Rochelle) 10 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Nelson Steamship Co. 15 December Ocean liner New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 23 December Lightship No. 87 Lightship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Trinity House. December I.W.C. 667 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. Unknown date Motor barge Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe For Francis & Niblett. Unknown date Collier Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Southwick For Stephenson Clarke. Unknown date Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby For Compagnie Nazairienne de Remorquage et de Sauvetage. Unknown date John Hickman Barge Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. Queensferry For Spillers Ltd. Unknown date Ocean Liner Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts For Matson Line. Unknown date Skylark 8 Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
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