The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Navy/Country Notes 16 January Cargo ship Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Ocean Steam Ship Company. 7550 Gross Tons 17 January Ganz-Danubius Fiume For Austro-Hungarian Navy 29 January Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Aberdeen Line. 29 January AG Vulcan Stettin For Kaiserliche Marine. 7 February destroyer Yarrow Scotstoun For Royal Navy. 11 February Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Atlantic Transport Co. 11 February Asie Ocean liner Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk For Cie. des Chargeurs Réunis 21 February Germaniawerft Kiel For Imperial German navy 21 February AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German Navy. 24 February diesel motor ship Blohm & Voss Hamburg 25 February destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company For Royal Navy 26 February Harland and Wolff Belfast For Royal NavySister ship of 26 February destroyer Hawthorn Leslie For Royal Navy28 February Schichau-WerkeElbing For Imperial German Navy. 12 March Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Aydon Steamship Co. Ltd. 12 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co. 14 March K-class submarine Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For United States Navy 17 March K-class submarine Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy 19 March K-class submarine Moran Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 23 March New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 26 March K-class submarine Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy26 March AG Vulcan Stettin For Kaiserliche Marine. 4 April Schichau-WerkeElbing For Imperial German Navy. 8 April Cargo ship Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd West Hartlepool, Co Durham For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company 22 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 22 April Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 23 April E-class submarine For Royal Navy25 AprilAG WeserBremenFor Imperial German Navy30 April Massilia Ocean liner Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La SeyneFor Cie. de Navigation Sud Atlantique 9 May Néréide Submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 11 May Tug I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For W. M. Butler & Co (Bristol) Ltd. 9 June Amphitrite Amphitrite-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy13 June Schichau-WerkeElbing For Imperial German Navy. 20 June K-class submarine Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For United States Navy 20 June Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington tug For United States Navy 20 June Bismarck Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Hamburg America Line 24 June Passenger liner William Denny Dunbarton For Canadian Pacific Railway 7 July Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company 9 June Bellone Bellone-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 9 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Western Australian Government, completed as Kangaroo. 9 July Statendam Ocean Liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line 11 July K-class submarine Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For United States Navy 11 July Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy 20 July William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy 20 July Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington tug For United States Navy (or 20 June) 3 August Providence Ocean liner Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur 6 August Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn, Tyneside For Royal Navy. 8 August Bjørgvin Nidaros-class coastal defence ship Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear For Royal Norwegian Navy 15 August Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington tug For United States Navy 19 August William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy 22 August New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 4 September Passenger liner Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Govan For Anchor Line 5 September Seaplane carrier Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 5 September Ariane Amphitrite-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 8 September Ocean Liner Workman, Clark and Company Belfast For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 21 September SECN Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 24 September SECN Cartagena For Spanish Navy 30 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Glasgow For Elder Dempster Line.12 October Yarrow Scotstoun 20 October Ocean liner William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton, Scotland For Canadian Pacific Railway 31 October John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland For Royal Navy 4 November Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan, Scotland For Royal Navy 17 November Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England For Royal Navy 19 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 21 November light cruiser Schichau-Werke Danzig For Kaiserliche Marine 19 December Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales For Royal Australian Navy 31 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For International Navigation Co. Completed as Belgic. 3rd Quarter Coaster I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For John H. Vernon. Unknown date Cargo ship For Hudson's Bay Company Unknown date Cargo ship Harland & Wolff LTd. Glasgow For Elder Dempster Lines. Unknown date Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Robert Milburn. Unknown date Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon For P. & A. Campbell. Unknown date Tanker Palmers Ltd. River Tyne For private owner. Unknown date Ocean Emperor Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Bloomfields Ltd. Unknown date Cargo ship Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For J S Emery Steamship Co Unknown date Skylark Motor vessel J. Allen & Co. Poole For Jake Bolson. Unknown date The Flame Motor lighter Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For London Motor Lighterage Co. Ltd. Unknown date Viking II Whaler Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted Tønsberg For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri Unknown date Cargo ship Joseph Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For British Shipping Controller. Unknown date 7 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date 8 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date 9 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date 10 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date 11 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date 12 G.W.R. Barge I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Great Western Railway. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Sailing ship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For private owner.
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