The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909. Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes16 JanuaryFCMLa SeyneFor French Navy20 JanuaryArmstrong WhitworthElswickFor Brazilian Navy23 JanuaryAG VulcanStettinFor Imperial German Navy6 FebruaryNewport News ShipbuildingNewport News, VirginiaFor United States Navy6 FebruaryCargo shipChantiers Navals Anversois S.AHoboken, AntwerpFor Armement Adolf Deppe 24 February B.H.C. No. 9 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. 24 February B.H.C. No. 10 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. 9 March Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co.15 MarchCoastal defence shipRijkswerfAmsterdamFor Royal Netherlands Navy20 MarchUnique battlecruiserBlohm & VossHamburgFor Imperial German Navy20 MarchTribal-class destroyerJ. Samuel WhiteCowesFor Royal Navy.25 MarchCargo shipHarland and WolffBelfastFor Australian United Steam Navigation Company19 AprilVickersBarrow-in-FurnessFor Brazilian Navy19 AprilAteliers et Chantiers de la LoireSaint-NazaireFor French Navy20 AprilAteliers et Chantiers de la LoireSaint-NazaireFor French Navy21 AprilTribal-class destroyerJohn I. Thornycroft & CompanyWoolston, SouthamptonFor Royal Navy.22 AprilVickersBarrow-in-FurnessFor Royal Navy 6 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 8 May Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For May Scott Steamship Co. Ltd. 12 May B.H.C. No. 11 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. 18 May Berthelot Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 24 May Tribal-class destroyerWilliam Denny and Brothers DumbartonFor Royal Navy. 3 June Coaster Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Screw Collier Co. Ltd. 3 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bibby Steamship Co.5 JuneGermaniawerftKielFor Imperial German Navy 18 June Watt Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy3 JulyStabilimento Tecnico TriestinoTriesteFor Austro-Hungarian Navy 3 July Thermidor Submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy4 JulyArsenal de BrestBrestFor French Navy 8 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Furness Leyland Line. 8 July Coaster Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Grasmere Steamship Co. Ltd.10 JulyKaiserliche WerftKielFor Imperial German Navy31 JulyToreadorCargo ShipBremer VulcanBremen-VegesackFor J. D. Stücken 4 August Archimède Submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy14 AugustCargo shipReiherstieg Schiffswerfte & MaschinenfabrikHamburgFor Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs GesellschaftSeptemberMerchantBlohm & VossBremen-VegesackConverted as a seaplane carrier in World War I14 SeptemberTribal-class destroyerPalmers JarrowFor Royal Navy.16 SeptemberTribal-class destroyerHawthorn Leslie TynesideFor Royal Navy.25 SeptemberHowaldtswerke-Deutsche WerftHamburgFor Imperial German Navy30 SeptemberKaiserliche WerftWilhelmshavenFor Imperial German Navy30 SeptemberHM DockyardPortsmouthFor Royal Navy 14 October Cugnot Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 14 October N.E.R. No. 9 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For North Eastern Railway. 15 October AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German Navy 16 OctoberJohn Brown & Company ClydebankFor Royal Navy. 21 October N.E.R. No. 11 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For North Eastern Railway. 28 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line.28 OctoberHM DockyardDevonportFor Royal Navy28 OctoberArsenal de LorientLorientFor French Navy 28 October N.E.R. No. 10 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For North Eastern Railway. 30 October Ampère Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy30 OctoberCargo ShipSwan Hunter & Wigham RichardsonWallsendFor Ellerman Lines 9 November AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German Navy12 NovemberBalmoral CastleOcean linerFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering CompanyGovanFor Union-Castle Line 13 November 1909 Fructidor Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 13 NovemberJohn Brown & Company ClydebankFor Royal Navy.29 NovemberAG WeserBremenFor Imperial German Navy 30 November Martha Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For Mr. Wilson. 1 December AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German Navy 7 December N.E.R. No. 12 Hopper barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For North Eastern Railway. 11 DecemberJohn Brown & Company ClydebankFor Royal Navy.23 DecemberNew York Shipbuilding CorporationCamden, New JerseyFor United States Navy 23 December AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German NavyDate unknownMerchantBremer VulcanBremen-VegesackConverted as a seaplane carrier in World War I Date unknown Dei Gratia Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For John W. Wilkinson. Date unknown Ellen A Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For Edward Arnold.Date unknownOcean linerChantiers & Ateliers de ProvencePort de BoucFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Date unknown G.A.W. Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Charles A. Webster. Date unknown Morrison Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Richard Sutton. Date unknown Pimpernel Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For J. S. Johnston & Sons Ltd. Date unknown Tug I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A. Date unknown Tug I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A.Date unknownCargo shipBremer VulcanBremen-VegesackFor Argo Line Date unknown Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields For Hain Steamship Co.Date unknownWhatshanSteam tugNakusp shipyardLower Arrow Lakes CanadaFor Canadian Pacific Railway
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