The list of ship launches in 1908 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1908.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Papin Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy22 JanuaryTugboatJohn Cran & Co.Leith 23 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For F. Leyland & Co. 6 February Saphir Émeraude-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 15 February Toulon Dockyard Toulon 26 February Fishing trawlerEider werke AG TönningFor Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG 3 March Passenger steamer Vickers Barrow-in-Furness For London and North Western Railway 3 March Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line. 7 March Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven 18 March Revenue cutter Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 23 March Passenger steamer Vickers Barrow-in-FurnessFor Isle of Man Steam Packet Company 25 March Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki 31 March Passenger/Mail linerCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee For Booth Steamship Company 31 March Passenger linerWorkman, Clark & Co Belfast 11 April Unique armored cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel 14 April Odland Cargo shipSunderland Shipbuilding Co LtdSunderland 16 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Furness Leyland Line. 18 April Floréal Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 30 April Föhr-Amrum ferry Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH 5 May Cantieri navali Odero Sestri Ponente 14 May Pembroke Dockyard Pembrokeshire, Wales 19 May Collier Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York 26 May New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 26 May Kaiserliche Werft Danzig May Alexandra steamboat Janssen & Schmilinsky Hamburg For Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder und Sonderburger Dampfschiffsgesellschaft 16 June Fresnel Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 27 June Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast, County Antrim For Red Star Line 1 July AG Weser Bremen 2 July Topaze Émeraude-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 11 JulyWilliam Cramp & SonsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 15n July Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Sir Walter Scott Steamship Co. Ltd. 3 August Turquoise Émeraude-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 13 August Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo.8 SeptemberStabilimento Tecnico TriestinoTriesteFor Austro-Hungarian Navy 10 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 10 September Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne, England For Brazilian Navy10 SeptemberHM DockyardPortsmouth19 SeptemberToulon Dockyard Toulon 26 September AG Vulcan Stettin 26 September Prairial Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 29 September Ocean liner Cantieri Navale Siciliani Palermo For Navigazione Generale Italiana 26 October Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. 7 November Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England 7 November Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Harvey Scott Steamship Co. Ltd. 10 November Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 10 November Ocean liner AG Vulcan Stettin For North German Lloyd 12 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Atlantic Transport Co. 14 November Kolberg-class cruiser Schichau-Werke Danzig For Imperial German Navy 5 December Ontario Collier Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 10 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 12 December Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel 24 December Messidor Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 31 December Monge Pluviôse-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy Unknown date Bono Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For William Holker. Unknown date Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon For P. & A. Campbell. Unknown date Ever Ready Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For William Stamp. Unknown date Girl Rhoda Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Richard Sutton. Unknown date Gladys & Rose Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Thomas Moore. Unknown date J.C.P. Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Pitchers Ltd. Unknown date Coaster Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft Copenhagen For A/S Dampskibs Selskap Vesterhavet Unknown date Lerwick Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For John H. Waite. Unknown date Mary Ann Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For private owner. Unknown date Mispah Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For Walter Oldridge. Unknown date Ocean liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Unknown date Cargo ship Fevigs Jernskibbyg Fevig For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship Workman, Clarke & Co. Ltd. Belfast For Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd.
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