List of ship launches in 1914
The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914.
|
Navy/Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
17 January |
Austria-Hungary |
Ganz & Company |
Fiume |
SMS Szent István |
Tegetthoff-class battleship |
|
21 February |
Kaiserliche Marine |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm |
König-class battleship |
|
24 February |
Germany |
Blohm & Voss |
Hamburg |
MS Fritz |
diesel motor ship |
|
25 February |
Royal Navy |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
|
HMS Lance |
Laforey-class destroyer |
|
26 February |
Royal Navy |
Hawthorne Leslie |
|
HMS Lydiard |
Laforey-class destroyer |
|
26 February |
Royal Navy |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
HMHS Britannic |
Olympic-class ocean liner |
Sister ship of Titanic |
14 March |
United States Navy |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
USS K-3 |
K-class submarine |
|
17 March |
United States Navy |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
USS K-5 |
K-class submarine |
|
19 March |
United States Navy |
Moran Company |
Seattle, Washington |
USS K-4 |
K-class submarine |
|
23 March |
United States Navy |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
USS Oklahoma |
Nevada-class battleship |
|
26 March |
United States Navy |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
USS K-6 |
K-class submarine |
|
22 April |
United States Navy |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
USS McDougal |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
|
23 April |
Royal Navy |
|
|
HMS E11 |
E-class submarine |
|
20 June |
United States Navy |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
USS K-7 |
K-class submarine |
|
11 July |
United States Navy |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
USS K-8 |
K-class submarine |
|
11 July |
United States Navy |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
USS Nevada |
Nevada-class battleship |
|
20 July |
United States Navy |
William Cramp and Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USS O'Brien |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
|
19 August |
United States Navy |
William Cramp and Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USS Nicholson |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
|
22 August |
United States Navy |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
USS Ericsson |
O'Brien-class destroyer |
|
20 October |
United Kingdom |
William Denny and Brothers Ltd |
Dumbarton, Scotland |
SS Princess Irene |
Ocean liner |
For Canadian Pacific Railway |
31 October |
Royal Navy |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
HMS Barham |
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship |
|
4 November |
Royal Navy |
Fairfield Shipbuilding |
Govan, Scotland |
HMS Valiant |
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship |
|
17 November |
Royal Navy |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport, England |
HMS Royal Oak |
Revenge-class battleship |
|
21 November |
Kaiserliche Marine |
|
|
SMS Elbing |
Pillau-class light cruiser |
|
19 December |
Royal Australian Navy |
Cockatoo Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
HMAS Huon |
River-class torpedo boat destroyer |
|
Unknown date |
Sweden |
|
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Baychimo |
Cargo ship |
For Hudson's Bay Company |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool, Co Durham |
Pengreep |
Cargo ship |
For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company |
See also