List of ship launches in 1912 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of some ship

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
12 March	Norway	The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard	Horten Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the villages of Borre, Åsgårdstrand, Skoppum, and Nykirke....	*Kjell* HNoMS Kjell HNoMS Kjell was the final ship of twenty-seven 2nd class torpedo boats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, launched at the Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard in Horten on 12 March 1912 with build number 106...	2. class 2. class torpedo boat The 2. class torpedo boat was a designation in the Scandinavian countries for a type of fast steam ships between 40 tons and 80 tons .-Royal Danish Navy:* 1882 Torpedobaad Nr. 2* 1882 Torpedobaad Nr. 3* 1882 Torpedobaad Nr. 4* 1882 Torpedobaad Nr. 5... torpedo boat	Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito De Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft that served during the Second World War and the postwar era. It was known affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews and was also nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder"... fighter bombers
21 March	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Scotts Shipyard	Greenock, Scotland	*Ajax* HMS Ajax (1912) HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship , built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde...	King George V class King George V class battleship (1911) The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... battleship
21 March		Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino was a private shipbuilding company based in Trieste from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and the most important naval shipbuilding firm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire....	Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...	*Tegetthoff* SMS Tegetthoff SMS Tegetthoff was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class named after Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, a 19th-century Austrian admiral most notable for defeating the Italian Navy in the Battle of Lissa....	Tegetthoff class Tegetthoff class battleship The Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan... battleship
27 April	Germany	Schichau-Werft	Danzig	*König Albert* SMS König Albert SMS König Albert "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fourth vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. König Alberts keel was laid on 17 July 1910 at the Schichau-Werke dockyard in Danzig. She was launched on 27 April 1912 and was commissioned into the fleet on 31...	Kaiser class battleship
18 May		Newport News Shipbuilding Northrop Grumman Newport News Newport News Shipbuilding , originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , was the largest privately-owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001...	Newport News, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...	*Texas* USS Texas (BB-35) USS Texas , the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a . The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914....	New York class New York class battleship The New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy which served during World War I and World War II. The class represented the first use of the 14" naval gun by the U.S. Navy... battleship
14 August	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	William Beardmore & Co Ltd William Beardmore and Company William Beardmore and Company was a Scottish engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active between about 1890 and 1930 and at its peak employed about 40,000 people...	Dalmuir Dalmuir Dalmuir is an area on the western side of Clydebank, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.-Location:It is neighboured by the village of Old Kilpatrick, the Mountblow and Parkhall areas of Clydebank, as well as the town centre... , West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs, West Dunbartonshire also borders onto Argyll and Bute, Stirling, East...		Cruise ship	For Adelaide Steamship Company Adelaide Steamship Company The Adelaide Steamship Company was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. Their aim was to control the transport of goods between Adelaide and Melbourne and profit from the need for an efficient and comfortable passenger service...
24 August		Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California Vallejo, California Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay...	*Jupiter* USS Langley (CV-1) USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the U.S. Navy's first electrically propelled ship...	Collier	Later became USS Langley USS Langley (CV-1) USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the U.S. Navy's first electrically propelled ship...
19 September	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Camell Laird	Birkenhead, England	*Audacious* HMS Audacious (1912) HMS Audacious was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. The vessel did not see any combat in the First World War, being sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914.- Design :...	King George V class King George V class battleship (1911) The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... battleship
10 October	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd	Southwick, Sunderland		Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...	For Court Line Ltd
16 October	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	*U-17* Unterseeboot 17 (1912) SM U-17 was a German submarine during the First World War. U-17 sank the first British merchant vessel in the First World War, and also sank another nine ships and captured one ship, surviving the war without casualty.-War service:...	U-17 class submarine Submarine A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...	Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost SS Glitra SS Glitra was a steam ship that was the first British merchant vessel to be sunk by a German submarine in the First World War.-History:... during World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... .
30 October		New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	*New York* USS New York (BB-34) USS New York was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class of two . She was the fifth ship to carry her name....	New York class New York class battleship The New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy which served during World War I and World War II. The class represented the first use of the 14" naval gun by the U.S. Navy... battleship
30 November		Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino was a private shipbuilding company based in Trieste from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and the most important naval shipbuilding firm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire....	Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...	*Prinz Eugen* SMS Prinz Eugen SMS Prinz Eugen was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the . Prinz Eugen was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard, Trieste...	Tegetthoff class Tegetthoff class battleship The Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan... battleship
Exact date unknown			Kennebunk, Maine Kennebunk, Maine Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,075 people at the 2000 census. Including Kennebunkport , the population totals 14,196 people...	*A. G. Prentiss*	Small wooden-hulled tug
Exact date unknown	Germany	F Schichau GmbH	Elbling Elbling Elbling is a variety of white grape which today is primarily grown in the upstream parts of the Mosel region in Germany and in Luxembourg, the vineyards of which are also located along Moselle River...		Coaster Coastal trading vessel Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....	For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown	Germany	Nüscke & Co	Stettin		Coaster Coastal trading vessel Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....	For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke	Stettin		Coaster Coastal trading vessel Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....	Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Exact date unknown	Belgium	Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd,	Hoboken		Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...	For Svenska Lloyd AB
Exact date unknown	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd	Blyth Blyth, Northumberland Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...		Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...	For Donald Steamship Co Ltd

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