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The list of ship launches in 1906 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1906.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
13 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Heroic Ferry For Belfast Steamship Co.[1]
17 January  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley Viola Trawler For Hellyer Steam Fishing Company
23 January  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness B8 B-class submarine
24 January  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness B9 B-class submarine
27 January  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Govan Empress of Ireland Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
10 February  United Kingdom HM Dockyard, Portsmouth Portsmouth Dreadnought Dreadnought [2]
14 February  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Rewa For British-India Steam Navigation Company
24 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Amazon Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.
27 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Graphic Ferry For Belfast Steamship Co.[3]
27 February  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 5 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[4]
9 March  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Glasgow Ganges Cargo liner
22 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ortega Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[5]
23 March  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness B10 B-class submarine
23 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy[6]
9 April  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima Ikoma Heavy cruiser [7]
10 April  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley Earl Hereford Trawler For Earl Steam Fishing Co.
12 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Matheran Cargo ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[8]
20 April  United Kingdom Robert Stephenson and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Daffodil Ferry For Wallasey Corporation
21 April  United States Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania Governor Cobb Coastal passenger ship For Eastern Steamship Company
25 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 6 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[9]
5 May  Russia Sevastopol Shipyard Sevastopol Ioann Zlatoust Evstafi-class battleship [10]
7 May Canada Canada G. A. Pontbriand Temagami Belle of Temagami Steamboat
12 May  Germany Stettiner Vulkan Stettin Prinz Ludwig Ocean liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
12 May  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G132 S90-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[11]
21 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 7 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[12]
24 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oronsa Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[13]
28 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 8 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[14]
28 May  Germany Schichau Danzig Schlesien Deutschland-class battleship [15]
30 May  Germany Stettiner Vulkan AG Stettin Niki Niki-class destroyer For Royal Hellenic Navy
6 June  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Minotaur Minotaur-class cruiser [16]
7 June  United Kingdom John Brown & Co. Ltd Clydebank Lusitania Ocean liner For Cunard Line
14 June  Germany Weserwerft Bremen Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class cruiser [6]
23 June  United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir Agamemnon Lord Nelson-class battleship [17]
23 June  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Ravelston Cargo ship For Ravelston Shipping Co Ltd
23 June  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Sheaf Field Cargo ship For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[18]
27 June  United States Tarr and James Shipbuilders Essex, Massachusetts Esperanto Schooner
30 June  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey New Hampshire Connecticut-class battleship The last American pre-dreadnought battleship
30 June  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G133 S90-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[11]
5 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salamanca Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line.[19]
10 July  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness C1 C-class submarine
18 July  Germany Stettiner Vulkan AG Stettin Doxa Niki-class destroyer For Royal Hellenic Navy
19 July  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1 Dredger For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[20]
23 July  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G134 S90-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[21]
25 July Canada Canada Canadian Ship Building Company Toronto Sagamo For Muskosa Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company
4 August  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-1 Submarine
25 August  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G136 S90-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[21]
28 August  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Kiel Nürnberg Königsberg-class cruiser
1 September  United States Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Cuttlefish B-class submarine [22]
4 September  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Lord Nelson Lord Nelson-class battleship Last pre-dreadnought battleship for the Royal Navy.[17]
5 September  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Volturno Passenger steamer [23]
6 September  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Lady Furness Cargo ship For Alfred Christensen.[24]
6 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rohilla Cruise liner For British India Steam Navigation Company.[25]
7 September  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G135 S90-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[21]
10 September  Germany AG Weser Bremen Reserve Lightship
20 September  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Adriatic Ocean liner For White Star Line[25]
20 September  United Kingdom Ramage and Ferguson Ltd Leith Agawa Yacht [26]
20 September  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Mauretania Ocean liner For Cunard Line[25]
20 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Shannon Minotaur-class cruiser [16]
22 September  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Stuttgart Königsberg-class cruiser
22 September  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S138 S138-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[27]
22 September  Netherlands Rijkswerf Amsterdam Jacob van Heemskerck Coastal defence ship For Royal Netherlands Navy
4 October  United States Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Octopus C-class submarine [22]
6 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News North Carolina Tennessee-class cruiser [28]
18 October  United Kingdom Hawthorn & Co Leith, Scotland Adele Yacht [29]
18 October  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee Lanfranc Ocean liner For Booth Line[30]
18 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Aburi Cargo Ship For African Steamship Company.[31][32]
30 October  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes TB 4 Cricket-class coastal destroyer [33]
October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Havana For Ward Line
3 November  Russia Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard, Nikolayev Evstafi Evstafi-class battleship [10]
4 November  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness Rurik Armoured cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy.[34]
10 November  Russia Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg Andrei Pervozvanny Evstafi-class battleship [10]
12 November  Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S139 S138-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[27]
15 November  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa Satsuma Battleship [35]
15 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sierra Leone Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[36]
1 December  Germany AG Vulkan Stettin Kronprinzessin Cecilie Ocean Liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
3 December  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Antilles Passenger-cargo ship [37]
7 December  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Schleswig-Holstein Deutschland-class battleship [15]
10 November  Russia Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg Pallada Bayan-class cruiser
15 December  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth De Greve Cargo ship For N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappik.[38]
15 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia Montana Tennessee-class cruiser [28]
15 December  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes TB 5 Cricket-class coastal destroyer [33]
22 December  United Kingdom Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd Sunderland Re d'Italia Ocean liner For Lloyd Sabaudo
Date unknown  United States Dialogue & Company Camden, New Jersey Aurora Tugboat
Date unknown  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness B11 B-class submarine
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bowden Porthleven Boy Sam Steam drifter For John E. Howe and others.[39]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Champion Steam drifter For John McKenzie.[40]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Comet Star Steam drifter For George Cowie.[41]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Glenafton Steam drifter For Alexander Smith.[42]
Date unknown  Netherlands Bonn & Mees Rotterdam Goëland Fishing vessel For F. Courtois & F. Hovelaque
Date unknown  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Hildalgo Merchantman For private owner.[43]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Ibex Steamship For private owner.[44]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Irene Steam drifter For Edward Baker.[45]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe Lysaght Puffin Steamship For John Lysaght Ltd.[46]
Date unknown  United States Camden, New Jersey Mariner Tugboat
Date unknown  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar Nafkratousa Thyella-class destroyer For Royal Hellenic Navy
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Nike Steam drifter For private owner.[47]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Orion Steam drifter For James Smith.[48]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Premier Steam drifter For George Hall.[49]
Date Unknown  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe San Juan Merchantman For private owner.[50]
Date unknown  United Kingdom McLearon Harwich Thalatta Thames barge
Date unknown  United States Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio Theodore Roosevelt For Roosevelt Steamship Company
Date unknown  United Kingdom Richardson, Duck & Co Stockton, Great Britain Picton Steamship
Date unknown  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Providence Lighter For John Charles Raper.[51]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Strathearn Cargo ship For private owner.[52]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Unnamed Lighter For George F. Sleight.[53]

References

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  1. ^ "Heroic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 21.
  3. ^ "Graphic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "N.E.R. No. 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Ortega". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 256.
  7. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 233.
  8. ^ "Matheran". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ "N.E.R. No. 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 185.
  11. ^ a b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 44.
  12. ^ "N.E.R. No. 7". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Oronsa". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  14. ^ "N.E.R. No. 8". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 249.
  16. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 73.
  17. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 40.
  18. ^ "Sheaf Field". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ^ "B.H.C. Rockbreaker No. 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  21. ^ a b c Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 45.
  22. ^ a b Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 127.
  23. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Volturno". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 101.
  24. ^ "Lady Furness". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  25. ^ a b c "Belfast". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. p. 95.
  26. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Agawa". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 October 1909. pp. 101–102.
  27. ^ a b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 47.
  28. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 149.
  29. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Adele". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
  30. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Lanfranc". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 November 1909. p. 137.
  31. ^ Haws 1990, p. not cited.
  32. ^ "Aburi". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  33. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 305.
  34. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 191.
  35. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 228.
  36. ^ "Sierra Leone". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  37. ^ "Antilles (2204018)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  38. ^ "De Greve". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Boy Sam". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  40. ^ "Champion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Comet Star". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  42. ^ "Glenafton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  43. ^ "Hildalgo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  44. ^ "Ibex". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  45. ^ "Irene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  46. ^ "Lysaght Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  47. ^ "Nike". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  48. ^ "Orion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  49. ^ "Premier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  50. ^ "San Juan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  51. ^ "Providence". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  52. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  53. ^ "Un-named". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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