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List of ship launches in 1909

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The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
16 January  France FCM La Seyne Voltaire Danton-class battleship For French Navy
20 January  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Bahia Bahia-class cruiser For Brazilian Navy
23 January  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Mainz Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
6 February  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Delaware Delaware-class battleship For United States Navy
6 February  Belgium Chantiers Navals Anversois S.A Hoboken, Antwerp Espagne Cargo ship For Armement Adolf Deppe
24 February  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth B.H.C. No. 9 Hopper barge For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[1]
24 February  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth B.H.C. No. 10 Hopper barge For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[2]
9 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Karoola Passenger ship For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co.[3]
15 March  Netherlands Rijkswerf Amsterdam De Zeven Provinciën Coastal defence ship For Royal Netherlands Navy
20 March  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Von der Tann Unique battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
20 March  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Crusader Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
25 March  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Mallina Cargo ship For Australian United Steam Navigation Company
19 April  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness São Paulo Minas Geraes-class battleship For Brazilian Navy
19 April  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Diderot Danton-class battleship For French Navy
20 April  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Condorcet Danton-class battleship For French Navy
21 April  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton Nubian Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
22 April  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Vanguard St Vincent-class battleship For Royal Navy
6 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Berbice Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[5]
8 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth May Scott Cargo ship For May Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.[6]
12 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth B.H.C. No. 11 Hopper barge For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[7]
24 May  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Maori Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
3 June  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Constantine Coaster For Screw Collier Co. Ltd.[8]
3 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leicestershire Passenger ship For Bibby Steamship Co.[9]
5 June  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Cöln Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
3 July  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Radetzky Radetzky-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
4 July  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Danton Danton-class battleship For French Navy
8 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Meltonian Cargo ship For Furness Leyland Line.[10]
8 July  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Woodmere Coaster For Grasmere Steamship Co. Ltd.[11]
10 July  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Augsburg Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
31 July  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Toreador Cargo Ship For J. D. Stücken
14 August  Germany Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg Iserlohn Cargo ship For Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft
September  Germany Blohm & Voss Bremen-Vegesack Answald Merchant Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
14 September  United Kingdom Palmers Jarrow Viking Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
16 September  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Zulu Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
25 September  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Hamburg Helgoland Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
30 September  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Ostfriesland Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
30 September  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Neptune Neptune-class battleship For Royal Navy
14 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 9 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[12]
16 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Beagle Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
21 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 11 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[13]
28 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Balantia Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[14]
28 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Devonport Indefatigable Indefatigable-class battlecruiser For Royal Navy
28 October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Mirabeau Danton-class battleship For French Navy
28 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 10 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[15]
30 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend City of Colombo Cargo Ship For Ellerman Lines
12 November  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Balmoral Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
13 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Bulldog Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
29 November  Germany AG Weser Bremen Thüringen Helgoland-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
30 November  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Martha Humber Keel For Mr. Wilson.[16]
7 December  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth N.E.R. No. 12 Hopper barge For North Eastern Railway.[17]
11 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Foxhound Beagle-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
23 December  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Utah Florida-class battleship For United States Navy
23 December  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V183 S138-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[18]
Date unknown  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3 Merchant Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
Date unknown  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Dei Gratia Sloop For John W. Wilkinson.[19]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Ellen A Sloop For Edward Arnold.[20]
Date unknown  France Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence Port de Bouc Espagne Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth G.A.W. Steam drifter For Charles A. Webster.[21]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Morrison Steam drifter For Richard Sutton.[22]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Pimpernel Steam drifter For J. S. Johnston & Sons Ltd.[23]
Date unknown  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Provencal 17 Tug For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A.[24]
Date unknown  United Kingdom I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry Provencal 18 Tug For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A.[25]
Date unknown  Germany Bremer Vulcan Bremen-Vegesack Reiher Cargo ship For Argo Line
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Trelissick Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[26]
Date unknown Canada Canada Nakusp shipyard Lower Arrow Lakes Whatshan Steam tug For Canadian Pacific Railway

References

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  1. ^ "B.H.C. No. 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "B.H.C. No. 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Karoola". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Friedman 2009, p. 305.
  5. ^ "Berbice". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ^ "May Scott". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "B.H.C. No. 11". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Constantine". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Leicestershire". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Meltonian". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Woodmere". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  12. ^ "N.E.R. No. 9". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "N.E.R. No. 11". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Balantia". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  15. ^ "N.E.R. No. 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Martha". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  17. ^ "N.E.R. No. 12". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  18. ^ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 49.
  19. ^ "Dei Gratia". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Ellen A". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  21. ^ "G.A.W." Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Morrison". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Pimpernel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Provencal 17". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Provencal 18". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.
Sources
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6.
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.