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List of ship launches in 1938

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The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
22 January  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Rose Cargo ship For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S
14 February  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Francisco Maury Gridley-class destroyer [1]
3 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lochavon Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[2]
13 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Phoenix Brooklyn-class cruiser
14 March  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland Barbican Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[3]
16 March  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Santa Cruz Cargo ship For Oldenburg Portuguese Line.[4]
17 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belfast Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
19 March  Japan Mitsubishi Nagasaki Chikuma Tone-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy.[5]
15 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia St. Louis St. Louis-class cruiser
16 April  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Benham Benham-class destroyer [1]
28 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Donax Tanker For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.[6]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Rowan Benham-class destroyer [1]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Stack Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Mayrant Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Trippe Benham-class destroyer [1]
16 May  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Mizuho Seaplane carrier [7]
28 May  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland Barbrook Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[8]
31 May  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Egret Egret-class sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
31 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waimarama Cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[10]
11 June  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Ellet Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Durban Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[11]
15 June  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Karl Galster Type 1936-class destroyer
28 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dromus Tanker For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.
28 June  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Shiranui Kagerō-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
29 June  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Glenearn Cargo ship For Blue Funnel Line.[12]
29 June  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Robert Middleton Icemaid type collier For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[13]
30 June  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Auckland Egret-class sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
7 July  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Gyller Sleipner-class destroyer
17 July  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Company South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Bembridge Pilot cutter For Trinity House.[14]
27 July  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Dominion Monarch Cargo liner For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
28 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Mauretania Ocean liner For Cunard Line
28 July  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Rhind Benham-class destroyer [1]
22 August  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Prinz Eugen Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
23 August  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland Barcastle Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[15]
25 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Fidelity Tanker For British Tanker Company.[16]
28 August  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Wilhelm Heidkamp Type 1936-class destroyer
28 August  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Lang Benham-class destroyer [1]
1 September  Denmark Nylands Verksted Copenhagen Dr. Heinrich Wiegand Cargo ship For Argo Line.
9 September  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Jervis J-class destroyer [17]
12 September  United Kingdom Thornycroft Woolston Pelican Egret-class sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
15 September  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Steiermark Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line.[4]
20 September  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Anton Schmitt Type 1936-class destroyer
22 September  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Mircea Gorch-Fock-class sail training ship For Romanian Navy
24 September  Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard Helsinki Sisu Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
26 September  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Jersey J-class destroyer
27 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Queen Elizabeth Ocean liner For Cunard Line
27 September  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kagerō Kagerō-class destroyer [18]
29 September  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Jan Mayen Fishing trawler For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG
September  Germany Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde Weser Fishing trawler For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
11 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Janus J-class destroyer
11 October  United Kingdom Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow San Demetrio Tanker For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.
12 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pretoria Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.
25 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cairndale Tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[19]
25 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Jackal J-class destroyer [17]
25 October  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Kelly K-class destroyer
25 October  Japan Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka Kuroshio Kagerō-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 October  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Jupiter J-class destroyer
27 October  United States Charleston Naval Shipyard North Charleston, South Carolina Sterett Benham-class destroyer [1]
October  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Neidenfels Cargo liner For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa"
8 November  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Bayonet Net-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[20]
8 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Richmond Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[21]
22 November  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Jaguar J-class destroyer
29 November  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Oyashio Kagerō-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
5 December  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Falconet Net-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[22]
8 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Graf Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier
8 December  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan Juno J-class destroyer
8 December  Japan Harima Zōsen KK Aioi, Harima Kuroshio Maru Kawasaki-type oiler For Chigai Kisen KK
8 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rowallan Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[23]
20 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Emiliano Tanker For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company.[24]
21 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Javelin J-class destroyer
Unknown date  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Adler Cargo liner For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date Free City of Danzig Danzig Danziger Werft AG Danzig Amrum Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Barcombe Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Barcroft Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4 Ferry For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby Brahman Tug For United Towing Co. Ltd.[28]
Unknown date  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Coburg Fishing trawler For H. Bischoff & Co
Unknown date  Netherlands Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Vlissingen Denbighshire Cargo ship For Blue Funnel Line.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Eisdanger Norwegian-type tanker For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[30]
Unknown date  Germany Neptun Werft Rostock Friedrich Karl Cargo ship For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH
Unknown date  Germany F. Schichau GmbH. Elbing Gabelsflach tanker For Kriegsmarine.[31]
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Haga Cargo ship For Mathies Reederei
Unknown date  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Hannah Boge Cargo ship For J. M. K. Blumenthal.[32]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau Stettin Hohenfels Cargo ship For Hansa Line.[33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Holt Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Johnathan Holt Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby Krooman Tug For United Towing Co Ltd.[28]
Unknown date  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde Luna Passenger ship For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line).
Unknown date  United Kingdom British Power Boat Company Hythe MMS 51 MMS-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Mountpark Cargo ship For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[36]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby Marinia tug For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[37]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby Neptunia tug For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby Norman Tug For United Towing Co. Ltd.[28]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft. Hamburg Patria Ocean liner For private owner.[39]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Pomona Cargo ship For F. Laiesz & Co.[33]
Unknown date  United States Campbell Industries San Diego Prospect Tuna clipper For Star & Crescent Boat Company
Unknown date  Germany Studen und Reederei GmbH Beidenfleth Sachsen Sealer For Studen und Reederei GmbH.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Salvonia tug For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[37]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Sandanger Norwegian-type tanker For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[30]
Unknown date  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Schwan Cargo ship For Argo Line
Unknown date  Germany H. C. Stulcken Hamburg Sperber Light seaplane tender For Luftwaffe use
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Süderau Cargo ship For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date  Sweden Oresunds Varvet. Landskrona Viator Cargo ship For private owner.[40]
Unknown date  Norway Moss Vaerft & Dokk. Moss Wandsbek Cargo ship For Knohr & Burchard.[41]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Wellpark Cargo ship For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Friedman 1982, p. 439.
  2. ^ "Lochavon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Barbican". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b Lenton 1966, p. 14.
  5. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87.
  6. ^ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66.
  8. ^ "Barbrook". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Hague 1993, p. 67.
  10. ^ "Waimarama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Durban Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 37.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 210.
  14. ^ "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Barcastle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  16. ^ "British Fidelity". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  17. ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 326
  18. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
  19. ^ "Cairndale". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Bayonet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Richmond Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Falconet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Rowallan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  24. ^ "San Emiliano". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 469–70.
  26. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
  27. ^ "B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  28. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
  29. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 38.
  30. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 134.
  31. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 431.
  33. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 438.
  34. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
  35. ^ "MMS 51". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  36. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
  37. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 299.
  38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 475–76.
  40. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 476.
  41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 463.
Sources
  • Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
  • Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers and Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mikel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
  • Lenton, H. T. (1966). Navies of the Second World War: German Surface Vessels. London: Macdonald & Co.
  • 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.
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