List of ship launches in 1901

The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder and Location Ship Class and type Notes
February 19  United Kingdom Palmers, Jarrow, County Durham, England Russell Duncan-class battleship
March 5  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England Albemarle Duncan-class battleship
March 5  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England Montagu Duncan-class battleship
March 21  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks, Leamouth, London, England Duncan Duncan-class battleship
March 30  German Empire AG Vulcan, Stettin Kronprinz Wilhelm Passenger ship
April 4  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland RMS Celtic (1901) Big Four-class ocean liners Built for White Star Line, struck rocks off of Cobh, Ireland on December 10th, 1928. Scrapped on site.
April 16  United Kingdom Napier & Miller, Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland Andrios Cargo ship
May 18  United States Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California Ohio Maine-class battleship
May 29  Sweden Bergsunds Shipyard, Finnboda, Stockholm Wasa Äran-class coastal defence ship for the Royal Swedish Navy[1]
May 30  Kingdom of Italy La Spezia Naval Base, La Spezia Regina Margherita Regina Margherita-class battleship for the Regia Marina
June 6  United Kingdom Lake Nyasa Chauncy Maples launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled
June 6  German Empire Schichau-Werke, Danzig Wettin Wittelsbach-class battleship
June 12  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel Zähringen Wittelsbach-class battleship
June 22  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Prinz Adalbert Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser
July 13  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks, Leamouth, London, England Cornwallis Duncan-class battleship
July 22  United States Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey Adder Plunger-class submarine [2]
July 27  United States William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Maine Maine-class battleship
August 14  Sweden Lindholmens Shipyard, Lindholmen, Gothenburg Äran Äran-class coastal defence ship for the Royal Swedish Navy[1]
August 19  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Schwaben Wittelsbach-class battleship
August 20  United States Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey Moccasin Plunger-class submarine sponsored by Mrs. Rice [3]
August 31  United Kingdom Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England Exmouth Duncan-class battleship
September 11  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste Árpád Habsburg-class battleship for the Austro-Hungarian Navy
September 23  United States Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey Porpoise Plunger-class submarine sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost [4]
September 25  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard, Horten, Norway Sæl 1. class torpedo boat
September 30  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland Santhia Passenger ship for the British-India Steam Navigation Company
October 19  United States Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey Shark Plunger-class submarine for the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin [5]
November 7  Sweden Kockums Shipyard, Malmö Tapperheten Äran-class coastal defence ship for the Royal Swedish Navy[1]
November 7  Kingdom of Italy Castellammare Royal Dockyard, Castellamare di Stabia Benedetto Brin Regina Margherita-class battleship for the Regia Marina
November 9  German Empire AG Vulcan, Stettin Mecklenburg Wittelsbach-class battleship
December 23  United States Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland Shawmut Cargo ship for Boston Steamship Company, later renamed Ancon.[6]
December 28  United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia Missouri Maine-class battleship
Unknown date  United States J. M. Bayles and Sons, Port Jefferson, New York Zoraya Armed yacht Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919.
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References
  1. "Äran class coast defence ships (1902-1904) - Swedish Navy (Sweden)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-2 was originally laid down as Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3) on 3 October 1900 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 22 July 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
  3. "A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-4 was originally laid down as Moccasin (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) ... launched on 20 August 1901; sponsored by a Mrs. Rice
  4. "A-6 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-6 was originally laid down as Porpoise (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7) on 13 December 1900 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. E.B. Frost, the wife of E.B. Frost of Crescent Shipyard
  5. "A-7 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-7 was originally laid down as Shark (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8) on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the Crescent Shipyard of Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 19 October 1901; and sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin, wife of Lt. Comdr. Walter S. Turpin, an officer on duty at Crescent Shipyard.
  6. Marine Engineering (1902). "New Ships of the Boston Steamship Company". Marine Engineering. New York: Marine Engineering, Inc. 7 (January 1902). Retrieved 21 January 2015.

See also
Ship events in 1901
Ship launches: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship commissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship decommissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Shipwrecks: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
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