List of ship launches in 1908

The list of ship launches in 1908 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1908.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
22 January  United Kingdom John Cran & Co. Leith Hornby Tugboat
15 February  France Toulon Dockyard Toulon Hache Claymore-class destroyer [1]
3 March  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Rathmore Passenger steamer For London and North Western Railway[2]
7 March  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Nassau Nassau-class battleship [3]
18 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Seneca Revenue cutter
23 March  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Ben-my-Chree Passenger steamer For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company[4]
25 March  Empire of Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Mogami Yodo-class cruiser
31 March  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee Hilary Passenger/Mail liner For Booth Steamship Company[5]
31 March  United Kingdom Workman, Clark & Co Belfast Verona Passenger liner [6]
11 April  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Blücher Unique armored cruiser [7]
14 April  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd Sunderland Odland Cargo ship [8]
30 April  German Empire Howaldtswerke AG Kiel Föhr-Amrum ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH
5 May  Italy Odero Sestri Ponente Amalfi Pisa-class cruiser
14 May  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembrokeshire, Wales Boadicea Boadicea-class cruiser
19 May  United States Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Vestal Collier
26 May  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Michigan South Carolina-class battleship
26 May  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Emden Dresden-class cruiser
May  German Empire Janssen & Schmilinsky Hamburg Alexandra steamboat For Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder und Sonderburger Dampfschiffsgesellschaft
27 June  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Co Antrim Lapland Ocean liner For Red Star Line
1 July  German Empire AG Weser Bremen Westfalen Nassau-class battleship [3]
11 July  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania South Carolina South Carolina-class battleship
8 September  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand Radetzky-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 September  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne, England Minas Geraes Minas Geraes-class battleship For Brazilian Navy
10 September  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth St Vincent St Vincent-class battleship
19 September  France Toulon Dockyard Toulon Massue Claymore-class destroyer [1]
26 September  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin Rheinland Nassau-class battleship [3]
29 September  Italy Cantieri Navale Siciliani Palermo Duca d'Aosta Ocean liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
7 November  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Collingwood St Vincent-class battleship
10 November  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts North Dakota Delaware-class battleship
10 November  German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin George Washington Ocean liner For North German Lloyd
14 November  German Empire Schichau-Werke Danzig Kolberg Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
5 December  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Ontario Collier
12 December  German Empire Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel Posen Nassau-class battleship [3]
Unknown date  Denmark Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft Copenhagen Laura Coaster For A/S Dampskibs Selskap Vesterhavet
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Couhat 1974, p. 90.
  2. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Rathmore". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 April 1908. p. 380.
  3. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 145
  4. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Ben-my-Chree". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 April 1908. pp. 381–382.
  5. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–Scotch: Hilary". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 419.
  6. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–Irish: Verona". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 420.
  7. Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 150
  8. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Odland". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 419.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

See also
Ship events in 1908
Ship launches: 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Ship commissionings: 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Ship decommissionings: 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Shipwrecks: 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
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