List of ship launches in 1912

The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.

Date Country Builder and location Ship Class and type Notes
10 January  Denmark Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen Polarlys Coastal passenger/cargo steamer For Norway. Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan.

Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953.

Scrapped in 1964

31 January  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel G9 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
5 February  Spain SECN, Ferrol, Galicia (Spain) España España-class battleship For Spanish Navy[2]
7 February  German Empire Howaldswerke, Kiel Monte Penedo General cargo vessel
17 February  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel Prinzregent Luitpold Kaiser-class battleship
2 March  German Empire Schichau-Werke, Elbing S14 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
12 March  Norway The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard, Horten Kjell 2.-class torpedo boat Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
15 March  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel G10 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
20 March  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow Queen Mary unique battlecruiser
23 March  German Empire Schichau-Werke, Elbing S15 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
21 March  United Kingdom Scotts Shipyard, Greenock, Scotland Ajax King George V-class battleship
21 March  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste Tegetthoff Tegetthoff-class battleship
30 March  German Empire Blohm + Voss, Hamburg Seydlitz unique battlecruiser For Imperial German Navy
18 April  France Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire Dehorter Bouclier-class destroyer [3]
20 April  German Empire Schichau-Werke, Elbing S16 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
23 April  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel G11 V1-class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy[1]
27 April  German Empire Schichau-Werft, Danzig König Albert Kaiser-class battleship
18 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia Texas New York-class battleship
23 May  German Empire AG Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany SS Imperator Imperator-class ocean liner Seized by USA in the First World War, transferred to Cunard Line as war reperations, renamed Berengaria, scrapped from 1939-1946.[1]
1 June  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun Lurcher Acheron-class destroyer [4]
14 August  United Kingdom William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland Willochra Cruise ship For Adelaide Steamship Company
24 August  United States Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California Jupiter Collier Later became USS Langley
29 August  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, Tyneside Christopher Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy[5]
5 September  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun Oak Acheron-class destroyer For Royal Navy[4]
10 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company, Clydebank Acasta Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy[4]
12 September  France Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon Bisson Bisson-class destroyer For French Navy[6]
19 September  United Kingdom Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England Audacious King George V-class battleship
28 September  France Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne Paris Courbet-class battleship
10 October  United Kingdom Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, England Hannington Court Cargo ship For Court Line Ltd
12 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard, Portsmouth Iron Duke Iron Duke-class battleship
16 October  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig U-17 Type U 17 submarine Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
24 October  United Kingdom HM Dockyard, Devonport Marlborough Iron Duke-class battleship
30 October  United States New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York New York New York-class battleship
7 November  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire France Courbet-class battleship
8 November  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, Tyneside Cockatrice Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy[5]
11 November  German Empire Germaniawerft, Kiel Karlsruhe Karlsruhe-class cruiser
12 November  German Empire Howaldtswerke, Kiel Rostock Karlsruhe-class cruiser
14 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company, Clydebank Achates Acasta-class destroyer For Royal Navy[4]
30 November  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste Prinz Eugen Tegetthoff-class battleship
unknown date  United States Kennebunk, Maine A. G. Prentiss Small wooden-hulled tug [7]
unknown date  German Empire F Schichau GmbH, Elbling Badenia Coaster For A Kirsten
unknown date  German Empire Nüscke & Co, Stettin Borussia Coaster For A Kirsten
unknown date  German Empire Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin Dollart Coaster Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
unknown date  Belgium Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, Hoboken Hispania Cargo ship For Svenska Lloyd AB
unknown date  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth, England Thyra Menier Cargo ship For Donald Steamship Co Ltd
unknown date  United States Unknown, Kennebunk, Maine Verna & Esther Patrol vessel Operated as private motorboat from 1912-1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918.
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.

See also
Ship events in 1912
Ship launches: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Ship commissionings: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Ship decommissionings: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Shipwrecks: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917

References
  1. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52
  2. Fernández, Mitiukov & Crawford 2007, pp. 66–67
  3. Couhat 1974, p. 104
  4. Friedman 2009, p. 306
  5. Friedman 2009, p. 307
  6. Couhat 1974, p. 111
  7. "A. G. Prentiss". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. G. Prentiss, a small wooden-hulled tug built in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  • Fernández, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas; Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. Toledo: International Naval Research Organization. 44 (1): 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: 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.
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