List of ship launches in 1916

The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1916. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 8 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland Repulse Renown-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy [1]
January 31 Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Karlsruhe Königsberg-class cruiser  Imperial German Navy
February 1 AG Weser, Bremen, Germany Emden Königsberg-class cruiser  Imperial German Navy
February 2 Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales J4 J-class submarine  Royal Navy [2]
February 5 Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England Courageous Courageous-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy [3]
March 4 Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Renown Renown-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy [1]
March 4 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Sampson Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
March 16 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States L-10 L-class submarine  United States Navy
March 22 Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Mantola Passenger steamer
March 23 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Rowan Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
March 28 Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Deutschland merchant submarine
April 14 Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Nürnberg Königsberg-class cruiser  Imperial German Navy
April 20 Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Glorious Courageous-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy [3]
April 20 Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England Patriot Thornycroft M-class destroyer  Royal Navy
April 29 Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, United States Acme tanker United States Shipping Board renamed Abarenda in 1943[5]
May 1 Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States L-5 United States L-class submarine  United States Navy
May 16 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States L-11 United States L-class submarine  United States Navy
May 18 William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Wilkes Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
June 5 Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England Patrician Thornycroft M-class destroyer  Royal Navy [6]
June 15 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England G9 G-class submarine  Royal Navy [7]
June 20 Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway Frøya Minelayer  Royal Norwegian Navy
July 3 A & J Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland Newbury Racecourse-class minesweeper  Royal Navy [8]
July 16 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, North East England Aurania Ocean liner
July 22 unknown builder, Spain Isaac Peral submarine  Spanish Navy
August 15 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Davis Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
August 15 Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England Furious Courageous-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy [3]
August 31 Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States L-6 L-class submarine  United States Navy
September 12 William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow, Scotland Ramillies Revenge-class battleship  Royal Navy
September 28 Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, United States L-7 L-class submarine  United States Navy
October 5 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany Cöln Cöln-class cruiser  Imperial German Navy
October 14 Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England Rosalind R-class destroyer [9]
October 21 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany Pola Barque F. Laeisz
November 11 Fairfield, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland K13 K-class submarine  Royal Navy [10]
November 12 Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan Ise Ise-class battleship  Imperial Japanese Navy
November 21 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Sachsen Bayern-class battleship  Imperial German Navy
November 25 Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England Radiant R-class destroyer  Royal Navy [9]
November 27 Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States N-4 N-class submarine  United States Navy
December 5 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Allen Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
December 9 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Shaw Sampson-class destroyer  United States Navy [4]
December 30 Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, United States N-1 N-class submarine  United States Navy
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. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 36
  2. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 88
  3. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 37
  4. Friedman 1982, p. 430
  5. Cressman, Robert J. (29 August 2016). "Abarenda II (IX-131)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 24 July 2019. the tanker Acme, built for the United States Shipping Board in 1916 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Union Iron Works
  6. Friedman 2009, p. 309
  7. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 87
  8. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 111
  9. Friedman 2009, p. 310
  10. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 89
  • Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.

See also
Ship events in 1916
Ship launches: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship commissionings: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship decommissionings: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Shipwrecks: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
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