List of ship launches in 1932

The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
7 April  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Daring D-class destroyer
7 April  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Defender D-class destroyer
8 April  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Diamond D-class destroyer
19 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Falmouth Shoreham-class sloop [1]
3 May  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Dainty D-class destroyer
21 May  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Portland Portland-class cruiser
2 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Delight D-class destroyer
7 June  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Decoy D-class destroyer
16 June  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Diana D-class destroyer
20 June  Netherlands NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen Prins Hendrik ferry For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[2]
7 July  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Duncan D-class destroyer
10 July  Kingdom of Italy OTO La Spezia Armando Diaz Condottieri-class cruiser
19 July  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Duchess D-class destroyer
29 October  France Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Normandie Ocean liner For French Line Suprassed by RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line. Refit, become 81,000 Tons. Burned in New York in 1942, scrapped 1946.
21 December  Norway Naval Dockyard Horten Olav Tryggvason Minelayer
19 December[3]  Denmark Nakskov Lolland Danmark Full-rigged ship For Danish Maritime Authority
Unknown date  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard Lurline Ocean liner For Matson Lines
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 1932
Ship launches: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Ship commissionings: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Ship decommissionings: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Shipwrecks: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937

References
  1. Hague 1993, p. 38
  2. "M/S Prins Hendrik".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
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