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The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulota Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[1]
9 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ramdas Passenger steamer For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd.[2]
9 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Standella Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[3]
11 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sydney Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[4]
22 January  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Hopestar Cargo ship For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd.
22 January  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Aberdeen Grimsby-class sloop [5]
24 January  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Greenock, Scotland Hostile H-class destroyer [6]
25 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Dunnottar Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line
January  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNCS Narval Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
20 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Simnia Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[8]
21 February  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Yamakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
25 February  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hunter H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hereward H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hero H-class destroyer [6]
10 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Ulsterman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
11 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Scotsman Ferry For Burns & Laird Line.
23 March  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Hotspur H-class destroyer [6]
24 March  Sweden Karlskrona dockyard Karlskrona Stockholm Göteborg-class destroyer [9]
24 March  Germany Deschimag Bremen Paul Jacobi Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
24 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Fleetwood Grimsby-class sloop [5]
26 March  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Drayton Mahan-class destroyer
26 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dunvegan Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[11]
26 March  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Mallard Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
27 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Wolfgang Zenker Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
28 March  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Swan Grimsby-class sloop [5]
4 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Yorktown Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
7 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Hardy H-class destroyer [6]
8 April  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hyperion H-class destroyer [6]
22 April  Germany Deschimag Bremen Theodor Riedel Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
24 April  Netherlands Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij. Amsterdam Miralda Tanker For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.[13]
25 April  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Elusa Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[14]
5 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Adelong Cargo ship For Huddart Parker.[15]
5 May  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Hasty H-class destroyer [6]
5 May  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse, Glasgow Puffin Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
7 May  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Sleipner Sleipner-class destroyer [16]
13 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leonora Tug For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[17]
14 May  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Hans Lody Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
21 May  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Vincennes New Orleans-class cruiser
22 May  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Ostmark Light seaplane tender For civilian use, later taken over by the military
27 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Charles Maciver Trawler For Lancashire Sea Fisheries.[18]
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Campbell Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Duane Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ingham Treasury-class cutter
3 June  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Roger B. Taney Treasury-class cutter
13 June  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Horst Wessel Gorch Fock-class school ship For Reichsmarine
17 June  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lamson Mahan-class destroyer
21 June  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūdachi Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 June  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Jupiter Fishing trawler For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
29 June  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Oldenburg Cargo ship For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei.
June  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Iroquois Tank barge For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
June  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Onondaga Tank barge For Gulf Oil Corp.[7]
7 July  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Havock H-class destroyer [6]
8 July  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Bernd von Arnim Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
14 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dipavati Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[19]
16 July  Germany Deschimag Bremen Hermann Schoemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
16 July  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Pretoria Ocean liner For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie
21 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdswood Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[20]
6 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdscrest Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[21]
22 August  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG Wesermünde Dr. Adolf Spilker Fishing vessel For F. Busse
25 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duchess of Abercorn Ferry For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[22]
25 August  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Æger Sleipner-class destroyer [16]
3 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lairdsbank Livestock carrier For Burns & Laird Line.[23]
15 September  Germany Deschimag Bremen Bruno Heinemann Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
16 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Power Tanker For British Tanker Company.[24]
17 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Walmer Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[25]
24 September  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Erich Steinbrinck Type 1934A-class destroyer [10]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 262 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 263 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 264 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 265 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 266 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
September  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 267 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
3 October  Germany Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Scharnhorst Scharnhorst-class battleship
3 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Enterprise Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Crossgar Collier For John Kelly Ltd.[26]
15 October  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Inglefield I-class destroyer [6]
30 October  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imogen I-class destroyer [6]
1 November  Japan Fujinagata Shipyard Osaka Kawakaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Destiny Tanker For British Tanker Company.[27]
7 November  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Eulima Tanker For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity[28]
12 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Isis I-class destroyer [6]
17 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ernebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[29]
17 November  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Brooklyn-class cruiser
23 November  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Hans Loh Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
26 November  France At. & Ch. de Bretagne Nantes Volta Mogador-class destroyer For French Navy.[30]
26 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Icarus I-class destroyer [6]
27 November  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Umikaze Shiratsuyu-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
30 November  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton Kittiwake Kingfisher-class sloop [12]
30 November  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Brooklyn-class cruiser
2 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cameo Coaster For William Robertson Ltd.[31]
3 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Boise Brooklyn-class cruiser
8 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Gneisenau Scharnhorst-class battleship
11 December  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Tyneside Imperial I-class destroyer [6]
12 December  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Strasbourg Dunkerque-class battleship
17 December  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Intrepid I-class destroyer
19 December  Sweden Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Sama Cargo ship For Chr. Gundersen & Co.
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sitala Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[32]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T. No. 28 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T. No. 30 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Chester Towboat For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
December  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Ballena Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
December  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Bonito Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 260 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 261 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal SA.[7]
Date unknown  Netherlands Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij Groningen Dr Colijn Coaster For M Oosterhuis
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Eilbek Cargo ship For Knohr & Burchard.[33]
Date unknown  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Heinrich Schmidt Cargo ship For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Hempstead No. 2 Tank barge For Warrior Mobile Gulf Towing.[7]
Date unknown  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Icemaid Icemaid type collier For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[34]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. Lübeck Hermann Anderson Tanker For C. Anderson.[35]
Date unknown  Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke AG Lübeck Nordcoke Cargo ship For F Krupp AG
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig F. Schichau. Danzig Paul Harneit tanker For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum.[36]
Date unknown Free City of Danzig Danzig Danziger Werft AG Danzig Poel Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine.[37]
Date unknown  Germany Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Seydlitz Fishing trawler For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Shepco 10 Tank barge For Shell Producers Co.[7]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Skylark 10 Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[38]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Pride Whaler For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd.[39]
Date unknown  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Thalia Cargo ship For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark I Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[41]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 54 Barge For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama No. 97 Tank barge For Q. D. Ainsley.[7]
Date unknown  United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 3 unnamed vessels Barges For private owners.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Een modern tankschip". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 January 1936.
  2. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips" (PDF). The Engineer. 17 January 1936. p. 86.
  3. ^ "Standella". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sydney Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 332.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Friedman 2009, p. 315.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Simnia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitley 2000, p. 59.
  11. ^ "Dunvegan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 339.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
  14. ^ "Drie tewaterlatingen op één dag voor de Koninklijke Shell". Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 25 April 1936.
  15. ^ "Adelong". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 215.
  17. ^ "Leonora". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Charles Maciver". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Dipavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Lairdswood". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Lairdscrest". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Duchess of Abercorn". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Lairdsbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Walmer Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Crossgar". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "British Destiny". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Motortankschip Eulima te water gelaten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 November 1936.
  29. ^ "Ernebank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  30. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 44.
  31. ^ "Cameo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ "Sitala". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 207, 209.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
  38. ^ "Skylark 10". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 378.
  40. ^ "Titlark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  41. ^ "Titlark I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
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