List of ship launches in 1934

The list of ship launches in 1934 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1934.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
18 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	*Skipjack*	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
30 January	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock	*Escapade*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
7 February	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	*Exmouth*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
15 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	*Electra*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 February	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	*Echo*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
1 March	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	*Ajax*	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
11 March	Germany	Norderwerft Koser und Meyer	Hamburg	*Krischan*	Krischan-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
15 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Twickenham Ferry*	Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
19 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend	*Esk*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	*Encounter*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 March	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Greenock	*Escort*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
12 April	United Kingdom	William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton	*Eclipse*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
17 April	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	*Harrier*	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
1 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Waiwera*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.^[1]
9 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Idalia*	Motor yacht	For Alan F. Craig.^[2]
12 May	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	*Fearless*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Tyne and Wear	*Express*	E-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
8 June	Germany	H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hambur	*August Bösch*	Fishing trawler	For C. C. H. Bösch
12 June	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun, Glasgow	*Faulknor*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
14 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Sir Hastings Anderson*	Target towing ship	For Royal Navy.^[3]
28 June	United Kingdom	Parsons	Wallsend	*Fame*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	Parsons	Wallsend	*Firedrake*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	*Forester*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Waipawa*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.^[4]
29 June	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	*Foresight*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
30 June	Germany	Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	*Admiral Graf Spee*	Deutschland-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine
11 July	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	*Germania*	Fishing trawler	For N. Elbing Hochseefischerei AG
26 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*John Dock*	Tug	For South African Railways.^[5]
27 July	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Naval Dockyard	Portsmouth	Amphion	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
July	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	*Deutschland*	Fishing trawler	For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
16 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Loch Lomond*	Cargo ship	For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.^[6]
20 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Flying Falcon*	Tug	For Clyde Shipping Co.^[7]
27 August	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	*Hussar*	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
28 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*W. H. Fuller*	Tug	For South African Railways.^[8]
29 August	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	*Fortune*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
10 September	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	*Fury*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
22 September	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Wallsend-on-Tyne	*Sydney*	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Australian Navy
26 September	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	*Queen Mary*	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
September	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	*Haltenbank*	Fishing trawler	For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG.
6 October	Germany	Norderwerft Köser & Mayer	Hamburg	*Hinrich Hey*	Fishing trawler	For Julius H. Fock & Hans J. M. Pickenpack
6 October	Germany	Deschimag Seebeckwerft	Wesermünde	*J. Hinrich Wilhelms*	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf Partenreederei
9 October	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyen	*Ancylus*	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.^[9]
9 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Imperial Star*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.^[10]
9 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Wairangi*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.^[11]
10 October	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	*Ro-33*	Kaichū VI-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Henzada*	Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co.^[12]
12 October	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	*Foxhound*	F-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
16 October	Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen	*Zieten*	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. A. Pust
23 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	*Shepperton Ferry*	Train Ferry	For the Southern Railway
7 November	Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Vegesack	*Friedrich Busse*	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei F. Busse
8 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Martaban*	Cargo ship	For P Henderson & Co.^[13]
22 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*New Zealand Star*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.^[14]
24 November	United Kingdom	Workman, Clark Ltd.	Belfast	*Acavus*	Yanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.^[9]
1 December	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.	Kiel	*Gadila*	Tanker	For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona.^[15]
6 December	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	*Nürnberg*	Leipzig-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine
6 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Sfax	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
8 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	*Amastra*	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.^[9]
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Baron Cawdor*	Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons.^[16]
15 December	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Grille	Aviso	For Reichsmarine
19 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Anadara*	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.^[17]
19 December	Poland	CRDA yard	Monfalcone, Italy	*Piłsudski*	Ocean liner	For PTTO
20 December	Germany	Bremer Vulkan.	Vegesack	*Alexia*	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.^[9]
20 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	*Roslin Castle*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line.^[18]
20 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows	Port Glasgow	*Triaster*	Cargo Liner	For the British Phosphates Commissioners
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James Pollock & Sons	Faversham	*Camroux I*	Coaster	For Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd.^[19]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	*Eskdene*	Cargo ship	For Dene Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.^[20]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Bremen	*Pelikan*	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werft.	Hamburg	*Sofia*	Cargo ship	For private owner.^[21]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	*Sylt*	tanker	For Carl W Hansen Tankschiffs, Hamburg

References

^ "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
^ "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
^ "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.
^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.

Sources

Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd.
ISBN 1-85044-275-4
.

[HW922-1] "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW930-2] "Idalia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW935-3] "Sir Hastings Anderson". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW923-4] "Waipawa". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW936-5] "John Dock". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW931-6] "Loch Lomond". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW949-7] "Flying Falcon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW937-8] "W H Fuller". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990177-9] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.

[HW933-10] "Imperial Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW924-11] "Wairangi". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW945-12] "Henzada". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW946-13] "Martaban". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW934-14] "New Zealand Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990175-15] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.

[HW948-16] "Baron Cawdor". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW932-17] "Anadara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[HW943-18] "Roslin Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990231-19] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 231.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer199026-20] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 26.

[FOOTNOTEMitchellSawyer1990461-21] Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.

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v t e Ship events in 1934
Ship launches	1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Ship commissionings	1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Ship decommissionings	1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Shipwrecks	1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939