List of ship launches in 1937

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The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1937.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January  United States Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Spencer Treasury-class cutter For United States Coast Guard.
12 January  United States
Mare Island Navy Yard
 Vallejo, California Henley Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy
14 January  United States
Charleston Navy Yard
 Charleston, South Carolina Bibb Treasury-class cutter For United States Coast Guard.
14 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast May
Lightship tenderCommissioners of Irish Lights.[1]
 For
27 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Comara Coaster For North Coast Steam Navigation Company.[2]
28 January  United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Adula
Tanker
 For
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[3]
28 January  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Ilex I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
7 February  Germany
Blohm + Voss
 Hamburg Admiral Hipper Admiral Hipper-class cruiser For Kriegsmarine.
11 February  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Ivanhoe I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[4]
11 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rochester Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.
20 February  Germany Hans Rolshoven Krischan-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe.
25 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Torr Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[5]
1 March  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Impulsive I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[6]
6 March  Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Nederland
Tanker
 For Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum Maatschappij[7]
11 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salacia Cargo ship For Donaldson Line.[8]
12 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Erich Giese
Type 1934A-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine.
13 March  United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Somers Somers-class destroyer For United States Navy.
16 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lady Sylvia Ferry For Union Steamship Co.[9]
18 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Erich Koellner
Type 1934A-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine
21 March  Germany
Blohm & Voss
 Hamburg Friedrich Eckoldt
Type 1934A-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine.
23 March  Germany
Howaldtswerke
 Kiel Friesenland Friesenland-class seaplane carrier For civilian service.
24 March  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Liverpool Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
25 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roxburgh Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[10]
10 April  Netherlands N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company Rotterdam Nieuw Amsterdam Ocean liner For Holland America Line.
12 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delius Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[11]
12 April  United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Hebburn Manchester Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.[12]
15 April  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Köln Fishing trawler For Emder Heringfischerei AG.
22 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Boardale
Tanker
 For British Tanker Company.[13]
24 April  Germany
Flenderwerft
 Lübeck Porjus Fishing trawler For For Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G.
5 May  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Almuth Fishing trawler For Leerer Heringfischerei AG.
5 May  Germany
Blohm + Voss
 Hamburg Wilhelm Gustloff Passenger ship For Hamburg Süd.
6 May  United States
Puget Sound Navy Yard
 Bremerton, Washington Patterson Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy.
8 May  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Savannah Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
8 June  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Blücher Admiral Hipper-class cruiser For Kriegsmarine.
8 June  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Walker Afridi Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
8 June  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Walker Cossack Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[14]
8 June  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Mars Fishing trawler For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
16 June  Germany Deutsche Werke Hamburg Teutonia Fishing trawler For N. Ebsling.
22 June  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Govan British Integrity
Tanker
 For British Tanker Company.[15]
23 June  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Birka Passenger ship For Mathies Reederei KG.
24 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leinster Ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co.[16]
7 July  United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
 Govan Gurkha Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
14 July  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Bittern Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.[17]
25 July  Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Vittorio Veneto Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina.
5 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Donaghadee
Collier
 For John Kelly Ltd.[18]
14 August  United States Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia Blue Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy.
18 August  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Nordkapp Nordkapp-class fishery protection vessel For Royal Norwegian Navy.
19 August  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Diether von Roeder
Type 1936-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine.
22 August  Italy Gio. Ansaldo & C. Sestri Ponente Littorio Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina.
24 August  United Kingdom
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
 Wallsend Somali Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
26 August  United States
New York Naval Yard
Brooklyn, New York
 Honolulu Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
2 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Broomdale
Tanker
 For British Tanker Company.[19]
2 September  United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
 Govan Maori Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
3 September  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Walker Eskimo Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
3 September  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Walker Mashona Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
23 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Capetown Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.
23 September  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Govan Zulu Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[20]
25 September  Germany
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser
Wesermünde
 Gauleiter Telschow Fishing trawler For For Hussmann & Hahn.
September  Germany
Deschimag
Wesermünde
 Dorum Fishing trawler For Ernst Glässel.
2 October  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Nashville Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
5 October  United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
 Barrow-in-Furness Undine U-class submarine For Royal Navy.[21]
6 October  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Matabele Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
9 October  United States
Bethlehem Steel Company
 Sparrows Point, Maryland Gulfwave
Tanker
 For
Gulf Oil Corporation
.
15 October  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company
Woolston, Hampshire
 Mohawk Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
19 October  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard
Devonport
 Gloucester Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.[22]
20 October  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Gebrüder Kähler Fishing trawler For Hinrich Foch Hochseefischerei AG.
21 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delane Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[23]
21 October  United Kingdom
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
 Wallsend Tartar Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
27 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Trust
Tanker
 For British Tanker Company.[24]
30 October  Germany
Blohm + Voss
 Hamburg
Albert Leo Schlageter
 		Gorch Fock-class sail training ship For Kriegsmarine.
October  Germany
Deschimag
Wesermünde
 Hermann Bösch Fishing trawler For C. C. H. Bösch.
3 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Munster Ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co.[25]
4 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Security
Tanker
 For British Tanker Company.[26]
5 November  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Ashanti Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
16 November  United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Wichita Cruiser For United States Navy.
1 December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Hans Lüdemann
Type 1936-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine.
2 December  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Cachalot Grampus-class submarine For Royal Navy.[27]
16 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Koolama Cargo ship For West Australian Government.[28]
17 December  United Kingdom
Alexander Stephen & Sons
 Linthouse Sikh Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
18 December  United Kingdom
Alexander Stephen & Sons
 Linthouse Punjabi Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
21 December  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Bedouin Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[29]
21 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Devis Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[30]
21 December  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company
Woolston
 Nubian Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
22 December  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Troon, Ayrshire
 Franklin Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
22 December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Hermann Künne
Type 1936-class
destroyer 		For Kriegsmarine.
28 December  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Otto Bröhan Fishing trawler For Cranzer Fischdamper AG.
December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremerhaven Franz Westermann Fishing trawler For Reederei Siebert & Co.
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg
Algol
tanker
 For
Trelleborgs Angfabrik Nya A/B.[31]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Englishman tug For United Towing Co. Ltd.[32]
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Ernst L. M. Russ Cargo ship For Ernst Russ.[33]
Unknown date  Germany F Schichau GmbH
Elbing
Gabelsflach
tanker
 For Kriegsmarine.
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Wesermünde
 Gambian Cargo ship For
United African Company.[34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland Ginnheim Cargo ship For Unterweser Reederei.[35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Inkosi Refrigerated cargo liner For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
Unknown date  Germany
Lübecker Flender-Werke
AG 		Lübeck Marie Fisser Cargo ship For Fisser & van Doornum.
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Mathias Stinnes
Tanker
 For Kohlen Import und Poseidon Schiffs.[36]
Unknown date  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Messina Cargo ship For Robert Miles Sloman Jr.
Unknown date  Germany
Stettiner Oderwerke AG
Stettin
 Saar Cargo ship For R. C. Gribel.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Spinel Cargo ship For William Robertson.[37]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Wesermünde
 Takoradian Cargo ship For United Africa Company.[38]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen Unitas Whaler For Unitas Deutsche Walfang GmbH.[39]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen
Unitas 4
 		Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[40]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen
Unitas 5
 		Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[40]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen
Unitas 8
 		Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[40]

References

  1. ^ "May". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Comara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
  4. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 170.
  5. ^ "Torr Head". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 166.
  7. ^ "Motortankschip Nederland te water gelaten". De Maasbode. 7 March 1937.
  8. ^ "Salacia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Lady Sylvia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Roxburgh Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Delius". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 205.
  13. ^ "Boardale". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 85.
  15. ^ "Mails and Shipping". The Times. No. 47726. London. 26 June 1937. col G, p. 26.
  16. ^ "Leinster". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 51.
  18. ^ "Donaghadee". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Broomdale". The Yard. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  20. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 367.
  21. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 338.
  22. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 140.
  23. ^ "Delane". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  24. ^ "British Trust". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "British Security". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 64.
  28. ^ "Koolama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  29. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 47.
  30. ^ "Devis". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  31. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 470–71.
  32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 301.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 466.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 397–98.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 395.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 473–74.
  40. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 473.
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