The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1912.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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10 January | Burmeister & Wain | Copenhagen | Polarlys | Coastal passenger/cargo steamer | Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan. Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953, scrapped in 1964 | |
12 March | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Kjell | 2.-class torpedo boat | Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers | |
21 March | Scotts Shipyard | Greenock, Scotland | Ajax | King George V-class battleship | ||
21 March | ![]() |
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Tegetthoff | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
27 April | Schichau-Werft | Danzig | König Albert | Kaiser-class battleship | ||
18 May | ![]() |
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Texas | New York-class battleship | |
14 August | William Beardmore & Co Ltd | Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire | Willochra | Cruise ship | For Adelaide Steamship Company | |
24 August | ![]() |
Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | Jupiter | Collier | Later became USS Langley |
19 September | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Audacious | King George V-class battleship | ||
10 October | Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd | Southwick, Sunderland | Hannington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line Ltd | |
16 October | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | U-17 | Type U 17 submarine | Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I. | |
30 October | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | New York | New York-class battleship | |
30 November | ![]() |
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Prinz Eugen | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Kennebunk, Maine | A. G. Prentiss | Small wooden-hulled tug | ||
Exact date unknown | F Schichau GmbH | Elbling | Badenia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
Exact date unknown | Nüscke & Co | Stettin | Borussia | Coaster | For A Kirsten | |
Exact date unknown | Stettiner Oderwerke | Stettin | Dollart | Coaster | Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, | Hoboken | Hispania | Cargo ship | For Svenska Lloyd AB |
Exact date unknown | Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd | Blyth | Thyra Menier | Cargo ship | For Donald Steamship Co Ltd |
See also[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
Ship events in 1912 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship commissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Shipwrecks: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
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