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The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1912.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
10 January Flag of Norway Norway 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 Flag of Norway Norway 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 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Scotts Shipyard Greenock, Scotland Ajax King George V-class battleship
21 March Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918 Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Tegetthoff Tegetthoff-class battleship
27 April Flag of the German Empire Germany Schichau-Werft Danzig König Albert Kaiser-class battleship
18 May US flag 46 stars United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Texas New York-class battleship
14 August Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Beardmore & Co Ltd Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire Willochra Cruise ship For Adelaide Steamship Company
24 August US flag 46 stars United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Jupiter Collier Later became USS Langley
19 September Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Audacious King George V-class battleship
10 October Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd Southwick, Sunderland Hannington Court Cargo ship For Court Line Ltd
16 October Flag of the German Empire Germany 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 US flag 46 stars United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York New York New York-class battleship
30 November Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918 Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Prinz Eugen Tegetthoff-class battleship
Exact date unknown US flag 46 stars United States Kennebunk, Maine A. G. Prentiss Small wooden-hulled tug
Exact date unknown Flag of the German Empire Germany F Schichau GmbH Elbling Badenia Coaster For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown Flag of the German Empire Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Borussia Coaster For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown Flag of the German Empire Germany Stettiner Oderwerke Stettin Dollart Coaster Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Exact date unknown Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd, Hoboken Hispania Cargo ship For Svenska Lloyd AB
Exact date unknown Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd Blyth Thyra Menier Cargo ship For Donald Steamship Co Ltd

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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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