The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1916.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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8 January | John Brown and Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Repulse | Renown-class battlecruiser | ||
2 February | Pembroke Dock | Pembroke, Wales | J4 | J-class submarine | ||
5 February | Armstrong Whitworth | Courageous | Courageous-class battlecruiser | |||
4 March | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Scotland | Renown | Renown-class battlecruiser | ||
4 March | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Sampson | Sampson-class destroyer | |
16 March | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | L-10 | L-class submarine | |
22 March | Barclay Curle & Company | Glasgow, Scotland | Mantola | Passenger steamer | ||
23 March | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Rowan | Sampson-class destroyer | |
28 March | ![]() |
Flensburger Schiffbau | Deutschland | Merchant submarine | ||
20 April | Harland and Wolff | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Glorious | Courageous-class battlecruiser | ||
20 April | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton, England | Patriot | Thornycroft M-class destroyer | ||
29 April | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Acme | Tanker | |
1 May | United States | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | Bridgeport, Connecticut | L-5 | L-class submarine | |
16 May | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | L-11 | L-class submarine | |
18 May | United States | William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wilkes | Sampson-class destroyer | |
5 June | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton, England | Patrician | Thornycroft M-class destroyer | ||
15 June | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness, England | G9 | G-class submarine | ||
20 June | Naval Shipyard | Horten | Frøya | Minelayer | ||
16 July | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Aurania | Ocean liner | ||
22 July | ![]() |
Isaac Peral | Submarine | |||
15 August | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Davis | Sampson-class destroyer | |
15 August | Armstrong Whitworth | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Furious | Courageous-class battlecruiser | ||
31 August | United States | Craig Shipbuilding | Long Beach, California | L-6 | L-class submarine | |
12 September | William Beardmore and Company | Dalmuir, Scotland | Ramillies | Revenge-class battleship | ||
28 September | United States | Craig Shipbuilding | Long Beach, California | L-7 | L-class submarine | |
5 October | ![]() |
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Cöln | Cöln-class cruiser | |
12 November | ![]() |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Kobe | Ise | Ise-class battleship | |
27 November | United States | Lake Torpedo Boat | Bridgeport, Connecticut | N-4 | N-class submarine | |
5 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Allen | Sampson-class destroyer | |
9 December | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | Shaw | Sampson-class destroyer | |
30 December | United States | Seattle Construction and Drydock Company | Seattle, Washington | N-1 | N-class submarine |
See also[]
Ship events in 1916 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
Ship commissionings: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
Shipwrecks: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
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