The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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5 January | ![]() |
Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Alster | Cargo liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
11 January | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | El Argentino | Cargo ship | For the Houlder Line | |
24 January | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of Bedford | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd | |
22 February | Hawthorn, Leslie | Hebburn | Sussex | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
23 February | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company | Sydney, New South Wales | Albatross | Seaplane tender | ||
20 March | ![]() |
Yokohama Shipyards | Shirayuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
24 March | ![]() |
Mitsubishi Shipyard | Nagasaki | Haguro | Myōkō-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
14 April | ![]() |
Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard | La Spezia | Enrico Toti | Balilla-class submarine | For Regia Marina |
20 April | Brest Naval Yard | Brest | Colbert | Suffren-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale | |
22 April | ![]() |
Kawasaki shipyard | Kobe | Ashigara | Myōkō-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
3 May | Worthing | Passenger ferry | For Southern Railway | |||
5 May | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Odin | Odin-class submarine | ||
6 May | ![]() |
Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards | Bremen | St. Louis | Ocean liner | For Hamburg-America Line |
7 May | ![]() |
Burrard Dry Dock | North Vancouver, British Columbia | St. Roch | Schooner | For Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
23 May | ![]() |
Köln | Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) | For Reichsmarine | ||
18 June | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of Richmond | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd | |
26 June | ![]() |
Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Miyuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
5 July | William Beardmore & Company | Dalmuir | Shropshire | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
8 July | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd | Govan | Norfolk | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
10 July | Chantiers Naval Français | Wicher | Wicher-class destroyer | For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij | ||
17 July | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | York | York-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
18 July | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Port Fairy | cargo ship | For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd | |
19 July | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow in Furness | Medway | Submarine depot ship | For Royal Navy | |
21 July | John I. Thorneycroft & Company | Woolston | Hyatt | Serrano-class destroyer | For Armada de Chile | |
1 August | ![]() |
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Europa | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
2 August | ![]() |
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Bremen | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
15 September | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Glasgow | Viceroy of India | Ocean liner | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company | |
27 September | ![]() |
Fujinagata Shipyards | Osaka | Murakumo | Fubuki-class destroyer | |
28 September | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of York | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd | |
29 September | ![]() |
Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | Hatsuyuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
24 November | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Holy Cross | Trawler | For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. | |
28 November | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Aldea | Serrano-class destroyer | For Armada de Chile | |
29 November | ![]() |
Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Uranami | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
11 December | William Beardmore and Company | Glasgow | Olympus | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Navy | |
15 December | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Georgetown | Trawler | For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. | |
17 December | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Narwhal | Narwhal-class submarine | For United States Navy | |
Unknown date | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Barnett | McCawley-class attack transport | For the United States Navy | |
Unknown date | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Boston College | Trawler | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Germainia Werft | Kiel | Coronet | Steam yacht | For Irving T. Bush |
Unknown date | Smith's Dock Co | Middlesbrough | Eaglescliffe Hall | cargo ship | For Hall Corporation | |
Unknown date | W Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Egglestone | Cargo ship | ||
Unknown date | Defoe Shipbuilding Co | Bay City, Michigan | Elfrecia | Steam yacht | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Gemma | Cargo ship | For Holm & Molzen |
Unknown date | J L Thompson & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Goodleigh | Cargo ship | For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd | |
Unknown date | Spear Engine Works | Norfolk, Virginia | Hydrographer | Survey ship | For U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
Unknown date | British Power Boat Company | Southampton | Miss England I | Power boat | For Hubert Scott-Paine | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Germania Werft | Kiel | Queen Anne | Motor yacht | For Alexander Dallas Thayer |
Unknown date | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington, Delaware | Savarona | Steam yacht | For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader | |
Unknown date | F F Pendleton | Wiscasset, Maine | Spindrift | |||
Unknown date | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Trimont |
See also[]
Ship events in 1928 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
Ship commissionings: | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
Shipwrecks: | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
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