List of ship launches in 1930

The list of ship launches in 1930 includes a chronological list of notable ships launched in 1930.

DateCountryBuilderLocationShipClassNotes
11 January SwedenÖresundsvarvetLandskronaBelgiaPassenger shipFor F Sternhagen – "Gotha Line"
17 January United KingdomCammell Laird & Co. Ltd.BirkenheadPrince HenryCargo shipFor Canadian National Steamship Company.[1]
12 February United KingdomSwan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co LtdWallsendFolkestoneHastings-class sloopFor Royal Navy[2]
14 January United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastWilliam WilberforceCargo shipFor British & African Steamship Co.[3]
28 January United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastGenovaCargo shipFor Argentine Navigation Co.[4]
12 February United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastBaron NapierCargo shipFor H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
18 February United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSilvercypressCargo shipFor Silver Line.[6]
27 February United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastEdward BlydenCargo shipFor British & African Steamship Co.[7]
27 February United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastMacgregor LairdCargo shipFor British & African Steamship Co.[8]
1 March United KingdomArdrossan Dockyard LtdArdrossanWaimarinoCargo shipFor Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington
4 March United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastInnisfallenFerryFor City of Cork Steam Packet Co.
5 March United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastCeledoniaLighterFor Argentine Navigatio Co.[9]
14 March United KingdomSwan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson LtdWallsendScarboroughHastings-class sloopFor Royal Navy[2]
17 March United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastBaron ErskineCargo shipFor H. Hogarth & Sons.[10]
18 March United KingdomJohn I. Thornycroft & CompanyWoolston, HampshireAcheronA-class destroyerFor Royal Navy[11]
19 March United StatesBath Iron WorksBath, MaineArasYacht
March United StatesNew York Shipbuilding CorporationNew York CitySanta ClaraPassenger shipFor Grace Steamship Company
10 April United StatesMare Island Naval ShipyardVallejo, CaliforniaChicagoNorthampton-class cruiserFor United States Navy
10 April United KingdomDevonport DockyardPlymouthHastingsHastings-class sloopFor Royal Navy[2]
10 April United KingdomDevonport DockyardPlymouthPenzanceHastings-class sloopFor Royal Navy[2]
10 April GermanyFlensburger Schiffbau-GesellschaftFlensburgSchürbekCargo shipFor Knöhr & Burchardt .
12 April FranceChantiers DubigeonNantesPhénixRedoutable-class submarineFor French Navy
15 April United KingdomLithgowsPort GlasgowAtheltemplarTankerFor United Molasses Co Ltd
15 April United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSilverwalnutCargo shipFor Silver Line.[12]
27 April ItalyAlberto di GiussanoCondottieri-class cruiserFor Regia Marina
27 April ItalyO.T.O.La SpeziaZaraZara-class cruiserFor Regia Marina
28 April United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastPrestatyn RoseCargo shipFor Richard Hughes & Co.[13]
29 April United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastAlfred JonesCargo shipFor British & African Steamship Co.[14]
29 April United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastWarwick CastlePassenger shipFor Union-Castle Line.[15]
8 May United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastHamburgoCargo shipFor Argentine Navigation Co.[16]
12 May United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastAnglesea RoseCargo shipFor Richard Hughes & Co.[17]
12 May JapanYokosuka Naval ArsenalYokosukaTakaoTakao-class cruiserFor Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May JapanMaizuru Naval ArsenalMaizuru, KyotoYūgiriFubuki-class destroyerFor Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May United KingdomSwan HunterWallsendHindustanHastings-class sloopFor Royal Indian Marine[18]
15 May United StatesNewport News ShipbuildingNewport News, VirginiaOrienteOcean linerFor New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Co
27 May United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastEbanoAsphalt carrierFor Ebano Oil Co.[19]
28 May FranceArsenal de BrestBrestAchilleRedoutable-class submarineFor French Navy
29 May United KingdomHawthorn LeslieHebburnBlancheB-class destroyer
29 May United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSilverteakCargo shipFor Silver Line.[20]
30 May United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastMedocCargo shipFor Worms & Cie.[21]
5 June United KingdomFurness ShipbuildingHaverton Hill-on-TeesEdenhurstcargo shipFor Hartlepool Steamship Co
12 June United KingdomHarland and WolffBelfastFoylebankCargo shipFor Bank Line.
12 June United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastPomerolCargo shipFor Worms & Cie.[22]
16 June JapanYokosuka Naval ArsenalYokosukaAtagoTakao-class cruiserFor Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastGuayraFerryFor Argentine Navigation Co.[23]
26 June United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSilversandalCargo shipFor Silver Line.[24]
28 June FranceAteliers et Chantiers de la LoireSaint-NazairePégaseRedoutable-class submarineFor French Navy
30 June United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastCiudad de CorrientesCargo shipFor Argentine Navigation Co.[25]
June GermanySchiffswerft von Henry Koch AGLübeckJakob GoldschmidtFishing trawlerFor Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG
1 July United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan AntonioCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[26]
2 July FinlandSandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska VerkstadHelsinkiSaukkoSubmarineFor Suomen Merivoimat
10 July United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastChateau LaroseCargo shipFor Worms & Cie.[27]
10 July United KingdomVickers ArmstrongBarrow-in-FurnessKeithB-class destroyer flotilla leader[28]
10 July United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastLaganbankCargo shipFor Bank Line.[29]
11 JulyCanada CanadaJohn I. Thornycroft & CompanyWoolston, HampshireSaguenayCanadian River-class destroyerFor Royal Canadian Navy
18 July United KingdomPalmer'sJarrowBoreasB-class destroyer
25 July United KingdomPalmer'sHebburnBrazenB-class destroyer
26 July GermanyNobiskrugRendsburgWilfredCargo schooner
30 July United KingdomSmiths Dock Co LtdMiddlesbroughSvanaTrawlerFor Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd
6 August United KingdomJohn Brown & CompanyClydebankBasiliskB-class destroyerFor Royal Navy[28]
11 August United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastChateau PavieCargo shipFor Worms & Cie.[30]
14 August United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan DiegoCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[31]
23 August ItalyAlberico da BarbianoCondottieri-class cruiserFor Regia Marina
23 August United KingdomCook, Welton & GemmellBeverleyFireflyTrawlerFor St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd
26 August United KingdomCammell LairdBirkenheadAthelfoamTanker molassesFor United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
26 August United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastGangesCargo shipFor Nourse Line.[32]
1 September United StatesPuget Sound Navy YardBremerton, WashingtonLouisvilleNorthampton-class cruiserFor United States Navy
6 September FranceChantiers Navals FrançaisBlainville-sur-Orne, CaenArchimèdeRedoutable-class submarineFor French Navy
11 September United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan FranciscoCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[33]
17 September GermanyBlohm & VossHamburgMonte PascoalMonte-class ocean linerFor Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
23 September United KingdomHawthorn LeslieHebburnBoadiceaB-class destroyer
23 September United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastReina del PacificoPassenger shipFor Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
24 September United KingdomCammell LairdBirkenheadAthelbeachTanker molassesFor United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
25 September United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastMaurice RoseCargo shipFor Richard Hughes & Co.[34]
29 September United KingdomJohn Brown & CompanyClydebankBeagleB-class destroyer
9 October United KingdomSwan HunterTyne and WearBrilliantB-class destroyer
9 October FranceArsenal de BrestBrestDupleixSuffren-class cruiserFor Marine Nationale
9 October United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSomaliCargo shipFor Hain Shipping Co.[35]
10 OctoberCanada CanadaJohn I. Thornycroft & CompanyWoolston, HampshireSkeenaCanadian River-class destroyerFor Royal Canadian Navy
14 October United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastDennis RoseCargo shipFor Richard Hughes & Co.[36]
18 October United StatesBath Iron WorksBath, MaineTrudioneYacht
22 October United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastCuidad de ConcepcionFerryFor Argentine Navigation Co.[37]
23 October United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan JoseCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[38]
4 November United KingdomDevonport DockyardPlymouthFoweyShoreham-class sloopFor Royal Navy[39]
6 November FranceAteliers et Chantiers de la LoireSt NazaireGeorges PhilipparOcean linerFor Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
8 November JapanSasebo Naval ArsenalSasebo, NagasakiOboroFubuki-class destroyerFor Imperial Japanese Navy
20 November United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan MateoCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[40]
22 November United KingdomChatham DockyardChathamShorehamShoreham-class sloopFor Royal Navy[39]
4 December GermanyBlohm & VossHamburgMonte RosaMonte-class ocean linerFor Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft.[41]
6 December United KingdomSwan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson LtdWallsendBulldogB-class destroyerFor Royal Navy[28]
19 December United KingdomScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company LimitedGreenockAjaxcargo shipFor Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd
10 December United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastRockabillCoasterFor Clyde Shipping Co.[42]
20 December United KingdomHarland & WolffBelfastSan PedroCargo shipFor Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[43]
Date unknown GermanyFlensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.FlensburgAdele TraberCargo shipFor W. Traber & Co.[44]
Date unknown United StatesMathis Yacht Building CompanyCamden, New JerseyArminaYacht
Date unknown GermanySchiffswerft J. Frerichs & CoEinswardenAugust WriedtFishing trawlerFor Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei
Unknown date United KingdomCharles Connell & Co LtdGlasgowBenlawersCargo shipFor Ben Line.[45]
Date unknown United StatesConsolidated Shipbuilding CorpNew York CityEldaYacht
Date unknown GermanyDeutsche Werft.HamburgElsa EssbergerTankerFor J. T. Essberger.[46]
Date unknown GermanyFriedrich Krupp GermaniawerftKielEtakSchooner
Date unknown GermanyDeutsche Schiff- und MaschinenbauWesermündeFritz HomannFishing trawlerFor Grundmann & Gröschel
Date unknown ItalyGoriziaZara-class cruiserFor Regia Marina
Date unknown United KingdomShipbuilding Corporation Ltd.SunderlandHarmonicCargo shipFor J. & C. Harrison.[47]
Date unknown United KingdomShipbuilding Corporation Ltd.SunderlandHarmattanCargo shipFor J. & C. Harrison.[47]
Date unknown United KingdomBartram & Sons Ltd.SunderlandHarpendenCargo shipFor National Steamship Co.[48]
Date unknown GermanyDeutsche Schiff- und MaschinenbauWesermündeHinrich FreeseFishing trawlerFor Hanseatische Hochseefisherei AG
Date unknown United StatesHerreshoff Manufacturing CoBristol, Rhode IslandKatouraYacht
Date unknown GermanyFlensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.FlensburgLipariCargo shipFor R. M. Sloman.[49]
Date unknown United KingdomNorthumberland Shipbuilding CompanyHowdonMargaritiCargo shipFor Constantine Group
Date unknown United KingdomSaunders-RoeCowesMiss England IIRacing monohull hydroplaneFor Kaye Don
Date unknown GermanyHowaldtswerkeKielNeumarkCargo shipFor Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft
Date unknownCanada CanadaCammell LairdBirkenheadPrince Davidocean linerFor Canadian National Railway
Date unknown United KingdomWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd.GreenockRietbok'DredgerFor South African Railways.[50]
Date unknown United States NavyGeneral Engineering and Dry DockSebagoBanff-class sloopFor United States Navy
Date unknown GermanyDeutsche Schiff- und MaschinenbauBremenSkolpenbankFishing trawlerFor private owner
Date unknown United KingdomWilliam Pickersgill & Sons LtdSunderland, Co DurhamStakesbyCargo shipFor Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd
Date unknown NorwayOsloSuderøy VWhaler
Date unknown United KingdomArmstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd.Newcastle upon TyneTafelbergTankerFor Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co.[51]
Date unknown United StatesVeedol IITankerFor Tidewater Oil Co
Date unknown United StatesAl LarsonLos AngelesVindicatorPurse seiner
Date unknown United StatesNunes BrothersSausalitoZacaYacht

References

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