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The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914 .
Date Navy/Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes 16 January United Kingdom }Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Agapenor Cargo ship For Ocean Steam Ship Company 17 January Austria-Hungary Ganz-Danubius Fiume Szent István Tegetthoff -class battleshipFor Austro-Hungarian Navy 29 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Euripides Passenger ship For Aberdeen Line . 29 January Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V25 V25 -class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine . 7 February United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Landrail Laforey -class destroyerFor Royal Navy . 11 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mississippi Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.[3] 21 February Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Kronprinz Wilhelm König -class battleshipFor Imperial German navy 21 February Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V26 V25 -class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy . 24 February Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Fritz diesel motor ship 25 February United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Lance Laforey -class destroyerFor Royal Navy 26 February United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Britannic Olympic -class ocean linerFor Royal Navy Sister ship of Titanic 26 February United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Lydiard Laforey -class destroyerFor Royal Navy 28 February Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S32 V25 -class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy . 12 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Falstria Cargo ship For East Asiatic CoEast Asiatic Co.[4] 14 March United States Union Iron Works San Francisco , California K-3 K-class submarineFor United States Navy 17 March United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-5 K-class submarineFor United States Navy 19 March United States Moran Company Seattle , Washington K-4 K-class submarineFor United States Navy 23 March United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oklahoma Nevada -class battleshipFor United States Navy 26 March United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts K-6 K-class submarineFor United States Navy 26 March Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V27 V25 -class torpedo boat For Kaiserliche Marine . 4 April Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S33 V25 -class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy . 8 April United Kingdom Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd West Hartlepool , Co Durham Pengreep Cargo ship For R B Chellew Steam Navigation Company 22 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Egori Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[5] 22 April United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine McDougal O'Brien -class destroyerFor United States Navy 23 April United Kingdom E11 E-class submarineFor Royal Navy 25 April Germany AG Weser Bremen Regensburg Graudenz -class cruiserFor Imperial German Navy 13 June Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S34 V25 -class torpedo boat For Imperial German Navy . 20 June United States Union Iron Works San Francisco , California K-7 K-class submarineFor United States Navy Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Arapaho tug For United States Navy [6] Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Bismarck Imperator -class ocean linerFor Hamburg America Line 24 June United Kingdom William Denny Dunbarton Princess Margaret Passenger liner For Canadian Pacific Railway [7] 7 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orbita Ocean liner For Pacific Steam Navigation Company [8] 9 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lalandia Cargo ship For Western Australian Government , completed as Kangaroo .[9] 9 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Statendam Ocean Liner For Holland America Line [10] 11 July United States Union Iron Works San Francisco , California K-8 K-class submarineFor United States Navy 11 July United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Nevada Nevada -class battleshipFor United States Navy 20 July United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia , Pennsylvania O'Brien O'Brien -class destroyerFor United States Navy Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Mohave tug For United States Navy [11] (or 20 June[12] ) 6 August United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn , Tyneside Murray Admiralty M-class destroyer For Royal Navy. 8 August United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear Bjørgvin Nidaros -class coastal defence shipFor Royal Norwegian Navy [13] 15 August United States Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Tillamook tug For United States Navy [14] 19 August United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Nicholson O'Brien -class destroyerFor United States Navy 22 August United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Ericsson O'Brien -class destroyerFor United States Navy 4 September United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Linthouse , Govan Tuscania Passenger liner For Anchor Line [15] 8 September United Kingdom Workman, Clark and Company Belfast Ebro Ocean Liner For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company [16] 21 September Spain SECN Ferrol Jaime I España -class battleshipFor Spanish Navy .[17] 30 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Glasgow Apapa Passenger ship For Elder Dempster Line .[18] 12 October United Kingdom Yarrow Scotstoun Manly Yarrow M-class destroyer20 October United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton , Scotland Princess Irene Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway 31 October United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank , Scotland Barham Queen Elizabeth -class battleshipFor Royal Navy 4 November United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan , Scotland Valiant Queen Elizabeth -class battleshipFor Royal Navy 17 November United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport , England Royal Oak Revenge -class battleshipFor Royal Navy 19 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Almanzora Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line .[19] 21 November Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Elbing Pillau -class light cruiserFor Kaiserliche Marine 19 December Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney , New South Wales Huon River-class torpedo-boat destroyerFor Royal Australian Navy 31 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belgenland Passenger ship For International Navigation Co . Completed as Belgic . Unknown date Sweden Baychimo Cargo ship For Hudson's Bay Company Unknown date United Kingdom Harland & Wolff LTd .Glasgow Egba Cargo ship For Elder Dempster Lines. Unknown date United Kingdom Palmers Ltd .River Tyne Maricopa Tanker For private owner. Unknown date United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd .Troon Glen Usk Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell. Unknown date United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Pacific Cargo ship For J S Emery Steamship Co Unknown date Norway Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted Tønsberg Viking II Whaler For A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri Unknown date United Kingdom Joseph Russell & Co. Port Glasgow War Ermine Cargo ship For British Shipping Controller .
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