List of ship launches in 1907
The list of ship launches in 1907 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1907.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
12 January
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Coutelas
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1921.
14 January
United Kingdom
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Jarrow
Bonetta
Torpedo boat destroyer
Scrapped 1920.
31 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Fulani
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster..[ 3]
15 February
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C7
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1919
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C8
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 February
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead , England
Cossack
Tribal-class destroyer
Scrapped 1919
2 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Avon
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Lines .[ 4]
7 March
Germany
AG Vulcan Stettin
Stettin
Stettin
Königsberg -class cruiser
15 March
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C10
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1922
16 March
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan
Indomitable
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Scrapped 1921
27 March
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C11
C-class submarine
Sunk in collision, 1909
29 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Prashu
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster.[ 5]
30 March
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Viper
B-class submarine
Sunk as a target, 1922
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Tarantula
B-class submarine
Sunk as a target, 1922
3 April
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C9
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1922
6 April
Germany
Schichau-Werke
Elbing
S143
S138 -class torpedo boat
For Imperial German Navy
13 April
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Elswick
Invincible
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Sunk 31 May 1916
14 April
Japan
Kure Naval Arsenal
Kure, Hiroshima
Aki
Satsuma -class battleship
Sunk as target, 1924
21 April
Italy
La Spezia Naval Base
La Spezia
Roma
Regina Elena -class battleship
24 April
United Kingdom
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke Dock
Defence
Minotaur -class cruiser
Sunk 31 May 1916
26 April[ 7]
United Kingdom
Gourlay Brothers
Dundee
Atalanta
Passenger vessel
Sold in 1923
May
United Kingdom
FJ Carver and Son
Bridgwater , England
Irene
Ketch
100-foot ketch built in Bridgwater in 1907, the last ship built in the docks and the only ketch built in the West Country still sailing.
8 May
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Elswick , England
Afridi
Tribal-class destroyer
Scrapped 1919
28 May
France
Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde
Lormont
Vérité
Liberté -class battleship
29 May
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Birmingham
Chester -class cruiser
Sold for scrap, 1930
30 May[ 9]
United Kingdom
A. & J. Inglis
Glasgow , Scotland
Alexandra
Royal yacht
Sold to Norway in 1925, sunk by German bombers in 1940
26 June
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Inflexible
Invincible -class battlecruiser
Scrapped 1922
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Chester
Chester -class cruiser
Scrapped 1930
27 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Iroquois
Tanker
For Anglo-American Oil Company .[ 10]
29 June
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Carquois
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1930.
29 June
United States
W. A. Boole & Son
Oakland, California
Sibyl Marston
schooner
9 July
United Kingdom
D & W Henderson Ltd
Glasgow
California
Passenger liner
For Anchor Line [ 11]
10 July
United Kingdom
Yarrow Shipbuilders
London
Lonchi
Thyella -class destroyer
[ 12]
United Kingdom
J. Samuel White
Cowes
TB 13
Cricket -class coastal destroyer
27 July
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth , England
Bellerophon
Bellerophon -class battleship
Scrapped 1921
15 August
Russia
Admiralty Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Bayan
Bayan -class cruiser
Scrapped 1922
24 August
United Kingdom
HM Dockyard
Devonport
Temeraire
Bellerophon -class battleship
Sold for scrap 1921
4 September
Russia
Baltic Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Akula
Submarine
Sunk 1915
7 September
Russia
Baltic Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Imperator Pavel I
Andrei Pervozvanny -class battleship
Scrapped 1923
9 September
United Kingdom
Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tarmo
Icebreaker
Museum ship in Kotka , Finland
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C12
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
19 September
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Circé
Circé -class submarine
Sunk by U-boat, 1918
21 September
France
Brest Dockyard
Brest
Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet -class cruiser
22 September
Italy
Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso
Riva Trigoso
Principessa Jolanda
Ocean liner
Capsized on launch
26 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Asturias
Passenger ship
For Royal Mail Lines .[ 15]
5 October
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Dresden
Dresden -class cruiser
Sunk on 14 March 1915 at Mas a Tierra
8 October
France
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre
Branlebas
Branlebas -class destroyer
Sunk on 30 September 1915.
10 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Navahoe
Schooner oil barge
For Anglo-American Oil Company .[ 17]
21 October
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka
Kurama
Ibuki -class armored cruiser
22 October
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Calypso
Circé -class submarine
Sunk in collision, 1914
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Copenhagen
Passenger vessel
Sunk, 1917
23 October
Germany
AG Weser
Bremen
Albatross
Nautilus -class minelayer
Broken up, 1921
7 November
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Elswick , England
Superb
Bellerophon -class battleship
Sold for scrap 1922
9 November
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C13
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1920
16 November
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Santa Elena
Merchant ship
Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I
18 November
Japan
Kawasaki
Kobe
Yodo
Yodo -class cruiser
[ 19]
21 November
Japan
Kure Naval Arsenal
Kure, Hiroshima
Ibuki
Ibuki -class armored cruiser
26 November
France
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon
Cognée
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1921.
5 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Median
Cargo ship
For F. Leyland & Co..[ 20]
7 December
United Kingdom
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
C14
C-class submarine
Sold for scrapping, 1921
14 December
France
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort
Fleuret
Claymore -class destroyer
Struck 1920.
19 December
France
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre
Fanfare
Branlebas -class destroyer
Struck 1925.
21 December
France
Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët
Rouen
Gabion
Branlebas -class destroyer
Struck 1921.
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Pericles
Passenger ship
For Aberdeen Line .
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
Glasgow
City of Paris
Ocean liner
For Ellerman Lines .
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
Glasgow
Corsican
Ocean liner
For Allan Line .
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd .
Belfast
Kia Ora
Cargo ship
For private owner.
Unknown date
Sweden
Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad
Gothenburg
Wasa
Merchant ship
Sold to Norway in 1925
References
^ "Fulani" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ "Avon" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ "Prashu" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ "Important Dundee Launch" . Dundee Courier . Dundee. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 13 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Launches—Scotch: Alexandra". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 29. July 1907. p. 460.
^ "Iroquois" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches – Scotch: California". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 36.
^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches:English: Lonhi". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . Vol. 30. 1 August 1907. p. 35.
^ "Asturias" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ "Navahoe" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 103–104.
^ "Median" . The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017 .
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