List of ship launches in 1906
The list of ship launches in 1906 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1906.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
|---|
| 17 January |
 United Kingdom |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell |
Beverley |
Viola |
Trawler |
For Hellyer Steam Fishing Company |
| 23 January |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow-in-Furness |
B8 |
B-class submarine |
|
| 24 January |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow-in-Furness |
B9 |
B-class submarine |
|
| 27 January |
United Kingdom |
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering |
Govan |
Empress of Ireland |
Ocean liner |
For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company |
| 10 February |
United Kingdom |
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth |
Portsmouth |
Dreadnought |
Dreadnought |
|
| 14 February |
United Kingdom |
William Denny & Brothers |
Dumbarton |
Rewa |
|
For British-India Steam Navigation Company |
| 9 March |
United Kingdom |
Charles Connell & Co |
Glasgow |
Ganges |
Cargo liner |
|
| 22 March |
 German Empire |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
SMS Scharnhorst |
Scharnhorst-class cruiser |
For Imperial German Navy |
| 23 March |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow-in-Furness |
B10 |
B-class submarine |
|
| 9 April |
 Japan |
Kure Naval Arsenal |
Kure, Hiroshima |
Ikoma |
Heavy cruiser |
|
| 20 April |
United Kingdom |
Robert Stephenson and Company |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Daffodil |
Ferry |
For Wallasey Corporation |
| 21 April |
 United States |
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Governor Cobb |
Coastal passenger ship |
For Eastern Steamship Company |
| 7 May |
 Canada |
G. A. Pontbriand |
Temagami |
Belle of Temagami |
Steamboat |
|
| 12 May |
Germany |
Stettiner Vulkan |
Stettin |
Prinz Ludwig |
Ocean liner |
For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 28 May |
Germany |
Schichau |
Danzig |
Schlesien |
Deutschland-class battleship |
|
| 30 May |
Germany |
Stettiner Vulkan AG |
Stettin |
Niki |
Niki-class destroyer |
For Royal Hellenic Navy |
| 6 June |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Minotaur |
Minotaur-class cruiser |
|
| 7 June |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Co. Ltd |
Clydebank |
Lusitania |
Ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
| 14 June |
Germany |
Weserwerft |
Bremen |
Gneisenau |
Armoured cruiser |
|
| 23 June |
United Kingdom |
William Beardmore and Company |
Dalmuir |
Agamemnon |
Lord Nelson-class battleship |
|
| 23 June |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co. Ltd. |
West Hartlepool |
Ravelston |
Cargo ship |
For Ravelston Shipping Co Ltd |
| 27 June |
United States |
Tarr and James Shipbuilders |
Essex, Massachusetts |
Esperanto |
Schooner |
|
| 30 June |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
New Hampshire |
Connecticut-class battleship |
The last American pre-dreadnought battleship |
| 10 July |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow in Furness |
C1 |
C-class submarine |
|
| 18 July |
Germany |
Stettiner Vulkan AG |
Stettin |
Doxa |
Niki-class destroyer |
For Royal Hellenic Navy |
| 25 July |
Canada |
Canadian Ship Building Company |
Toronto |
Sagamo |
|
For Muskosa Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company |
| 4 August |
Germany |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
U-1 |
Submarine |
|
| 1 September |
United States |
Fore River Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Cuttlefish |
B-class submarine |
|
| 4 September |
United Kingdom |
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company |
Jarrow |
Lord Nelson |
Lord Nelson-class battleship |
Last pre-dreadnought battleship for the Royal Navy |
| 6 September |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Rohilla |
Cruise liner |
For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 10 September |
Germany |
AG Weser |
Bremen |
Reserve |
Lightship |
|
| 22 September |
 Netherlands |
Rijkswerf |
Amsterdam |
Jacob van Heemskerck |
Coastal defence ship |
For Royal Netherlands Navy |
| 18 October |
United Kingdom |
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company |
Dundee |
Lanfranc |
Ocean liner |
For Booth Line |
| 20 September |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast |
Adriatic |
Ocean liner |
For White Star Line |
| 20 September |
United Kingdom |
Ramage and Ferguson Ltd |
Leith |
Agawa |
Yacht |
|
| 20 September |
United Kingdom |
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
Wallsend |
Mauretania |
Ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
| 20 September |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Shannon |
Minotaur-class cruiser |
|
| 22 September |
Germany |
Danzig Navy Yard |
Danzig, Germany |
Stuttgart |
Stettin-class cruiser |
|
| 4 October |
United States |
Fore River Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Octopus |
C-class submarine |
|
| 18 October |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn & Co |
Leith, Scotland |
Adele |
Yacht |
|
| October |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia |
Havana |
|
For Ward Line |
| 4 November |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow-in-Furness |
Rurik |
Armoured cruiser |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 15 November |
Japan |
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Yokosuka, Kanagawa |
Satsuma |
Battleship |
|
| 1 December |
Germany |
AG Vulkan |
Stettin |
Kronprinzessin Cecilie |
Ocean Liner |
For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 7 December |
Germany |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Deutschland-class battleship |
|
| 10 November |
 Russian Empire |
Admiralty Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
Pallada |
Bayan-class cruiser |
|
| 15 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Newport News, Virginia |
Montana |
Tennessee-class cruiser |
|
| 22 December |
United Kingdom |
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Re d'Italia |
Ocean liner |
For Lloyd Sabaudo |
| Exact date unknown |
United States |
Dialogue & Company |
Camden, New Jersey |
Aurora |
Tugboat |
|
| Exact date unknown |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Limited |
Barrow-in-Furness |
B11 |
B-class submarine |
|
| Exact date unknown |
United States |
|
Camden, New Jersey |
Mariner |
Tugboat |
|
| Exact date unknown |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Poplar |
Nafkratousa |
Thyella-class destroyer |
For Royal Hellenic Navy |
| Exact date unknown |
United Kingdom |
McLearon |
Harwich |
Thalatta |
Thames barge |
|
| Exact date unknown |
United States |
Toledo Shipbuilding Company |
Toledo, Ohio |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
For Roosevelt Steamship Company |
| Exact date unknown |
United Kingdom |
Richardson, Duck & Co |
Stockton, Great Britain |
Picton |
Steamship |
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See also