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The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
5 January
|
Germany
|
Deutsche Werft
|
Hamburg
|
Alster
|
Cargo liner
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
11 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
|
Govan
|
El Argentino
|
Cargo ship
|
For the Houlder Line
|
24 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Dagomba
|
Cargo ship
|
For Elder Dempster.[1]
|
24 January
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Duchess of Bedford
|
Ocean liner
|
For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
|
26 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King Neptune
|
Cargo ship
|
For King Line.[2]
|
10 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Deal
|
Ferry
|
For Southern Railway.[3]
|
21 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Punta Benitez
|
Tanker
|
For Lago Shipping Co.[4]
|
21 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Saugor
|
Cargo ship
|
For James Nourse Ltd.[5]
|
22 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn, Leslie
|
Hebburn
|
Sussex
|
County-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
23 February
|
Australia
|
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
|
Sydney
|
Albatross
|
Seaplane tender
|
For Royal Australian Navy
|
8 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Tia Juana
|
Tanker
|
For Lago Shipping Co.[6]
|
20 March
|
Japan
|
Yokohama Shipyards
|
|
Shirayuki
|
Fubuki-class destroyer
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
22 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King Arthur
|
Cargo ship
|
For King Line.[7]
|
23 March
|
Japan
|
Kure Naval Arsenal
|
Kure
|
I-56 (I-156)
|
Kaidai III-type submarine
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
24 March
|
Japan
|
Mitsubishi Shipyard
|
Nagasaki
|
Haguro
|
Myōkō-class cruiser
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
27 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Hooiberg
|
Tanker
|
For Lago Shipping Co.[8]
|
14 April
|
Italy
|
Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard
|
La Spezia
|
Enrico Toti
|
Balilla-class submarine
|
For Regia Marina
|
19 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Delfina Mitre
|
Train ferry
|
For Entre Ríos Railway Co.[9]
|
20 April
|
France
|
Brest Naval Yard
|
Brest
|
Colbert
|
Suffren-class cruiser
|
For Marine Nationale
|
22 April
|
Japan
|
Kawasaki shipyard
|
Kobe
|
Ashigara
|
Myōkō-class cruiser
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
23 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Clydefield
|
Tanker
|
For Hunting & Sons.[10]
|
23 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Punta Gorda
|
Tanker
|
For Lago Shipping Co.[11]
|
24 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King Stephen
|
Cargo ship
|
For King Line.[12]
|
3 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Highland Monarch
|
Passenger ship
|
For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.
|
3 May
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
Worthing
|
Passenger ferry
|
For Southern Railway
|
5 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard
|
Chatham, Kent
|
Odin
|
Odin-class submarine
|
|
6 May
|
Germany
|
Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards
|
Bremen
|
St. Louis
|
Ocean liner
|
For Hamburg-America Line
|
7 May
|
Canada
|
Burrard Dry Dock
|
North Vancouver, British Columbia
|
St. Roch
|
Schooner
|
For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
|
17 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Brittany
|
Cargo ship
|
For David MacIver & Co.[13]
|
17 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Nyanza
|
Cargo ship
|
For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[14]
|
19 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King William
|
Cargo ship
|
For King Line.[15]
|
22 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Yamanota
|
Tanker
|
For Lago Shipping Co.[16]
|
23 May
|
Germany
|
Kriegsmarinewerft
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
Köln
|
Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)
|
For Reichsmarine
|
3 June
|
France
|
Société Provençale de Construction Navales
|
La Ciotat
|
Éridan
|
Cargo liner
|
For Société des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes
|
14 June
|
Germany
|
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser
|
Wesermünde-Lehe
|
Richard C. Krogmann
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG.
|
18 June
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Duchess of Richmond
|
Ocean liner
|
For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
|
21 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Highland Chieftain
|
Passenger ship
|
For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[17]
|
26 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Centura
|
Lighter
|
For Argentine Navigation Co.[18]
|
26 June
|
Japan
|
Uraga Dock Company
|
Uraga
|
Miyuki
|
Fubuki-class destroyer
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
3 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Designer
|
Cargo ship
|
For T. & J. Harrison Ltd.[19]
|
5 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cuidad de Salto
|
Passenger ship
|
For Argentine Navigation Co.[20]
|
5 July
|
United Kingdom
|
William Beardmore & Company
|
Dalmuir
|
Shropshire
|
County-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
8 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd
|
Govan
|
Norfolk
|
County-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
10 July
|
France
|
Arsenal de Brest
|
Brest
|
Pascal
|
Redoutable-class submarine
|
For French Navy
|
10 July
|
France
|
Chantiers Naval Français
|
|
Wicher
|
Wicher-class destroyer
|
For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
|
17 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
|
Jarrow
|
York
|
York-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
18 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd.
|
Queensferry
|
Energie
|
Tanker
|
For Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd.[21]
|
18 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
|
Wallsend
|
Port Fairy
|
cargo ship
|
For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
|
19 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers Armstrong
|
Barrow in Furness
|
Medway
|
Submarine depot ship
|
For Royal Navy
|
21 July
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thorneycroft & Company
|
Woolston
|
Hyatt
|
Serrano-class destroyer
|
For Armada de Chile
|
2 August
|
Germany
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Bremen
|
Bremen
|
Ocean liner
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
15 August
|
Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Europa
|
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
16 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Behar
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hain Steamship Co.[22]
|
19 August
|
France
|
Arsenal de Brest
|
Brest
|
Pasteur
|
Redoutable-class submarine
|
For French Navy
|
21 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kerma
|
Cargo ship
|
For Strick Line.[23]
|
15 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen & Sons
|
Glasgow
|
Viceroy of India
|
Ocean liner
|
For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
|
17 September
|
Germany
|
Deschimag Seebeckwerke
|
Wesermünde
|
Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Grundmann & Gröschel
|
27 September
|
Japan
|
Fujinagata Shipyards
|
Osaka
|
Murakumo
|
Fubuki-class destroyer
|
|
28 September
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Duchess of York
|
Ocean liner
|
For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
|
29 September
|
Japan
|
Maizuru Naval Arsenal
|
Maizuru, Kyoto
|
Hatsuyuki
|
Fubuki-class destroyer
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
1 October
|
Japan
|
Kure Naval Arsenal
|
Kure
|
I-57 (I-157)
|
Kaidai III-type submarine
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
1 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Highland Brigade
|
Passenger ship
|
For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[24]
|
15 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Celtic Monarch
|
Cargo ship
|
For Raeburn & Verel Ltd.[25]
|
24 November
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Holy Cross
|
Trawler
|
For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
|
28 November
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Woolston
|
Aldea
|
Serrano-class destroyer
|
For Armada de Chile
|
29 November
|
Japan
|
Uraga Dock Company
|
Uraga
|
Uranami
|
Fubuki-class destroyer
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
11 December
|
United Kingdom
|
William Beardmore and Company
|
Glasgow
|
Olympus
|
Odin-class submarine
|
For Royal Navy
|
12 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bhutan
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hain Steamship Co.[26]
|
13 December
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers
|
Dumbarton
|
Canterbury
|
Ferry
|
For Southern Railway.
|
15 December
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Georgetown
|
Trawler
|
For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
|
17 December
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Narwhal
|
Narwhal-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
21 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Idomo
|
Motor lighter
|
For Elder Dempster.[27]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Lithgows Ltd.
|
Port Glasgow
|
Aelybryn
|
Cargo ship
|
For private owner.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd
|
Haverton Hill-on-Tees
|
Barnett
|
McCawley-class attack transport
|
For the United States Navy
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Boston College
|
Trawler
|
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Germainia Werft
|
Kiel
|
Coronet
|
Steam yacht
|
For Irving T. Bush
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Smith's Dock Co
|
Middlesbrough
|
Eaglescliffe Hall
|
cargo ship
|
For Hall Corporation
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
W Gray & Co Ltd
|
West Hartlepool
|
Egglestone
|
Cargo ship
|
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Co
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Elfrecia
|
Steam yacht
|
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co. (1918) Ltd.
|
West Hartlepool
|
City of Dieppe
|
Steamship
|
For Ellerman Lines.
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
|
Flensburg
|
Gemma
|
Cargo ship
|
For Holm & Molzen
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J L Thompson & Sons Ltd
|
Sunderland
|
Goodleigh
|
Cargo ship
|
For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
Spear Engine Works
|
Norfolk, Virginia
|
Hydrographer
|
Survey ship
|
For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
|
Unknown date
|
Netherlands
|
J. Koster.
|
Groningen
|
Meuse
|
Cargo ship
|
For private owner.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
British Power Boat Company
|
Southampton
|
Miss England I
|
Power boat
|
For Hubert Scott-Paine
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Germania Werft
|
Kiel
|
Queen Anne
|
Motor yacht
|
For Alexander Dallas Thayer
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau
|
Bremen
|
Rodi
|
Cargo ship
|
For Societa Anonima Adriatica Navigazione.
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
Pusey & Jones
|
Wilmington, Delaware
|
Savarona
|
Steam yacht
|
For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
F F Pendleton
|
Wiscasset, Maine
|
Spindrift
|
|
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Trimont
|
|
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau.
|
Bremen
|
Treuenfels
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hansa Line.
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Blohm & Voss.
|
Hamburg
|
Ubena
|
Passenger ship
|
For Deutsche East Africa Line.
|
- Sources
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.