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The list of ship launches in 1923 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1923.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 January   France Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence Port-de-Bouc Général Bonaparte Passenger ship For Compagnie Marseillaise de Navires à Vapeur
16 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Davisian Cargo ship For F. Leyland. [1]
18 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inveravon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [2]
18 January   Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 69 ( Ro-30) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergordon Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [3]
1 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Araby Cargo ship For David MacIver & Co. [4]
2 February   Denmark Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Hussar Luxury yacht For E F Hutton
2 February [5]   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Sarpedon Refrigerated [5] Cargo liner For Blue Funnel Line
15 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Mooltan Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
15 February   Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 70 ( Ro-31) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
16 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delilian Passenger ship For F. Leyland & Co. [6]
17 February [7]   United States Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania Dickenson Cargo ship
13 March [8]   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd [8] Greenock Patroclus Cargo Liner For Blue Funnel Line
16 March   Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Abukuma Nagara-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 March   Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 71 ( Ro-32) Kaichū V-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnewaska Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Line.
31 March   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-43 S-class submarine For United States Navy
4 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dorelian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co. [9]
16 April   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Trenton Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
16 April   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Medusa Monitor For United States Navy
17 April   United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd Glasgow California Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
19 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laguna Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [10]
19 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Maloja Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
28 April   Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Deutschland Ocean liner For Hamburg-Amerika Line
30 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakton Cargo ship For Matthews Steamship Co. [11]
30 April   United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-42 S-class submarine For United States Navy
19 May   Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 72 ( Ro-61) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 May   Germany G. Seebeck AG Wesermünde Fladengrund Fishing trawler For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei.
5 June   Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Yūbari Light cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 June   Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 51 (I-52/ I-152) Kaidai II-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia S-45 S-class submarine For United States Navy
June   Germany G. Seebeck AG. Wesermünde-Geestemünde Carsten Fishing trawler For L. Janssen & Co.
31 July   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Liverpool Lesbian Cargo ship For Ellerman Lines Ltd
14 August   France Arsenal de Brest Brest Duguay-Trouin Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
11 September   United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-46 S-class submarine For United States Navy
12 September   Norway Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted Trondheim Nordnorge Cargo liner For Ofotens Dampskibsselskap
19 September   Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 73 ( Ro-62) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
9 October   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Marblehead Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
11 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gujarat Passenger ship For Bank Line. [12]
12 October   United States Whitney Dobbin-class destroyer tender For United States Navy
2 February   Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol Almirante Cervera Almirante Cervera-class cruiser For Armada Española
26 October   Japan Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard Mamiya Food supply ship For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 October   United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-44 S-class submarine For United States Navy
15 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Invergarry Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [13]
22 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kathiawar Passenger ship For Bank Line. [14]
23 November   Germany Norderwerft AG Wesermünde Claus Rickmers Cargo ship For Rickmers Reederei
30 October   Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Matsukaze Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
8 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lochmonar Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line. [15]
15 December   Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstads Ab Helsinki Voima Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
18 December [16]   United Kingdom Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Scoresby Cargo ship For Headlam & Sons
Date unknown   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Burntisland Asiatic Cargo ship For private owner. [17]
Date unknown   United Kingdom J. Priestman & Co. Ltd. Sunderland Barbara Marie Cargo ship For private owner. [18]
Date unknown   Italy Stabilimento Technico Triestino Trieste Carso Cargo ship For Lloyd Triestino. [19]
Date unknown   Germany Neptun AG Rostock Charlotte Cords Cargo ship For Dampfschiff Gesellschaft August Cords GmbH
Date unknown   Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Gera Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line. [20]
Date unknown   Germany Neptun AG Rostock Grete Cargo ship For C Mohlenburg Reederei GmbH
Date unknown   Germany F Schichau Hamburg Heinrich Arp Cargo ship For H F C Arp Dampschiffs Reederei
Date unknown   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes H F Bailey Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Date unknown   Germany Nordseewerke. Emden Ilona Siemers Cargo ship For G. J. H. Siemers. [21]
Date unknown   Germany Schiffswerke AG. Hamburg Pasajes Cargo ship For Oldenburg-Portuguese Line. [22]
Date unknown   Germany Union Giesserei. königsberg Pickhuben Cargo ship For H. M. Gehrckens. [23]
Date unknown   Germany Nüscke & Co Stettin Rhenania Cargo ship For Westdeutsche Schiffahrts AG
Date unknown   United Kingdom J. Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Steelville Cargo ship For private owner. [24]
Date unknown   Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Stettin Cargo ship For Stettiner Dampfer Compagnie AG

References

  1. ^ "Davisian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Inveravon". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Invergordon". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Araby". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "1147214". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Delilian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "2222822". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  8. ^ a b "1147218". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Dorelian". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Laguna". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Oakton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Gujarat". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Invergarry". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Kathiawar". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Lochmonar". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  16. ^ "1137083". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  17. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 397.
  18. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 465–66.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 446.
  24. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 398.
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.