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The list of ship launches in 1924 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1924.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
5 January   United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts S-47 S-class submarine For United States Navy.
10 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnetonka Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Line. [1]
19 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Luxmi Passenger ship For Bank Line. [2]
22 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cedarton Cargo ship For Matthews Steamship Co. [3]
24 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Glenshiel Cargo ship For Glen Line. [4]
24 January   Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 84 ( Ro-63) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
5 February   United Kingdom Vickers Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Dashwood Collier For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.
6 February   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend-on-Tyne Aurania Ocean liner For Cunard Line
8 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cable Enterprise Cable layer For Western Telegraph Co. [5]
21 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Birchton Cargo ship For Matthews Steamship Co.
23 February   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead De Grasse Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
15 March   Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto Hatakaze Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
21 March   France Arsenal de Lorient La Motte-Picquet Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser For French Navy.
22 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cariboo Refrigerated cargo ship For Elder Dempster. [6]
24 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inverbank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [7]
25 March   United Kingdom Vickers Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Glanrhyd Collier For Harries Bros. & Co.
17 April   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Memphis Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy.
21 April   Japan Fujinagata Shipyards Osaka Asanagi Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
23 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Glenbank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [8]
23 April   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon Medway Queen Paddle steamer For New Medway Steam Packet Company
23 April   Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo, Nagasaki Yūnagi Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
2 May   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton, Scotland Dinard Ferry
2 May   United Kingdom J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd Woolston Jamnagar Coaster For The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar
3 May   United States Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock San Pedro, California Catalina Passenger ship For William Wrigley Jr.
19 May   United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd Glasgow Takliwa Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd.
20 May   United Kingdom Vickers Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Orama Cargo liner For Orient Steam Navigation Company.
21 May   France Arsenal de Brest Brest Primauguet Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser For French Navy.
2 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Birchbank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [9]
3 June   United Kingdom D. and W. Henderson and Company Glasgow Tonbridge Cargo ship For Southern Railway
17 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minster Ferry For Southern Railway. [10]
18 June   United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness Adventure Minelaying cruiser For Royal Navy.
18 June   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Hector Cargo liner For Ocean Steamship Co Ltd
1 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Papuan Chief Cargo ship For Steamship Trading Co. [11]
2 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Asuka Maru Cargo ship For Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line. [12]
7 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cedarbank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [13]
17 July   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine V-1 Barracuda-class submarine For United States Navy.
19 August   Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 79 ( Ro-64) Type L4 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy.
3 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Comliebank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [14]
3 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Elmworth Cargo ship For R. S. Dalgleish Ltd. [15]
11 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Statendam Passenger ship For Holland America Line. [16]
26 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Procris Cargo ship For J. & P. Hutchinson Ltd. [17]
29 September   France Saint Nazaire Léopard Chacal-class destroyer For French Navy.
30 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inverglass Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [18]
September   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Princess Kathleen Cargo liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships
September   Germany G. Seebeck AG Wesermünde Rosemarie Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG
13 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Clydebank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [19]
13 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Redline No.1 Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company. [20]
16 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Razmak Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [21]
28 October   Germany J. C. Tecklenborg AG Wesermünde Arthur Duncker Fishing trawler For Kämpf & Meyer.
15 November   Germany J. C. Tecklenborg AG Wesermünde Fritz Reiser Fishing trawler For Kämpf & Meyer.
25 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fendris Cargo ship For J. & P. Hutchinson Ltd. [22]
26 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakworth Cargo ship For R. S. Dalgleish Ltd. [23]
9 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thistleros Cargo ship For Allan Black & Co. [24]
5 December Canada Canada Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick Kipawo Ferry First ship built by the yard. For Dominion Atlantic Railway
10 December   Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse tender For Queensland Department of Commerce
14 October   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Letitia Ocean liner For Anchor-Donaldson Ltd
27 November   Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Oite Kamikaze-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy.
6 December   France Chantiers Navals Français Caen Ouragan Bourrasque-class destroyer For French Navy.
27 December   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine V-2 Barracuda-class submarine For United States Navy.
28 December   Italy Ansaldo La Spezia Leonardo da Vinci Ocean liner For Società di Navigazione Transatlantica
Unknown date   United States Alexander Hamilton Steamship For Hudson River Day Line
Unknown date   United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Algerian Steamship For Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd. [25]
Unknown date   Germany Neptun AG Rostock Alk Cargo ship For Roland Linie AG
Unknown date   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Antenor Ocean liner For Alfred Holt and Company
Unknown date   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Centaur Cargo liner For Alfred Holt and Company
Unknown date   United Kingdom Workman, Clark & Co Ltd Belfast City of Venice Passenger ship For Ellerman Lines
Unknown date   United Kingdom Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd West Hartlepool Corinthic Cargo ship For W H Cockerline & Co Ltd, Hull
Unknown date   United States American Ship Building Company Lorain, Ohio Greater Buffalo Paddlewheeler For Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Unknown date   United States Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp Morris Heights, New York Janey III Yacht For Clifford C Hemphill
Unknown date   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Haverton Hill-on-Tees Kamloops Lake freighter For Canada Steamship Lines
Unknown date   United Kingdom Philip and Son Dartmouth Kingswear Castle Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
Unknown date   Germany AG Weser Bremen Klio Cargo ship For Neptun Line
Unknown date   United Kingdom Levenwood Coaster For Joseph Constantine & Co Ltd
Unknown date   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Greenock Razmak Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Unknown date   Denmark Burmeister & Wain Maskin og Skibsbyggeri Copenhagen Rigel Cargo ship For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
Unknown date   United Kingdom Irvines Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Salmonpool Cargo ship For Sir R. Ropner & Sons. [26]
Unknown date   Italy Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino. Trieste Salvore Cargo ship For private owner. [27]
Unknown date   United Kingdom J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd Woolston Satellite Tender For Trinity House [28]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby Seaman Tug For United Towing Co. Ltd. [29]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Blyth Tullochmoor Cargo ship For private owner. [30]
Unknown date   United States New Jersey Transportation & Drydock Co Wilmington, Delaware Yale Passenger ship
Unknown date   United States Zodiac Schooner For William H. Hand, Jr.

References

  1. ^ "Minnetonka". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Luxmi". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Cedarton". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Glenshiel". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Cable Enterprise". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Cariboo". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Inverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Glenbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Birchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Minster". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Papuan Chief". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Asuka Maru". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Cedarbank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Comliebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Elmworth". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Statendam". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Procris". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Inverglass". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Clydebank". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Redline No.1". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Razmak". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Fendris". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Oakworth". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Thistleros". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 86.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 466.
  27. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 442.
  28. ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
  29. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
  30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 466–67.
Sources
  • Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN  0-9533028-0-6.
  • 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.