List of ship launches in 1912

The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1912.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
10 January	Norway	Burmeister & Wain	Copenhagen	Polarlys	Coastal passenger/cargo steamer	Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Satan. Handed back post-war, kept in service until sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1953, scrapped in 1964
5 February	Spain	SECN	Ferrol	España	España-class battleship	For Spanish Navy[1]
12 March	Norway	The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard	Horten	Kjell	2.-class torpedo boat	Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers
21 March	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipyard	Greenock, Scotland	Ajax	King George V-class battleship
21 March	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Tegetthoff	Tegetthoff-class battleship
30 March	German Empire	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	SMS Seydlitz	battlecruiser	For Imperial German Navy
27 April	Germany	Schichau-Werft	Danzig	König Albert	Kaiser-class battleship
18 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Texas	New York-class battleship
14 August	United Kingdom	William Beardmore & Co Ltd	Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire	Willochra	Cruise ship	For Adelaide Steamship Company
24 August	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	Jupiter	Collier	Later became USS Langley
19 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Audacious	King George V-class battleship
10 October	United Kingdom	Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd	Southwick, Sunderland	Hannington Court	Cargo ship	For Court Line Ltd
16 October	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	U-17	Type U 17 submarine	Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I.
30 October	United States	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	New York	New York-class battleship
30 November	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Prinz Eugen	Tegetthoff-class battleship
Exact date unknown	United States		Kennebunk, Maine	A. G. Prentiss	Small wooden-hulled tug
Exact date unknown	Germany	F Schichau GmbH	Elbling	Badenia	Coaster	For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown	Germany	Nüscke & Co	Stettin	Borussia	Coaster	For A Kirsten
Exact date unknown	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke	Stettin	Dollart	Coaster	Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Exact date unknown	Belgium	Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd,	Hoboken	Hispania	Cargo ship	For Svenska Lloyd AB
Exact date unknown	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd	Blyth	Thyra Menier	Cargo ship	For Donald Steamship Co Ltd

See also

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Ship events in 1912
Ship launches:	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917
Ship commissionings:	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917
Ship decommissionings:	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917
Shipwrecks:	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917

References

1. Fernandez, Mituckov & Crawford, pp. 66–67