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List of ship launches in 1917

The list of ship launches in 1917 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1917.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January United Kingdom W Harkness & Sons Ltd Middlesbrough, County Durham Flaminian Cargo ship For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines
24 January United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn, England Calypso C-class cruiser
25 January United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Mississippi New Mexico-class battleship
27 January Empire of Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Hyūga Ise-class battleship
10 February United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Torrid R-class destroyer [1]
24 February United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Tristram R-class destroyer [2]
3 March German Empire AG Vulcan Stettin Wiesbaden Cöln-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
8 March United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn, England Thisbe R-class destroyer [1]
10 March United Kingdom Thornycroft Southampton, England Taurus R-class destroyer [1]
24 March United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Ceres C-class cruiser
22 March United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Valentine Admiralty V-class leader [3]
13 April United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York New Mexico New Mexico-class battleship
21 April United Kingdom Thornycroft Southampton, England Teazer R-class destroyer [1]
25 April German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg Dresden Cöln-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
8 May United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dunbarton Valorous Admiralty V-class leader [3]
15 May United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales Curacoa C-class cruiser
21 May Great Britain Cammell Laird Birkenhead Stavangerfjord Passenger ship For Den Norske Amerikalinje[4]
21 May United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Wallace Admiralty V-class leader [3]
22 May United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Valhalla Admiralty V-class leader [3]
25 May United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dunbarton Valkyrie Admiralty V-class leader
14 June United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Vanoc Admiralty V-class destroyer
23 June German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg Priwall Barque For F Laeisz, Hamburg
30 June United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Idaho New Mexico-class battleship
30 June German Empire AG Vulcan Hamburg Württemberg Bayern-class battleship
5 July United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness, England Curlew C-class cruiser
6 July United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Coventry C-class cruiser
7 July United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Shakespeare Thornycroft type flotilla leader [5]
18 August United Kingdom John Brown Clydebank, Scotland Vanquisher Admiralty V-class destroyer
1 September United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Vega Admiralty V-class destroyer
4 September United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Vectis Admiralty V-class destroyer
15 September Sweden Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad Malmö Gustav V Sverige-class coastal defence ship
15 September Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Drottning Victoria Sverige-class coastal defence ship
18 October United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Scott Admiralty type flotilla leader [5]
20 October United Kingdom Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow, Scotland Mahratta Cargo ship
11 November United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Little Wickes-class destroyer
17 November German Empire Howaldtswerke Kiel Magdeburg Cöln-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
14 December United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Kimberly Wickes-class destroyer
15 December United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Fairfax Wickes-class destroyer
16 December United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Sigourney Wickes-class destroyer
17 December United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rathburne Wickes-class destroyer
28 December United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir Vancouver Admiralty V-class destroyer
Unknown date Netherlands Gebroeders van Diepen Waterhuizen De Lauwers Schooner
Unknown date United Kingdom Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd Stockton on Tees Farnworth Cargo ship For R S Dalgleish & Co Ltd.
Unknown date Netherlands L Smit & Zoon Kinderdijk Tilburg Cargo ship For NV Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij Transatlanta

See also

Ship events in 1917
Ship launches: 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Ship commissionings: 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Ship decommissionings: 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Shipwrecks: 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922

References

  1. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 310
  2. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 311
  3. ^ a b c d Friedman 2009, p. 312
  4. ^ "S/S Stavangerfjord, NAL - The Norwegian-America Line". 2017-05-21.
  5. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 314
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
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