List of ship launches in 1933
The list of ship launches in 1933 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1933.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Ranger | Unique aircraft carrier | |
9 March | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | San Francisco | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
1 April | Germany | Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Admiral Scheer | Deutschland-class cruiser | |
12 April | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | New Orleans | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
12 April | United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros Ltd | Dumbarton, Scotland | Brittany | Ferry | For Southern Railway |
3 May | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Gorch Fock | Gorch Fock-class sailing training ship | For Reichsmarine |
4 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chandravati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[1] |
July | Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Carl Röver | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG |
July | Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | R. Walther Darré | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG |
9 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Dunmore | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[2] |
17 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prabhavati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[3] |
6 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Elgin | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[4] |
6 September | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Minneapolis | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
7 September | Germany | Stettiner Oderwerke | Stettin | Stettin | Steam icebreaker | For Stettin Chamber of Commerce |
15 November | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Tuscaloosa | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
16 December | United States | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | Astoria | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
20 December | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Halcyon | Halcyon-class minesweeper | for Royal Navy |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Acklam Cross | Tug | For Robinson & Crosthwaite.[5] |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Pass of Balmaha | Coastal tanker | For Bulk Oil Steamship Co.[6] | ||
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Superman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd.[7] |
References
- ^ "Chandravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Baron Dunmore". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Prabhavati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Baron Elgin". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 315.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 278.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
- 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.