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.
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