List of ship launches in 1926

The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1926.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
14 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Carnarvon Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
15 January  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Ambuscade Destroyer For Royal Navy
27 January  United Kingdom John I Thornycroft Ltd Woolston Amazon Destroyer For Royal Navy
14 February  Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Monte Piana Cargo ship For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni
16 February  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
26 February[1]  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Roma Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
11 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Cornwall County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
14 March  France Penhoët Saint Nazaire Île de France Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
16 March  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Cumberland County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Kent County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
31 March  United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co Ltd Glasgow Nerissa Cargo liner For Bowring Brothers
2 April  United Kingdom J Brown & Co Ltd Clydebank British Diplomat Tanker For British Tanker Co Ltd
3 April[2]  United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Newport News, Virginia Arcadia Motor yacht
12 April  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Holland Submarine tender For United States Navy
23 April[3]  Norway Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo Pol III Whaler
15 May  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kikuzuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
25 May  Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Minazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 May[4]  United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Newport News, Virginia Robador Motor yacht
16 June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Malolo Cruise ship For Matson Line
24 June[5]  Italy Pattison[5] Naples[5] Giovanni Nicotera Destroyer For Regia Marina
24 June[6]  Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg[6] Geestemunde[6] Padua Flying P-Liner (Barque) For F. Laeisz, Hamburg
26 June  USA William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Malolo Ocean Liner[7]
30 June  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow in Furness Oxley Odin-class submarine For Royal Navy
12 July  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Mikazuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 August  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn-on-Tyne Rohna Troopship For Royal Navy
24 August  France Lorient Navy Yard Tourville Duquesne-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
7 September  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Otway Odin-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy
9 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia Algonquin Ocean liner For Clyde-Mallory Line
15 September  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Berwick County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
16 September  United States John F James & Son Essex, Massachusetts Adventure Schooner
26 September  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Rhenania For Marinen
6 October  Japan Ishikawajima Shipyards Tokyo Nagatsuki Mutsuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
13 October  Netherlands De Ruyter Admiralen-class destroyer For Royal Netherlands Navy
24 October  Japan Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Kinugasa Aoba-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
13 December[8]  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Augustus Cruise liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
18 December  Italy Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Vulcania Ocean liner For Cosulich Line
Date uncertain  United States Thomas F McMannus Pensacola, Florida Alabamian Schooner For Bar Pilots Association
Date uncertain  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Amrum Coaster For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer
Date uncertain  Canada Shelburn Shipbuilding Co Shelburn, Nova Scotia Blue Dolphin Schooner
Date uncertain  United States Franklin G Post Mystic River, Connecticut Florence Dragger
Date uncertain  Germany Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Ilse L M Russ Cargo ship For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH
Date uncertain  United States Defoe Boat and Motor Works Bay City, Michigan Reomar IV Motor yacht
Date uncertain  Spain Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Cartagena Sánchez Barcáiztegui Churruca-class destroyer For Armada Española
Date uncertain  Germany Ostseewerft Stettin Siegmund Cargo ship For Emil R Retzlaff

References
  1. "5606547". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  2. "5513489". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  3. "5172597". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  4. "43359". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  5. "6131997". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  6. "5618294". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  7. "T/S Malolo". Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  8. "5606566". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

See also
Ship events in 1926
Ship launches: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
Ship commissionings: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
Ship decommissionings: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
Shipwrecks: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
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