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The list of ship launches in 1908 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1908.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
22 January  United Kingdom John Cran & Co. Leith Hornby Tugboat
23 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Memphian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co.[1]
15 February  France Toulon Dockyard Toulon Hache Claymore-class destroyer [2]
26 February  Germany Eider werke AG Tönning Senator Schröder Fishing trawler For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG
3 March  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Rathmore Passenger steamer For London and North Western Railway[3]
3 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rotterdam Passenger ship For Holland America Line.[4]
7 March  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Nassau Nassau-class battleship [5]
18 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Seneca Revenue cutter
23 March  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Ben-my-Chree Passenger steamer For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company[6]
25 March  Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Mogami Yodo-class cruiser
31 March  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee Hilary Passenger/Mail liner For Booth Steamship Company[7]
31 March  United Kingdom Workman, Clark & Co Belfast Verona Passenger liner [8]
11 April  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Blücher Unique armored cruiser [9]
14 April  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd Sunderland Odland Cargo ship [10]
16 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mercian Cargo ship For Furness Leyland Line.[11]
30 April  Germany Howaldtswerke AG Kiel Föhr-Amrum ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH
5 May  Italy Odero Sestri Ponente Amalfi Pisa-class cruiser
14 May  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembrokeshire, Wales Boadicea Boadicea-class cruiser
19 May  United States Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Vestal Collier
26 May  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Michigan South Carolina-class battleship
26 May  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Emden Dresden-class cruiser
May  Germany Janssen & Schmilinsky Hamburg Alexandra steamboat For Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder und Sonderburger Dampfschiffsgesellschaft[citation needed]
27 June  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, County Antrim Lapland Ocean liner For Red Star Line
1 July  Germany AG Weser Bremen Westfalen Nassau-class battleship [5]
11 July  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania South Carolina South Carolina-class battleship
15n July  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Sir Walter Scott Cargo ship For Sir Walter Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.[12]
13 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Léopoldville Passenger ship For Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo.[13]
8 September  Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand Radetzky-class battleship For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laurentic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
10 September  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne, England Minas Geraes Minas Geraes-class battleship For Brazilian Navy
10 September  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth St Vincent St Vincent-class battleship
19 September  France Toulon Dockyard Toulon Massue Claymore-class destroyer [2]
26 September  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Rheinland Nassau-class battleship [5]
29 September  Italy Cantieri Navale Siciliani Palermo Duca d'Aosta Ocean liner For Navigazione Generale Italiana
26 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Werribee Cargo ship For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.[14]
7 November  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Collingwood St Vincent-class battleship
7 November  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Harvey Scott Cargo ship For Harvey Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.[15]
10 November  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts North Dakota Delaware-class battleship
10 November  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin George Washington Ocean liner For North German Lloyd
12 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnewaska Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.[16]
14 November  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Kolberg Kolberg-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
5 December  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Ontario Collier
10 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Megantic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
12 December  Germany Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel Posen Nassau-class battleship [5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Bono Steam drifter For William Holker.[17]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Bournemouth Queen Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell.[18]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Ever Ready Sloop For William Stamp.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Girl Rhoda Steam drifter For Richard Sutton.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Gladys & Rose Steam drifter For Thomas Moore.[21]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth J.C.P. Steam drifter For Pitchers Ltd.[22]
Unknown date  Denmark Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft Copenhagen Laura Coaster For A/S Dampskibs Selskap Vesterhavet
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Lerwick Steam drifter For John H. Waite.[23]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Mary Ann Lighter For private owner.[24]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Mispah Sloop For Walter Oldridge.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Morea Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[26]
Unknown date  Norway Fevigs Jernskibbyg Fevig Ottar Cargo ship For private owner.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Workman, Clarke & Co. Ltd. Belfast Tainui Cargo ship For Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd.[28]

References

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  1. ^ "Memphian". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Couhat 1974, p. 90.
  3. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Rathmore". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 April 1908. p. 380.
  4. ^ "Rotterdam". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 145.
  6. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Ben-my-Chree". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 April 1908. pp. 381–382.
  7. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–Scotch: Hilary". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 419.
  8. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–Irish: Verona". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 420.
  9. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 150.
  10. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches–English: Odland". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 May 1908. p. 419.
  11. ^ "Mercian". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Sir Walter Scott". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Leopoldville". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Werribee". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Harvey Scott". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Minnewaska". The Yard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Bono". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  18. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  19. ^ "Ever Ready". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Girl Rhoda". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Gladys & Rose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  22. ^ "J.C.P." Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Lerwick". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Mary Ann". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Mispah". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 21.
  27. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  28. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 397.
Sources
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • 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.
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