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The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1937.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January United States Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Spencer Treasury-class cutter For United States Coast Guard.
12 January United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Henley Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy
14 January United States Charleston Navy Yard Charleston, South Carolina Bibb Treasury-class cutter For United States Coast Guard.
14 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast May Lightship tenderCommissioners of Irish Lights.[1] For
27 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Comara Coaster For North Coast Steam Navigation Company.[2]
28 January United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Adula Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[3]
28 January United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Ilex I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Linda Lou Tank barge For Citizen's Oil Co. Inc.[4]
7 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Admiral Hipper Admiral Hipper-class cruiser For Kriegsmarine.
11 February United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Ivanhoe I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[5]
11 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rochester Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.
20 February  Germany Hans Rolshoven Krischan-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe.
25 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Torr Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[6]
February United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Mojarra Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A.[4]
1 March United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Impulsive I-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[7]
6 March Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Nederland Tanker For Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum Maatschappij[8]
11 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salacia Cargo ship For Donaldson Line.[9]
12 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Erich Giese Type 1934A-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine.
13 March United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Somers Somers-class destroyer For United States Navy.
16 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lady Sylvia Ferry For Union Steamship Co.[10]
18 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Erich Koellner Type 1934A-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine
21 March  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Friedrich Eckoldt Type 1934A-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine.
23 March  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Friesenland Friesenland-class seaplane carrier For civilian service.
24 March United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Liverpool Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
25 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roxburgh Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[11]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Cornuda Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC Delfin Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 280 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 281 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 282 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 283 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 284 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
March United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama CNSC 285 Tank barge For CN San Cristobal S.A..[4]
10 April Netherlands N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company Rotterdam Nieuw Amsterdam Ocean liner For Holland America Line.
12 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delius Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[12]
12 April United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Hebburn Manchester Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.[13]
15 April  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Köln Fishing trawler For Emder Heringfischerei AG.
22 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Boardale Tanker For British Tanker Company.[14]
24 April  Germany Flenderwerft Lübeck Porjus Fishing trawler For For Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G.
5 May  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Almuth Fishing trawler For Leerer Heringfischerei AG.
5 May  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Wilhelm Gustloff Passenger ship For Hamburg Süd.
6 May United States Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington Patterson Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy.
8 May United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Savannah Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
8 June  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Blücher Admiral Hipper-class cruiser For Kriegsmarine.
8 June United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker Afridi Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
8 June United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker Cossack Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[15]
8 June  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Mars Fishing trawler For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
16 June  Germany Deutsche Werke Hamburg Teutonia Fishing trawler For N. Ebsling.
22 June United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Govan British Integrity Tanker For British Tanker Company.[16]
23 June  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Birka Passenger ship For Mathies Reederei KG.
24 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leinster Ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co.[17]
7 July United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan Gurkha Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
14 July United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Bittern Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.[18]
25 July  Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Vittorio Veneto Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina.
5 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Donaghadee Collier For John Kelly Ltd.[19]
14 August United States Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia Blue Bagley-class destroyer For United States Navy.
18 August Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Nordkapp Nordkapp-class fishery protection vessel For Royal Norwegian Navy.
19 August  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Diether von Roeder Type 1936-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine.
22 August  Italy Gio. Ansaldo & C. Sestri Ponente Littorio Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina.
24 August United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Somali Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
26 August United States New York Naval Yard Brooklyn, New York Honolulu Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
2 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Broomdale Tanker For British Tanker Company.[20]
2 September United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan Maori Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
3 September United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker Eskimo Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
3 September United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Walker Mashona Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
23 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Capetown Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.
23 September United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Govan Zulu Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[21]
25 September  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser Wesermünde Gauleiter Telschow Fishing trawler For For Hussmann & Hahn.
September  Germany Deschimag Wesermünde Dorum Fishing trawler For Ernst Glässel.
2 October United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Nashville Brooklyn-class cruiser For United States Navy.
5 October United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Undine U-class submarine For Royal Navy.[22]
6 October United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Matabele Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
9 October United States Bethlehem Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland Gulfwave Tanker For Gulf Oil Corporation.
15 October United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Mohawk Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
19 October United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Gloucester Town-class cruiser For Royal Navy.[23]
20 October  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Gebrüder Kähler Fishing trawler For Hinrich Foch Hochseefischerei AG.
21 October United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barbarian Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[24]
21 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Delane Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[25]
21 October United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Tartar Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
27 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Trust Tanker For British Tanker Company.[26]
30 October  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Albert Leo Schlageter Gorch Fock-class sail training ship For Kriegsmarine.
October  Germany Deschimag Wesermünde Hermann Bösch Fishing trawler For C. C. H. Bösch.
3 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Munster Ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co.[27]
4 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan British Security Tanker For British Tanker Company.[28]
5 November United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Ashanti Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
16 November United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wichita Cruiser For United States Navy.
November United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama C-M.L. 50 Tank barge For Agwilines Inc.[4]
1 December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Hans Lüdemann Type 1936-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine.
2 December United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Cachalot Grampus-class submarine For Royal Navy.[29]
15 December United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barbette Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[30]
16 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Koolama Cargo ship For West Australian Government.[31]
17 December United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Sikh Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
18 December United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Punjabi Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
21 December United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Bedouin Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.[32]
21 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Devis Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[33]
21 December United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston Nubian Tribal-class destroyer For Royal Navy.
22 December United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon, Ayrshire Franklin Halcyon-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
22 December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Hermann Künne Type 1936-class destroyer For Kriegsmarine.
28 December  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Otto Bröhan Fishing trawler For Cranzer Fischdamper AG.
December  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremerhaven Franz Westermann Fishing trawler For Reederei Siebert & Co.
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T No. 32 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[4]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T No. 34 Tank barge For F. L. Stanford.[4]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T No. 36 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[4]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama A.G.T No. 38 Tank barge For A. G. Thomas.[4]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg Algol Coastal tanker For Trelleborgs Angfabrik Nya A/B.[34]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Coastal Petroleum Corp. No. 1 Tank barge For Coastal Petroleum Corp.[4]
Unknown date United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Englishman tug For United Towing Co. Ltd.[35]
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Ernst L. M. Russ Cargo ship For Ernst Russ.[36]
Unknown date  Germany F Schichau GmbH Elbing Gabelsflach Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine.
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Gambian Cargo ship For United African Company.[37]
Unknown date United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland Ginnheim Cargo ship For Unterweser Reederei.[38]
Unknown date United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Inkosi Refrigerated cargo liner For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Leguy Dredger For Nello L. Teer Co.[4]
Unknown date  Germany Lübecker Flender-Werke AG Lübeck Marie Fisser Cargo ship For Fisser & van Doornum.
Unknown date  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Mathias Stinnes Tanker For Kohlen Import und Poseidon Schiffs.[39]
Unknown date  Germany Neptun AG Rostock Messina Cargo ship For Robert Miles Sloman Jr.
Unknown date  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Saar Cargo ship For R. C. Gribel.
Unknown date United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Spinel Cargo ship For William Robertson.[40]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Takoradian Cargo ship For United Africa Company.[41]
Unknown date United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Titlark II Motor vessel For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[42]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen Unitas Whaler For Unitas Deutsche Walfang GmbH.[43]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen Unitas 4 Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[44]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen Unitas 5 Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[44]
Unknown date  Germany Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen Unitas 8 Whaler For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH.[44]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Unnamed Tank barge For Orange State Oil Co.[4]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 22 unnamed vessels Tank barges For private owners.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "May". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Comara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 170.
  6. ^ "Torr Head". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 166.
  8. ^ "Motortankschip Nederland te water gelaten". De Maasbode. 7 March 1937.
  9. ^ "Salacia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Lady Sylvia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Roxburgh Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Delius". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 205.
  14. ^ "Boardale". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 85.
  16. ^ "Mails and Shipping". The Times. No. 47726. London. 26 June 1937. col G, p. 26.
  17. ^ "Leinster". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 51.
  19. ^ "Donaghadee". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Broomdale". The Yard. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  21. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 367.
  22. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 338.
  23. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 140.
  24. ^ "Barbarian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Delane". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  26. ^ "British Trust". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ "British Security". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  29. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 64.
  30. ^ "Barbette". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Koolama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  32. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 47.
  33. ^ "Devis". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 470–71.
  35. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 301.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 466.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 397–98.
  38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  39. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  40. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 467.
  41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 395.
  42. ^ "Titlark II". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  43. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 473–74.
  44. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 473.
Sources
  • Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.
  • 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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