List of ship launches in 1913

The list of ship launches in 1913 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1913. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 22 Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England Rio de Janeiro Dreadnought battleship  Brazilian Navy sold to Ottoman Navy but seized by Royal Navy
January 25 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland Ambuscade Acasta-class destroyer  Royal Navy
January 28  Germany Phönix Cargo ship For Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG
February 8 William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Parker Aylwin-class destroyer  United States Navy
March 1 Königliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany König König-class battleship  Imperial German Navy
March 22 William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Benham Aylwin-class destroyer  United States Navy
March 30 La Spezia Naval Base, La Spezia, Italy Andrea Doria Andrea Doria-class battleship  Regia Marina
April 3 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany SS Vaterland Imperator-class ocean liner Hamburg America Line
April 5 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Duncan Cassin-class destroyer  United States Navy
April 8 Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany Solfels General cargo ship
April 8 Cammell Laird, Mersey, England Bergensfjord Ocean liner  Norway
April 18 Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales Nottingham Town-class cruiser  Royal Navy
April 20 French Navy, Lorient, Brittany, France Provence Bretagne-class battleship  French Navy
April 21 French Navy, Brest Arsenal, Brittany, France Bretagne Bretagne-class battleship  French Navy
April 21 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland Aquitania ocean liner
April 24 Royal Dockyard, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Duilio Andrea Doria-class battleship  Regia Marina
April 28 Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England, England Lowestoft Town-class cruiser  Royal Navy
May 5 Vulcan-Werke, Stettin, Germany Grosser Kurfürst König-class battleship  Imperial German Navy
May 7 Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Ferrol, Spain Alfonso XIII España-class battleship  Spanish Navy [1]
May 7 Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England Birmingham Town-class cruiser  Royal Navy
May 20 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Cassin Cassin-class destroyer  United States Navy
May 22 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England AE1 E-class submarine  Royal Navy
May 27 Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway Garm Draug-class destroyer  Royal Norwegian Navy
June 4 AG Weser, Bremen, Germany Markgraf König-class battleship  Imperial German Navy
June 18 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England AE2 E-class submarine  Royal Navy
July 17 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany Derfflinger Derfflinger-class battlecruiser  Imperial German Navy
August 6 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Cummings Cassin-class destroyer  United States Navy
September 3 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Reşadiye Reşadiye-class battleship  Ottoman Navy seized and entered service in Royal Navy
September 30 Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire, France Lorraine Bretagne-class battleship  French Navy
October 16 Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth-class battleship  Royal Navy
October 25 Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Graudenz Graudenz-class cruiser  Imperial German Navy
November 1 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States SS Manoa Steam ship Matson Line
November 8 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States Downes Cassin-class destroyer  United States Navy
November 12 William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow, Scotland Benbow Iron Duke-class battleship  Royal Navy
November 26 Royal Navy Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England Warspite Queen Elizabeth-class battleship  Royal Navy
November 27 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Emperor of India Iron Duke-class battleship  Royal Navy
November 29 Schichau-Werke, Danzig, Germany Lützow Derfflinger-class battlecruiser  Imperial German Navy
December 15 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland Tiger Tiger-class battlecruiser  Royal Navy
unknown date  United States A. Brook Taylor Fishing trawler Virginia Fishing Co. of Ditchly, Virginia [2]
unknown date New York Launch & Engine Building Co., Morris Heights, New York, United States Abalone motorboat Arnold Schlaet acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 [3]
unknown date unknown builder, United Kingdom Desabla Oil tanker
unknown date Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg Wotan Tanker Deutsche-Amerikan Petroleum Gesellschaft

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also
Ship events in 1913
Ship launches: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship commissionings: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ship decommissionings: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Shipwrecks: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

References
  1. Fernandez, Rafael; Mitiukov, Nicholas & Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization. 44 (1): 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374. OCLC 1647131.
  2. "A. Brook Taylor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019. A. Brook Taylor, a wooden-hulled trawler built in 1913 and owned in 1917 by the Virginia Fishing Co., of Ditchly, Va.
  3. Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abalone (S. P. 208)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 July 2019. Abalone -- a wooden-hulled motorboat constructed in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Launch & Engine Building Co.
  • Gröner, Erich (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnelleboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6.
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