The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes23 January Osetr Vnimatelni-class Destroyer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the Imperial Russian Navy29 January Français Français-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 19 February PalmersJarrow21 February La Touques Paddle Steamer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For: Cie. Normande de Navigation à Vapeur23 February Tsesarevich Battleship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For the: Imperial Russian Navy5 March Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 5 March Devonport Dockyard Plymouth 20 March Algérie Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Soc. Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur 21 March Thames Ironworks Leamouth 22 March Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.23 March Simoun Siroco-class seagoing torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy30 March Passenger ship AG Vulcan Stettin 4 April Ocean liner;one of the "Big Four" Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line.16 April Cargo ship Napier & Miller Yoker 20 April Hélène Steam yacht Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Paul Mirabaud25 April Algérien Français-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 4 May Sirène Sirène-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 17 May Farfadet Farfadet-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For the French Navy 18 May Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line.18 May Union Iron Works San Francisco, California 18 May Lahaina barquentine W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California yard's first29 May Bergsunds Shipyard, StockholmFor the Royal Swedish Navy30 May La Spezia Naval Base La SpeziaFor the Regia Marina4 June Sully Gloir-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For the French Navy6 June Lake Nyasa Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled6 June Schichau-Werke Danzig 7 June Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Wisbech Steamship Co. Ltd.12 June Germaniawerft Kiel15 June Typhon Siroco-class seagoing torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy22 June Kaiserliche Werft KielKiel 24 June Steam cutter George Brown and Company Greenock For Bantry Bay Steamship Co. The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company 6 July Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.13 July Triton Sirène-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 13 July Thames Ironworks Leamouth 16 July Torpilleur N° 243 Experimetal turbine type torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 16 July Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Cargo ship Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd 16 July Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Lightship For Commissioners of Irish Lights.17 July Amiral Fourichon Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis 22 July Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey 27 July William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 August Lindholmens Shipyard LindholmenFor the Royal Swedish Navy14 August Roma Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur 15 August Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Cargo ship For Lombard Steamship Co. Ltd.16 August Torpilleur N° 253 37‑metre type Normand (1899 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 17 August Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For White Star Line19 August Kaiserliche Werft WilhelmshavenWilhelmshaven20 August Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey Sponsored by Mrs. Rice 31 August Laird Brothers Birkenhead31 August Espadon Sirène-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 11 September Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino TriesteFor the Austro-Hungarian Navy23 September Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost 25 September Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten 1.-class torpedo boat 28 September Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For Holland America Line.28 September Torpilleur N° 254 37‑metre type Normand (1899 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy30 September William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Passenger ship For the British-India Steam Navigation Company19 October Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin 29 October Silure Sirène-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For the French Navy 29 October Amiral Hamelin Steampship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis31 October Torpilleur N° 255 37‑metre type Normand (1899 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy7 November Kockums Shipyard MalmöFor the Royal Swedish Navy7 November Castellammare Royal Dockyard Castellammare di StabiaFor the Regia Marina9 November AG Vulcan Stettin 14 November Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Cargo ship For Exchange Steamship Co. Ltd.27 November Kefal Vnimatelni-class Destroyer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the Imperial Russian Navy 28 November Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For Bibby Steamship Co.29 November Torpilleur N° 256 37‑metre type Normand (1899 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 12 December Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.23 December Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland Cargo ship For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed .28 December Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 28 December Jeanne Cordonnier Sailing barque Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Soc. des Voiliers Français Unknown date John Bowden Porthleven Ada Steam drifter For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. Unknown date John Bowden Porthleven Clara Steam drifter For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. Unknown date John Bowden Porthleven Glentana Steam drifter For Steam Herring Fleet Ltd. Unknown date William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Passenger ship For private owner. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth King Edward Steam drifter For John Moore. Unknown date Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Lord Kitchener Steamboat For David & William Monk. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Queen Alexandra Steam drifter For William Clowes. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Snowdrop Steam drifter For Pitchers Ltd. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Star of the Sea Steam drifter For James Murray. Unknown date T. Scott & Company Goole Steamship For private owner. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Sunflower Steam drifter For John Salmon.Unknown dateJ. M. Bayles and Sons Port Jefferson, New YorkArmed yachtBuilt as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919.
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