List of ship launches in 1931

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The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1931.

Date Ship Country Service Builder Location Class Notes
1 April[1] Bideford United Kingdom Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard[1] Devonport, England Shoreham class sloop
May 19 Deutschland Germany Reichsmarine Deutschland class heavy cruiser
29 September[2] Cygnet United Kingdom Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong[2] Barrow-in-Furness, England C class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937[2]
November 7 Indianapolis United States United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Portland class heavy cruiser
December 15 Manhattan United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oceanliner Commissioned by the United States Navy in 1941 as USS Wakefield

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Colledge (2003), p50
  2. ^ a b c Colledge (2003), p91

[edit] References

  • Colledge, J.J. & Warlow, Ben (2003), Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill ISBN 1853675660


Ship launches: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Ship commissionings: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Ship decommissionings: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Shipwrecks: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939