List of ship launches in 1905 explained

The list of ship launches in 1905 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1905.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
5 January			Middlesbrough, England		Passenger ship
21 February		J. & G. Thompson Ltd.	Clydebank		Ocean liner	For Cunard Line.
23 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Aragon	Passenger ship	For Royal Mail Line.
9 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line.
21 March		AG Weser	Bremen			For Imperial German Navy
5 April		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan		Passenger ferry	For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
8 April		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News			For United States Navy
19 April		Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire
20 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Amerika	Ocean liner	For Hamburg America Line.
4 May		Alexander Stephen and Sons	Linthouse		Passenger liner	For African Steamship Company
20 May		Chatham Dockyard	Gillingham/Chatham			For Royal Navy
21 May		Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste			For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 June	Sweden	Lindholmens Shipyard	Lindholmen, Gothenburg		unique coastal defence ship	For Royal Swedish Navy
17 June		Devonport Dockyards	Devonport, Plymouth			For Royal Navy
17 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank.^[1]
6 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For London & North Western Railway.
29 July		Blohm + Voss	Hamburg		Barque	For F. Laeisz
2 August		Thornycroft	Chiswick, London		Torpedo boat destroyer	For Royal Swedish Navy^[2]
12 August		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey			For United States Navy
31 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co.^[3]
31 August		Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts			For United States Navy
10 September		Castellammare Royal Dockyard	Castellammare di Stabia			For Regia Marina
14 September		Barclay Curle	Whiteinch		Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
23 September		Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig			For Imperial German Navy
28 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Holland America Line.
29 September		Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven			For Imperial German Navy
30 September		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			For United States Navy
11 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank.^[4]
14 November		Joh. C. Tecklenborg		^[5]	Merchant
November		J.L. Thompson		Oswestry	Merchant
2 December		AG Vulcan	Stettin			For Imperial German Navy
9 December		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			For United States Navy
12 December		Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel			For Imperial German Navy
14 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank.^[6]
Date unknown		Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Archibald Russell	Barque	For J. Hardie & Company.
Date unknown		Fratelli Orlando & Co.	Livorno		Tanker	For Regia Marina.
Date unknown	Canada	Government Shipyard	Sorel		Dredger	For private owner.

References

Sources

• Book: Sawyer . LA . Mitchell . WH . 1990 . The Empire Ships . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd . 1-85044-275-4 . Second .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maharonda . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
2. Web site: Magne . Shipping and Shipbuilding . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust (SSRT) . 21 November 2020 .
3. Web site: Herefordshire . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
4. Web site: Malakand . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
5. ,MSI. 5602787. Westfalen . 2 June 2012.
6. Web site: Manipur . The Yard . 21 February 2017.