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List of ship launches in 1932

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The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
15 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Floating Crane No.2 Floating crane For Cowans, Sheldon & Co.[1]
22 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Royal Iris II Ferry For Wallasey Corporation.[2]
7 April  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Daring D-class destroyer
7 April  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Defender D-class destroyer
8 April  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Diamond D-class destroyer
19 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Falmouth Shoreham-class sloop [3]
3 May  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Dainty D-class destroyer
4 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Ardrossan Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[4]
5 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Duchess of Hamilton Passenger ship For Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
21 May  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Portland Portland-class cruiser
2 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Glasgow Delight D-class destroyer
7 June  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Decoy D-class destroyer
16 June  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Diana D-class destroyer
20 June  Netherlands NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen Prins Hendrik Ferry For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[5]
5 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bhadravati Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[6]
7 July  United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Duncan D-class destroyer
10 July  Italy OTO La Spezia Armando Diaz Condottieri-class cruiser
18 July  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard Lurline Ocean liner For Matson Lines
19 July  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Duchess D-class destroyer For Royal Navy
14 October  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Le Centaure Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
29 October  France Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Normandie Ocean liner For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
2 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan North Carr Lightship Lightship For Trinity House
19 December  Denmark Nakskov Lolland Danmark Full-rigged ship For Danish Maritime Authority.[7]
21 December  Norway Naval Dockyard Horten Olav Tryggvason Minelayer

References

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  1. ^ "Floating Crane No.2". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Royal Iris II". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ Hague 1993, p. 38
  4. ^ "Baron Ardrossan". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "M/S Prins Hendrik" (in Swedish).
  6. ^ "Bhadravati". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Skoleskibet Danmark's Historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
Sources
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.