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List of ship launches in 1931

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

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
22 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Triona	Cargo ship	For British Phosphate Carriers.[1]
5 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Autocarrier	Ferry	For Southern Railway
19 February	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de France	Dunkirk	Aigle	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy.[2]
28 February	Weimar Republic	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Savarona	Passenger ship
5 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ogeni	Sternwheeler	For Elder Dempster.[3]
17 March	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Monarch of Bermuda	Ocean liner	For Furness Withy.[4]
29 March	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de France	Dunkirk	Vauquelin	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy.[5]
1 April	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Bideford	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[6]
5 April	Japan	Mitsubishi	Nagasaki	Chōkai	Takao-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy.[7]
17 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Hilary	Cargo liner	For Booth Steamship Co.
14 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cliona	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[8]
19 May	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Deutschland	Deutschland-class cruiser	For Reichsmarine.
21 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Maracay	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[9]
2 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Conch	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[10]
16 July	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Rochester	Shoreham-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[11]
18 July	France	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	L'Espoir	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy.
18 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	Strathaird		For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[12]
14 August	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Épervier	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy.[2]
24 September	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Leander	Leander-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.[13]
29 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Cygnet	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.[14]
29 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Crescent	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
30 September	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Comet	C-class destroyer	Royal Navy.
30 September	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Crusader	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
30 September	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Luigi Cadorna	Condottieri-class cruiser	For Regia Marina.[15]
10 October	United States	Bethlehem Steel Co.	Quincy, Massachusetts	Monterey	Ocean liner	For Matson Navigation Co.[16]
13 October	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Milan	Aigle-class destroyer	For French Navy.[2]
28 October	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Conte di Savoia	Ocean liner	For Italian Line.[17]
29 October	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Kempenfelt	C-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
7 November	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Indianapolis	Portland-class cruiser	For United States Navy.[18]
8 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne	Nantes	Cassard	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy.[5]
9 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Maillé Brézé	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy.[5]
12 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Georgic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line.
14 November	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Kersaint	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy.[5]
5 December	Italy	OTO Livorno	Livorno	Pola	Zara-class cruiser	For Regia Marina.[19]
7 December	France	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire	Saint-Nazaire	Tartu	Vauquelin-class destroyer	For French Navy.[5]
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Highland Patriot	Passenger ship	For Nelson Steamship Co.[20]
15 December	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Manhattan	Ocean liner
23 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lightship No. 87	Lightship	For Trinity House.[21]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Southwick	Flathouse	Collier	For Stephenson Clarke.[22]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby	Hoedic	Tug	For Compagnie Nazairienne de Remorquage et de Sauvetage.[23]
Unknown date	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Quincy, Massachusetts	Mariposa	Ocean Liner	For Matson Line.

Sources

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