List of ship launches in 1931

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

DateShipCountryServiceBuilderLocationClassNotes
19 February[1] Aigle  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Aigle-class destroyer
28 February Savarona  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Passenger ship
29 March[2] Vauquelin  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk Vauquelin-class destroyer
1 April[3] Bideford  United Kingdom Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard[3] Devonport Shoreham-class sloop
5 April[4] Chōkai  Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Nagasaki Takao-class cruiser
19 May Deutschland  Germany Reichsmarine Deutsche Werke Kiel Deutschland-class cruiser
16 July[5] Rochester  United Kingdom Royal Navy Chatham Dockyard Chatham Shoreham-class sloop
18 July[6] Strathaird  England Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness
14 August[1] Epervier  France French Navy Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Aigle-class destroyer
24 September[7] Leander  United Kingdom Royal Navy Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Leander-class light cruiser
29 September[8] Cygnet  United Kingdom Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong[8] Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937[8]
29 September Crescent  United Kingdom Royal Navy Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937
30 September Comet  United Kingdom Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September Crusader  United Kingdom Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmuth C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938
30 September[9] Luigi Cadorna  Italy Regia Marina Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Condottieri-class cruiser
10 October[10] SS Monterey  United States Matson Navigation Co Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy Ocean liner
13 October[1] Milan  France French Navy Lorient Arsenal de Lorient Aigle-class destroyer
28 October[11] Conte di Savoia  Italy Italian Line Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Ocean liner
29 October Kempenfelt  United Kingdom Royal Navy J. Samuel White Cowes C-class destroyer Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939
7 November[12] Indianapolis  United States United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Portland-class cruiser
8 November[2] Cassard  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes Vauquelin-class destroyer
9 November[2] Maillé Brézé  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
14 November[2] Kersaint  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
5 December[13] Pola  Italy Regia Marina OTO Livorno Livorno Zara-class cruiser
7 December[2] Tartu  France French Navy Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Vauquelin-class destroyer
15 December Manhattan  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Oceanliner Commissioned by the United States Navy in 1941 as USS Wakefield
unknown date SS Mariposa  United States Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Matson Line Ocean Liner
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notes
  1. Whitley 2000, p. 39
  2. Whitley 2000, p. 41
  3. Colledge (2003), p50
  4. Whitley 1999, p. 177
  5. Hague 1993, p. 32
  6. Goossens, Reuben (2011–2012). "RMS Strathaird". P&O Line. SS Maritime. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. Whitley 1999, p. 96
  8. Colledge (2003), p91
  9. Whitley 1999, p. 132
  10. "T/S Monterey". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  11. "The "Rex" and the "Conte di Savoia"". Shipping Wonders of the World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  12. Whitley 1999, p. 239
  13. Whitley 1999, p. 149

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 1-85367-566-0
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-8740.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Ship events in 1931
Ship launches: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Ship commissionings: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Ship decommissionings: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Shipwrecks: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
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