The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1926. Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 14 January Cargo ship Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company 14 January Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line 14 January Reefer ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Fyffes Line 15 January Destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow For Royal Navy 18 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 27 January Destroyer John I Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy 28 January Tanker Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Amble For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 29 January Ocean liner Vickers Barrow-in-Furness For Warren Line (Liverpool) 12 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For T. & J. Harrison. 14 February Monte Piana Cargo ship Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni 16 February Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth For Royal Navy 25 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Govan For Bank Line. 26 February Cruise liner Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa For Navigazione Generale Italiana. 11 March Devonport Dockyard Plymouth For Royal Navy 14 March Île de France Ocean liner Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint‑Nazaire–Penhoët Saint Nazaire For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 15 March (I-154) Kaidai III-type submarine Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo For Imperial Japanese Navy 15 March Reefer ship Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn For Blue Star Line 16 March Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy 16 March Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent For Royal Navy 16 March Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Southern Railway. 18 March Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 18 March Type L4 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 20 March Katsonis Katsonis-class submarine Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Lormont For Hellenic Navy 30 March Cargo Ship William Gray & Company West Hartlepool For Ellerman Lines 31 March Cargo liner William Hamilton & Company Glasgow For Bowring Brothers 2 April Tanker John Brown & Company Clydebank For British Tanker Company 3 April Arcadia Motor yacht Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 12 April Submarine tender Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington For United States Navy 13 April Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Southern Railway. 13 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Glasgow For Bank Line. 15 April Begonia Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For Aregentine Navigation Co. 15 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago Shipping Co. 23 April Whaler Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo 28 April Boltonia Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For Argentine Navigation Co. 11 May Reefer ship Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Hebburn For Blue Star Line 15 May Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru For Imperial Japanese Navy 20 May Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For Southern Gas Co. 20 May Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 25 May Uraga Dock Company Uraga For Imperial Japanese Navy 29 May Robador Motor yacht Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 3 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lago shipping Co. 24 June Destroyer Pattison Naples For Regia Marina. 24 June Padua Flying P-Liner (Barque) Joh. C. Tecklenborg Geestemunde For F. Laeisz, Hamburg. 26 June Malolo Ocean Liner William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia 29 June Reefer ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Blue Star Line 30 June Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow in Furness For Royal Navy 12 July Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo For Imperial Japanese Navy 24 July Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Cartagena For Armada Española 5 August Fishing trawler J. C. Tecklenborg Geestemünde For Sirius Handels GmbH 10 August Train ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Entre Ríos Railway Co. 24 August Banda Steam lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 24 August Berma Steam barge Harland & Wolff Belfast For New York & West Africa Steam Navigatio Co. 24 August Cargo liner Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn-on-Tyne For British India Steam Navigation Company 24 August Lorient Navy Yard For Marine Nationale 26 August Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster Lines. 26 August Koolinda Cargo liner Harland & Wolff Glasgow For Stateships 7 September Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Australian Navy 9 September Ocean liner Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For Clyde-Mallory Line 9 September Crane pontoon Harland & Wolff Belfast For Port of London Authority. 15 September Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy 16 September Schooner John F James & Son Essex, Massachusetts 22 September Cargo liner Barclay Curle Glasgow For British India Steam Navigation Company 23 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 26 September Rhenania Götaverken Gothenburg For Marinen 6 October Ishikawajima Shipyards Tokyo For Imperial Japanese Navy 13 October For Royal Netherlands Navy 24 October Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy 25 October Type L4 submarine Mitsubishi Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy18 November Fishing trawler Schiffsbau Unterweser mbH Wesermünde For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei 13 December Cruise liner Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa For Navigazione Generale Italiana.18 December Ocean liner Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone For Cosulich Line Unknown date Alabamian Schooner Thomas F McMannus Pensacola, Florida For Bar Pilots Association Unknown date Coaster Nordseewerke Emden For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer Unknown date Bembridge Pilot boat Aldous Ltd. Brightlingsea For Trinity House. Unknown date Schooner Shelburn Shipbuilding Co Shelburn, Nova Scotia Canada Unknown date Cargo ship Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste For private owner. Unknown date Dragger Franklin G Post Mystic River, Connecticut Unknown date Cargo ship Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH Unknown date Reomar IV Motor yacht Defoe Boat and Motor Works Bay City, Michigan Unknown date Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool). Unknown date Cargo ship Ostseewerft Stettin For Emil R Retzlaff Unknown date Veracity Motor drifter S. Richards & Co. Lowestoft For private owner. Unknown date 8 unnamed vessels Barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For private owners. Unknown date 3 unnamed vessels Barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
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