The list of ship launches in 1915 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1915.
Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes 5 January Russia Russo-Baltic Yard Reval Gavriil Orfey -class destroyer 8 January Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Teodo Pola -class collier 14 January United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow , England Resolution Revenge -class battleship 15 January Austria-Hungary Cantiere Navale Triestino Monfalcone Tb 100 M 250t-class torpedo boat 16 January United States Fore River Shipbuilding Company Quincy, Massachusetts Cushing O'Brien -class destroyer 16 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Earl of Peterborough Monitor For Royal Navy . 16 January Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G39 V25 -class torpedo boat 18 January United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Birkenhead Town-class cruiser 19 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Glengyle Cargo ship For Glen Line..[6] 27 January Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V43 V25 -class torpedo boat 9 February United States Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Bushnell submarine tender [7] 11 February United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Winslow O'Brien -class destroyer 14 February United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd . Glasgow Czaritza Passenger ship For Russian American Line . 18 February Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Bayern Bayern -class battleship 24 February Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V44 V25 -class torpedo boat 27 February Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G40 V25 -class torpedo boat 16 March United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania -class battleship 18 March United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Walker-on-Tyne Malaya Queen Elizabeth -class battleship 20 March Austria-Hungary Ganz & Danubius Fiume Tb 87 F 250t-class torpedo boat 29 March Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V45 V25 -class torpedo boat 10 April Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S49 V25 -class torpedo boat 12 April United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Nimrod Marksman -class flotilla leader 14 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Glenartney Cargo ship For Glen Line.[11] 15 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Abercrombie Monitor For Royal Navy . 15 April Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig U-45 Type U-43 submarine 19 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Marconi Cargo ship For Lamport and Holt .[13] 24 April Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G41 V25 -class torpedo boat 24 April Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S50 V25 -class torpedo boat 28 April United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Marksman Marksman -class flotilla leader 29 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Havelock Monitor For Royal Navy 29 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Raglan Monitor For Royal Navy 29 April United Kingdom HM Dockyard Portsmouth Royal Sovereign Revenge -class battleship 29 April Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S51 V25 -class torpedo boat 1 May United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Kempenfelt Marksman -class flotilla leader 3 May Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Sverige Sverige -class coastal defence ship 4 May United States Fore River Shipbuilding Company Quincy, Massachusetts Tucker Tucker -class destroyer 15 May France Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort Mécanicien Principal Lestin Enseigne Roux -class destroyer 18 May Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig U-46 Type U-43 submarine 20 May Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G42 V25 -class torpedo boat 22 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast M29 Monitor For Royal Navy 22 May United Kingdom Workman Clark M32 Monitor For Royal Navy 22 May United Kingdom Workman Clark M33 Monitor For Royal Navy 28 May United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Lightfoot Marksman -class flotilla leader 29 May United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness , England Revenge Revenge -class battleship 10 June United Kingdom Charles Connell and Company Scotstoun Laburnum Acacia -class sloop 10 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Clive Monitor For Royal Navy 10 June Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V47 V25 -class torpedo boat 12 June Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S52 V25 -class torpedo boat 19 June United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn , New York Arizona Pennsylvania -class battleship 23 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast M30 Monitor For Royal Navy . 24 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast M31 Monitor For Royal Navy . 8 July United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Conyngham Tucker -class destroyer 8 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast General Craufurd Monitor For Royal Navy . 13 July France Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort Enseigne Roux Enseigne Roux -class destroyer 14 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Prince Eugene Monitor For Royal Navy . 1 August Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Hindenburg Derfflinger -class battlecruiser 6 August Germany AG Vulcan Stettin V48 V25 -class torpedo boat 16 August Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig U-47 Type U-43 submarine 24 August United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir Lassoo Laforey -class destroyer 28 August Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney Torrens River-class torpedo-boat destroyer 11 September United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Mounsey Yarrow M-class destroyer 18 September Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S53 V25 -class torpedo boat 30 September Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney Brisbane Town-class cruiser 30 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sir Thomas Picton Monitor For Royal Navy 3 October Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig U-48 Type U-43 submarine 12 October United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Abdiel Marksman -class flotilla leader 18 October Germany AG Weser Bremen UB-24 Type UB II submarine 29 October Norway Bergens Mekaniske Verksted Bergen , Norway Vigrid Cargo ship 30 October Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig Baden Bayern -class battleship 22 November United Kingdom Richardson, Duck and Company Thornaby-on-Tees Rosemary Arabis -class sloop 24 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan P24 Patrol boat For Royal Navy .[19] 25 November Austria-Hungary Ganz & Danubius Fiume Tb 93 F 250t-class torpedo boat 11 December Australia Cockatoo Dockyard Sydney Swan River-class torpedo-boat destroyer 18 December United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Chester Town-class cruiser 18 December Germany AG Weser Bremen Königsberg Königsberg -class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine 23 December United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Gabriel Marksman -class flotilla leader December United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Tyndareus Cargo liner For Ocean Steamship Company Unknown date Germany Howaltdswerke . Kiel Brosen Tanker For German Government.
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