# List of ship launches in 1909

The list of ship launches in 1909 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1909.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 16 January | France | FCM | La Seyne | Voltaire | Danton-class battleship | For French Navy |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick | Bahia | Bahia-class cruiser | For Brazilian Navy |
| 23 January | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Mainz | Kolberg-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 6 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Delaware | Delaware-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 6 February | Belgium | Chantiers Navals Anversois S.A | Hoboken, Antwerp | Espagne | Cargo ship | For Armement Adolf Deppe |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | B.H.C. No. 9 | Hopper barge | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | B.H.C. No. 10 | Hopper barge | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Karoola | Passenger ship | For McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. |
| 15 March | Netherlands | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | De Zeven Provinciën | Coastal defence ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy |
| 20 March | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Von der Tann | Unique battlecruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Crusader | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Mallina | Cargo ship | For Australian United Steam Navigation Company |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | São Paulo | Minas Geraes-class battleship | For Brazilian Navy |
| 19 April | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Diderot | Danton-class battleship | For French Navy |
| 20 April | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Condorcet | Danton-class battleship | For French Navy |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southampton | Nubian | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | Vanguard | St Vincent-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Berbice | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | May Scott | Cargo ship | For May Scott Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | B.H.C. No. 11 | Hopper barge | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Maori | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Constantine | Coaster | For Screw Collier Co. Ltd. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leicestershire | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co. |
| 5 June | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Cöln | Kolberg-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 3 July | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Radetzky | Radetzky-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 4 July | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Danton | Danton-class battleship | For French Navy |
| 8 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Meltonian | Cargo ship | For Furness Leyland Line. |
| 8 July | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Woodmere | Coaster | For Grasmere Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 10 July | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Augsburg | Kolberg-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 31 July | Germany | Bremer Vulcan | Bremen-Vegesack | Toreador | Cargo Ship | For J. D. Stücken |
| 14 August | Germany | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Iserlohn | Cargo ship | For Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft |
| September | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Bremen-Vegesack | Answald | Merchant | Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Palmers | Jarrow | Viking | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Tyneside | Zulu | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 September | Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Helgoland | Helgoland-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 30 September | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | Ostfriesland | Helgoland-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Portsmouth | Neptune | Neptune-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | N.E.R. No. 9 | Hopper barge | For North Eastern Railway. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Beagle | Beagle-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | N.E.R. No. 11 | Hopper barge | For North Eastern Railway. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Balantia | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Devonport | Indefatigable | Indefatigable-class battlecruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 28 October | France | Arsenal de Lorient | Lorient | Mirabeau | Danton-class battleship | For French Navy |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | N.E.R. No. 10 | Hopper barge | For North Eastern Railway. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | City of Colombo | Cargo Ship | For Ellerman Lines |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Balmoral Castle | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Bulldog | Beagle-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 November | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Thüringen | Helgoland-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Martha | Humber Keel | For Mr. Wilson. |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | N.E.R. No. 12 | Hopper barge | For North Eastern Railway. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Foxhound | Beagle-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 December | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Utah | Florida-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 23 December | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | V183 | S138-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy |
| Date unknown | Germany | Bremer Vulcan | Bremen-Vegesack | Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3 | Merchant | Converted as a seaplane carrier in World War I |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Dei Gratia | Sloop | For John W. Wilkinson. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Ellen A | Sloop | For Edward Arnold. |
| Date unknown | France | Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence | Port de Bouc | Espagne | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | G.A.W. | Steam drifter | For Charles A. Webster. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Morrison | Steam drifter | For Richard Sutton. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Pimpernel | Steam drifter | For J. S. Johnston & Sons Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Provencal 17 | Tug | For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Provencal 18 | Tug | For Société Provencale de Remorquage S.A. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Bremer Vulcan | Bremen-Vegesack | Reiher | Cargo ship | For Argo Line |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Trelissick | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. |
| Date unknown | Canada | Nakusp shipyard | Lower Arrow Lakes | Whatshan | Steam tug | For Canadian Pacific Railway |