# List of ship launches in 1912

The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1912.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
| 10 January | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain, | Copenhagen | Polarlys | Coastal passenger/cargo steamer | For Bergen Steamship Company. |
| 31 January | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G9 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 5 February | Spain | SECN | Ferrol | España | España-class battleship | For Spanish Navy. |
| 7 February | Germany | Howaldswerke | Kiel | Monte Penedo | General cargo vessel | |
| 17 February | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Prinzregent Luitpold | Kaiser-class battleship | |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Desna | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 2 March | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S14 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 12 March | Norway | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Kjell | 2.-class torpedo boat | Captured by Germany in 1940, renamed Dragoner and sunk in 1944 by Mosquito fighter bombers |
| 15 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G10 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Queen Mary | unique battlecruiser | |
| 23 March | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S15 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipyard | Greenock | Ajax | King George V-class battleship | |
| 21 March | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Tegetthoff | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
| 30 March | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Seydlitz | unique battlecruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | West Wales | Cargo ship | For West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 18 April | France | Chantiers de Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Dehorter | Bouclier-class destroyer | |
| 20 April | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S16 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 23 April | German Empire | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G11 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 27 April | Germany | Schichau-Werft | Danzig | König Albert | Kaiser-class battleship | |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | William Bowes | Whitehaven | Harmony | Brig | For private owner. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Darro | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 18 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Texas | New York-class battleship | |
| 23 May | Germany | AG Vulcan | Hamburg | Imperator | Imperator-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Lurcher | Acheron-class destroyer | |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited | Hebburn | Ebani | General cargo vessel | For British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oxfordshire | Cargo liner | For Bibby Line. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Sheaf Arrow | Cargo ship | For Sheaf Arrow Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 22 June | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S17 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Drina | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line.. |
| 15 July | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | G12 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 10 August | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S18 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Thyra Menier | Cargo ship | For Donald Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | William Beardmore & Co Ltd | Dalmuir | Willochra | Cruise ship | For Adelaide Steamship Company |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Abosso | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co. |
| 24 August | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | Jupiter | Collier | Later became USS Langley |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Christopher | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 September | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Oak | Acheron-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Acasta | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 September | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Bisson | Bisson-class destroyer | For French Navy. |
| 19 September | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Audacious | King George V-class battleship | |
| 28 September | France | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | Paris | Courbet-class battleship | |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Appam | Passenger ship | For British & African Steamship Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd | Southwick | Hannington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line Ltd |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Portsmouth | Iron Duke | Iron Duke-class battleship | |
| 16 October | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | U-17 | Type U 17 submarine | Captured and sunk first British merchant vessel to be lost during World War I. |
| 17 October | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S19 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard | Devonport | Marlborough | Iron Duke-class battleship | |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Inglemoor | Cargo ship | For Moor Line Ltd. |
| 30 October | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | New York | New York-class battleship | |
| 7 November | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | France | Courbet-class battleship | |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Cockatrice | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 November | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | |
| 12 November | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Rostock | Karlsruhe-class cruiser | |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Achates | Acasta-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 November | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Prinz Eugen | Tegetthoff-class battleship | |
| 4 December | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | S20 | V1-class torpedo boat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ceramic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Kennebunk, Maine | A. G. Prentiss | Small wooden-hulled tug | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Alaburn | Steam drifter | For Robert Milburn. |
| Unknown date | Germany | F Schichau GmbH | Elbling | Badenia | Coaster | For A Kirsten |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Barbel | Barge | For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Brimscombe | Birmingham | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Bitterling | Barge | For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Nüscke & Co | Stettin | Borussia | Coaster | For A Kirsten |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Broughton | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Czar | Passenger ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richarson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Dimboola | Cargo ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Stettiner Oderwerke | Stettin | Dollart | Coaster | Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Oskarshamn Shipyard | Oskarshamn | Fernebo | Cargo ship | For Broström Axel & Son |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Brimscombe | Fire Queen | Fire float | For Lord Mayor & citizens of Cardiff. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Glen Avon | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell. |
| Unknown date | Belgium | Antwerp Engineering Co Ltd | Hoboken | Hispania | Cargo ship | For Svenska Lloyd AB |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Jubilee | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Toledo Shipbuilding Company. | Toledo, Ohio | L. V. Stoddard | Tanker | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Manoel Thomaz | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Oburn | Steam drifter | For Robert Milburn. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Ocean Plough | Steam drifter | For Bloomfields Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Ocean Reaper | Steam drifter | For W. J. E. Green Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Ocean Souvenir | Steam drifter | For Bloomfields Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Brimscombe | Sharpness | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Thomas Beeching | Steam drifter | For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Kennebunk, Maine | Verna & Esther | Patrol vessel | Operated as private motorboat from 1912 to 1917; acquired on lease by U.S. Navy for use during World War I; returned to owner in 1918. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Brimscombe | Worcester | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | No. 3 Newport | Barge | For Rea Transport Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Swano | Sloop | For Henry Oldridge. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Unnamed | Lighter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Unnamed | Lighter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Unnamed | Lighter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Unnamed | Lighter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. | Queensferry | Unnamed | Barge | For private owner. |