# List of ship launches in 1930

The list of ship launches in 1930 includes a chronological list of notable ships launched in 1930.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 11 January | Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Belgia | Passenger ship | For F Sternhagen – "Gotha Line" |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Prince Henry | Cargo ship | For Canadian National Steamship Company. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co Ltd | Wallsend | Folkestone | Hastings-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | William Wilberforce | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Genova | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Napier | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silvercypress | Cargo ship | For Silver Line. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Edward Blyden | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Macgregor Laird | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd | Ardrossan | Waimarino | Cargo ship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Innisfallen | Ferry | For City of Cork Steam Packet Co. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Celedonia | Lighter | For Argentine Navigatio Co. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | Scarborough | Hastings-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Baron Erskine | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Acheron | A-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 19 March | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Aras | Yacht | |
| March | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | New York City | Santa Clara | Passenger ship | For Grace Steamship Company |
| 10 April | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Chicago | Northampton-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Hastings | Hastings-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Penzance | Hastings-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 10 April | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Schürbek | Cargo ship | For Knöhr & Burchardt . |
| 12 April | France | Chantiers Dubigeon | Nantes | Phénix | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Atheltemplar | Tanker | For United Molasses Co Ltd |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silverwalnut | Cargo ship | For Silver Line. |
| 27 April | Italy | | | Alberto di Giussano | Condottieri-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 27 April | Italy | O.T.O. | La Spezia | Zara | Zara-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prestatyn Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alfred Jones | Cargo ship | For British & African Steamship Co. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Warwick Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hamburgo | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Anglesea Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co. |
| 12 May | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Takao | Takao-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 12 May | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | Yūgiri | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hindustan | Hastings-class sloop | For Royal Indian Marine |
| 15 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Oriente | Ocean liner | For New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Co |
| 27 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ebano | Asphalt carrier | For Ebano Oil Co. |
| 28 May | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Achille | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Blanche | B-class destroyer | |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silverteak | Cargo ship | For Silver Line. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Medoc | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Edenhurst | cargo ship | For Hartlepool Steamship Co |
| 10 June | United Kingdom | Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. | Queensferry | Brightside | Coaster | For Eltham Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Foylebank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pomerol | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie. |
| 16 June | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Atago | Takao-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Guayra | Ferry | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Silversandal | Cargo ship | For Silver Line. |
| 28 June | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Pégase | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ciudad de Corrientes | Cargo ship | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| June | Germany | Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG | Lübeck | Jakob Goldschmidt | Fishing trawler | For Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Antonio | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 2 July | Finland | Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad | Helsinki | Saukko | Submarine | For Suomen Merivoimat |
| 10 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chateau Larose | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie. |
| 10 July | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow-in-Furness | Keith | B-class destroyer flotilla leader | |
| 10 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Laganbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 11 July | Canada | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Saguenay | River-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy |
| 18 July | United Kingdom | Palmer's | Jarrow | Boreas | B-class destroyer | |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Palmer's | Hebburn | Brazen | B-class destroyer | |
| 26 July | Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Wilfred | Cargo schooner | |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Smiths Dock Co Ltd | Middlesbrough | Svana | Trawler | For Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Basilisk | B-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chateau Pavie | Cargo ship | For Worms & Cie. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Diego | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 23 August | Italy | | | Alberico da Barbiano | Condottieri-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Beverley | Firefly | Trawler | For St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Athelfoam | Tanker molasses | For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ganges | Cargo ship | For Nourse Line. |
| 1 September | United States | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | Louisville | Northampton-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
| 6 September | France | Chantiers Navals Français | Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen | Archimède | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 11 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Francisco | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 17 September | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Monte Pascoal | Monte-class ocean liner | For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Boadicea | B-class destroyer | |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Reina del Pacifico | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Athelbeach | Tanker molasses | For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maurice Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Beagle | B-class destroyer | |
| 9 October | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Brilliant | B-class destroyer | |
| 9 October | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Dupleix | Suffren-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 9 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Somali | Cargo ship | For Hain Shipping Co. |
| 10 October | Canada | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Skeena | River-class destroyer (1931) | For Royal Canadian Navy |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dennis Rose | Cargo ship | For Richard Hughes & Co. |
| 18 October | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Trudione | Yacht | |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cuidad de Concepcion | Ferry | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| 23 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Jose | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 4 November | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Fowey | Shoreham-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 6 November | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | St Nazaire | Georges Philippar | Ocean liner | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes |
| 8 November | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo, Nagasaki | Oboro | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Mateo | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Shoreham | Shoreham-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 4 December | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Monte Rosa | Monte-class ocean liner | For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | Bulldog | B-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited | Greenock | Ajax | cargo ship | For Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rockabill | Coaster | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Pedro | Cargo ship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. | Flensburg | Adele Traber | Cargo ship | For W. Traber & Co. |
| Date unknown | United States | Mathis Yacht Building Company | Camden, New Jersey | Armina | Yacht | |
| Date unknown | Germany | Schiffswerft J. Frerichs & Co | Einswarden | August Wriedt | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Benlawers | Cargo ship | For Ben Line. |
| Date unknown | United States | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp | New York City | Elda | Yacht | |
| Date unknown | Germany | Deutsche Werft. | Hamburg | Elsa Essberger | Tanker | For J. T. Essberger. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Kiel | Etak | Schooner | |
| Date unknown | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Fritz Homann | Fishing trawler | For Grundmann & Gröschel |
| Date unknown | Italy | | | Gorizia | Zara-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. | Sunderland | Harmonic | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. | Sunderland | Harmattan | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Harpenden | Cargo ship | For National Steamship Co. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Hinrich Freese | Fishing trawler | For Hanseatische Hochseefisherei AG |
| Date unknown | United States | Herreshoff Manufacturing Co | Bristol, Rhode Island | Katoura | Yacht | |
| Date unknown | Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. | Flensburg | Lipari | Cargo ship | For R. M. Sloman. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company | Howdon | Margariti | Cargo ship | For Constantine Group |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Saunders-Roe | Cowes | Miss England II | Racing monohull hydroplane | For Kaye Don |
| Date unknown | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Neumark | Cargo ship | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft |
| Date unknown | Canada | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Prince David | ocean liner | For Canadian National Railway |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | William Simons & Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Rietbok' | Dredger | For South African Railways. |
| Date unknown | United States Navy | General Engineering and Dry Dock | | Sebago | Banff-class sloop | For United States Navy |
| Date unknown | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Bremen | Skolpenbank | Fishing trawler | For private owner |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Stakesby | Cargo ship | For Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd |
| Date unknown | Norway | | Oslo | Suderøy V | Whaler | |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tafelberg | Tanker | For Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co. |
| Date unknown | United States | | | Veedol II | Tanker | For Tidewater Oil Co |
| Date unknown | United States | Al Larson | Los Angeles | Vindicator | Purse seiner | |
| Date unknown | United States | Nunes Brothers | Sausalito | Zaca | Yacht | |