# List of ship launches in 1936

The list of ship launches in 1936 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1936.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 9 January | Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Eulota | Tanker | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Ramdas | Passenger steamer | For Indian Co-operative Navigation and Trading Company Ltd. |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Standella | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sydney Star | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Blue Star Line. |
| 22 January | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hopestar | Cargo ship | For Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd. |
| 22 January | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Aberdeen | Grimsby-class sloop | |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Greenock, Scotland | Hostile | H-class destroyer | |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Dunnottar Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNCS Narval | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Simnia | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. |
| 21 February | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Yamakaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 25 February | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hunter | H-class destroyer | |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Hereward | H-class destroyer | |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Hero | H-class destroyer | |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Royal Ulsterman | Ferry | For Burns & Laird Line. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Royal Scotsman | Ferry | For Burns & Laird Line. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Scotts | Greenock | Hotspur | H-class destroyer | |
| 24 March | Sweden | Karlskrona dockyard | Karlskrona | Stockholm | Göteborg-class destroyer | |
| 24 March | Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Paul Jacobi | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Fleetwood | Grimsby-class sloop | |
| 26 March | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Drayton | Mahan-class destroyer | |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dunvegan Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse, Glasgow | Mallard | Kingfisher-class sloop | |
| 27 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Wolfgang Zenker | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 28 March | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Swan | Grimsby-class sloop | |
| 4 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Yorktown | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier | |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Hardy | H-class destroyer | |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hyperion | H-class destroyer | |
| 22 April | Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Theodor Riedel | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 24 April | Netherlands | Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij. | Amsterdam | Miralda | Tanker | For N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona. |
| 25 April | Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Elusa | Tanker | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Adelong | Cargo ship | For Huddart Parker. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Denny | Dumbarton | Hasty | H-class destroyer | |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse, Glasgow | Puffin | Kingfisher-class sloop | |
| 7 May | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Yard | Horten | Sleipner | Sleipner-class destroyer | |
| 13 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leonora | Tug | For McKie & Baxter Ltd. |
| 14 May | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Hans Lody | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 21 May | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Vincennes | New Orleans-class cruiser | |
| 22 May | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Ostmark | Light seaplane tender | For civilian use, later taken over by the military |
| 27 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Charles Maciver | Trawler | For Lancashire Sea Fisheries. |
| 3 June | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Campbell | Treasury-class cutter | |
| 3 June | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Duane | Treasury-class cutter | |
| 3 June | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ingham | Treasury-class cutter | |
| 3 June | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Roger B. Taney | Treasury-class cutter | |
| 13 June | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Horst Wessel | Gorch Fock-class school ship | For Reichsmarine |
| 17 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Lamson | Mahan-class destroyer | |
| 21 June | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | Yūdachi | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 27 June | Germany | Schulte & Bruns | Emden | Jupiter | Fishing trawler | For Dollart Heringfischerei AG. |
| 29 June | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Oldenburg | Cargo ship | For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Iroquois | Tank barge | For Gulf Oil Corp. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Onondaga | Tank barge | For Gulf Oil Corp. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Denny | Dumbarton | Havock | H-class destroyer | |
| 8 July | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Bernd von Arnim | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dipavati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. |
| 16 July | Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Hermann Schoemann | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 16 July | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Pretoria | Ocean liner | For Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdswood | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdscrest | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line. |
| 22 August | Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG | Wesermünde | Dr. Adolf Spilker | Fishing vessel | For F. Busse |
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Duchess of Abercorn | Ferry | For Belfast Harbour Commissioners. |
| 25 August | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Yard | Horten | Æger | Sleipner-class destroyer | |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lairdsbank | Livestock carrier | For Burns & Laird Line. |
| 15 September | Germany | Deschimag | Bremen | Bruno Heinemann | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | British Power | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Walmer Castle | Cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 24 September | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Erich Steinbrinck | Type 1934A-class destroyer | |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 262 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 263 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 264 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 265 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 266 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 267 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| 3 October | Germany | Kriegsmarinewerft | Wilhelmshaven | Scharnhorst | Scharnhorst-class battleship | |
| 3 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Enterprise | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier | |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Crossgar | Collier | For John Kelly Ltd. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Inglefield | I-class destroyer | |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Tyneside | Imogen | I-class destroyer | |
| 1 November | Japan | Fujinagata Shipyard | Osaka | Kawakaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | British Destiny | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 7 November | Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Eulima | Tanker | For Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij 9,100 tons capacity |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Isis | I-class destroyer | |
| 17 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ernebank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 17 November | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Brooklyn-class cruiser | |
| 23 November | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Hans Loh | Fishing trawler | For Grundmann & Gröschel |
| 26 November | France | At. & Ch. de Bretagne | Nantes | Volta | Mogador-class destroyer | For French Navy. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Icarus | I-class destroyer | |
| 27 November | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Umikaze | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southampton | Kittiwake | Kingfisher-class sloop | |
| 30 November | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Brooklyn | Brooklyn-class cruiser | |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cameo | Coaster | For William Robertson Ltd. |
| 3 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Boise | Brooklyn-class cruiser | |
| 8 December | Germany | Deutsche Werke | Kiel | Gneisenau | Scharnhorst-class battleship | |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Tyneside | Imperial | I-class destroyer | |
| 12 December | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Strasbourg | Dunkerque-class battleship | |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Intrepid | I-class destroyer | |
| 19 December | Sweden | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Sama | Cargo ship | For Chr. Gundersen & Co. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sitala | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T. No. 28 | Tank barge | For A. G. Thomas. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T. No. 30 | Tank barge | For A. G. Thomas. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Chester | Towboat | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC Ballena | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC Bonito | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 260 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 261 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal SA. |
| Date unknown | Netherlands | Noord Nederland Scheepsmakkerij | Groningen | Dr Colijn | Coaster | For M Oosterhuis |
| Date unknown | Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft | Lübeck | Eilbek | Cargo ship | For Knohr & Burchard. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Heinrich Schmidt | Cargo ship | For Flensburger Schiffsparten-Vereinigung AG |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Hempstead No. 2 | Tank barge | For Warrior Mobile Gulf Towing. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Icemaid | Icemaid type collier | For the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. | Lübeck | Hermann Anderson | Tanker | For C. Anderson. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG | Lübeck | Nordcoke | Cargo ship | For F Krupp AG |
| Date unknown | Danzig | F. Schichau. | Danzig | Paul Harneit | tanker | For Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum. |
| Date unknown | Danzig | Danziger Werft AG | Danzig | Poel | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Seydlitz | Fishing trawler | For F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Shepco 10 | Tank barge | For Shell Producers Co. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Skylark 10 | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Southern Pride | Whaler | For Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd. |
| Date unknown | Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Thalia | Cargo ship | For Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Titlark | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Titlark I | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | No. 54 | Barge | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | No. 97 | Tank barge | For Q. D. Ainsley. |
| Date unknown | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 3 unnamed vessels | Barges | For private owners. |