# List of ship launches in 1926

The list of ship launches in 1926 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1926.
| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Stentor | Cargo ship | For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Carnarvon Castle | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Tetela | Reefer ship | For Fyffes Line |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Ambuscade | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oakbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | John I Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Amazon | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Amble | Caldergate | Tanker | For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | Nova Scotia | Ocean liner | For Warren Line (Liverpool) |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Director | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison. |
| 14 February | Italy | Cantiere Navale Triestino | Monfalcone | Monte Piana | Cargo ship | For Navigazione Generale Gerolimich & Compagnia Società in Anzioni |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Suffolk | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 25 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Speybank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 26 February | Italy | Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Roma | Cruise liner | For Navigazione Generale Italiana. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Cornwall | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 14 March | France | Penhoët | Saint Nazaire | Île de France | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| 15 March | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | I-54 (I-154) | Kaidai III-type submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company | Hebburn | Stuartstar | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Cumberland | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Kent | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maidstone | Ferry | For Southern Railway. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Accra | Passenger ship | For Elder Dempster. |
| 18 March | Japan | Mitsubishi | Kobe | Ro-67 | Type L4 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | City of Bath | Cargo Ship | For Ellerman Lines |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Company | Glasgow | Nerissa | Cargo liner | For Bowring Brothers |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | British Diplomat | Tanker | For British Tanker Company |
| 3 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Arcadia | Motor yacht | |
| 12 April | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Holland | Submarine tender | For United States Navy |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ringwood | Ferry | For Southern Railway. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Glasgow | Springbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Begonia | Oil barge | For Aregentine Navigation Co. |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Nicolas | Tanker | For Lago Shipping Co. |
| 23 April | Norway | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Pol III | Whaler | |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Boltonia | Oil barge | For Argentine Navigation Co. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company | Hebburn | Africstar | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 15 May | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Kikuzuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | George Livesey | Tug | For Southern Gas Co. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Papudo | Tug | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 25 May | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Minazuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 29 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Robador | Motor yacht | |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ambrosio | Tanker | For Lago shipping Co. |
| 24 June | Italy | Pattison | Naples | Giovanni Nicotera | Destroyer | For Regia Marina. |
| 24 June | Germany | Joh. C. Tecklenborg | Geestemunde | Padua | Flying P-Liner (Barque) | For F. Laeisz, Hamburg. |
| 26 June | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Malolo | Ocean Liner | |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Almeda | Reefer ship | For Blue Star Line |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow in Furness | Oxley | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 12 July | Japan | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo | Mikazuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 24 July | Spain | Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval | Cartagena | Sánchez Barcáiztegui | Churruca-class destroyer | For Armada Española |
| 5 August | Germany | J. C. Tecklenborg | Geestemünde | Sirius | Fishing trawler | For Sirius Handels GmbH |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dolores de Urquiza | Train ferry | For Entre Ríos Railway Co. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Banda | Steam lighter | For Elder Dempster. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Berma | Steam barge | For New York & West Africa Steam Navigatio Co. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Rohna | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 24 August | France | Lorient Navy Yard | | Tourville | Duquesne-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Apapa | Ocean liner | For Elder Dempster Lines. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Glasgow | Koolinda | Cargo liner | For Stateships |
| 7 September | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Otway | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 9 September | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Algonquin | Ocean liner | For Clyde-Mallory Line |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | London Mammoth | Crane pontoon | For Port of London Authority. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Berwick | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 16 September | United States | John F James & Son | Essex, Massachusetts | Adventure | Schooner | |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Glasgow | Rajula | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alcantara | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 26 September | Sweden | Götaverken | Gothenburg | Rhenania | | For Marinen |
| 6 October | Japan | Ishikawajima Shipyards | Tokyo | Nagatsuki | Mutsuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 13 October | Netherlands | | | De Ruyter | Admiralen-class destroyer | For Royal Netherlands Navy |
| 24 October | Japan | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Kobe | Kinugasa | Aoba-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 25 October | Japan | Mitsubishi | Kobe | Ro-66 | Type L4 submarine | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 18 November | Germany | Schiffsbau Unterweser mbH | Wesermünde | Claus Bolten | Fishing trawler | For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei |
| 13 December | Italy | Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Augustus | Cruise liner | For Navigazione Generale Italiana. |
| 18 December | Italy | Cantiere Navale Triestino | Monfalcone | Vulcania | Ocean liner | For Cosulich Line |
| Unknown date | United States | Thomas F McMannus | Pensacola, Florida | Alabamian | Schooner | For Bar Pilots Association |
| Unknown date | Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Amrum | Coaster | For Schröder, Hölken & Fischer |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aldous Ltd. | Brightlingsea | Bembridge | Pilot boat | For Trinity House. |
| Unknown date | Canada | Shelburn Shipbuilding Co | Shelburn, Nova Scotia | Blue Dolphin | Schooner | |
| Unknown date | Italy | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Cellina | Cargo ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Franklin G Post | Mystic River, Connecticut | Florence | Dragger | |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Ilse L M Russ | Cargo ship | For Schiffarts und Assekuranz GmbH |
| Unknown date | United States | Defoe Boat and Motor Works | Bay City, Michigan | Reomar IV | Motor yacht | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Robert L. Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool). |
| Unknown date | Germany | Ostseewerft | Stettin | Siegmund | Cargo ship | For Emil R Retzlaff |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. Richards & Co. | Lowestoft | Veracity | Motor drifter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 8 unnamed vessels | Barges | For private owners. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 3 unnamed vessels | Barges | For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. |