List of ship launches in 1927

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The list of ship launches in 1927 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1927.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class/type	Notes
12 February	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Evangeline	Steamship	For Eastern Steamship Lines
17 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sin Kheng Seng	Coaster	For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[1]
3 March	United States	American Brown Boveri	Camden, New Jersey	Cuyahoga	Active-class patrol boat	For United States Coast Guard.[2]
17 March	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Australia	County-class cruiser	For Royal Australian Navy
17 March	United Kingdom	R.Duncan & Co	Port Glasgow	Almazora	Cargo ship	[3]
26 March	Germany	Reichsmarinewerft	Wilhelmshaven	Königsberg	Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)	For Reichsmarine
14 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Paua	Tanker	For Nederland Stoomboot Maatschappij.[4]
16 April	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Myōkō	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Cheshire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Line
April	Germany	Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, vorm. Jansen & Schmilinsky	Hamburg	Nordfriesland	ferry	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[5]
April	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	T.C.I.S.G. No. 1	Barge	For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[6]
April	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	T.C.I.S.G. No. 2	Barge	For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[6]
April	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	T.C.I.S.G. No. 3	Barge	For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[6]
April	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	T.C.I.S.G. No. 4	Barge	For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[6]
5 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Encina	Lighter	For Argentine Navigation Co.[7]
5 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Enea	Lighter	For Argentine Navigation Co.[8]
14 May	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Cap Arcona	Ocean liner	For Hamburg Süd
26 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Icotea	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[9]
26 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lagunilla	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[10]
31 May	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Canberra	County-class cruiser	For Royal Australian Navy
31 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	La Salina	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[11]
31 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Minmi	Collier	For J. & A. Brown Ltd.[12]
2 June	United Kingdom	Day, Summers and Company	Southampton	Princess Elizabeth	Paddle steamer	For Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited
9 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	D1	Barge	For Elder Dempster.[13]
9 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	D2	Barge	For Elder Dempster.[14]
14 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Erata	Lighter	For Argentine Navigation Co.[15]
15 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dunkwa	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.[16]
15 June	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	Nachi	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
16 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Agatha	Tanker	For Nederland Indische Tank Stoomvaart Maatschappij.[17]
16 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Grantleyhall	Cargo ship	For West Hartlepool Steamship Co.[18]
16 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Laurentic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line
18 June	Germany	Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik	Hamburg	John Mahn	Fishing trawler	For private owner
20 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	D3	Barge	For Elder Dempster.[19]
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	La Falaise	Yacht	For James Allen.[20]
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	San Carlos	Tanker	For Lago Shipping Co.[21]
30 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Berta	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[22]
30 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Erica	lighter	For Argentine Navigation Co.[23]
12 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Eddystone	Coaster	For Clyde Shipping Co.[24]
12 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Petroniella	Tanker	For Nederland Stoomboot Maatschappij.[25]
19 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lahej	Tug	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[26]
20 July	United Kingdom	Bow, McLachlan and Company	Paisley	John Oxley	Pilot boat	For Queensland Government
10 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Portwey	Tug	For Portland & Weymouth Coaling Co.[27]
11 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Brigida	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[28]
20 August	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Karlsruhe	Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)	For Reichsmarine
25 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dixcove	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.[29]
25 August	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Monte Cervantes	Passenger ship	For Hamburg Süd
31 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kheti	Cargo ship	For James Moss Ltd.[30]
August	Germany	Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG	Lübeck	Ernst Kühling	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Julius Weeting AG
August	Germany	G. Seebeck, AG	Wesermünde	Martin Donandt	Fishing trawler	For Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven
1 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oranjestad	Tanker	For Bank Line.[31]
	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sabaneta	Tanker	For Bank Line.[32]
8 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Palacio	Cargo ship	For MacAndrews & Co.[33]
14 September	United Kingdom	Naval Dockyard	Portsmouth	London	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
15 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Edgar	Cargo ship	For King Line.[34]
22 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Paula	Tanker	For Nederland Stoomboot Maatschappij.[35]
28 September	Netherlands	Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij	Amsterdam	Christiaan Huygens	Ocean liner	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
28 September	Japan	Sasebo Naval Arsenal	Sasebo	I-63	Kaidai III-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Edwin	Cargo ship	For King Line.[36]
29 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Uganda	Cargo ship	For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[37]
1 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	California	Ocean liner	For Panama Pacific Line First major liner with a Turbo-electric transmission
3 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	JJ1	Tug	For Lago Shipping Co.[38]
3 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	JJ2	Tug	For Lago Shipping Co.[39]
3 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	JJ3	Tug	For Lago Shipping Co.[40]
3 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	JJ4	Tug	For Lago Shipping Co.[41]
5 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Zahra	Tanker	For Vacuum Oil Company.[42]
12 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Iguazu	Passenger ship	For Argentine Navigation Co.[43]
12 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pelayo	Cargo ship	For MacAndrews & Co.[44]
19 October	Sweden	Oskarshamns Varv	Oskarshamn	Drotten	passenger ship	For Ångfartygs Ab Gotland
22 October	United Kingdom	Naval Dockyard	Devonport	Devonshire	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
27 October	United Kingdom	Barclay Curle	Glasgow	Beaverford	Cargo liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
27 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Egbert	Cargo ship	For King Line.[45]
28 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Daru	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster.[46]
10 November	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Argonaut	"V-boat" submarine	For United States Navy
10 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pacheco	Cargo ship	For MacAndrews & Co.[47]
15 November	Japan	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru	Fubuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 November	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Duke of Lancaster	Ferry	For London, Midland and Scottish Railway
23 November	United Kingdom	William Beardmore & Company	Dalmuir	Duchess of Atholl	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King John	Cargo ship	For King Line.[48]
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nimoda	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co.[49]
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pinto	Cargo ship	For MacAndrews & Co.[50]
28 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sefwi	Barge	For Elder Dempster.[51]
28 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Wala	Barge	For Elder Dempster.[52]
29 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cabo Espichel	Tug	For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[53]
29 November	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke	Stettin	Wandrahm	Cargo ship	For H. M. Gehrckens
8 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dafila	Cargo ship	For British & Continental Steamship Co.[54]
21 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ponzano	Cargo ship	For MacAndrews & Co.[55]
22 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Lud	Cargo ship	For King Line.[56]
29 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cabo Raso	Tug	For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[57]
31 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cabo Sardao	Tug	For McKie & Baxter Ltd.[58]
Date unknown	Germany	AG Weser.	Bremen	Adria	Tanker	For J. T. Essberger.[59]
Date unknown	Germany	AG Weser.	Bremen	Apollo	Cargo ship	For Neptun Line.[60]
Date unknown	United Kingdom			Auriguani	Cargo ship	For Elders & Fyffes Ltd.[61]
Date unknown	Germany	AG Weser.	Bremen	Biscaya	Cargo ship	For J. T. Essberger.[62]
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG.	Rostock	Capri	Cargo ship	For R. Sloman Jr.[63]
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Ernst Brockelmann	Cargo ship	For Ehrich Ahrens
Date unknown	Germany	G Seebeck AG	Bremerhaven	Ganter	Cargo ship	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Short Bros. Ltd.	Sunderland, County Durham	Laristan	Tanker	For Common Bros. Ltd.[64]
Date unknown	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Marquardt Petersen	Cargo ship	For Morquardt Petersen Reederi Geschellschaft GmbH
Date unknown	Germany	AG Weser.	Bremen	Mittelmeer	Tanker	For J. T. Essberger.[59]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Napier Star	Cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.[65]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Rockpool	Cargo ship	For Sir R. Ropner & Sons.[66]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Rodney Star	Cargo ship	For Blue Star Line.[65]
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Theresia L M Russ	Cargo ship	For Ernst Russ
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Walter L M Russ	Cargo ship	For Ernst Russ
Date unknown	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Barge	For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[6]
Date unknown	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Barge	For W. G. Coyle & Co.[6]