List of ships lost on their maiden voyage

This is a list of ships that were lost on their maiden voyage.

Naval ships

 * Vasa (1628)
 * SPANISH GALLEON Galera Victoria (1729)
 * SS Georgiana (1863)
 * Flach (1866)
 * SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1875) (1878)
 * Cerisoles (1918)
 * Inkerman (1918)
 * MV Posidonia (1939) (1940)
 * GERMAN BATTLESHIP Bismarck (1941)
 * RFA Dinsdale (1942)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shinano (1944)

Passenger ships and cargo liners

 * RMS Amazon (1851) (1851)
 * SS City of Philadelphia (1854) (1854)
 * New Era (1854)
 * RMS Tayleur (1854)
 * SS Willem III (1871)
 * Geltwood (1875)
 * SS Castilian (1898) (1899)
 * Titanic (1912)
 * City of Honolulu (1922)
 * MS Georges Philippar (1932)
 * RMS Magdalena (1948) (1949)
 * MS Hans Hedtoft (1959)
 * MS Zenobia (1980)

Cargo ships

 * Batavia (1629)
 * Vansittart (1719)
 * Fortuyn (1723)
 * Zeewijk (1727)
 * Amsterdam (1749)
 * Royal Captain (1773)
 * Hartwell (1787)
 * George Green (1830)
 * Carrier Pigeon (1852)
 * Schomberg (1855)
 * SS Crescent City (1870) (1871)
 * SS Catherine Griffiths (1875) (1875)
 * SS Queensmore (1889) (1889)
 * SS Irex (1890)
 * SS Brecknockshire (1916) (1916)
 * SS Dumaru (1918)
 * SS Mecanicien Donzel (1918)
 * SS Hastier (1919) (1919)
 * SS Treveal (1919) (1920)
 * Adolf Vinnen (1923)
 * SS Île de Los (1935)
 * MV Joseph Medill (1935)
 * MV Mim (1939)
 * SS Empire Frost (1941)
 * SS Empire Thunder (1941)
 * SS Michael E (1941)
 * SS Alexander Macomb (1942)
 * SS Derryheen (1942)
 * SS Empire Clough (1942)
 * MV Empire Drum (1942)
 * SS Empire Dryden (1942)
 * MV Empire Spenser (1942)
 * SS Fort Good Hope (1942)
 * SS Fort la Reine (1942)
 * SS George Calvert (MC Hull 29) (1942)
 * SS George Thatcher (1942)
 * SS Sam Houston (1942)
 * SS San Victorio (1942)
 * SS Stangarth (1942)
 * SS Stephen Hopkins (1942)
 * SS Bloody Marsh (1943)
 * SS Empire Florizel (1943)
 * SS Fort Cedar Lake (1943)
 * SS Haakon Jarl (1940) (1943)
 * SS John Morgan (1943)
 * SS J. Pinckney Henderson (1943)
 * SS Kherzon (1943)
 * SS Matt W. Ransom (1943)
 * SS Molly Pitcher (1943)
 * SS Fort Crevier (1944)
 * SS John A. Treutlen (1944)
 * Union Star (1981)
 * MV Ranga (1982)
 * MV Reijin (1988)

Racing yachts

 * Mohawk (1876)