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The maiden voyage of a ship, aircraft or other craft is the first journey made by the craft in its intended duty. A number of traditions and superstitions are associated with it^[vague].

Ships lost during maiden voyage

Naval ships

• 
  Vasa (1628)


• 
  Georgiana (1863)


• 
  Flach (1866)


• 
  Posidonia (1940)¹
  


• 
  Bismarck (1941)¹
  


• 
  Dinsdale (1942)¹
  


• 
  Shinano (1944)¹
  

Passenger ships and cargo liners

• 
  Amazon (1851)


• 
  Tayleur (1854)


• 
  Titanic (1912)


• 
  Georges Philippar (1932)


• 
  Magdalena (1949)


• 
  Hans Hedtoft (1959)


• 
  Zenobia (1980)

Cargo ships

• 
  Batavia (1629)


• 
  Fortuyn (1723)


• 
  Amsterdam (1749)


• 
  Carrier Pigeon (1852)


• 
  Crescent City (1871)²
  


• 
  Catherine Griffiths (1875)


• 
  Irex (1890)


• 
  Hastier (1919)


• 
  Adolf Vinnen (1923)


• 
  Île de Los (1935)


• 
  Joseph Medill (1935)


• 
  Mim (1939)


• 
  Empire Thunder (1941)¹
  


• 
  Michael E (1941)¹
  


• 
  Alexander Macomb (1942)¹
  


• 
  Derryheen (1942)¹
  


• 
  Empire Clough (1942)¹
  


• 
  Empire Drum (1942)^{1, 2}
  


• 
  Empire Dryden (1942)^{1, 2}
  


• 
  Empire Spenser (1942)¹
  


• 
  Fort Good Hope (1942)¹
  


• 
  Fort la Reine (1942)¹
  


• 
  George Calvert (1942)¹
  


• 
  George Thatcher (1942)¹
  


• 
  Sam Houston (1942)¹
  


• 
  San Victorio (1942)¹
  


• 
  Stangarth (1942)¹
  


• 
  Stephen Hopkins (1942)¹
  


• 
  Bloody Marsh (1943)¹
  


• 
  Fort Cedar Lake (1943)¹
  


• 
  Haakon Jarl (1943)¹
  


• 
  John Morgan (1943)¹
  


• 
  J. Pinckney Henderson (1943)


• 
  Kherzon (1943)


• 
  Matt W. Ransom (1943)^{1, 3}
  


• 
  Molly Pitcher (1943)¹
  


• 
  John A. Treutlen (1944)¹
  


• 
  Union Star (1981)²
  


• 
  Ranga (1982)


• 
  Reijin (1988)

Racing yachts

• 
  Mohawk (1876)

Footnotes

• 1 = Due to enemy action.


• 2 = Maiden revenue-earning voyage.


• 3 = Constructive total loss

See also

Look up maiden voyage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maiden voyages.

• Maiden flight


• Ship naming and launching