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{{noref|date=August 2018}}This is a chronological list of ship commissionings in 1930. | Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes |
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| January 1 | FRA}} | {{ship>French cruiser|Suffren | 2} | Suffren|cruiser|2}} |
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| February 9 | UK}} | {{HMS>Active|H14|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| February 11 | UK}} | {{HMS>Acasta|H09|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| February 20 | NLD}} | Witte de With | Admiralen|destroyer|2}} | WW |
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| March 27 | UK}} | {{HMS>Achates|H12|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| April 14 | UK}} | {{HMS>Ardent|H41|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| April 14 | UK}} | {{HMS>Arrow|H42|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| April 30 | UK}} | {{HMS>Norfolk|78|2}} | County|cruiser|2}} |
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| May 1 | UK}} | {{HMS>York|90|2}} | York|cruiser|2}} |
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| May 2 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|Nautilus|1929|2}} | Nautilus|minelayer|2}} | M 12 |
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| Spring | U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | {{MV>Penguin | 2} | Cargo liner | Commissioning date unknown; in commission by 5 May 1930. |
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| May 15 | USA}} | {{USS>Narwhal|SS-167|2}} | Narwhal|submarine|2}} |
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| June 4 | UK}} | {{HMS>Codrington|D65|2}} | A|destroyer|2 | 1929} |
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| July 1 | USA}} | {{USS>Nautilus|SS-168|2}} | Narwhal|submarine|2}} |
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| August 4 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|A | 2} | A|minesweeper|2}} | A |
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| August 4 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|B | 2} | A|minesweeper|2}} | B |
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| August 4 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|C | 2} | A|minesweeper|2}} | C |
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| August 4 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|D | 2} | A|minesweeper|2}} | D |
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| September 10 | UK}} | {{HMS>Nelson|28|2}} | Nelson|battleship|2}} |
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| September 30 | UK}} | {{HMS>Dorsetshire|40|2}} | County|cruiser|2}} |
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| November 14 | NLD}} | {{ship>HNLMS|Banckert|1929|2}} | Admiralen|destroyer|2}} | BK |
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See also {{shipevents|1930}}{{Expand list|date=August 2008}} 2 : Lists of ship commissionings|1930 ships |