BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
List of ship launches in 1942

Summary

The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1942.

January edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
5 January   United Kingdom Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby Empire Fairy Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
5 January   United Kingdom C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Roamer Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[2]
6 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Glasgow Empire Bede Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
6 January   United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Manaar Cargo ship For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd.[3]
13 January   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Spruce Maple-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[4]
15 January   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Baltyk Cargo ship For Polish Government.[5]
15 January   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Bogue Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
15 January   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Hebburn Blean Hunt-class destroyer
15 January   United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Wallsend Empire Dyke Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[6]
15 January   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Forest Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[7]
15 January   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Jill Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[6]
15 January   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Empire Knight Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[8]
15 January   United Kingdom Yarrow & Co. Ltd Scotstoun, Glasgow Oakley Hunt-class destroyer Sold in 1958 to West Germany as Gneisenau
15 January   United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd Wallsend Empire Dyke Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
15 January   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd South Shields Empire Forest Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
15 January   United Kingdom S P Austin & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Jill Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
16 January   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Queenborough Q-class destroyer To Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Queenborough 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1975
17 January   Australia HMA Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria Echuca Bathurst-class corvette
17 January   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Barrie Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
17 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Empire Chapman Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[9]
17 January   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Marvell Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[10]
17 January   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Purcell Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[11]
19 January   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Goblin Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
29 January   United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich Empire Lily Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[12]
29 January   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Tennyson Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[13]
20 January   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow in Furness Empire March Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[14]
20 January   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Bowling Empire Palm Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
20 January   United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow San Victoria Tanker For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.[16]
24 January   Australia Morts Dock & Engineering Co Sydney Armidale Bathurst-class corvette
29 January   United Kingdom Alexander Stephens & Sons Govan, Glasgow Bramham Hunt-class destroyer To the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Themistocles
30 January   Australia Evans Deakin & Co Brisbane Gympie Bathurst-class corvette
30 January   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Tahsinia Cargo ship For Anchor Line Ltd.[17]
31 January   Australia J. Samuel White Cowes Quiberon Q-class destroyer
31 January   United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestoft Empire Punch Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[18]

February edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
  United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne Nicania Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[19]
3 February   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Border Hunt-class destroyer Transferred to Greece in 1942 as Adrias
3 February   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland William Pearman Collier For London Power Co. Ltd.[20]
5 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alarm Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[21]
7 February   Australia Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Sydney Warramunga Tribal-class destroyer
10 February   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 4 VIC lighter For the War Department.[22]
12 February   United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Montpelier Cleveland-class light cruiser
14 February   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Dickens Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
15 February   United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Breton Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
16 February   United States Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia Alabama South Dakota-class battleship
16 February   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Hearth Icemaid type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
17 February   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Elgar Heavy lift ship For Ministry of War Transport
17 February   United Kingdom Barclay Curle & Co. Glasgow Empire Fairbairn Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
17 February   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Spartan Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[25]
17 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Spenser Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[9][26]
17 February   United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd Hessle Empire Sprite Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
18 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Vigilance Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as British Vigilance.[28][29]
18 February   Australia Poole & Steel Balmain, New South Wales Wallaroo Bathurst-class corvette
19 February   United Kingdom G. Brown & Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Dweller coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
19 February   United States Bath Iron Works Nicholas Fletcher-class destroyer For US Navy
19 February   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Obdurate O-class destroyer
21 February   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston Opportune O-class destroyer
21 February   United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 19 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[30]
23 February   United Kingdom G Brown & Co Ltd Greenock Empire Audrey coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
23 February   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Beatrice Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
27 February   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Card Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
28 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Quadrant Q-class destroyer To Australia as HMAS Quadrant 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1962

March edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 March   Germany Schichau Königsberg Richthofen Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
2 March   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Congonian Tanker For United Africa Co. Ltd.[31]
2 March   United Kingdom Fairfield Govan, Glasgow Myrmidon M-class destroyer Loaned to the Polish Navy and renamed ORP Orkan
4 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Stronsay Isles-class trawler For Royal Navy.[32]
4 March   Australia Walkers Limited Maryborough Tamworth Bathurst-class corvette
5 March   United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead British Tradition Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[33]
5 March   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Arthur Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[34]
5 March   United States Western Pipe & Steel Hamlin Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
5 March   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Melbreak Hunt-class destroyer
5 March   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd Grangemouth Empire Arthur Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
5 March   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Cadet Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
6 March   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Arnold Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
7 March   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow Zetland Hunt-class destroyer
7 March   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Tracker Attacker-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
16 March   United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Co Ltd Aberdeen Empire Cherub Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[35]
16 March   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Fireside C-type coaster For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[36]
17 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Deseado Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[37]
17 March   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Coleridge Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[10]
17 March   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow in Furness Penylan Hunt-class destroyer
18 March   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Chaucer Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
18 March   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Folk Maple-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[4]
18 March   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Fresno City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[17]
18 March   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole VIC 6 VIC lighter For the War Department.[38]
19 March   India Hooghly Engineering and Docking Co. Calcutta Agra Basset-class minesweeping trawler
19 March   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Keats Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[39]
19 March   Germany Schichau Königsberg Hermann Kohl Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
20 March   United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Birmingham Cleveland-class light cruiser
21 March   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Rotherham R-class destroyer To Indian Navy as Rajput 1949; scrapped 1976
23 March   United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Empire Conrad Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
24 March   United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Empire Austen Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
24 March   United Kingdom John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Wold Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[40]
31 March   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Beaumont Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.
31 March   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Caxton Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[13]
31 March   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Empire Prince Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[41]
31 March   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Vancouver City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[17]

April edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 April   United Kingdom Ferguson Bros. Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Lawn Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[42]
1 April   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Raider R-class destroyer To India as Rana 1949
1 April   United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Samsonia Bustler-class tug For the Admiralty.[43]
2 April   United States Abraham Clark Liberty ship
2 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Albacore Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[44]
2 April   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd South Shields Empire Clough Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
2 April   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Haydon Hunt-class destroyer
2 April   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Ingleton Cargo ship For R. Chapman & Son.[20]
2 April   United Kingdom W. & C. French Ltd. Newport Lady Kathleen Concrete ship For Concrete Maritime Ltd.[45]
2 April   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston Orwell O-class destroyer
2 April   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 7 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[22]
3 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Switha Isles-class trawler For Royal Navy.[46]
4 April   United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Battler Attacker-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
4 April   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Croatan Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
4 April   United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Denver Cleveland-class light cruiser
4 April   United Kingdom C Connell & Co Ltd Scotstoun, Glasgow Empire Bowman Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
4 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Empire Fletcher Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[9]
4 April   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Nassau Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
4 April   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Searcher Attacker-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
6 April   United Kingdom Ferguson Bros Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Mead Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[42]
6 April   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Tristram Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[47]
9 April   Sweden Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad Gothenburg Mjölner Mode-class destroyer For Swedish Navy
11 April   Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Mode Mode-class destroyer For Swedish Navy
11 April   Australia J. Samuel White Cowes Quickmatch Q-class destroyer
12 April   United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Hawaiian Shipper Modified Type C3 cargo liner For United States War Shipping Administration
13 April   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Modbury Hunt-class destroyer Transferred to Greece as Miaoulis
14 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Acute Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[48]
14 April   United Kingdom Alexander Stephens & Sons Glasgow Holcombe Hunt-class destroyer
15 April   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. Troon Empire Toiler Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[49]
16 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Govan British Merit Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[50]
16 April   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd Grangemouth Empire Gawain Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
16 April   United Kingdom A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Minotaur Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
16 April   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Flamma Collier For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[20]
16 April   United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Jersey City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[51]
16 April   United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 20 VIC lighter For Ministry of War Transport.[52]
17 April   United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Might Cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport.[53]
18 April   United States Electric Boat Company Groton, Connecticut Blackfish Gato-class submarine
18 April   United Kingdom James Pollock & Sons Faversham Imta Layteri Submarine tender For Turkish Navy.[12]
19 April   United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Ulster Duke Coaster For Belfast Steamship Co. Ltd.[54]
20 April   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Norseman Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
25 April   Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg Magne Mode-class destroyer For Swedish Navy
27 April   United Kingdom Fairfield Glasgow Haldon Hunt-class destroyer Transferred to Free France as La Combattante
29 April   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Avristan Cargo ship For Strick Line (1923) Ltd.[17]
29 April   Norway Geo. Lawley Neponset, Massachusetts King Haakon VII PC class escort ship Ex-USS PC-467
29 April   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Shahjehan Cargo ship For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[55]
30 April   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Empire Farm Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
30 April   United Kingdom A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Gnome Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
30 April   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow Tanatside Hunt-class destroyer
30 April   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Obedient O-class destroyer

May edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 May   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Gareth Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[13]
1 May   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole VIC 11 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[38]
2 May   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Barnes Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
2 May   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Lionel Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[11]
2 May   Australia Mort's Dock & Engineering Co Balmain, New South Wales Inverell Bathurst-class corvette
2 May   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Redoubt R-class destroyer To India as Ranjit 1949
4 May   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Stancleeve Cargo ship For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[56]
6 May   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole VIC 12 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[38]
7 May   United States Western Pipe & Steel Prince William Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
13 May   United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Wallsend Empire Head Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[6]
13 May   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 8 VIC lighter For the War Department.[57]
14 May   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Empire Garrick Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
14 May   United Kingdom William Denny and Bros. Ltd. Dumbarton Empire Guinevere Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[59]
14 May   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Hazlitt Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[7]
14 May   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Iseult Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[47]
14 May   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Winsor Collier For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[20]
15 May   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Core Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
15 May   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Southey Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[39]
15 May   United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Mobile Cleveland-class light cruiser
16 May   Australia HMA Naval Dockyard Melbourne Horsham Bathurst-class corvette
18 May   United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Empire Galahad Refrigerated cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
22 May   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Altamaha Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
22 May   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Imp Maple-type tug For the Admiralty.[60]
22 May   United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Mormacpenn C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Hunter in 1943
22 May   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby Empire Imp Tug For Ministry of War Transport
27 May   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cadmus Algerine-class Mineweeper For Royal Navy.[61]
27 May   Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Munin Mode-class destroyer For Swedish Navy
28 May   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Cormull C-type coaster For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd.[62]
28 May   United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Willington Quay-on-Tyne Empire Piper Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[35]
28 May   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Strength Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[63]
28 May   United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Matheran Cargo ship For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd.[3]
28 May   United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley MOWT 7 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
29 May   United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Canara Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[65]
29 May   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Wordsworth Norwegian type tanker For .[10]
29 May   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Houston City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[66]
30 May   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Activity Refrigerated cargo ship For the Admiralty. Completed as escort carrier HMS Activity. [67]
30 May   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Guidon Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[68]
30 May   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Pat Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
30 May   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Veronico Tanker For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.[69][70]

June edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 June   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Sam Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
1 June   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Hardingham Cargo ship For Willis Steamship Co. Ltd.[66]
1 June   United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Nassa Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[71]
1 June   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Quail Q-class destroyer
1 June   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Racehorse R-class destroyer
2 June   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Boswell Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[13]
2 June   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Bowling Empire Cupid Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
2 June   United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne Nuculana Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd.[72]
4 June   United Kingdom J. S. Watson Ltd. Gainsborough Empire Meadow Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[42]
4 June   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 9 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[57]
6 June   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Block Island Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
10 June   United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Santa Fe Cleveland-class light cruiser
11 June   Australia Walkers Limited Maryborough Bowen Bathurst-class corvette
13 June   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Lambrook Cargo ship For Austin Friars Steamship Co.[20]
15 June   United Kingdom C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Mordred Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[2]
16 June   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Lytton Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
17 June   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Shahzada Cargo ship For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[55]
19 June   Australia Mort's Dock & Engineering Co Balmain, New South Wales Latrobe Bathurst-class corvette
20 June   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow Wensleydale Hunt-class destroyer
23 June   Australia Poole & Steel Balmain, New South Wales Kapunda Bathurst-class corvette
24 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kale River-class frigate For Royal Navy.[73]
25 June   Canada Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Huron Tribal-class destroyer
26 June   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Coombe Hill Cargo ship For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[66]
  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Junecrest Cargo ship For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd.[55]
27 June   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southamton Brecon Hunt-class destroyer
27 June   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Breton Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
27 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Circe Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[74]
27 June   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Galliard Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[47]
27 June   United States Permanente Metals Richmond, California Ocean Victory Ocean ship For Ministry of War Transport
29 June   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Dundee Empire Archer Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
29 June   United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Banner Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
29 June   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Collins Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[10]
29 June   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Damsel Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
29 June   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Patriot Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[13]
29 June   United Kingdom Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Standard Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[75]
29 June   United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd Hessle Empire Titan Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
29 June   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Woodpecker Modified Black Swan-class sloop
30 June   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Buckler Cargo ship For the Ministry of War Transport
30 June   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Clarion Cargo ship For the Ministry of War Transport
30 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Metal Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[28][76]
  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Govan Error: {{SS}} missing name (help) tanker For .
30 June   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Harpalyce Cargo ship For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[66]
30 June   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Stanhill Cargo ship For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[56]

July edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 July   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Thackeray Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[77]
3 July   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd. Dumbarton Cuillin Ferry For London, Midland and Scottish Railway.[78]
8 July   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Toby Maple-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[60]
11 July   United Kingdom J Samuel White Cowes Easton Hunt-class destroyer For Royal Navy[79]
11 July   United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestoft Empire Reynard Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[18]
14 July   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Ruskin Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[7]
14 July   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd Bowling Empire Sinew Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
14 July   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Firedog C-type coaster For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[80]
15 July   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Carlton Cargo ship For R. Chapman & Son Ltd.[20]
15 July   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Relentless R-class destroyer
16 July   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Empire Reynolds Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
16 July   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Rapid R-class destroyer
16 July   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Ravager Attacker-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
18 July   United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi St. George Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
20 July   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 10 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[57]
23 July   United Kingdom Ferguson Brothers Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Warlock Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[42]
28 July   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Baltimore Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
28 July   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend City of Bristol Cargo ship For Ellerman's City Line Ltd.[5]
28 July   United Kingdom Cygnet Modified Black Swan-class sloop
28 July   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Webster Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[39]
28 July   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Mahratta M-class destroyer
January   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Tuzla Ferry For Turkish Government.[81]
29 July   United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Wisdom Cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport.[53]
29 July   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 21 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[57]
30 July   United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead British Promise Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[33]
30 July   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Centaur Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow in Furness Empire Elaine Heavy lift ship For Ministry of War Transport.[82]
30 July   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Thistledale Cargo ship For The Albyn Line Ltd.[83]
31 July   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Essex Essex-class aircraft carrier

August edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 August   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Croatan Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
8 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Fusilier Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Empire Bombardier.[9]
11 August   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Dace Ferry For Ministry of War Transport.[81]
11 August   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Wren Modified Black Swan-class sloop
12 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Espiegle Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[84]
13 August   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. Troon Empire Launcelot Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[49]
22 August   United States New York Shipbuilding New York City Independence Independence-class light aircraft carrier Converted cruiser hull
23 August   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Prince William Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
25 August   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Grenadier Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
25 August   Canada Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Haida Tribal-class destroyer
25 August   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Nordeflinge Cargo ship For Constants Ltd.[85]
25 August   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Tower Hill Cargo ship For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd.[66]
25 August   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scoutstoun, Glasgow Whimbrel Modified Black Swan-class sloop
25 August   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Roach Ferry For Ministry of War Transport.[81]
26 August   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Boston Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
27 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Black Prince Dido-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
27 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Castle Refrigerated cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport
27 August   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Cavalier Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[10]
27 August   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Troon Empire Melody Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[86]
27 August   United Kingdom A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Ned Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[15]
27 August   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Pixie Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[87]
27 August   United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Iowa Iowa-class battleship
28 August   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Cormain Collier For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd.[20]
28 August   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Harpagus Cargo ship For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[66]
  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Middlesex Trader Cargo ship For Trader Navigation Co. Ltd.[88]
29 August   United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Kinsman Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[89]
30 August   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Intrepid Essex-class aircraft carrier
31 August   United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Empire Gypsy Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[90][91]
31 August   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Lancer Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[92]
31 August   United States Thomas T. Tucker Liberty ship
August   United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 14 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[38]

September edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 September   United Kingdom C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Geraint Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[2]
2 September   United Kingdom John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Frank Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[40]
2 September   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Pibroch Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[93]
2 September   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 22 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[57]
7 September   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Glacier Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
8 September   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Lapland Cargo ship For Currie Line Ltd. [94]
10 September   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Cadet Ferry For Ministry of War Transport
10 September   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Chub Ferry For Ministry of War Transport.[81]
10 September   United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Growler Bustler-class tug For the Admiralty.[43]
11 September   United Kingdom A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Fred Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[95]
11 September   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Empire Hunter Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[96]
12 September   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Eggesford Hunt-class destroyer Sold to Federal German Navy in 1959 as Brommy
12 September   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Ace Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
14 September   United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Lakeland Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[7]
17 September   United States Electric Boat Company Groton, Connecticut Hoe Gato-class submarine
19 September   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Chatham Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
20 September   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Ariel Maple-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[97]
22 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fantome Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[98]
23 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Grange Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[99]
23 September   United States Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts Lexington Essex-class aircraft carrier
23 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Govan San Vulfrano Tanker For Eagle Oil Co. Ltd.[50][100]
24 September   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Bushwood C-type coaster For .[80]
24 September   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Driver Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
24 September   United Kingdom Chanticleer Modified Black Swan-class sloop
24 September   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Empire Minnow Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[101]
24 September   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Savage Modified S-class destroyer
24 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast HMS Thruster Tank Landing Craft For Royal Navy.[102]
25 September   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Bardistan Cargo ship For Strick Line (1923) Ltd.[66]
25 September   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Envoy Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
25 September   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Lorenzo Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[103]
25 September   Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Glenelg Bathurst-class corvette
25 September   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Highland Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[20]
25 September   United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne Naticina Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[72]
26 September   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend British Gratitude Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[104]
26 September   United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Denis Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[105]
27 September   United States Western Pipe & Steel Attacker Attacker-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
28 September   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Nugget Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
29 September   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Thistlemuir Cargo ship For The Albyn Line Ltd.[106]
30 September   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Pennant Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[92]

October edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
4 October   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 23 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[57]
7 October   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Pybus Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
8 October   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Ascot Cargo ship For Britain Steamship Co. [67]
10 October   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Clansman Icemaid type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
10 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mutine Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
12 October   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Faun Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[107]
12 October   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Harry Larch-class tug For the Admiralty.[108]
13 October   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Kite Modified Black Swan-class sloop
13 October   United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Naranio Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[71]
14 October   United Kingdom Fairfield Govan, Glasgow Starling Modified Black Swan-class sloop
14 October   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scoutstoun, Glasgow Wild Goose Modified Black Swan-class sloop
17 October   United Kingdom J Harker Ltd. Knottingley Empire Reaper Severn type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[109]
18 October   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Baffins Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
18 October   United States New York Shipbuilding New York City Princeton Independence-class light aircraft carrier Converted cruiser hull
23 October   United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Chyebassa Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[65]
23 October   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Harlesden Cargo ship For J. & C. Harrison Ltd.[110]
23 October   United States Bethlehem Steel Company San Francisco Oakland Atlanta-class light cruiser
24 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bruiser Tank Landing Craft For Royal Navy.[111]
24 October   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool SS Empire Record (2) Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[112]
24 October   United States Basalt Rock Company Napa, California Gear Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
25 October   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Seraph Maple-type tug For the Admiralty.[60]
27 October   United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Bonaventure Cargo ship For the Admiralty. Completed as HMS Bonaventure.[113]
January   United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse Papanui Refrigerated cargo liner For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.[114]
28 October   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Coulgorm Cargo ship For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd.[55]
28 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Onyx Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[115]
28 October   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding Greenock Rocket R-class destroyer
29 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Torrent Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.
October   United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 15 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[38]

November edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 November   United States Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange, Texas Edsall Edsall-class destroyer escort
5 November   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 24 VIC lighter For the Ministry of Supply.[57]
9 November   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Bradford City Cargo ship For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[116]
9 November   United Kingdom Crane Modified Black Swan-class sloop
9 November   United Kingdom John Readhead and Sons South Shields Empire Fortune Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
9 November   United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Empire Portia Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[117]
9 November   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Essex Trader Cargo ship For Trader Navigatinon Co. Ltd.[106]
9 November   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Stanlodge Cargo ship For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[56]
10 November   United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Cato Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
10 November   United Kingdom Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd Rowhedge Empire Homestead Empire Lad-class coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[118]
10 November   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Troon Empire Pioneer Icemaid type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[119]
10 November   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Empire Rosalind Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[120]
10 November   United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Rupert Larch-class tug For the Admiralty.[108]
10 November   United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Hesper Bustler-class tug For the Admiralty.[43]
11 November   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Bolinas Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter
11 November   United States North Carolina Shipbuilding Wilmington, North Carolina Henry Bacon Liberty ship
11 November   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Bastian Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
19 November   United Kingdom Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Claymore Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
19 November   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Cobbett Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
20 November   United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley MOWT 8 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
21 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Darro Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[121]
21 November   United Kingdom C Connell & Co Ltd Scotstoun Empire Carpenter Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
22 November   United States Basalt Rock Company Napa, California Escape Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
23 November   United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Betty Hindley C-type coaster For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd.[80]
23 November   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Bucklaw Icemaid type collier For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[122]
23 November   United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd Hessle Empire Oberon Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
23 November   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Stevenstone Hunt-class destroyer
23 November   United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Wearfield Tanker For Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co. Ltd.[123]
24 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Empire Benefit Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[9]
24 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Tweed River-class frigate For Royal Navy.[124]
25 November   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd Barrow in Furness Empire Charmian Heavy lift ship For Ministry of War Transport
  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Triona Cargo ship For British Phosphate Commissioners.[55]
26 November   United Kingdom Woodcock Modified Black Swan-class sloop
29 November   United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Prospero Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[89]

December edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
3 December   Australia Poole & Steel Sydney Cootamundra Bathurst-class corvette
6 December   United States New York Shipbuilding New York City Belleau Wood Independence-class light aircraft carrier Converted cruiser hull
6 December   United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd Blyth Empire Rosa Tug For Ministry of War Transport
7 December   United States Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts Bunker Hill Essex-class aircraft carrier
7 December   United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia New Jersey Iowa-class battleship
8 December   Hong Kong Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Empire Lanter Cargo ship For Japanese Government. Completed at Gyoku Maru.[125]
8 December   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Miami Cleveland-class light cruiser
8 December   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Bardolph Refrigerated cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
8 December   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Candida Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[112]
9 December   United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Fireguard Icemaid type collier For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[122]
9 December   United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead John Holt Cargo ship For John Holt Ltd. [126]
9 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rattler Algerine-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
10 December   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding Greenock Roebuck R-class destroyer
11 December   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd. Dumbarton Pegu Cargo ship For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[127]
11 December   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scoutstoun, Glasgow Pheasant Modified Black Swan-class sloop
12 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Boxer Tank Landing Craft For Royal Navy.
17 December   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Windsor Queen Cargo ship For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[20]
18 December   United States Amelia Earhart Liberty ship
18 December   United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Brutus Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
19 December   United States Basalt Rock Company Napa, California Diver Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
20 December   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Jersey Hart Cargo ship For Nolisement Steamship Co. Ltd.[110]
21 December   United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees British Vigour Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[33]
21 December   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Cape Howe Cargo ship For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co Ltd.[55]
21 December   United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Narbada Black Swan-class sloop
21 December   United Kingdom Barclay Curle Glasgow Empire Courage Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
21 December   United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Empire Titania Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[101]
21 December   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Norman Monarch Cargo ship For Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. [67]
22 December   United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Airsprite Sprite-class tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[71]
22 December   United Kingdom J. S. Watson Ltd. Gainsborough Empire Ben Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[128]
22 December   United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Wallsend Empire Sandy Larch-class tug For the Admiralty.[108]
22 December   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion English Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[110]
23 December   United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Commerce Intermediate type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[129]
23 December   United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland Empire MacAlpine MAC ship For Ministry of War Transport.[130]
23 December   United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Mortimer Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[131]
23 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Empire Nerissa Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[132]
23 December   United States Bethlehem Steel Company San Francisco Reno Atlanta-class light cruiser
23 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rowallan Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[133]
26 December   United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Empire Fay Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[90]
28 December   United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Treasure Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[92]
28 December   United States Western Pipe and Steel Company San Pedro, California Staten Island Wind-class icebreaker For Lend-Lease
29 December   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Empire Laird Severn type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[134]
30 December   United States Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Carnegie Bogue-class escort carrier Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
31 December   United States Basalt Rock Company Napa, California Grapple Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
31 December   United Kingdom John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Demon Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[40]

Unknown date edit

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
Unknown date   United Kingdom J. Harker Ltd. Knottingley Barnsdale H. Motor barge For J. Harker Ltd.[109]
Unknown date   United Kingdom W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. Northwich Bishops Terrier Lighter For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd.[135]
Unknown date   Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Boelke Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date Danisch Wold Coastal tanker
Unknown date   Hong Kong Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd Hong Kong Empire Blossom Cargo ship For the Imperial Japanese Navy
Unknown date   Norway Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo Flandern Whaler Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion
Unknown date   Germany Elsflether Werft AG Elsfleth Flemhude Coastal tanker For the Kriegsmarine.[136]
Unknown date   Germany D W Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Grete Coastal tanker For the Kriegsmarine
Unknown date   Hong Kong Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Gyoten Maru Cargo ship For Japanese Government.[125]
Unknown date   Norway Akers Mekaniske Verksted Oslo Helgoland Whaler Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion
Unknown date   Germany Hilde Coastal tanker For the Kriegsmarine.[137]
Unknown date   Denmark Nakskov Skibs Akt. Nakskov Karin K. Bornhofen Cargo ship For R. Bornhofen.[138]
Unknown date   Norway Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted Sarpsborg Marsteinen Coastal tanker Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion
Unknown date   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Chepstow MOWT 1 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Chepstow MOWT 2 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Chepstow MOWT 3 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Chepstow MOWT 5 Crane barge For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Pinklake Tug For River Lighterage Co. Ltd.[139]
Unknown date   United Kingdom J. Hay & Sons Ltd. Kirkintilloch VIC 18 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[140]
Unknown date   United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Vipya Ferry For Nyasaland Railways.[141][142]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 310.
  2. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 44.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 73.
  4. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 327.
  5. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 116.
  6. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 230.
  7. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 99.
  8. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 54.
  9. ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 139.
  10. ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 147.
  11. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 63.
  12. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 233.
  13. ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 197.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 307.
  16. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 155–56.
  17. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 58.
  18. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 234.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 159–60.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 33.
  21. ^ "HMS Alarm". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  22. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 263.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 145.
  24. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 208.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 87.
  26. ^ "Empire Spenser". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  27. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 317.
  28. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 140.
  29. ^ "Empire Vigilance". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 266–67.
  31. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 163.
  32. ^ "HMS Stronsay". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  33. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 157.
  34. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 279.
  35. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 248.
  37. ^ "Deseado". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  38. ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 266.
  39. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 108.
  40. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 316.
  41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 35.
  42. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 318.
  43. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 300.
  44. ^ "HMS Albacor". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  45. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 365.
  46. ^ "HMS Switha". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  47. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 119.
  48. ^ "HMS Acute". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  49. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 199.
  50. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 159.
  51. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 27.
  52. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 267.
  53. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 183.
  54. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 228.
  55. ^ a b c d e f Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 93.
  56. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 98.
  57. ^ a b c d e f g Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 264.
  58. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 141.
  59. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 48.
  60. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 328.
  61. ^ "HMS Cadmus". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  62. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 248–49.
  63. ^ "Empire Splendour". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  64. ^ a b c d e f Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 364.
  65. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 22.
  66. ^ a b c d e f g Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 59.
  67. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.
  68. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 62.
  69. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 158.
  70. ^ "San Veronico". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  71. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 156.
  72. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 160.
  73. ^ "HMS Kale". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  74. ^ "HMS Circe". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  75. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 18.
  76. ^ "Empire Metal". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  77. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 202.
  78. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 51.
  79. ^ English 1987, p. 18
  80. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 249.
  81. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 362.
  82. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 188, 192.
  83. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 121.
  84. ^ "HMS Espeigle". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  85. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 68.
  86. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 200, 202.
  87. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 313.
  88. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 121–22.
  89. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 24.
  90. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 280.
  91. ^ "Empire Gypsy". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  92. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 88.
  93. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 89.
  94. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 40.
  95. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 307–08.
  96. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 96.
  97. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 32728.
  98. ^ "HMS Fantome". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  99. ^ "Empire Grange". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  100. ^ "San Vulfrano". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  101. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 319.
  102. ^ "HMS Thruster". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  103. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 197–98.
  104. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 162.
  105. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 310–11.
  106. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 122.
  107. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
  108. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 304.
  109. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.
  110. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 60.
  111. ^ "HMS Bruiser". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  112. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 198.
  113. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 71.
  114. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 381–82.
  115. ^ "HMS Onyx". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  116. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 59–60.
  117. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 112.
  118. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 284–85.
  119. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 211.
  120. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 29.
  121. ^ "Darro". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  122. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 210.
  123. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 161.
  124. ^ "HMS Tweed". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  125. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 126.
  126. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 42.
  127. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 50.
  128. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 318–19.
  129. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 149.
  130. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 170–71.
  131. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 64.
  132. ^ "Empire Nerissa". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  133. ^ "Rowallan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  134. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 214.
  135. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 363.
  136. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
  137. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 471, 473.
  138. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 462–63.
  139. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 347.
  140. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 268.
  141. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 283.
  142. ^ "Vipya". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
Sources
  • English, John (1987). The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

By using this platform, you agree to the Terms of Use ©2020 Knowpia