List of ship launches in 1942

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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 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]
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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 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 Empire of Japan 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 Empire of Japan 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 Empire of Japan 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]

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