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