List of ship launches in 1946

This list of ship launches in 1946 includes a list of ships launched in 1946.

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Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
4 January	Leonard F. Mason	Gearing-class destroyer	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
5 January	Danube VII	Tug	Cochrane & Sons Ltd	Selby	United Kingdom	For Tilbury Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd. [1]
5 January	Spaburn	Coastal water carrier			United Kingdom	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
5 January	Robert L. Wilson	Gearing-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
8 January	Eversole	Gearing-class destroyer	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle	United States
8 January	Kallada	Cargo ship	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For J. Nourse Ltd. [2]
15 January	Empire Athelstan	Heavy lift cargo ship	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd	Barrow in Furness	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport
16 January	Empire Southwold	Cargo ship	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [3]
16 January	Galeomma	Tanker	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaarts Maatschappij. [4]
17 January	Chessington	Collier	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	United Kingdom	For Wandsworth & District Gas Company. [5]
17 January	Empire Evesham	tanker	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport
17 January	Empire Sloane	Coaster	Shipbuilding Corporation.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [6]
17 January	Empire Tedson	TED-type coastal tanker	Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth	United Kingdom	Completed as Arduity for F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. [7]
17 January	Forrest Royal	Gearing-class destroyer	Bethlehem Steel	Staten Island, New York	United States
17 January	Okhla	Cargo ship	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	United Kingdom	For BRitish India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [8]
17 January	Santander	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [9]
17 January	TID 178	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [10]
17 January	TID 179	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [11]
18 January	City of Poona	Cargo ship	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ellerman Lines Ltd. [12]
18 January	Empire Gower	Collier	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [13]
18 January	Empire Tedlora	TED-type coastal tanker	Short Bros. Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [14]
21 January	Empire Raymond	Near-Warrior type tug	A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [15]
21 January	TID 173	TID-class tug	Henry Scarr Ltd.	Hessle	United Kingdom	Ministry of War Transport. [11]
22 January	Anchorite	Amphion-class submarine	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow in Furness	United Kingdom
2 February	Empire Tedburgh	TED-type coastal tanker	Short Bros. Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	Completed as Dovedale H. for J. Harker (Coasters) Ltd. [14]
2 February	Witek	Gearing-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
4 February	Dunkinty	Trawler	John Lewis & Sons Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Looker Fishing Co. Ltd. [16]
4 February	Empire Hedda	Modified Stella-type tug	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Atlas for Bergnings och Dykari A/B. [17]
4 February	Empire Seafoam	Shelt-type coaster	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd	Goole	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [18]
4 February	Port Wellington	Refrigerated cargo ship	J. & G. Thompson Ltd.	Clydebank	United Kingdom	For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [19]
5 February	Empire Tedmuir	TED-type Coastal tanker	A & J Inglis Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [14]
5 February	Ino	Coaster	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	United Kingdom	For Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [20]
5 February	Lestris	Cargo ship	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For British & Continental Steamship Co. Ltd. [21]
5 February	Mona's Queen	Ferry	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd. [22]
5 February	Unnamed	Cargo ship	William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick	United Kingdom	Laid down as an Empire ship, completed in June as Hubert for Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. [23]
7 February	Gansella	Tanker	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaart Maatschappij. [4]
8 February	Empire Juna	Modified Stella-type tug	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [17]
15 February	Arakaka	Cargo ship	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For Booker Bros., McConnell & Co. Ltd. [24]
15 February	Bluebird	Penguin-class submarine rescue ship	Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co	North Charleston, South Carolina	United States
15 February	Latia	Tanker	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle on Tyne	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [25]
16 February	Moray Firth	Coaster	John Lewis & Sons Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Firth Shipping Co. Ltd. [16]
18 February	Sparrow	Modified Black Swan-class sloop			United Kingdom
18 February	Alaric	Amphion-class submarine	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	United Kingdom
18 February	Urlana	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [26]
19 February	Empire Flodden	Wave-class oiler	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Baron for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [27]
19 February	Halfbeak	Balao-class submarine	Cramp Shipbuilding Company	Philadelphia	United States
19 February	Pawcatuck	Ashtabula-class replenishment oiler	Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
20 February	Jutland	Modified Battle-class destroyer			United Kingdom
21 February	Empire Marshland	Dredger	William Simons & Co. Ltd.	Renfrew	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [28]
21 February	Empire Sorcerer'	Dredger	Ferguson Brothers Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [29]
22 February	Sinkiang	Cargo ship	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For China Navigation Co. Ltd. [30]
28 February	Spapool	Coastal water carrier			United Kingdom	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
28 February	Artemis	Amphion-class submarine	Scotts	Greenock	United Kingdom
4 March	Empire Lowlander	Collier	John Crown & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Corflow for Wm. Cory & Son Ltd. [31]
4 March	Empire Mercia	Refrigerated cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Empire Star for Blue Star Line. [32] [33]
5 March	Ariosto	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [26]
5 March	Bryce Canyon	Shenandoah-class destroyer tender	Charleston Navy Yard	North Charleston, South Carolina	United States
5 March	Empire Lola	Modified Stella-type tug	George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [17]
5 March	Fresno	Atlanta-class cruiser	Federal Shipbuilding	Kearny, New Jersey	United States
5 March	Manchester	Cleveland-class cruiser	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
5 March	Redstart	Cargo ship	Henry Robb Ltd.	Leith	United Kingdom	For General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [30]
5 March	Rustenburg Castle	Refrigerated cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Union-Castle Line. [34]
5 March	Taff	Dredger	Fleming & Furguson Ltd.	Paisley	United Kingdom	For Great Western Railway. [35]
	Empire Lucy	Near-Warrior type tug	J. S. Watson Ltd.	Gainsborough	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [36]
6 March	Lyria	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. [37]
7 March	Tahsinia	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Anchor Line Ltd. [38]
8 March	Shelton	Gearing-class destroyer	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle	United States
8 March	VIC 57	VIC lighter	J. Pollock & Sons Ltd.	Faversham	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [39]
14 March	VIC 34	VIC lighter	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [40]
15 March	Charles H. Roan	Gearing-class destroyer	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
18 March	Crichtoun	Icemaid type collier	Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth	United Kingdom	For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd. [41]
19 March	Eagle	Audacious-class aircraft carrier	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
19 March	Empire Forager	Dredger	William Simons & Co Ltd	Greenock	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [42]
21 March	Empire Warner	Scandinavian type cargo ship	Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd.	Troon	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Uskside for Uskside Steamship Co. Ltd. [43]
21 March	Maidan	Cargo ship	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. [44]
21 March	Neothauma	Tanker	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [45]
28 March	VIC 65	VIC lighter	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [46]
30 March	Agerholm	Gearing-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
30 March	Waccamaw	Cimarron-class oiler	Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
March	Mountpark	Cargo ship	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. [2]
March	Somerset	Refrigerated cargo liner	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.	Linthouse	United Kingdom	For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [47]
March	VIC 105	Improved VIC lighter	Shipbuilding Corporation	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [48]
March	VIC 106	Improved VIC lighter	Shipbuilding Corporation	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [48]
2 April	Coral Sea	Midway-class aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
2 April	Salaverry	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [49]
3 April	Empire Dunbar	Wave-class oiler	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland, Co Durham	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Laird for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [50]
3 April	Margay	Cargo ship	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Kaye, Son & Co. Ltd. [51]
3 April	Umaria	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [26]
4 April	Empire Edgehill	Wave-class oiler	Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Govan	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Chief for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [52]
4 April	Empire Maydream	Coaster	A Hall & Co Ltd	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport
4 April	Helicina	Tanker	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Requisitioned by the Admiralty with the intention of completion as RFA Oleander for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Hostilities ended before completion so returned to owners. [53]
4 April	Sir Alexander Kennedy	C-type coaster	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For London Power Co. Ltd. [54]
6 April	Avondow	Trawler	John Lewis & Sons Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For North Star Fishing Co. Ltd. [16]
14 April	Cato	Coaster	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	United Kingdom	For Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [55]
16 April	Cape Ortegal	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Cape of Good Hope Motorships Co. Ltd. [38]
16 April	Empire Gantock	Cargo ship	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport Completed as Martita for "K" Steamships Ltd. [56]
16 April	Geomitra	Tanker	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	North Shields	United Kingdom	For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaarts Maatschappij. [57]
16 April	John Holt	Cargo ship	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [22]
16 April	Linga	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [58]
17 April	Auricula	Tanker	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle on Tyne	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [25]
17 April	Empire Woodland	Dredger	William Simons & Co. Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [28]
18 April	Balaena	Factory ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For United Whalers Ltd. [59]
18 April	VIC 66	VIC lighter	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [46]
23 April	Ulua	Balao-class submarine	Cramp Shipbuilding Company	Philadelphia	United States
27 April	BO-173	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	Soviet Union
27 April	BO-270	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	Soviet Union
28 April	BO-171	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	Soviet Union
28 April	BO-172	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	Soviet Union
30 April	British Princess	Tanker	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Co. Ltd. [60]
30 April	Burton Island	Wind-class icebreaker	Western Pipe and Steel Company	San Francisco	United States
April	Eucadia	Cargo ship	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Anchor Line. [61]
April	Poictiers	Destroyer			United Kingdom	Scrapped shortly after launch.
April	Empire Tedrita	TED-type Coastal tanker	A & J Inglis Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [62]
1 May	Nirumand	Tug	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling	United Kingdom	For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd. [63]
May 2	Southern Harvester	Tanker	Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For South Georgia Co. [64]
3 May	Clan Cumming	Cargo ship	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd. [65]
3 May	Corsair	Tench-class submarine	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	United States
5 May	Empire Leonard	Near-Warrior type tug	A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	Completed as Sun XVI W. H. J. Alexander Ltd. [15]
15 May	Brixton	C-type coaster	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For South Metropolitan Gas Company. [54]
15 May	Rowanol	Coastal tanker			United Kingdom	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
15 May	Shetland	Cargo ship	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	United Kingdom	For Currie Line Ltd. [66]
16 May	Empire Hartland	Hopper ship	Ferguson Brothers Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [29]
20 May	Beaverlake	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. [38]
29 May	British Rose	Tanker	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Co Ltd. [4]
29 May	Edisto	Wind-class icebreaker	Western Pipe and Steel Company	San Pedro, California	United States
29 May	Port Pirie	Cargo ship	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend	United Kingdom	For Port Line Ltd. [12]
29 May	Seaman	Gearing-class destroyer	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation	Seattle	United States
31 May	Baskerville	Cargo ship	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	United Kingdom	For Barberry's Steamship Co. Ltd. [67]
31 May	Hornby Grange	Refrigerated cargo ship	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Houlder Line Ltd. [68]
31 May	Malmo	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [26]
May	Wellpark	Cargo ship	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. [2]
May	A half-ship	New fore section	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For the steamship Harpagus. [56]
1 June	Trapp	Coastal tanker	Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd	Rowhedge	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [69]
5 June	Empire Tessa	Modified Stella-type tug	William Simons & Co. Ltd.	Renfrew	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [70]
5 June	Linswe	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [71]
12 June	British Knight	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Company. [72]
12 June	Linwet	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [73]
13 June	Norfolk	Refrigerated cargo ship	J. & G. Thompson Ltd.	Clydebank	United Kingdom	For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [19]
15 June	Norden	cargo ship		Nakskov	Denmark
16 June	Sun XVII	Near-Warrior type tug	A Hall & Co Ltd	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For Ministry of War Transport. [15]
18 June	Aros	Refrigerated cargo ship	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	United Kingdom	For Rederi A/B Helsingborg. [74]
24 June	Keppler	Gearing-class destroyer	Bethlehem Steel	San Francisco	United States
27 June	Empire Marson	Wave-class oiler	Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Wave Premier for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [27]
28 June	British Earl	Tanker	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Co. Ltd. [53]
28 June	Patella	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd
30 June	Bristol Queen	Paddle steamer	Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.	Bristol	United Kingdom	For P. & A. Campbell Ltd. [75]
30 June	Unnamed	Standard Fast type Cargo liner	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Modjokerto for Dutch Government. [76]
June	Landaura	Cargo ship	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Company. [61]
June	Rinaldo	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [26]
1 July	Neritopsis	Tanker	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [45]
1 July	Regent Tiger	Tanker	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend	United Kingdom	For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd. [53]
4 July	Linno	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [77]
4 July	Linyon	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [78]
12 July	Tringa	Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship	Savannah Machine & Foundry Co.	Savannah, Georgia	United States
15 July	Empire Lambeth	Collier	John Crown & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Compleyed as Dashwood for Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. [31]
15 July	Robert A. Owens	Gearing-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
15 July	Volo	Cargo ship	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [79]
16 July	Beavercove	Cargo ship	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.Ltd.	Clydebank	United Kingdom	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. [80]
27 July	Empire Kingsway	Tudor Queen type coaster	G. Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as The Emperor for J. Hay & Sons Ltd. [16]
29 July	Gouldia	Tanker	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	North Shields	United Kingdom	For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaarts Maatschappij. [57]
30 July	Albano	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [26]
30 July	Robert L. Holt	Cargo ship	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [22]
31 July	Empire Tesland	Coastal tanker	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport
1 August	Unicorn	Tench-class submarine	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	United States
10 August	Spalake	Coastal water carrier			United Kingdom	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
12 August	Rawang	Coaster	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	United Kingdom	For Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. [81]
12 August	Turbot	Balao-class submarine	Cramp Shipbuilding Company	Philadelphia	United States
13 August	Andrew	Amphion-class submarine	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow in Furness	United Kingdom
14 August	Empire Ethelbert	Heavy lift ship	Vickers-Armstrongs	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Beljeanne for Belships Co. Ltd. [82]
14 August	Southern Sailor	Whaler	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For South Georgia Co. Ltd. [24]
15 August	Scorpion	Modified Weapon-class destroyer	J. S. White	Cowes	United Kingdom
17 August	Limpya	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [83]
17 August	Linda	L-class tug	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. [84]
26 August	Alcoa Cavalier	Victory ship	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation	Portland, Oregon	United States	For private woner. [85]
26 August	British Holly	Tanker	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For British Tanker Co. Ltd. [60]
26 August	Southern Soldier	Whaler	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For South Georgia Co. Ltd. [24]
27 August	Calchas	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Blue Funnel Line. [86]
27 August	Marjata	Cargo ship	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For J. Nourse Ltd. [2]
27 August	Princess Victoria	Ferry	William Denny and Brothers Ltd.	Dumbarton	United Kingdom	For London, Midland and Scottish Railway. [87]
27 August	Tinto	Cargo ship	Henry Robb Ltd.	Leith	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [30]
28 August	Artemis	Amphion-class submarine	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering	Greenock, Scotland	United Kingdom
28 August	Livorno	Cargo ship	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [26]
28 August	Oakol	Coastal tanker			United Kingdom	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
9 September	Rengam	Coaster	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	United Kingdom	For Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. [88]
9 September	Stockholm	Ocean liner	Götaverken	Gothenburg	Sweden
11 September	De Grasse	Anti-aircraft cruiser	Lorient		France
11 September	VIC 67	VIC lighter	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For the Admiralty. [46]
12 September	La Hague	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [89]
12 September	Asia	Cargo ship	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Cunard White Star Line. [90]
16 September	Dumra	Cargo liner	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Company. [61]
16 September	Tanumand	Modified Warrior-type tug	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling	United Kingdom	For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd. [63]
18 September	VIC 68	VIC lighter	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	Completed as Moealang for N.V. Dortsche Petroleum Maatschappij. [46]
20 September	Walrus	Tench-class submarine	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	United States
24 September	Loch Garth	Refrigerated cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Royal Mail Line. [91]
25 September	Anchises	Cargo ship	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	United Kingdom	For Ocean Steamship Co. [66]
26 September	Louis E. Durand	Cargo ship	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Chef Mecanician Durand for French Government. [92]
26 September	Lepton	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. [93]
27 September	Des Moines	Des Moines-class cruiser	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
27 September	Shahzada	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [38]
28 September	Alcoa Clipper	Victory ship	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation	Portland, Oregon	United States	For private woner. [85]
September	Cape Rodney	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Cape of Good Hope Motorships Co. Ltd. [94]
2 October	Waverley	Paddle Steamer	A & J Inglis Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For London and North Eastern Railway
2 October	Falaise	Ferry	William Denny and Brothers Ltd.	Dumbarton	United Kingdom	For Southern Railway`. [87]
2 October	Iredell	Haskell-class attack transport	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation	Portland, Oregon	United States	For United States Navy. Completed as Alcoa Corsair for private owner. [85]
10 October	Mahronda	Cargo ship	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. [44]
11 October	Lingula	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. [95]
26 October	Dwarka	Passenger ship	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [79]
8 November	Mutlah	Cargo ship	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For J. Nourse Ltd. [2]
10 November	Cyrena	Tanker	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	North Shields	United Kingdom	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [57]
11 November	Truro	Cargo ship	Henry Robb Ltd.	Leith	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [30]
21 November	Empire Tesville	Coastal tanker	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Transport
21 November	Morbihan	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. [96]
23 November	Capitaine Jean Fougere	Cargo ship	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For Union Industrielle & Maritime Société Française d'Armaments. [97]
26 November	Athenic	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Shaw Savill Line. [98]
26 November	Khanabad	Tank barge	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd. [99]
27 November	Loch Avon	Refrigerated cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Royal Mail Line. [100]
28 November	Shansi	Cargo ship	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For China Navigation Co Ltd. [30]
11 December	Kampala	Ocean Liner	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For British India Steam Navigation Company
20 December	Lansdale	Gearing-class destroyer	Bethlehem Steel	San Francisco	United States
Unknown date	Bassano	Cargo ship	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. [79]
Unknown date	Bishops Foxhound	Lighter	W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd. [101]
Unknown date	Bishops Greyhound	Lighter	W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	United Kingdom	For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd. [101]
Unknown date	Blyth Repairer I	Launch	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [102]
Unknown date	Crossing Knot	Type C1 ship	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation	Savannah, Georgia	United States	For private owner. [103]
Unknown date	Empire Deptford	Icemaid type collier	Grangemouth Dockyard Company	Grangemouth, Stirlingshire	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as SNCF No 1 for Société Nationale D'Affrêtements. [104]
Unknown date	Flat Knot	Type C1 ship	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation	Savannah, Georgia	United States	For private owner. [103]
Unknown date	Mandovi'	Dredger	Fleming & Furguson Ltd.	Paisley	United Kingdom	For Portuguese Government. [35]
Unknown date	Marline Bend	Type C1 ship	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation	Savannah, Georgia	United States	For private owner. [103]
Unknown date	MFV-325	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [105]
Unknown date	MFV-436	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [106]
Unknown date	MFV-437	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [107]
Unknown date	MFV-438	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [108]
Unknown date	Mouette M	Motor yacht	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For private owner. [109]
Unknown date	Opportune	Motor yacht	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	United Kingdom	For private owner. [110]
Unknown date	Shahjehan	Cargo ship	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Company. [38]
Unknown date	Solid Sinnet	Type C1 ship	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation	Savannah, Georgia	United States	For private owner. [103]
Unknown date	TID 169	TID-class tug	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	United Kingdom	For Ministry of Shipping. [111]
Unknown date	TID 180	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For the Ministry of Shipping. [11]
Unknown date	TID 181	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For the Ministry of Shipping. [11]
Unknown date	TID 182	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For the Ministry of Shipping. [11]
Unknown date	TID 183	TID-class tug	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For the Ministry of Shipping. [11]

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