List of ship launches in 1949

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The list of ship launches in 1949 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1949.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cazador	Tanker	For Estrella Maritima SA. [1]
15 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Explorador	Tanker	For Estrella Maritima SA. [2]
17 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 4	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd. [3]
12 March	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-198	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
17 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Vestfoss	Tanker	For A/S Thor Thorsen. [5]
21 March	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-196	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Amarna	Cargo ship	For Moss Hutchinson Line. [6]
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Champavati	Ferry	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [7]
29 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Decoy	Daring-class destroyer
30 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rohidas	Ferry	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. [8]
2 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-199	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
7 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-200	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
11 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-201	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
13 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Helenus	Cargo ship	For Blue Funnel Line. [9]
19 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-247	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
24 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 5	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd. [10]
31 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Assiout	Cargo ship	For Moss Hutchinson Line. [11]
10 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Vikingen	Tanker	For Panama City Tanker Co. [12]
19 June	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-251	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
22 June	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-249	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
28 June	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Chusan	Himalaya-class ocean liner	For P&O
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 6	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd. [13]
28 June	France	Societe des Ateliers & Chantiers	Dunkirk	Cambodge	Ocean liner	For Messageries Maritimes
1 July	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-250	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
27 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hector	Cargo liner	For Blue Funnel Line. [14]
28 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ernst Larsen	Whaler	For Union Whaling Co. [15]
August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-248	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
4 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-252	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
10 August	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Daring	Daring-class destroyer
11 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Captain	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [16]
16 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Natalia	Whaler	For Union Whaling Co. Completed as Arnt Karlsen. [17]
24 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bloemfontein Castle	Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line.
28 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-253	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
29 August	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Bloemfontein Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
31 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-254	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
11 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-255	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
22 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ternoy	Tanker	For A/S Truma. [18]
24 September	United Kingdom	James Pollock & Sons	Faversham	Sea Hurricane	Aircraft transport ship	For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldlynx for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd. [19]
25 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-271	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
30 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-272	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
10 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Africana 2	Research trawler	For South African Government. [20]
21 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Runic	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line. [21]
23 October	Singapore	Robin Kilroy	Singapore	Boleh	junk yacht	[22]
26 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kurdistan	Tanker	For Commons Bros. Ltd. [23]
1 November	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-273	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
21 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Commander	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [24]
21 November	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Soya Christina	Tanker	For O. Wallenius. [25] [26]
4 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-274	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
20 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-275	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
28 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-276	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Changsha	Passenger ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd. [27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Taiyuan	Passenger ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd. [27]

References

1. "Cazador". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
2. "Explorador". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
3. "Setter IV". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. "Large submarine chasers, border guard patrol ships Project 122bis". Russian Ships. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
5. "Vestfoss". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
6. "Amarna". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
7. "Champavati". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
8. "Rohidas". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
9. "Helenus". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
10. "Setter V". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
11. "Assiout". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
12. "Vikingen". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
13. "Setter VI". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
14. "Hector". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
15. "Ernst Larsen". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
16. "British Captain". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
17. "Arnt Karlsen". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
18. "Ternoy". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
19. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 233.
20. "Africana II". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
21. "Runic". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
22. Western Morning News, 2 September 1950
23. "Kurdistan". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
24. "British Commander". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
25. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
26. "Soya Christina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
27. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 376.

Sources

• 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.

Ship events in 1949
Ship launches:	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
Ship commissionings:	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
Ship decommissionings:	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
Shipwrecks:	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954