List of ship launches in 1954

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The list of ship launches in 1954 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1954.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
19 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Loch Gowan	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line. [1]
19 January	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Perak	Cargo ship	For Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. [2]
21 January	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Iberia	Himalaya-class ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
21 January	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Nautilus	Unique nuclear-powered submarine
3 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ballylumford	Collier	For John Kelly Ltd. [3]
4 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Tintagel Castle	Cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line. [4]
9 February	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Thomaston	Thomaston-class dock landing ship	First in class
12 February	Canada	Marine Industries Limited	Sorel, Quebec	Assiniboine	St. Laurent-class destroyer
13 February	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes, Isle of Wight	Grafton	Blackwood-class frigate
17 February	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Saxonia	Saxonia-class ocean liner	For Cunard Line
18 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kirkliston	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.
19 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Braysford	Defence vessel	For Royal Navy. [5]
6 March	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Bisham	Ham-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy. [6]
11 March	United Kingdom	Berthon Boat Company	Lymington	Mickleham	Ham-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy
19 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	YC 327	Lighter	For Admiralty
2 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bryansford	Defence vessel	For Royal Navy. [7]
4 April	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Littleham	Ham-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy. [8]
14 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Sergeant	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [9]
30 April	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Timbarra	Collier	For Australian Government. [10]
3 May	Australia	Williamstown Dockyard	Melbourne, Victoria	Vendetta	Daring-class destroyer
7 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Plymouth Rock	Thomaston-class dock landing ship
18 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Laleston	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy. [11]
22 May	United States	Christy Shipbuilding	Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin	Windham County	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
2 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pontia	Cargo ship	For Pelagos A/S. [12]
4 June	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Cromwell	Dealey-class destroyer escort
15 June	Canada	Burrard Dry Dock	Vancouver, British Columbia	Kootenay	Restigouche-class destroyer
15 June	West Germany	Gustav Wolkau	Baumwall	ferry type 0	For HADAG	[ citation needed ]
29 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cerinthus	Tanker	For Hadley Shipping Co. [13]
1 July	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Torquay	Whitby-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Whitby	Whitby-class frigate	First in class
16 July	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Fort Snelling	Thomaston-class dock landing ship
19 July	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons	Sunderland, England	Hannington Court	Cargo ship	For Court Line
30 July	United Kingdom	Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Newport	Baie Comeau	Bulk carrier	For Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. Ltd. [14]
30 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lanton	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy. [15]
13 August	United States	Bellingham Shipyards Co.	Bellingham, Washington	Whippoorwill	Redwing-class minesweeper
17 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Southern Cross	Passenger ship	For Shaw Savill Line.
20 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Hammerberg	Dealey-class destroyer escort
31 August	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Keppel	Blackwood-class frigate
1 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Tide Austral	Tanker	For Royal Australian Navy.
28 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Belfast	Tanker	For Belships Co. [16]
28 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Point Defiance	Thomaston-class dock landing ship
29 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cedarbank	Cargo ship	For Blue Funnel Line. [17]
29 September	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Pellew	Blackwood-class frigate
1 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Owerri	Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster. [18]
15 October	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Nautilus	Hopper ship	For Queensland Government. [19]
26 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Letterston	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy. [20]
28 October	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Sheldrake	Launch	For Shell Tankers Ltd. [21]
29 October	England	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Newcastle	Port Sydney		For Port Line [22]
22 November	Canada	Canadian Vickers	Montreal, Quebec	Restigouche	Restigouche-class destroyer	First in class
27 November	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Vardefjell	Tanker	For A/S Falkefjell. [23]
10 December	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Russell	Blackwood-class frigate
11 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Forrestal	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	First in class
14 December	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Ivernia	Saxonia-class ocean liner	For Cunard Line
29 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Western Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line. [24]
31 December	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Puffin	Launch	For Shell Tankers Ltd. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd.	Greenwich	Mercurian	Tug	For Mercantile Lighterage Co. Ltd. [26]

References

1. "Loch Gowan". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
2. "Perak". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. "Ballylumford". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
4. "Tintagel Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
5. "HMS Braysford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
6. "Bisham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
7. "HMS Bryansford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
8. "Littleham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
9. "British Sergeant". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
10. "Timbarra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
11. "HMS Laleston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
12. "Pontia". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
13. "Cerinthus". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
14. "Baie Comeau". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
15. "HMS Lanton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
16. "Belfast". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
17. "Cedarbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
18. "Owerri". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
19. "Nautilus". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
20. "HMS Letterston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
21. "Sheldrake". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
22. "M/S Port Melbourne" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
23. "Vardefjell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
24. "Western Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
25. "Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
26. "Mercurian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.