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List of ship launches in 1956
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October 02, 2024
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The
list of ship launches in 1956
includes a chronological list of all
ships
launched in 1956.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
5 January
United States
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
Bay City, Michigan
Lester
Dealey
-class
destroyer escort
12 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Duke of Argyll
Ferry
For
British Railways
.
17 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Confident
Confiance
-class tug
For
Royal Navy
.
[1]
20 January
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Alamo
Thomaston
-class
dock landing ship
27 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Maddiston
Ton-class
minesweeper
For
Royal Navy
.
[2]
31 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Lappe
Motor lighter
For
Shell Oil Co
.
[3]
4 February
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
John Willis
Dealey
-class
destroyer escort
25 February
United States
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, Maine
Salmon
Sailfish
-class
submarine
27 February
United Kingdom
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
Blyth, Northumberland
King Aegeus
Cargo ship
For Markos P. Nomikos.
[4]
2 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Solfon
Tanker
For Sigval Bergsen.
[5]
24 March
France
Brest Dockyards
Brest
Colbert
Anti-aircraft cruiser
27 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Rowanmore
Cargo ship
For Johnston Warren & Co.
[6]
28 March
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Davis
Forrest Sherman
-class
destroyer
28 March
United Kingdom
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
Poole
Shrivenham
Ham-class
minesweeper
For
Royal Navy
.
[7]
29 March
Canada
Halifax Shipyards
Halifax
,
Nova Scotia
Margaree
St. Laurent
-class
destroyer
12 April
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Manley
Forrest Sherman
-class
destroyer
19 April
West Germany
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Ragnvald Jarl
Passenger ship
For
NFDS
[8]
25 April
United States
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Seattle
,
Washington
Bridget
Dealey
-class
destroyer escort
26 April
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Harvella
Tanker
For
Shell Oil Co
.
[9]
1 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Repton
Ton-class
minesweeper
For
Royal Navy
.
[10]
3 May
United States
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrows Point, Maryland
Mauna Kea
Suribachi
-class
ammunition ship
9 May
United Kingdom
Vickers-Armstrongs
Newcastle upon Tyne
Empress of England
Ocean liner
For
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
[11]
10 May
United Kingdom
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Glasgow
,
Scotland
Palliser
Blackwood
-class
frigate
23 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Flying Duck
Tug
For Clyde Shipping Co.
[12]
24 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Maxton
Ton-class
minesweeper
For
Royal Navy
.
[13]
28 May
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Darter
Unique submarine
7 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Ondo
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster.
[14]
19 June
Sweden
Götaverken
Gothenburg
7 de Agosto
Halland
-class
destroyer
For
Colombian Navy
19 June
West Germany
Norderwerft
Hamburg
Wandsbek
Type I ferry
For
HADAG
21 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Tuscany
Refrigerated cargo ship
For
Royal Mail Line
.
[15]
12 July
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Hermitage
Thomaston
-class
dock landing ship
19 July
West Germany
Scheel & Jöhnk
Harburg
Jollenführer 1
Ferry type 00
For
HADAG
[16]
[
circular reference
]
28 July
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
Van Voorhis
Dealey
-class
destroyer escort
7 August
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Jonas Ingram
Forrest Sherman
-class
destroyer
7 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Missouri
Tanker
For
Texaco Oil Co
.
[17]
10 August
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Monticello
Thomaston
-class
dock landing ship
13 August
West Germany
Ottensener Eisenwerke
Hamburg
Farmsen
Type I ferry
For
HADAG
21 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Scottish Coast
Ferry
For
Coast Lines
.
[18]
4 September
United Kingdom
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
Blyth, Northumberland
Harborough
Cargo ship
For National Steamship Co. Ltd.
[19]
5 September
United States
Boston Naval Shipyard
Boston
,
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
De Soto County
-class
tank landing ship
8 September
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Du Pont
Forrest Sherman
-class
destroyer
29
September
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Ranger
Forrestal
-class
aircraft carrier
12 October
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, Louisiana
Grant County
De Soto County
-class
tank landing ship
22 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Nurton
Ton-class
minesweeper
For
Royal Navy
.
[20]
27 October
Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney
,
New South Wales
Vampire
Daring
-class
destroyer
1 November
Canada
Burrard Dry Dock
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
Columbia
Restigouche
-class
destroyer
1 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Albany
Refrigerated cargo ship
For
Royal Mail Line
.
[21]
20 November
United Kingdom
J. Samuel White
Cowes
,
Isle of Wight
Khukri
Blackwood
-class
frigate
For
Indian Navy
20 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Storfonn
Tanker
For Sigval Bergsen.
[22]
21 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Port Launceston
Refrigerated cargo ship
For
Port Line
.
[23]
22 November
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
,
Scotland
Sylvania
Saxonia
-class
ocean liner
For
Cunard Line
24 November
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
Hartley
Dealey
-class
destroyer escort
29 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Flying Drake
Tug
For Clyde Shipping Co.
[24]
19 December
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Blandy
Forrest Sherman
-class
destroyer
21 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Cloverbank
Cargo ship
For
Bank Line
.
[25]
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
Blyth, Northumberland
Hada
Tanker
For A/S Aurland.
[26]
References
↑
"HMS Confident"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"HMS Maddiston"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Lappe"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"King Aegeus"
. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust
. Retrieved
30 September
2024
.
↑
"Solfon"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
7 March
2017
.
↑
"Rowanmore"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
8 March
2017
.
↑
"Shrivenham"
. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust
. Retrieved
1 October
2024
.
↑
"M/S Ragnvald Jarl"
. Retrieved
2016-10-23
.
↑
"Harvella"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
7 March
2017
.
↑
"HMS Repton"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"T/S Empress of England"
. Retrieved
2017-05-05
.
↑
"Flying Duck"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"HMS Maxton"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Ondo"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Tuscany"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
↑
"Missouri"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Scottish Coast"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Harborough"
. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust
. Retrieved
30 September
2024
.
↑
"HMS Nurton"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Albany"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Storfonn"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Port Launceston"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Flying Drake"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
11 March
2017
.
↑
"Cloverbank"
. The Yard
. Retrieved
10 March
2017
.
↑
"Hada"
. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust
. Retrieved
30 September
2024
.
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Ship events in 1956
Ship launches
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
Ship commissionings
1951
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1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
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1960
1961
Ship decommissionings
1951
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1955
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Shipwrecks
1951
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