List of ship launches in 1947

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The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Agapenor Cargo ship For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
4 February  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Worcester Worcester-class cruiser First of class
6 February  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Khalafabad Tank barge For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd.[1]
20 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast La Heve Cargo ship For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique.[2]
25 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Parthia Cargo liner For Cunard Line
7 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salinas Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[3]
23 March  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Stroma Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd.[4]
25 March  United Kingdom Acheron Amphion-class submarine
25 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Munster Ferry For Coast Lines.[5]
25 March  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Salem Des Moines-class cruiser
9 April  Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-183 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
9 April  Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-184 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
9 April  Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-185 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
22 April  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Centaur Centaur-class aircraft carrier For Royal Navy.
23 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Soochow Ferry For The China Navigation Company.[6]
27 April  Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-181 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
27 April  Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-182 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
28 April  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Empire Ronaldsay Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd.[7]
7 May  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Suffolk Ferry Train ferry For London and North Eastern Railway
16 May  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Albion Centaur-class aircraft carrier
20 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leinster Ferry For Coast Lines.[8]
3 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kantara Cargo ship For Moss Hutchinson Line.[9]
16 June  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Roanoke Worcester-class cruiser
17 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Imperial Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[10]
19 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thorshavet Factory ship For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd.[11]
15 August  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Zarian Cargo ship For United Africa Co. Ltd
16 August  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Birdsay Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd.[4]
19 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pretoria Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[12]
29 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salamanca Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[13]
2 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pelorus Pilot tender For Trinity House.[14]
16 September  United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Tiru Balao-class submarine
30 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lotorium Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[15]
2 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Karnak Cargo ship For Moss Hutchinson Line.[16]
2 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Melbourne Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[17]
14 October  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness, England Orcades Ocean liner For Orient Line
16 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Edinburgh Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[18]
30 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Caronia Ocean liner/Cruise ship For Cunard Line
30 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Penlee Pilot tender For Trinity House.[19]
7 November  Germany Flender Werke Lübeck Empire Ely Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport
8 November  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Equity I Fishing trawler For Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.[20]
11 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Ranger Tanker For British Tanker Company.[21]
20 December  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Tobruk Battle-class destroyer
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Dwarka Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company.[22]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Falaise Ferry For Southern Railway.[23]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole MFV-439 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy.[24]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole MFV-440 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy, completed as commercial vessel.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole MFV-441 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole MFV-442 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington MFV.1225 Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy.[28]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Unnamed Motor yacht For private owner.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Unnamed Barge For R. & J. H. Rea Ltd.[30]

References

  1. ^ "Khalafabad". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "La Heve". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Salinas". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 105.
  5. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Soochow". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
  8. ^ "Leinster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Kantara". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Thorshavet". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Pretoria Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Pelorus". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Lotorium". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Karnak". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Melbourne Star". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Edinburgh Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Penlee". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Equity I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  21. ^ "British Ranger". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
  24. ^ "MFV.439". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  25. ^ "MFV.440". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  26. ^ "MFV.441". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  27. ^ "MFV.442". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  28. ^ "MFV.1225". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  30. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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.