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The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1940.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
2 January United Kingdom Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. Bristol St. Vincent Coaster For Osborn & Wallis Ltd.[1]
8 January United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barbain Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[2]
9 January United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Athelcrest Tanker For Athel Line Ltd.[3]
9 January United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Derwenthall Cargo ship For West Hartlepool Steam Navigatio Co. Ltd.[4]
9 January United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Confield Cargo ship For Confield Steamship Co. Ltd.[5]
9 January United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Fernie Hunt-class destroyer
9 January United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Trevaylor Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[6]
11 January United Kingdom James Pollock & Sons Faversham Dominence Coaster For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[7]
18 January United Kingdom Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. Bristol Peter Joliffe Tug For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[1]
24 January United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Ariosto Cargo ship For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[8]
24 January United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Catrine Cargo ship For Pontypridd Steamship Co.[4]
24 January United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Moorwood C-type coaster For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[9]
24 January United States Sun Shipbuilding Mormacmail Merchant Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941
24 January United Kingdom Smiths Dock Company River Tees Gladiolus Flower-class corvette
25 January United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Barnby Cargo ship For Rowland & Marwoods Steamship Co. Ltd.[10]
25 January United Kingdom Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd Rowhedge Ben Hann Coastal tanker For National Benzole Co. Ltd.[11]
25 January United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Tyneside Exmoor Hunt-class destroyer
25 January United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Hawarden Bridge Coaster For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[12]
25 January United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Ottinge Cargo ship For Ellerman & Papayannie Lines Ltd.[13]
25 January United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Florian Cargo ship For Constants Ltd.[13]
27 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Fir Tree-class trawler For Royal Navy.[14]
29 January United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Berkeley Hunt-class destroyer
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-124 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-125 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-126 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
January United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-127 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
2 February United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd. Dumbarton Kalewa Cargo ship For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[16]
7 February United Kingdom Fleming & Furguson Ltd. Paisley Burgeo Ferry For Government of Newfoundland.[17]
8 February United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barcote Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[18]
8 February United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Holderness Hunt-class destroyer
8 February United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Madras City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[19]
8 February United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Sutlej Cargo ship For J. Nourse Ltd.[20]
10 February United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Manchester Merchant Cargo ship For Manchester Liners Ltd.[21]
12 February United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley St. Zeno Fishing trawler For T. Hambling & Co. Ltd.[22]
13 February United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Pytchley Hunt-class destroyer
14 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arabis Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
14 February United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Garth Hunt-class destroyer
21 February United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Glenwood Cargo ship For J. I. Jacobs Ltd.[23]
22 February United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Angelo Cargo ship For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[8]
22 February United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cattistock Hunt-class destroyer
22 February  Hong Kong Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Heinrich Jessen Cargo ship For Rhederi M. Jebsen A/S.[24]
22 February United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Ribera Cargo ship For Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd.[25]
23 February United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Graiglas Cargo ship For Graig Shipping Co. Ltd.[5]
24 February United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Anson King George V-class battleship
24 February United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Periwinkle Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[26]
24 February United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Winkleigh Cargo ship For W. J. Tatum Ltd.[27]
26 February United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Sutherland Cargo ship For B. J. Sutherland & Co. Ltd.[4]
27 February United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith MSC Merlin Tug For Manchester Ship Canal Company.[28]
27 February United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby Triton Lighthouse Tender For Trinity House.[29]
28 February United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Duke of York King George V-class battleship
29 February United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Empress Queen C-type coaster For P. & A. Campbell Ltd. Requisitioned by the Admiralty, converted to a troopship.[30]
February  Germany G. Seebeck A.G. Wesermünde Malangen Trawler Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg
February United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 2 unnamed vessels Tank barges For private owners.[15]
4 March United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Markay Maritime Commission Type N tanker
6 March France Chantiers de la Loire and Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Jean Bart Richelieu-class battleship
7 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Clarkia Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[31]
7 March United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Lancastrian Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[32]
7 March United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Orient City Cargo ship For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[19]
9 March United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Seapool Cargo ship For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[33]
12 March United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Itria Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[6]
14 March United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Ger-Y-Bryn Cargo ship For Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd.[33]
16 March  Germany Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven PG-555 Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
21 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Calendula Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
21 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lavington Court Cargo ship For Court Line.[34]
21 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Picotee Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
21 March United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Rawnsley Cargo ship For Red 'R' Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
21 March United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Tottenham Cargo ship For Britain Steamship Co.[35]
22 March United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Harpalyce Cargo ship For J & C. Harrison Ltd.[36]
22 March United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Baluchistan Cargo ship For Strick Line.[37]
23 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Debrett Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[38]
23 March United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Industria Cargo ship For Metcalfe Shipping Co. Ltd.[13]
26 March United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Iris Cable laying ship For H. M. Postmaster General.[8]
26 March United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Dalesman Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison.[39]
26 March United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Uskbridge Cargo ship For Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd.[33]
27 March United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Quorn Hunt-class destroyer
27 March United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Staley Bridge Coaster For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[12]
March  Hong Kong Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong Hanyang Cargo ship For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[40]
6 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Hibiscus Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[41]
9 April United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Howe King George V-class battleship
9 April United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Mendip Hunt-class destroyer
9 April United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Thistlegorm Cargo ship For The Albyn Line Ltd.[5]
9 April United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Tynemouth Cargo ship For Burnett Steamship Co.[23]
10 April United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Marietta E. Cargo ship For Leith Hill Shipping Co. Ltd.[42]
10 April United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse Trevethoe Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.[43]
11 April United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Vizalma Fishing trawler For Atlas Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.[22]
19 April United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barlake Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[44]
20 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Heartsease Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy
22 April United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Anenome Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[45]
22 April United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Quantock Hunt-class destroyer
22 April United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle Lightning L-class destroyer
23 April United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Hindustan Cargo ship For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
23 April United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Port Napier Cargo ship For Port Line. Requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as the minelayer HMS Port Napier.[46]
23 April United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Putney Hill Cargo ship For Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd.[4]
24 April United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Sea Fisher C-type coaster For Fenwick, Fisher Steamship Co.[47]
23 April United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Welsh Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[21]
24 April United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cleveland Hunt-class destroyer
24 April United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead City of Calcutta Cargo liner For Ellerman Lines Ltd. [48]
27 April United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Lincoln Castle Paddle steamer For London & North Eastern Railway.[49]
29 April United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Cape Wrath Cargo ship For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[50]
29 April United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Trevily Cargo ship For Hain Steamship Co.[25]
April United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-128 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
April United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-129 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
4 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Camellia Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
7 May United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Morialta Cargo ship For Adelaide Steamship Co.[35]
7 May United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Nerissa N-class destroyer To Poland as Piorun 1940, returned as HMS Noble 1946, sold for scrap in 1955
7 May United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Wandby Cargo ship For Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.[23]
8 May United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Cape Breton Cargo ship For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd.[13]
9 May United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Fiddown Coaster For S. Morris Ltd.[51]
9 May United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Quentin Icemaid type collier For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[52]
18 May United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Rookley Cargo ship For Thomasson Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
21 May United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Cape Hawke Cargo ship For Cape York Motorship Co. Ltd.[53]
21 May United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Havildar Cargo ship For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[50]
21 May United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Itola Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
21 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pardo Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[54]
22 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mallow Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
22 May United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Napier N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
22 May United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Stanmore Cargo ship For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[27]
23 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Bangor Bangor-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
23 May United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Burnside Cargo ship For Burns, Philip & Co.[6]
23 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Coreopsis Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[55]
23 May United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Foremost 97 Tug Completed as Cardiff for Great Western Railway.[12]
23 May United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland St. Essylt Cargo ship For South American Saint Line Ltd.[5]
23 May United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Tudor Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[32]
May United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Assurance Assurance-class tug For the Admiralty.[56]
May United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-130 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
1 June United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington North Carolina-class battleship
4 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Novelist Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison.[57]
4 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Peony Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
5 June United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Arbutus flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[58]
5 June United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Dunbar Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[59]
5 June United Kingdom Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Tynedale Hunt-class destroyer
6 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Araybank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[60]
7 June United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Meynell Hunt-class destroyer
9 June  Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Roma Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina
10 June United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Channel Queen Cargo ship For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[61]
13 June United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York North Carolina North Carolina-class battleship
17 June United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Eceabat Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
18 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Erica Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[63]
18 June United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Song Cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport.[64]
18 June United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Thursobank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[37]
20 June United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Benalbanach Cargo ship For Ben Line.[65]
20 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Defoe Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[66]
20 June United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Eastgate Cargo ship For Turnbull, Scott & Co. Ltd.[33]
21 June United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Charlton Hall Cargo ship For C. G. Dunn Shipping Co. Ltd.[23]
22 June United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Tower Grange Cargo ship For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
24 June United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Hazelside Cargo ship For Charlton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
24 June United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Lulworth Hill Cargo ship For Dorset Steamship Co. Ltd.[42]
25 June United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Cape Rodney Cargo ship For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[50]
26 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Crocus Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[67]
26 June United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Risaldar Cargo ship For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[50]
27 June United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Coral Queen Cargo ship For British Channel Traders Ltd.[68]
June United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-131 Tank barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[15]
2 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gloxinia Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[69]
4 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Blackpool Bangor-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[70]
4 July United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Nizam N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 July United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Light Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[71]
5 July United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Southdown Hunt-class destroyer
6 July United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Itaura Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
6 July United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Moray Coast Coaster For Coast Lines Ltd.[72]
8 July United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Gurkha L-class destroyer
9 July United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Duke of Sparta Cargo ship ForTrent Maritime Co. Ltd.[13]
9 July United Kingdom J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Wind Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[73]
9 July United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Nestor N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
10 July United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Richmond Hill Cargo ship For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[36]
16 July United Kingdom Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Whaddon Hunt-class destroyer
18 July United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cotswold Hunt-class destroyer
18 July United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Duke of Athens Cargo ship For Trent Maritime Co. Ltd.[4]
19 July United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Silenus Tanker For Axel Johnson. Completed as Athelvictor for Tankers Ltd.[74]
20 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shirrabank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[75]
23 July United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd. Dumbarton Ardenvohr Cargo ship For Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[16]
29 July  Germany Schichau Königsberg Falke Bussard-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
31 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Rumba Dance-class trawler For Royal Navy.[76]
July United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Aircrest Cargo ship For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd.[50]
1 August Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Bathurst Bathurst-class corvette
3 August United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Cornwood C-type coaster For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[47]
5 August United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Avonda Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[8]
5 August United Kingdom Barrow-in-Furness Erne Black Swan-class sloop
6 August United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Blencathra Hunt-class destroyer
6 August United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Dalhousie Cargo ship For Dalhousie Steam & Motorship Co. Ltd.[77]
6 August United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Empire Thunder Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[78]
6 August United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Fultata Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[4]
6 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gentian Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
8 August United Kingdom G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Serenity Coastal tanker For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[79]
10 August Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Lismore Bathurst-class corvette
15 August  Hong Kong Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Ranger Tug For Luzon Stevedoring Co.[24]
15 August United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Tudor Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line Ltd.[32]
19 August United Kingdom R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Bronze Ocean type tanker For Ministry of Shipping.[80]
19 August United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Fishpool Cargo ship For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[23]
19 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Hyacinth Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
19 August United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Liddesdale Hunt-class destroyer
29 August United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Bay Collier For Ministry of Shipping.[81]
20 August United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Eridge Hunt-class destroyer
22 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Black Ranger Tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
22 August Finland Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan Turku Ruotsinsalmi Minelayer For Finnish Navy
24 August United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Reaveley Cargo ship For Stephens, Sutton Ltd.[82]
24 August  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Vaterland passenger ship For HAPAG
26 August United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Coulbeg Cargo ship For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd.[50]
29 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Sarabande Dance-class trawler For Royal Navy.[83]
30 August United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Rembrandt Cargo ship For Bolton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[50]
2 September United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Blyth Bangor-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[84]
2 September United Kingdom Lithgows Greenock Empire Frost Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
2 September  Germany Schichau Königsberg Hans Albrecht Wedel Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
2 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast HMS Rhododendron Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[85]
3 September United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Edencrag Cargo ship For Hartlepools Steamship Co.[33]
3 September United Kingdom J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Meteor Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[73]
3 September United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Voice Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[71]
3 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fanad Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[86]
3 September United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Ismalia Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
4 September United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Atlantic City Cargo ship For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
4 September United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Lightning Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[87]
4 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Potaro Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[88]
5 September United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cottesmore Hunt-class destroyer
15 September United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Selby Celia Shakespearian-class trawler For Royal Navy
16 September United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Durward Icemaid type collier For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[52]
16 September United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields North Briton Cargo ship For North Shipping Co. Ltd.[37]
17 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Heather Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
17 September United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Twickenham Cargo ship For Britain Steamship Co.[35]
30 September United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Brocklesby Hunt-class destroyer
30 September United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Farndale Hunt-class destroyer
1 October United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Clan Brodie Cargo ship For Clan Line Steamers Ltd. Requisition by the Admiralty, completed as HMS Athene.[89]
1 October United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Lough Collier For Ministry of Shipping.[81]
1 October United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Sutlej Black Swan-class sloop
2 October France Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Jupiter Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Souci
3 October United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Breeze Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
3 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Freesia Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[90]
3 October United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Stanford Cargo ship For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[27]
4 October United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton-Hill-on-Tees Empire Gold Dale-class oiler For Ministry of Shipping.[91]
4 October United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Pentridge Hill Cargo ship For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[36]
15 October United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Eastern City Cargo ship For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[82]
15 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orchis Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
16 October United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Barmill Bar-class boom defence vessel For Royal Navy.[92]
16 October United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Cliff Coaster For Ministry of Shipping.[93]
17 October United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Kingston Hill Cargo ship For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[42]
18 October United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Trader Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison.[65]
19 October United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Silver Dale-class oiler For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Denbydale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[94]
20 October United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Heythrop Hunt-class destroyer
23 October United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Avon Vale Hunt-class destroyer
25 October Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Burnie Bathurst-class corvette
29 October United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Empire Mist Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[95]
30 October United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Rain Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[96]
30 October United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Goodwood C-type coaster For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[47]
30 October United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Marne M-class destroyer Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
30 October France Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Merkur Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Peur
30 October United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Norman N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
30 October United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong River Tyne Oakley Hunt-class destroyer To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941
30 October France Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Saturn Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Reproche
30 October United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Suncrest Cargo ship For Crest Shipping Co.[33]
30 October France Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Uranus Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Pareil
31 October United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Peterhead Bangor-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[97]
31 October United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Strait Collier For Ministry of Shipping.[81]
31 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kingcup Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[98]
31 October United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Newbrough Cargo ship For Northumbrian Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
31 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Spiraea Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
October United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Lapseki Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
1 November United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Antar Cargo ship For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd.[82]
2 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pampas Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[99]
4 November United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Lookout L-class destroyer
13 November United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Deep Coaster For Ministry of Shipping
13 November United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Gat Coaster For Ministry of Shipping.[100]
13 November United Kingdom J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Sunrise Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[73]
13 November United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Stuart Queen Coaster For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[72]
14 November United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Murefte Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
15 November United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Scotstoun Empire Oil Dale-class oiler For the Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Darkdale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[94]
15 November United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Trust Cargo liner For .[101]
16 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bryony Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
16 November Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Goulburn Bathurst-class corvette
16 November United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Jumna Black Swan-class sloop
16 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pimpernel Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[102]
20 November United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Erdek Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
21 November United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Comet Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
21 November United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Dew Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
27 November United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Hudson C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942
28 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Abelia Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.
28 November United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Silver Norwegian type tanker For Ministry of Shipping.[103]
28 November United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Ibis Black Swan-class sloop
28 November United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Lance L-class destroyer
28 November United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Nasprite Sprite-class tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[104]
29 November United Kingdom R. & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Granite Dale-class oiler For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Echodale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[105]
29 November United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Sarkoy Ferry For Turkish Government. Requisitioned by Royal Navy.[62]
30 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Adamant Submarine depot ship For Royal Navy.
30 November United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Ikauna Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
November United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Mudanya Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
2 December United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Empire Foreland Coaster For Ministry of Shipping.[93]
2 December United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Stream Ore carrier For Ministry of Shipping.[106]
4 December United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Empire Steel Ocean type tanker For Ministry of Shipping.[107]
4 December United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Silverton Hunt-class destroyer To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941
9 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast TLC 11 Tank Landing Craft For Royal Navy.[108]
9 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast TLC 12 Tank Landing Craft For Royal Navy.[109]
10 December Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown Ballarat Bathurst-class corvette
10 December  United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Robin Doncaster Type C2-S cargo ship Built for Robin Line, but requisitioned on completion and delivered to Ministry of Shipping as Empire Curlew.
12 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Brown Ranger Tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
12 December United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton-Hill-on-Tees Empire Granite Ocean type tanker For Ministry of Shipping.[107]
12 December United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Martin M-class destroyer
12 December United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Pandorian Cargo ship For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines.[110]
14 December United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Elmdale Cargo ship For Morrison Steamship Co.[33]
14 December United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Empire Dawn Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
14 December United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Lamerton Hunt-class destroyer Sold to Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Gomati (D93) in 1953
14 December United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Hornet Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
15 December United Kingdom J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Moon Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[73]
s16 December United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Knolll Collier For Ministry of Shipping.[81]
16 December United Kingdom C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Snow Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[111]
17 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alisma Flower-class corvette For Royal Navy.[112]
18 December United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Parana C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942
19 December United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Blankney Hunt-class destroyer
27 December United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Cloud Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping
27 December United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Hail Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[113]
27 December United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Rainbow Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping[114]
27 December United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Summer Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping.[87]
28 December United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Daltonhall Cargo ship For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[82]
31 December United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Tudor Queen Cargo ship For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[68]
December  Hong Kong Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Hinsang Cargo ship For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[24]
December  Hong Kong Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong Pakhoi Cargo ship For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[21]
Unknown date  Germany Anna Tanker For Kriegsmarine.[115]
Unknown date United Kingdom W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. Northwich Bishops Pointer Lighter For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd.[116]
Unknown date Netherlands Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV Waterhuizen Caribe II Cargo ship For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.
Unknown date  Germany D. W. Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Dora Tanker For Kriegsmarine.[115]
Unknown date  Germany D W Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Else coastal Tanker For Kriegsmarine.[115]
Unknown date  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Friedrich Bischoff Cargo ship For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Gemlik Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
Unknown date Denmark Nakskov Skibs. Akt. Nakskov Henning Maersk Tanker For A. P. Moller.[117]
Unknown date  Germany Howaltswerke. Kiel Jeverland Tanker Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine on completion.[118]
Unknown date  Germany Nobiskrug Werft Rendsburg Justinian Cargo ship For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Unknown date  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Karl Meyer Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Kilye Ferry For Turkish Government.[62]
Unknown date  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Max Stinsky Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Meads Tug For River Lighterage Co. Ltd.[119]
Unknown date Sweden Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad. Malmö Otavi Cargo ship Completed in 1946 as El Gaucho for Societe Anonyme Comercial de Exportación y Importación y Financiera.[120]
Unknown date Netherlands Rotterdamsche Droogdock Maatschappij Rotterdam Papendrecht Tanker For NV Phs. van Ommeren's Scheepsvaartbedrijf.[121]
Unknown date United Kingdom Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd. Rowhedge Redeemer Salvage vessel For Admiralty.[122]
Unknown date Norway Trondheims Mekaniske Verkstad. Trondheim Springfjord Cargo ship For Springwell Shipping Co. Ltd. Seized by Germany, completed as Rudesheimer of Hansa Line.[117]
Unknown date Denmark Burmeister & Wain. Copenhagen Theodora Tanker For Compagnie Auxilaire de Navigation. Seized by Germany completed s

as Heide for J. T. Essberger.[118]

Unknown date United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne Vista Tug For Vokins & Co.[119]

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