The list of ship launches in 1933 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1933.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Unique aircraft carrier | |||
| 9 March | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | ||||
| 1 April | Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | |||||
| 12 April | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | ||||
| 12 April |  United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros Ltd | Dumbarton, Scotland | Ferry | For Southern Railway | ||
| 3 May | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Gorch Fock-class sailing training ship | For Reichsmarine | |||
| 4 July | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[1] | |||
| July | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG | |||
| July | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Fishing trawler | For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG | |||
| 9 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[2] | |||
| 17 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[3] | |||
| 6 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For H. Hogarth & Sons.[4] | |||
| 6 September | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
| 7 September | Stettiner Oderwerke | Stettin | Steam icebreaker | For Stettin Chamber of Commerce | |||
| 15 November | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | ||||
| 16 December | United States | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | ||||
| 20 December | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | for Royal Navy | |||
| Date unknown | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Tug | For Robinson & Crosthwaite. | |||
| Date unknown | Coastal tanker | For Bulk Oil Steamship Co. | |||||
| Date unknown | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd. |