List of ship launches in 1943 explained

The list of ship launches in 1943 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1943.

January

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
2 January	United Kingdom	J. Harker Ltd.	Knottingley	Empire Rancher	Severn type collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
4 January		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	VIC 26	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.
6 January		William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick		Cargo ship	For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd.
8 January	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Darby	Tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 January	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Joan	Tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
9 January	United Kingdom	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	Empire Coast	Empire Lad-class coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 January		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[1]
17 January		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ			Converted cruiser hull
20 January	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
20 January		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Collier	For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.
21 January		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia
22 January	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees		Cargo ship	For United Africa Co. Ltd.
23 January		A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen		Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 January		Richards Ironworks Ltd.	Lowestoft	TRV 3	Torpedo recovery vessel	For the Admiralty.
25 January		Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd.	Ardrossan		Coaster	For Coast Lines Ltd.
26 January		Harland & Wolff	Govan			For Royal Navy.[2]
30 January		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
January		Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd.	Whitstable	MFV-22	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[3]
January		Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	VIC 16	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.

February

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
3 February	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	East Cowes			For Royal Navy
4 February		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Tanker	For British Tanker Co. Ltd.
6 February	United States	Western Pipe and Steel Company	San Francisco, California			For United States Navy
6 February	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons	Sunderland, County Durham		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
6 February	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard	Grangemouth		Coastal tanker
6 February	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
7 February	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
7 February		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Belfast		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[4]
17 February	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine			For United States Navy
19 February	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
20 February	Australia	Evans Deakin and Company	Brisbane			For Royal Australian Navy
20 February		S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		C-type coaster	For .Stephenson, Clarke Ltd.
20 February	United States	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation	Tacoma, Washington			For United States Navy
20 February	United States	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation	Tacoma, Washington			For United States Navy
22 February		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 February	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia			For United States Navy
23 February		Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees		Tanker	For British Tanker Co. Ltd.
23 February	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock		Cargo ship	For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd.
23 February		G. Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd.	Greenock		Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 February		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
25 February	United States	Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard	Hingham, Massachusetts			For United States Navy
25 February	United Kingdom	Harrow's	Scotstoun		Modified sloop	For Royal Navy.[5]
28 February		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 1		For the Admiralty.
28 February	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey			For United States Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Govan, Renfrewshire			For Royal Navy

March

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
5 March	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee		Cargo ship	For Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd.
6 March		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia		light cruiser
6 March		R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo ship	For Houlder Line Ltd.
6 March		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 2		For the War Department.
8 March		Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Norwegian type tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 March	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
8 March	United Kingdom	Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
8 March	United Kingdom	Henry Scarr Ltd.	Hessle	Empire Mascot	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 March		Western Pipe and Steel Company	San Pedro, California
9 March	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For the Ministry of War Transport.
9 March		Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
10 March		John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 March		Fleming & Ferguson Ltd.	Paisley	MOWT 9	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
16 March		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 3		For the Admiralty.
17 March		Delta Shipbuilding Company	New Orleans		Liberty ship
18 March		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
18 March	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Company.
20 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[6]
21 March
21 March		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroelum Co. Ltd.
22 March		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
22 March		William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick		Cargo ship	For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.
23 March		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Govan		Tanker	For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[7]
23 March		J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd.
23 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[8]
24 March		Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd.	Troon		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
25 March	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees		Cargo ship	For United Africa Co. Ltd.
25 March		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 4		For the Admiralty.
27 March	United Kingdom	A & J Inglis Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Coppice	Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
27 March		CRDA	Trieste			Built for Regia Marina but taken over by Germany as
31 March		Western Pipe and Steel Company	San Pedro, California

April

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 April		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
1 April		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
1 April		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
1 April		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 5		For Ministry of War Transport.
3 April		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
3 April		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
3 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[9]
3 April	Australia	HMA Naval Dockyard	Williamstown, Victoria
4 April		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light aircraft carrier	Converted cruiser hull
5 April		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
5 April		S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Coaster	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 April		Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead		Tanker	For British Tanker Co. Ltd.
8 April	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons	Sunderland	Empire Beauty	Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
8 April		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 April	United Kingdom	S P Austin & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Empire Judy	Coaster	For Ministry of War Transport
8 April		Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 April		Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Barrow in Furness		Heavy lift ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 April		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light cruiser
8 April	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Empire Samson	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
8 April	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
8 April	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.
10 April		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 6		For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport.
16 April		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 7		For the Admiralty.
19 April		Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, MA		heavy cruiser
19 April		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
20 April		J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For John I. Jacobs & Co. Ltd.
20 April		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[10]
21 April		Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth		Icemaid type collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
21 April	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd	Greenock		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
21 April		Clelands (Successors) Ltd.	Wallsend			For the Admiralty.
21 April		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
21 April	United Kingdom	Clelands (Successors) Ltd	Goole	Empire John	Tug	For Ministry of War Transport
22 April	United Kingdom	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling, West Dunbartonshire	Empire Griffin	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
22 April		Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Norwegian type tanker	For .
22 April	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
22 April					Modified
23 April		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	MMS 281		For Royal Navy.[11]
23 April		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 8		For the Admiralty.
24 April		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
26 April		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, VA
30 April	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee		Cargo ship	For Currie Line Ltd.
30 April		Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi		Type C3 troop transport	For U.S. Navy

May

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 May		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
2 May		Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.	Linthouse		Refrigerated cargo liner	For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.
3 May		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Collier	For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd.
3 May		William Denny & Bros. Ltd.	Dumbarton		MAC ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
4 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ocean type tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.[12]
4 May	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
4 May		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 9		For the Admiralty.
4 May	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.
4 May		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend		Escort carrier	For Royal Navy.
6 May		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
6 May	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Empire Jester	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
6 May	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Sara	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
6 May	United Kingdom	Richards Ironworks Ltd.	Lowestoft	Empire Sportsman	Coaster	For Ministry of War Transport.
6 May		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
7 May	United Kingdom				Modified
7 May	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Sybil	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
7 May		John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields		Cargo ship	For Pachesham Steamship Co.
10 may		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 10		For the Admiralty.
11 May		Öresunds Varve A/B	Landskrona	Eberhart Essberger	Cargo ship	For J T Essberger, Hamburg
12 May		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
17 May		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 11		For the War Department.
18 May	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Moor Line Ltd.
18 May		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		MAC tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
18 May	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For J. Nourse Ltd.
18 May		Fleming & Ferguson Ltd.	Paisley	MOWT 10	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
18 May		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
18 May	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee		Cargo ship	For Ocean Steamship Co.
20 May		William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick		Cargo ship	For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd.
20 May	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees		Standard Fast type cargo liner	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 May		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 May		J. & G. Thompson Ltd.	Clydebank			For Royal Navy.
20 May		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
21 May		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 30		For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport.
22 May		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light aircraft carrier	Converted cruiser hull
22 May	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd	Grangemouth	Empire Wrestler	Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport
23 May	United Kingdom	Henry Scarr Ltd.	Hessle	Empire Maisie	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
24 May	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Company.
24 May		Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon		C-type coaster	For Currie Line Ltd.
26 May	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Empire Townsman	Severn type collier, coaster	For the Ministry of War Transport.
26 May		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
27 May	Australia	Poole & Steel Limited	Balmain, New South Wales
28 May		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 12		For the Ministry of War Transport.
29 May		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne		Maple-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
29 May		Philadelphia Naval Yard	Philadelphia
31 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.[13]

June

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 June		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland			For Royal Navy.[14]
2 June		Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole		Coaster	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
2 June		Jos. L. Meyer	Papenburg	Bürgermeister O’Swald II	lightvessel
2 June		J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Barberrys Steamship Co. Ltd.
2 June	United Kingdom	J. S. Watson Ltd.	Gainsborough	Empire Mustang	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
2 June	United Kingdom	Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
2 June		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
2 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 14		For the Ministry of War Transport.
2 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 31		For the War Department.
2 June		S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		C-type coaster	For Wm France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.
5 June		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
5 June		Harland & Wolff	Govan			For Royal Navy.[15]
8 June		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
10 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 15		For the Admiralty.
15 June					Modified
15 June		CRDA	Trieste	Gladio		Built for Regia Marina but taken over by Germany as
17 June		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Cargo ship	For R. Chapman & Son.
17 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
17 June		Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Intermediate type tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 June		Harland & Wolff	Govan		MAC tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 June		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
17 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 32		For the War Department.
19 June	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
19 June		Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, VA		light cruiser
19 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 16		For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport.
19 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
20 June	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Empire Percy	Maple-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
21 June		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		MAC ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
22 June		Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth		Icemaid type collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 June		Bethlehem Steel Company	Quincy, MA		heavy cruiser
23 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 33		For Ministry of War Transport.
26 June		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 17		For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport.
29 June	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
29 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ocean typetanker	For Ministry of War Transport.[16]
30 June	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock		Cargo ship	For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd.
30 June		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
30 June		Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Manchester Liners Ltd.
30 June		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California

July

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 July	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Britain Steamship Co. Ltd.
1 July		Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	VIC 17	VIC lighter	For the War Department.
2 July		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend		MAC tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
2 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 34		For Ministry of War Transport.
3 July	Australia	Evans Deakin & Co	Brisbane
3 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	VIC 32	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.
5 July	United Kingdom	John Crown & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Empire Dolly	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
5 July		John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
7 July	United Kingdom				Modified
7 July		Delta Steamship Company	New Orleans		Liberty ship
7 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 35		For Ministry of War Transport.
10 July		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
10 July		Lübecker Flenderwerke AG	Lübeck		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft A/S & Co K
12 July	Australia	State Dockyard	Newcastle, New South Wales
12 July		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, California	Cape Berkeley		To Ministry of War Transport on completion under Lend-Lease
14 July		Deutsche Werft	Hamburg		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft
15 July		Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen		Cargo ship	For Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd.
15 July	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
15 July		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
15 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 36		For Ministry of War Transport.
16 July	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltdd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
16 July	United Kingdom
16 July		Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Tanker	For Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co. Ltd.
17 July		Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees		Standard Fast type cargo liner	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 July		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 July	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 July		Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	VIC 27	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.
17 July		Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, MA		light cruiser
19 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 20		For Ministry of War Transport.
20 July	United Kingdom	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland, Co Durham		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
20 July	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead		Cargo ship	For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd.
20 July		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole			For Royal Navy.[17]
20 July		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, Washington			Converted S4 merchant hull
20 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 18		For the War Department.
21 July		Cammel Laird & Co Ltd.	Birkenhead		MAC tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
24 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 21		For Ministry of War Transport.
29 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
30 July	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 July		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
31 July	United Kingdom	J L Thompson & Sons Ltd	Sunderland, Co Durham		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
31 July		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 19		For the War Department.

August

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 August		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light aircraft carrier	Converted cruiser hull
2 August		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Cargo ship	For R. Chapman & Son.
2 August		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
2 August	United Kingdom	A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	Empire Harlequin	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
<	---->			A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen		Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
3 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[18]
4 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
4 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 22		For Ministry of War Transport.
4 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 37		For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport.
13 August	United Kingdom	A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	Empire Pierrot	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
13 August		Deutsche Werft	Hamburg		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei
14 August	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
14 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 23		For the War Department.
15 August		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		large cruiser
16 August		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, California		Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship	For War Shipping Administration
16 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 38		For Ministry of War Transport.
16 August		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland			For Royal Navy.[19]
17 August		R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo ship	For Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd.
17 August		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
17 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[20]
17 August		Bethlehem Shipbuilding	Quincy, MA
19 August	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow			For Royal Navy.
19 August		Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
19 August	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd.
19 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[21]
19 August		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend		Cargo ship	For Port Line Ltd.
19 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 24		For the Admiralty.
20 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 39		For the War Department.
21 August		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
23 August	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Empire Runner	Severn type collier, collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 August	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Empire Skipper	Severn type collier, coaster	For Ministry of War Transport.
23 August		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
25 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 25		For the Admiralty.
25 August	Belgium	J Cockerill SA	Antwerp		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
28 August	United Kingdom
30 August		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, VA
30 August	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Dundee		Cargo ship	For Elder Dempster Lines.
30 August		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 40		For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August		S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		C-type coaster	For Wm. Cory & Sons Ltd.
31 August	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Troon		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August		John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August		Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth		Icemaid type collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
31 August		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Govan		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[22]

September

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 September		Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo ship	For Bullard, King & Co.
2 September	United Kingdom	Clelands (Successors) Ltd.	Willington Quay-on-Tyne	Empire Winnie		For the Admiralty.
2 September		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
3 September		Cochrane & Son Ltd.	Selby		Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
3 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 26		For the War Department.
3 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 41		For Ministry of War Transport.
9 September		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
9 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 27		For the Admiralty.
11 September		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
11 September	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd .	Selby	Empire Humphrey	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 July	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
14 September		Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole		Coaster	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
14 September	United Kingdom	Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
14 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 42		For Ministry of War Transport.
15 September	United Kingdom	J Scott & Sons Ltd	Bowling	Empire Rider	Coaster	For Ministry of War Transport
15 September	United Kingdom	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.`	Sunderland	Empire Beresford	Norwegian type Tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
15 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Newcastle-upon-Tyne		V-class submarine
16 September	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
17 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 28		For the Admiralty.
17 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 43		For the Admiralty.
18 September	United Kingdom	Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	Empire Cricketer	Empire Lad-class coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
20 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.[23]
22 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID		For the War Department.
25 September		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
25 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[24]
26 September		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light aircraft carrier	Converted cruiser hull
27 September		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
27 September		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
28 September		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland			For Royal Navy.[25]
28 September		Harland & Wolff	Govan			For Royal Canadian Navy.
29 September		Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Burntisland		MAC ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
29 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[26]
29 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 44		For the Admiralty.
29 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 47		For the Admiralty.
30 September		Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees			For Ministry of War Transport.
30 September	United Kingdom
30 September		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 45		For the Admiralty.

October

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 October	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
1 October	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Bibby Line.
2 October	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Empire Beaconsfield	Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
6 October		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull; Transferred to USN before commissioning as
6 October	United Kingdom				S3-class submarine
6 October		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 48		For the War Department.
9 October		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
10 October		Kaiser Co., Inc.	Richmond, California		General G. O. Squier-class transport ship	For United States Navy
11 October	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 October	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd	Grangemouth	Empire Settler	Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport
12 October		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		MAC ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
12 October		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 49		For the War Department.
14 October		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, CA	Cape Argos	Type C1 ship	For United States Maritime Commission
14 October	United Kingdom	Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd	Rowhedge	Empire Boxer	Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport
14 October	United Kingdom	Richardsons Ironworks Ltd.	Lowestoft	Empire Chuzzlewit	Coaster	For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as RFA Chattenden for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
14 October		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, VA
14 October		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Belfast		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[27]
14 October		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
14 October		J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Silver Line Ltd.
15 October		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
16 October		Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole		Coaster	For ICI (Alkali) Ltd.
16 October	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
18 October		Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
18 October		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 50		For the Admiralty.
20 October	Netherlands	C. Van der Giessen & Zonen's Scheepswerfen NV	Krimpen aan den IJssel		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
21 October	Belgium	J Cockerill SA	Hoboken		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Dampfschifffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun
24 October		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
25 October		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 51		For the Ministry of War Transport.
26 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.[28]
28 October		Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Intermediate type tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
29 October		Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
29 October	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
30 October		Mitsubishi Shipyard	Shimonoseki	Hishi Maru No 3	Tanker	For Mitsubishi Kisen KK
30 October	Australia	Evans Deakin & Co	Brisbane
30 October		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 46		For the Admiralty.
31 October	United Kingdom	John Crown & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Empire Belle	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
October		Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby			For the Admiralty.

November

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 November		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
1 November	United Kingdom	Henry Scarr Ltd.	Hessle	Empire Charles	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
2 November		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Govan		Tanker	For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.[29]
7 November		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, CA		Type C1-S-Ay-1 cargo ship	For War Shipping Administration
8 November		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
8 November		Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Company	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
9 November		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 52		For the Admiralty.
10 November	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock		Cargo ship	For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd.
10 November		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland			For Royal Navy.[30]
10 November	United Kingdom	A & J Inglis Ltd	Glasgow	Empire Harvest	Coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport
10 November		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne		Maple-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
10 November		R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd.	Newcastle on Tyne		Tanker	For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.
11 November		Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland		Cargo ship	For McCowan & Gross Ltd.
11 November	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd	Dundee		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
11 November	United Kingdom				Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 November		J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 November	United Kingdom
11 November		Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.
12 November		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		large cruiser
13 November		Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.	Barrow in Furness		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
14 November		Harland & Wolff Ltd.	Belfast		Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[31]
15 November		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
15 November		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, CA	Cape St. Vincent	Infantry Landing Ship
16 November	Australia	Poole & Steel Limited	Balmain, New South Wales
16 November		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 53		For the War Department.
17 November	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Camp	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
20 November		Basalt Rock Company	Napa, California
20 November		Deutsche Werft	Hamburg		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
22 November		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
22 November		Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard	Tacoma, WA			Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as
23 November		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 54		For the Admiralty.
25 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
27 November	United Kingdom	Clelands (Successors) Ltd.	Wallsend	Empire Aid		For the Admiralty.
27 November	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Empire Andrew	Maple-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
27 November	United Kingdom	A. Hall & Co. Ltd.	Aberdeen	Empire Ann	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
27 November		Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees			For Ministry of War Transport.
27 November		Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth		Empire Pym type tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
27 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
27 November		Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland			For Royal Navy.[32]
27 November		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 55		For the War Department.
28 November		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
29 November	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland			For Royal Navy.
30 November		Consolidated Steel Corporation	Wilmington, CA		Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship	For United States Maritime Commission

December

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
4 December		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
6 December		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 56		For the United States Army.
7 December		Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia
8 December	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd	Sunderland		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
10 December	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Baltimore, Maryland		Liberty Ship	For War Shipping Administration
10 December	United Kingdom	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
10 December		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 57		For the United States Army.
11 December		William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Scandinavian type cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 December		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
11 December	United Kingdom
11 December	United Kingdom	J. Harker Ltd.	Knottingley		Isles-class coastal tanker	For Ministry of War Transport.
11 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast			For Royal Navy.
13 December	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Silas	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
13 December	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Empire Sophy	Modified Warrior-type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	MMS 304		For Royal Navy.[33]
14 December	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Empire Betsy	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
14 December		Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, VA		light cruiser
16 December		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
17 December		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 58		For Ministry of War Transport.
17 December		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	VIC 36	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.
21 December	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland, Co Durham		Refrigerated cargo liner	For Ministry of War Transport
22 December	Netherlands	Van Vliet & Co	Hardinxveld		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Godeffroy & Co
22 December		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
23 December		Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	TID 59		For the War Department.
24 December		New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, NJ		light cruiser
24 December	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons	Sunderland, Co Durham		Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport
27 December	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd	Grangemouth		Icemaid type collier	For Ministry of War Transport.
27 December	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For J. Nourse Ltd.
28 December		Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland		Intermediate type tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
28 December		Bethlehem Steel Company	Quincy, MA		light cruiser
28 December		Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.	Linthouse		Refrigerated cargo liner	For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.
29 December		Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	CHANT 52	CHANT	For Ministry of War Transport.
29 December	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.
29 December		Kaiser Shipyards	Vancouver, WA			Converted S4 merchant hull
30 December	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Ellerman Limes.
30 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Refrigerated cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[34]
30 December		Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Hingham, Massachusetts
30 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England		light carrier
30 December	United Kingdom	Henry Scarr Ltd.	Hessle	Empire Walter	Near-Warrior type tug	For Ministry of War Transport.
December		Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd.	Hull	VIC 39	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.[35]

Unknown date

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
Unknown date		Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB	Gävle		Cargo ship	For Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH
Unknown date		Gutehoffnungschutte AG	Walsum	Binz	Coastal tanker	For Kriegsmarine
Unknown date		Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft	Lübeck		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For A. Kirsten
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W. J. Yarwood & Sons	Northwich	Empire Billow	Water carrier	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Company	Grangemouth		Collier	For Ministry of War Transport
Unknown date		Greifenwerft AG	Stettin	Georg	Coastal tanker	For Kriegsmarine.
Unknown date		Lidingö Nya Varv & Vaerkstaeder AB	Lidingö		Coaster	For H C Horn, requisition by Kriegsmarine on completion
Unknown date		Helsingørs Maskinbyggeri.	Helsingør		Cargo ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bathurst & Co	Tewkesbury	HDML 1246	Harbour Defence Motor Launch	For Royal Navy.[36]
Unknown date		Helsingborgs Varfs AB	Helsingborg		Cargo ship	For August Bolten Wm Müllers Nachtfolger
Unknown date		NV Werft Gusto	Schiedam		Hansa A Type cargo ship	For Fisser & Van Doornum
Unknown date					Tanker	For private owner.
Unknown date		Houston Shipbuilding Corp	Houston, Texas		Liberty ship	For War Shipping Administration
Unknown date		Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	MFV-35	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[37]
Unknown date		Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	MFV-36	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[38]
Unknown date		Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	MFV-37	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[39]
Unknown date		Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	MFV-38	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[40]
Unknown date		Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd.	Whitstable	MFV-57	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[41]
Unknown date		Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd.	Whitstable	MFV-58	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[42]
Unknown date		Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd.	Whitstable	MFV-101	Naval Motor Fishing Vessel	For Royal Navy.[43]
Unknown date		Nakskov Skibs Akt.	Nakskov		Hansa B type cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line.
Unknown date		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	MMS 234		For Royal Navy.[44]
Unknown date		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Chepstow	MOWT 4	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Chepstow	MOWT 6	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd.	Hebburn	MOWT 11	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd.	Hebburn	MOWT 12	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd.	Hebburn	MOWT 13	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd.	Hebburn	MOWT 14	Crane barge	For Ministry of War Transport.
Unknown date		Barry Graving Dock & Engineering Company	Barry	MOWT 28	Floating crane	For Ministry of War Transport.[45]
Unknown date		Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	MTB 681	Motor Torpedo Boat	For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date		W. & C. French Ltd.	Grays Thurrock	St. Anne	Concrete barge	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
Unknown date		W. & C. French Ltd.	Grays Thurrock	St. Asaph	Concrete barge	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
Unknown date		W. & C. French Ltd.	Grays Thurrock	St. Austell	Concrete barge	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
Unknown date		Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	VIC 28	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.
Unknown date		Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd.	Hull	VIC 38	VIC lighter	For the Admiralty.[47]
Unknown date		Duivendijks Scheepwerke	Lekkerkerk		Cargo ship	For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG
Unknown date		Gutehoffnungschutte AG.	Walsum	Unnamed	Tanker	For Kriegsmarine. Completed in 1946 as Kapitan Plaushevski for the Soviet Union.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: HMS Ready . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
2. Web site: HMS Oxna . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
3. Web site: MFV-22 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 24 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Narica . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
5. Web site: HMS Redpole . Naval History . 4 June 2020.
6. Web site: HMS Rinaldo . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
7. Web site: British Patience . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
8. Web site: Samanco . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
9. Web site: HMS Rosario . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
10. Web site: HMS Spanker . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
11. Web site: MMS 281 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
12. Web site: Empire Industry . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
13. Web site: Empire Outpost . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
14. Web site: Frome . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
15. Web site: HMS Helmsdale . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
16. Web site: Empire Traveller . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
17. Web site: MMS 282 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
18. Web site: HMS Pickle . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
19. Web site: Torridge . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
20. Web site: Sarmiento . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
21. Web site: HMS Pincher . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
22. Web site: Neritina . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
23. Web site: Waiwera . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
24. Web site: Pampas . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
25. Web site: Knaresborough Castle . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
26. Web site: HMS Plucky . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
27. Web site: Norrissia . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
28. Web site: HMS Recruit . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
29. Web site: San Vito . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
30. Web site: Duddon . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
31. Web site: Nassarius . The Yard . 1 March 2017.
32. Web site: Launceston Castle . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
33. Web site: MMS 304 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
34. Web site: Drina . The Yard . 28 February 2017.
35. Web site: VIC 39 . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
36. Web site: HDML 1246 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 27 September 2024 .
37. Web site: MFV-35 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
38. Web site: MFV-36 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
39. Web site: MFV-37 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
40. Web site: MFV-38 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
41. Web site: MFV-57 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 24 September 2024 .
42. Web site: MFV-58 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 24 September 2024 .
43. Web site: MFV-101 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 24 September 2024 .
44. Web site: MMS 234 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
45. Web site: M.O.W.T. 28 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 27 September 2024 .
46. Web site: MTB.681 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
47. Web site: VIC 38 . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .