List of ship launches in 1949 explained

The list of ship launches in 1949 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1949.

DateCountryBuilderLocationShipClass / typeNotes
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor Estrella Maritima SA.[1]
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor Estrella Maritima SA.[2]
Harland & WolffBelfastWhalerFor United Whalers Ltd.[3]
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandRefrigerated cargo shipFor Compagnia de Navigacion Carregadores Acoreanos.[4]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-198[5]
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor A/S Thor Thorsen.[6]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-196
Harland & WolffBelfastCargo shipFor Moss Hutchinson Line.[7]
Harland & WolffBelfastFerryFor Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[8]
Yarrow ShipbuildersGlasgow, Scotland destroyer
Harland & WolffBelfastFerryFor Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[9]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-199
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-200
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-201
Harland & WolffBelfastCargo shipFor Blue Funnel Line.[10]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-247
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandCargo shipFor Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsens Rederi.[11]
Harland & WolffBelfastWhalerFor United Whalers Ltd.[12]
Harland & WolffBelfastCargo shipFor Moss Hutchinson Line.[13]
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor Panama City Tanker Co.[14]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-251
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-249
Vickers-ArmstrongsBarrow-in-Furness, EnglandFor P&O
Harland & WolffBelfastWhalerFor United Whalers Ltd.[15]
FranceSociete des Ateliers & ChantiersDunkirkCambodgeOcean linerFor Messageries Maritimes
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-250
Harland & WolffBelfastCargo linerFor Blue Funnel Line.[16]
Harland & WolffBelfastWhalerFor Union Whaling Co.[17]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-248
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-252
Swan HunterWallsend, England destroyer
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor British Tanker Company.[18]
Harland & WolffBelfastWhalerFor Union Whaling Co. Completed as Arnt Karlsen.[19]
Harland & WolffBelfastPassenger shipFor Union-Castle Line.
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-253
Harland and WolffBelfast, Northern IrelandOcean linerFor Union-Castle Line
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-254
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-255
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor A/S Truma.[20]
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandTankerFor A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S.[21]
James Pollock & SonsFavershamAircraft transport shipFor Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldlynx for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd.
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-271
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-272
Harland & WolffBelfastResearch trawlerFor South African Government.[22]
Harland & WolffBelfastRefrigerated cargo shipFor Shaw Savill Line.[23]
Robin KilroySingaporeBolehjunk yacht[24]
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor Commons Bros. Ltd.[25]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-273
Harland & WolffBelfastTankerFor British Tanker Company.[26]
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandCargo shipFor Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsens Rederi.[27]
26 NovemberLübeckBrookFor H. M. Gehrcken[28]
Short Brothers Ltd.SunderlandTankerFor O. Wallenius.[29]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-274
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandCargo shipFor Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.[30]
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-275
Zelenodolsk Gorky PlantZelenedolskBO-276
1st QuarterBrooke Marine Ltd.LowestoftJorundurFishing trawlerFor Gudmundur Jorundsson.[31]
Unknown dateBlyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. LtdBlyth, NorthumberlandB.H.C. Motor Ferry No. 5FerryFor Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[32]
Unknown date Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.GreenockPassenger shipFor China Navigation Co. Ltd.
Unknown date J. Bolson & Son Ltd.PooleFieldMotor bargeFor Hayes Wharfe.[33]
Unknown date Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.GreenockPassenger shipFor China Navigation Co. Ltd.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cazador . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Explorador . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Setter IV . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Vila do Porto . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  5. Web site: Russian Ships. Large submarine chasers, border guard patrol ships Project 122bis. 25 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Vestfoss . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Amarna . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  8. Web site: Champavati . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  9. Web site: Rohidas . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  10. Web site: Helenus . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Vilhelm Torkildsen . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  12. Web site: Setter V . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  13. Web site: Assiout . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  14. Web site: Vikingen . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  15. Web site: Setter VI . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  16. Web site: Hector . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  17. Web site: Ernst Larsen . The Yard . 7 March 2017.
  18. Web site: British Captain . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  19. Web site: Arnt Karlsen . The Yard . 7 March 2017.
  20. Web site: Ternoy . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  21. Web site: Nelly Maersk . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  22. Web site: Africana II . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  23. Web site: Runic . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  24. Western Morning News, 2 September 1950
  25. Web site: Kurdistan . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  26. Web site: British Commander . The Yard . 6 March 2017.
  27. Web site: Fana . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  28. https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/schiffe/Vor-75-Jahren-Frachter-Brook-laeuft-in-Luebeck-vom-Stapel-,brook108.html
  29. Web site: Soya Christina . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 17 February 2023 .
  30. Web site: Baro . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  31. Web site: Jorundur . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
  32. Web site: B.H.C. Motor Ferry No. 5 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
  33. Web site: Field . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .