The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.
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Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
8 January |
United Kingdom |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Greenock |
Agapenor |
Cargo ship |
For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd. |
4 February |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Worcester |
Worcester-class cruiser |
First of class |
6 February |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
Khalafabad |
Tank barge |
For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd.[1] |
20 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
La Heve |
Cargo ship |
For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique.[2] |
25 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Parthia |
Cargo liner |
For Cunard Line |
7 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Salinas |
Cargo ship |
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[3] |
23 March |
United Kingdom |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Empire Stroma |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
25 March |
United Kingdom |
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Acheron |
Amphion-class submarine |
|
25 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Munster |
Ferry |
For Coast Lines.[5] |
25 March |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Salem |
Des Moines-class cruiser |
|
9 April |
Soviet Union |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
BO-183 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
|
9 April |
Soviet Union |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
BO-184 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
|
9 April |
Soviet Union |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
BO-185 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
|
22 April |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Centaur |
Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
For Royal Navy. |
23 April |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Soochow |
Ferry |
For The China Navigation Company.[6] |
27 April |
Soviet Union |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
BO-181 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
|
27 April |
Soviet Union |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
BO-182 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
|
28 April |
United Kingdom |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Sunderland |
Empire Ronaldsay |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
7 May |
United Kingdom |
John Brown and Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Suffolk Ferry |
Train ferry |
For London and North Eastern Railway |
16 May |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Albion |
Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
|
20 May |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Leinster |
Ferry |
For Coast Lines.[8] |
3 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Kantara |
Cargo ship |
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[9] |
16 June |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Roanoke |
Worcester-class cruiser |
|
17 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Imperial Star |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
For Blue Star Line.[10] |
19 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Thorshavet |
Factory ship |
For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd.[11] |
15 August |
United Kingdom |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Zarian |
Cargo ship |
For United Africa Co. Ltd |
16 August |
United Kingdom |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Empire Birdsay |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
19 August |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Pretoria Castle |
Passenger ship |
For Union-Castle Line.[12] |
29 August |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Salamanca |
Cargo ship |
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[13] |
2 September |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Pelorus |
Pilot tender |
For Trinity House.[14] |
16 September |
United States |
Mare Island Navy Yard |
Vallejo, California |
Tiru |
Balao-class submarine |
|
30 September |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Lotorium |
Tanker |
For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[15] |
2 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Karnak |
Cargo ship |
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[16] |
2 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Melbourne Star |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
For Blue Star Line.[17] |
14 October |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Armstrong |
Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Orcades |
Ocean liner |
For Orient Line |
16 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Edinburgh Castle |
Passenger ship |
For Union-Castle Line.[18] |
30 October |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Caronia |
Ocean liner/Cruise ship |
For Cunard Line |
30 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Penlee |
Pilot tender |
For Trinity House.[19] |
7 November |
Germany |
Flender Werke |
Lübeck |
Empire Ely |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of Transport |
8 November |
United Kingdom |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
Equity I |
Fishing trawler |
For Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.[20] |
11 December |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
British Ranger |
Tanker |
For British Tanker Company.[21] |
20 December |
Australia |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Tobruk |
Battle-class destroyer |
|
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. |
Glasgow |
Dwarka |
Cargo liner |
For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
William Denny and Brothers |
Dumbarton |
Falaise |
Ferry |
For Southern Railway. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
MFV-439 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
For Royal Navy.[24] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
MFV-440 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
For Royal Navy, completed as commercial vessel.[25] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
MFV-441 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
For Royal Navy.[26] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
MFV-442 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
For Royal Navy.[27] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Berthon Boat Co. Ltd |
Lymington |
MFV.1225 |
Motor Fishing Vessel |
For Royal Navy.[28] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
Unnamed |
Motor yacht |
For private owner.[29] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
Unnamed |
Barge |
For R. & J. H. Rea Ltd.[30] |
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| This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2023) |
"Khalafabad". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"Karnak". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
"Penlee". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
"Equity I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
"MFV.439". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"MFV.440". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"MFV.441". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"MFV.442". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"MFV.1225". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- Sources
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.