List of ship launches in 1947

The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.

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.[4]
25 March United Kingdom 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]
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.[4]
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.[22]
Unknown date United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Falaise Ferry For Southern Railway.[23]
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 States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Pemex 464 Tank barge For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos.[29]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Pemex 465 Tank barge For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos.[29]
Unknown date United States Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia Persian Knot Type C1 ship For private owner.[30]
Unknown date United States Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia Ring Hitch Type C1 ship For private owner.[30]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-133 Barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-134 Barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-135 Barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama SK-136 Barge For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29]
Unknown date United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama Five vessels Tank barges For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos; prefixed "Pemex", likely followed by a number.[29]
Unknown date United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Unnamed Motor yacht For private owner.[31]
Unknown date United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Unnamed Barge For R. & J. H. Rea Ltd.[32]

References

  1. ^ "Khalafabad". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "La Heve". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Salinas". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 105.
  5. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Soochow". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
  8. ^ "Leinster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Kantara". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Thorshavet". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Pretoria Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Pelorus". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Lotorium". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Karnak". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Melbourne Star". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Edinburgh Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Penlee". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Equity I". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  21. ^ "British Ranger". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
  24. ^ "MFV.439". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  25. ^ "MFV.440". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  26. ^ "MFV.441". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  27. ^ "MFV.442". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  28. ^ "MFV.1225". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  30. ^ a b "SOUTHEASTERN SHIPBUILDING". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  31. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  32. ^ "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.
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