List of ship launches in 1942
The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1942.
January
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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5 January | ![]() | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Empire Fairy | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[1] |
5 January | ![]() | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Roamer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[2] |
6 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Bede | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
6 January | ![]() | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Manaar | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd.[3] |
13 January | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Spruce | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[4] |
15 January | ![]() | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Baltyk | Cargo ship | For Polish Government.[5] |
15 January | ![]() | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Bogue | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
15 January | ![]() | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Blean | Hunt-class destroyer | |
15 January | ![]() | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Dyke | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[6] |
15 January | ![]() | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Forest | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[7] |
15 January | ![]() | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Jill | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[6] |
15 January | ![]() | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Knight | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[8] |
15 January | ![]() | Yarrow & Co. Ltd | Scotstoun, Glasgow | Oakley | Hunt-class destroyer | Sold in 1958 to West Germany as Gneisenau |
15 January | ![]() | Clelands (Successors) Ltd | Wallsend | Empire Dyke | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
15 January | ![]() | John Readhead & Sons Ltd | South Shields | Empire Forest | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
15 January | ![]() | S P Austin & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Jill | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
16 January | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Queenborough | Q-class destroyer | To Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Queenborough 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1975 |
17 January | ![]() | HMA Naval Dockyard | Williamstown, Victoria | Echuca | Bathurst-class corvette | |
17 January | ![]() | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Barrie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Empire Chapman | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[9] |
17 January | ![]() | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Marvell | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[10] |
17 January | ![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Purcell | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[11] |
19 January | ![]() | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Goblin | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[1] |
29 January | ![]() | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Lily | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[12] |
29 January | ![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Tennyson | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[13] |
20 January | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow in Furness | Empire March | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[14] |
20 January | ![]() | Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Palm | Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[15] |
20 January | ![]() | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | San Victoria | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.[16] |
24 January | ![]() | Morts Dock & Engineering Co | Sydney | Armidale | Bathurst-class corvette | |
29 January | ![]() | Alexander Stephens & Sons | Govan, Glasgow | Bramham | Hunt-class destroyer | To the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Themistocles |
30 January | ![]() | Evans Deakin & Co | Brisbane | Gympie | Bathurst-class corvette | |
30 January | ![]() | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Tahsinia | Cargo ship | For Anchor Line Ltd.[17] |
31 January | ![]() | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Quiberon | Q-class destroyer | |
31 January | ![]() | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Punch | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[18] |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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4 October | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 23 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[57] |
7 October | ![]() | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Pybus | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
8 October | ![]() | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Ascot | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co. [67] |
10 October | ![]() | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Clansman | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport.[24] |
10 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Mutine | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
12 October | ![]() | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Faun | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[107] |
12 October | ![]() | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Harry | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty.[108] |
13 October | ![]() | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Kite | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
13 October | ![]() | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Naranio | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[71] |
14 October | ![]() | Fairfield | Govan, Glasgow | Starling | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
14 October | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scoutstoun, Glasgow | Wild Goose | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
17 October | ![]() | J Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Reaper | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport.[109] |
18 October | ![]() | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Baffins | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
18 October | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | Princeton | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
23 October | ![]() | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Chyebassa | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[65] |
23 October | ![]() | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Harlesden | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison Ltd.[110] |
23 October | ![]() | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | Oakland | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
24 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bruiser | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[111] |
24 October | ![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | SS Empire Record (2) | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[112] |
24 October | ![]() | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Gear | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
25 October | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Seraph | Maple-type tug | For the Admiralty.[60] |
27 October | ![]() | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Bonaventure | Cargo ship | For the Admiralty. Completed as HMS Bonaventure.[113] |
January | ![]() | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Papanui | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.[114] |
28 October | ![]() | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Coulgorm | Cargo ship | For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd.[55] |
28 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Onyx | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[115] |
28 October | ![]() | Scotts Shipbuilding | Greenock | Rocket | R-class destroyer | |
29 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Empire Torrent | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
October | ![]() | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 15 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[38] |
November
December
Unknown date
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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Unknown date | ![]() | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Barnsdale H. | Motor barge | For J. Harker Ltd.[109] |
Unknown date | ![]() | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Bishops Terrier | Lighter | For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd.[135] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Boelke | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
Unknown date | Danisch Wold | Coastal tanker | ||||
Unknown date | ![]() | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Blossom | Cargo ship | For the Imperial Japanese Navy |
Unknown date | ![]() | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Flandern | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | ![]() | Elsflether Werft AG | Elsfleth | Flemhude | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine.[136] |
Unknown date | ![]() | D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Grete | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine |
Unknown date | ![]() | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Gyoten Maru | Cargo ship | For Japanese Government.[125] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Helgoland | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | ![]() | Hilde | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine.[137] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() | Nakskov Skibs Akt. | Nakskov | Karin K. Bornhofen | Cargo ship | For R. Bornhofen.[138] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted | Sarpsborg | Marsteinen | Coastal tanker | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 1 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[64] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 2 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[64] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 3 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[64] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 5 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[64] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Pinklake | Tug | For River Lighterage Co. Ltd.[139] |
Unknown date | ![]() | J. Hay & Sons Ltd. | Kirkintilloch | VIC 18 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[140] |
Unknown date | ![]() | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Vipya | Ferry | For Nyasaland Railways.[141][142] |
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