Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
22 January |
Sweden |
Öresundsvarvet |
Landskrona |
Rose |
Cargo ship |
For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S |
14 February |
United States |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding |
San Francisco |
Maury |
Gridley-class destroyer |
|
3 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Lochavon |
Cargo ship |
For Royal Mail Line.[2] |
13 March |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
Phoenix |
Brooklyn-class cruiser |
|
16 March |
Germany |
Deutsche Werft |
Hamburg |
Santa Cruz |
Cargo ship |
For Oldenburg Portuguese Line. |
17 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Belfast |
Town-class cruiser |
For Royal Navy. |
19 March |
Japan |
Mitsubishi |
Nagasaki |
Chikuma |
Tone-class cruiser |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
15 April |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
Newport News, Virginia |
St. Louis |
St. Louis-class cruiser |
|
16 April |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Benham |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
28 April |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Donax |
Tanker |
For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.[5] |
5 May |
United States |
Norfolk Navy Yard |
Norfolk, Virginia |
Rowan |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
5 May |
United States |
Norfolk Navy Yard |
Norfolk, Virginia |
Stack |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
14 May |
United States |
Boston Navy Yard |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Mayrant |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
14 May |
United States |
Boston Navy Yard |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Trippe |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
16 May |
Japan |
Kawasaki |
Kobe |
Mizuho |
Seaplane carrier |
|
31 May |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes |
Egret |
Egret-class sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
31 May |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Waimarama |
Cargo ship |
For Shaw Savill Line.[8] |
11 June |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Ellet |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
14 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Durban Castle |
Passenger ship |
For Union-Castle Line.[9] |
15 June |
Germany |
DeSchiMAG |
Bremen |
Karl Galster |
Type 1936-class destroyer |
|
28 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Dromus |
Tanker |
For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. |
28 June |
Japan |
Uraga Dock Company |
Uraga |
Shiranui |
Kagerō-class destroyer |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
|
29 June |
United Kingdom |
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. |
Dundee |
Glenearn |
Cargo ship |
For Blue Funnel Line. |
29 June |
United Kingdom |
Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. |
Grangemouth |
Robert Middleton |
Icemaid type collier |
For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
30 June |
United Kingdom |
Denny |
Dumbarton |
Auckland |
Egret-class sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
7 July |
Norway |
Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard |
Horten |
Gyller |
Sleipner-class destroyer |
|
17 July |
United Kingdom |
Smiths Dock Company |
South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough |
Bembridge |
Pilot cutter |
For Trinity House.[12] |
27 July |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
Wallsend, England |
Dominion Monarch |
Cargo liner |
For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line |
28 July |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird |
Birkenhead, England |
Mauretania |
Ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
28 July |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia |
Rhind |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
22 August |
Germany |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
Prinz Eugen |
Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser |
|
25 August |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
British Fidelity |
Tanker |
For British Tanker Company.[13] |
28 August |
Germany |
DeSchiMAG |
Bremen |
Wilhelm Heidkamp |
Type 1936-class destroyer |
|
28 August |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Lang |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
1 September |
Denmark |
Nylands Verksted |
Copenhagen |
Dr. Heinrich Wiegand |
Cargo ship |
For Argo Line. |
9 September |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn-on-Tyne |
Jervis |
J-class destroyer |
[14] |
12 September |
United Kingdom |
Thornycroft |
Woolston |
Pelican |
Egret-class sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
15 September |
Germany |
Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
Steiermark |
Cargo ship |
For Hamburg America Line. |
20 September |
Germany |
DeSchiMAG |
Bremen |
Anton Schmitt |
Type 1936-class destroyer |
|
22 September |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
Mircea |
Gorch-Fock-class sail training ship |
For Romanian Navy |
24 September |
Finland |
Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard |
Helsinki |
Sisu |
Icebreaker |
For Finnish Board of Navigation |
26 September |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes |
Jersey |
J-class destroyer |
|
27 September |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Queen Elizabeth |
Ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
27 September |
Japan |
Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Maizuru |
Kagerō |
Kagerō-class destroyer |
[15] |
29 September |
Germany |
Deschimag Seebeckwerft |
Wesermünde |
Jan Mayen |
Fishing trawler |
For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG |
September |
Germany |
Deschimag Seebeckwerft |
Wesermünde |
Weser |
Fishing trawler |
For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG |
11 October |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
Wallsend |
Janus |
J-class destroyer |
|
11 October |
United Kingdom |
Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
Glasgow |
San Demetrio |
Tanker |
For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. |
12 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Pretoria Castle |
Passenger ship |
For Union-Castle Line. |
25 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Cairndale |
Tanker |
For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[16] |
25 October |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank |
Jackal |
J-class destroyer |
[14] |
25 October |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn-on-Tyne |
Kelly |
K-class destroyer |
|
25 October |
Japan |
Fujinagata Shipyard |
Osaka |
Kuroshio |
Kagerō-class destroyer |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
27 October |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow & Company |
Scotstoun |
Jupiter |
J-class destroyer |
|
27 October |
United States |
Charleston Naval Shipyard |
North Charleston, South Carolina |
Sterett |
Benham-class destroyer |
|
October |
Germany |
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Bremen |
Neidenfels |
Cargo liner |
For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" |
8 November |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Richmond Castle |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
For Union-Castle Line.[17] |
22 November |
United Kingdom |
William Denny & Brothers |
Dumbarton |
Jaguar |
J-class destroyer |
|
29 November |
Japan |
Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Maizuru |
Oyashio |
Kagerō-class destroyer |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
8 December |
Germany |
Deutsche Werke |
Kiel |
Graf Zeppelin |
Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier |
|
8 December |
United Kingdom |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company |
Govan |
Juno |
J-class destroyer |
|
8 December |
Japan |
Harima Zōsen KK |
Aioi, Harima |
Kuroshio Maru |
Kawasaki-type oiler |
For Chigai Kisen KK |
8 December |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Rowallan Castle |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
For Union-Castle Line.[18] |
20 December |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
San Emiliano |
Tanker |
For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company.[19] |
21 December |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank |
Javelin |
J-class destroyer |
|
Unknown date |
Germany |
Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft |
Lübeck |
Adler |
Cargo liner |
For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co |
Unknown date |
Danzig |
Danziger Werft AG |
Danzig |
Amrum |
Coastal tanker |
For Kriegsmarine. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. |
Goole |
Barcombe |
Bar-class boom defence vessel |
For Royal Navy. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. |
Goole |
Barcroft |
Bar-class boom defence vessel |
For Royal Navy. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Son Ltd. |
Selby |
Brahman |
Tug |
For United Towing Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Schulte & Bruns |
Emden |
Coburg |
Fishing trawler |
For H. Bischoff & Co |
Unknown date |
Netherlands |
Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij |
Vlissingen |
Denbighshire |
Cargo ship |
For Blue Funnel Line. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. |
Sunderland |
Eisdanger |
Norwegian-type tanker |
For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Neptun Werft |
Rostock |
Friedrich Karl |
Cargo ship |
For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH |
Unknown date |
Germany |
F. Schichau GmbH. |
Elbing |
Gabelsflach |
tanker |
For Kriegsmarine. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft |
Flensburg |
Haga |
Cargo ship |
For Mathies Reederei |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Neptun AG |
Rostock |
Hannah Boge |
Cargo ship |
For J. M. K. Blumenthal. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau |
Stettin |
Hohenfels |
Cargo ship |
For Hansa Line. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
|
John Holt |
Cargo ship |
For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
|
Johnathan Holt |
Cargo ship |
For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Son Ltd. |
Selby |
Krooman |
Tug |
For United Towing Co Ltd. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, |
Wesermünde |
Luna |
Passenger ship |
For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line). |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Charles Connell & Co Ltd |
Glasgow |
Mountpark |
Cargo ship |
For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrne & Sons Ltd. |
Selby |
Marinia |
tug |
For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrne & Sons Ltd. |
Selby |
Neptunia |
tug |
For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Son Ltd. |
Selby |
Norman |
Tug |
For United Towing Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Deutsche Werft. |
Hamburg |
Patria |
Ocean liner |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Deutsche Werft |
Hamburg |
Pomona |
Cargo ship |
For F. Laiesz & Co. |
Unknown date |
United States |
Campbell Industries |
San Diego |
Prospect |
Tuna clipper |
For Star & Crescent Boat Company |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Studen und Reederei GmbH |
Beidenfleth |
Sachsen |
Sealer |
For Studen und Reederei GmbH. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Sons Ltd. |
Selby |
Salvonia |
tug |
For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. |
Sunderland |
Sandanger |
Norwegian-type tanker |
For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S. |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Howaldtswerke |
Kiel |
Schwan |
Cargo ship |
For Argo Line |
Unknown date |
Germany |
H. C. Stulcken |
Hamburg |
Sperber |
Light seaplane tender |
For Luftwaffe use |
Unknown date |
Germany |
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Bremen |
Süderau |
Cargo ship |
For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG |
Unknown date |
Sweden |
Oresunds Varvet. |
Landskrona |
Viator |
Cargo ship |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Norway |
Moss Vaerft & Dokk. |
Moss |
Wandsbek |
Cargo ship |
For Knohr & Burchard. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Charles Connell & Co Ltd |
Glasgow |
Wellpark |
Cargo ship |
For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. |