The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1942.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 5 January |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 6 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 6 January | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. | ||
| 12 January | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | For Royal Navy.[1] | ||||
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Spruce | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 15 January | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cargo ship | For Polish Government. | |||
| 15 January |  United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | ||||
| 15 January | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 15 January | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 15 January | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Yarrow & Co. Ltd | Scotstoun, Glasgow | Sold in 1958 to West Germany as Gneisenau | |||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd | Wallsend | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd | South Shields | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 15 January | United Kingdom | S P Austin & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Jill | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Q-class destroyer | To Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Queenborough 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1975 | ||
| 17 January |  Australia | HMA Naval Dockyard | Williamstown, Victoria | ||||
| 17 January | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Barrie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 17 January | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 17 January | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Goblin | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 29 January | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 29 January | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 20 January | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow in Furness | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Palm | Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 20 January | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. | |||
| 24 January | Australia | Morts Dock & Engineering Co | Sydney | ||||
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephens & Sons | Govan, Glasgow | To the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Themistocles | |||
| 30 January | Australia | Evans Deakin & Co | Brisbane | ||||
| 30 January | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Anchor Line Ltd. | ||||
| 31 January | Australia | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Q-class destroyer | |||
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Punch | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Transferred to Greece in 1942 as Adrias | |||
| 3 February | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Collier | For London Power Co. Ltd. | |||
| 5 February | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[2] | ||||
| 7 February | Australia | Cockatoo Docks & Engineering | Sydney | destroyer | |||
| 10 February | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 4 | VIC lighter | For the War Department. | ||
| 12 February | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | light cruiser | |||
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 15 February | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 16 February | United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | battleship | |||
| 16 February | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 17 February | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 17 February | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 17 February | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[3] | |||
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Sprite | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 18 February | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as British Vigilance.[4] | |||
| 18 February | Australia | Poole & Steel | Balmain, New South Wales | ||||
| 19 February | United Kingdom | G. Brown & Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Dweller | coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 19 February | United States | Bath Iron Works | Fletcher-class destroyer | For US Navy | |||
| 19 February | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | O-class destroyer | |||
| 21 February | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | O-class destroyer | |||
| 21 February | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 19 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 23 February | United Kingdom | G Brown & Co Ltd | Greenock | Empire Audrey | coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 27 February | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Q-class destroyer | To Australia as HMAS Quadrant 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1962 |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March | Schichau | Königsberg | light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe | |||
| 2 March | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tanker | For United Africa Co. Ltd. | |||
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Fairfield | Govan, Glasgow | M-class destroyer | Loaned to the Polish Navy and renamed ORP Orkan | ||
| 4 March | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[5] | ||||
| 4 March | Australia | Walkers Limited | Maryborough | ||||
| 5 March | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. | |||
| 5 March | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 5 March | United States | Western Pipe & Steel | Converted C3 merchant freighter | ||||
| 5 March | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | ||||
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 5 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Cadet | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun, Glasgow | ||||
| 7 March | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Empire Cherub | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 16 March | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | C-type coaster | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. | |||
| 17 March | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[6] | |||
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow in Furness | ||||
| 18 March | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 18 March | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Reardon Smith Line Ltd. | ||||
| 18 March | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | VIC 6 | VIC lighter | For the War Department. | ||
| 19 March | Hooghly Engineering and Docking Co. | Calcutta | minesweeping trawler | ||||
| 19 March | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 19 March | Schichau | Königsberg | light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe | |||
| 20 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | light cruiser | |||
| 21 March | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | R-class destroyer | To Indian Navy as Rajput 1949; scrapped 1976 | ||
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 24 March | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Wold | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 31 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Reardon Smith Line Ltd. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Sam | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Willis Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 1 June | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | |||
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Q-class destroyer | |||
| 1 June | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | R-class destroyer | |||
| 2 June | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Boswell | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Cupid | Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 2 June | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd. | |||
| 4 June | United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire Meadow | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 4 June | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 9 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 6 June | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 10 June | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | light cruiser | |||
| 11 June | Australia | Walkers Limited | Maryborough | ||||
| 13 June | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cargo ship | For Austin Friars Steamship Co. | |||
| 15 June | United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 16 June | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 17 June | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | |||
| 19 June | Australia | Mort's Dock & Engineering Co | Balmain, New South Wales | ||||
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun, Glasgow | ||||
| 23 June | Australia | Poole & Steel | Balmain, New South Wales | ||||
| 24 June | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[16] | ||||
| 25 June |  Canada | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | destroyer | |||
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 27 June | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southamton | ||||
| 27 June | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 27 June | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[17] | ||||
| 27 June | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 27 June | United States | Permanente Metals | Richmond, California | Ocean ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Damsel | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 29 June | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Titan | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Modified | |||
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For the Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 30 June | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For the Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 30 June | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[18] | |||
| Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | tanker | For . | ||||
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For National Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 30 June | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 8 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Empire Bombardier. | |||
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 11 August | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Modified | |||
| 12 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[21] | ||||
| 13 August | Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. | Troon | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 21 August | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 233 | For Royal Navy.[22] | |||
| 22 August | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull | ||
| 23 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 25 August | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 25 August | Canada | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | destroyer | |||
| 25 August | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Constants Ltd. | ||
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scoutstoun, Glasgow | Modified | |||
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Roach | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 26 August | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | heavy cruiser | |||
| 27 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 27 August | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Troon | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 27 August | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Ned | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Pixie | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 27 August | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | ||||
| 28 August | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Collier | For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd. | |||
| 28 August | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For National Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Trader Navigation Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 30 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | ||||
| 31 August | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[23] | |||
| 31 August | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 31 August | United States | Liberty ship | |||||
| August | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 14 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September | United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 2 September | John Crown & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 2 September | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 2 September | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 22 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 7 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Cargo ship | For Currie Line Ltd. | ||
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Cadet | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport | |
| 10 September | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 10 September | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | For the Admiralty. | ||||
| 11 September | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 11 September | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 12 September | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Sold to Federal German Navy in 1959 as Brommy | |||
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 14 September | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 17 September | United States | Electric Boat Company | Groton, Connecticut | ||||
| 19 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | |||
| 20 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Ariel | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 22 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[24] | ||||
| 23 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[25] | |||
| 23 September | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | ||||
| 23 September | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | Tanker | For Eagle Oil Co. Ltd.[26] | |||
| 24 September | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | C-type coaster | For . | |||
| 24 September | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Modified | |||||
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Minnow | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Newcastle upon Tyne | Modified S-class destroyer | |||
| 24 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[27] | |||
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Strick Line (1923) Ltd. | ||||
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 25 September | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 25 September | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | ||||
| 25 September | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. | |||
| 25 September | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | |||
| 26 September | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. | |||
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Denis | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 27 September | United States | Western Pipe & Steel | Converted C3 merchant freighter | ||||
| 28 September | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 29 September | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For The Albyn Line Ltd. | |||
| 30 September | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 October | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 23 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 7 October | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co. | ||
| 10 October | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | For Royal Navy.[28] | ||||
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 10 October | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 12 October | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Harry | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Modified | |||
| 13 October | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | |||
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Fairfield | Govan, Glasgow | Modified | |||
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scoutstoun, Glasgow | Modified | |||
| 17 October | United Kingdom | J Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Reaper | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 18 October | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 18 October | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull | ||
| 23 October | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. | ||
| 23 October | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For J. & C. Harrison Ltd. | ||||
| 23 October | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | light cruiser | |||
| 24 October | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[29] | |||
| 24 October | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 24 October | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | ||||
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Seraph | Maple-type tug | For the Admiralty. | |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Cargo ship | For the Admiralty. Completed as HMS Bonaventure. | ||
| Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 28 October | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd. | |||
| 28 October | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy.[30] | ||||
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding | Greenock | R-class destroyer | |||
| 29 October | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| October | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 15 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Orange, Texas | ||||
| 5 November | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 24 | VIC lighter | For the Ministry of Supply. | ||
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Modified | |||||
| 9 November | United Kingdom | John Readhead and Sons | South Shields | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 9 November | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 9 November | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Trader Navigatinon Co. Ltd. | |||
| 9 November | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. | |||
| 10 November | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 10 November | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Empire Lad-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 10 November | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Troon | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 10 November | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Rupert | For the Admiralty. | ||
| 10 November | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | For the Admiralty. | ||||
| 11 November | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |||
| 11 November | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding | Wilmington, North Carolina | Liberty ship | |||
| 11 November | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | |||
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 20 November | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. | Paisley | MOWT 8 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 21 November | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[31] | |||
| 21 November | United Kingdom | C Connell & Co Ltd | Scotstoun | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 22 November | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | ||||
| 23 November | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | C-type coaster | For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. | |||
| 23 November | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Icemaid type collier | For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd. | |||
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Oberon | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | ||||
| 23 November | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Tanker | For Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co. Ltd. | |||
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 24 November | Harland & Wolff | Govan | For Royal Navy.[32] | ||||
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd | Barrow in Furness | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For British Phosphate Commissioners. | ||||
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Modified | |||||
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 December | Australia | Poole & Steel | Sydney | ||||
| 6 December | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull | ||
| 6 December | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Blyth | Empire Rosa | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 7 December | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | For Royal Navy.[33] | ||||
| 7 December | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | ||||
| 7 December | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia | ||||
| 8 December | Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Cargo ship | For Japanese Government. Completed at Gyoku Maru. | ||
| 8 December | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | light cruiser | |||
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 8 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 9 December | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Icemaid type collier | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. | |||
| 9 December | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Cargo ship | For John Holt Ltd. | |||
| 9 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding | Greenock | R-class destroyer | |||
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scoutstoun, Glasgow | Modified | |||
| 12 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy. | |||
| 17 December | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cargo ship | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd. | |||
| 18 December | United States | Liberty ship | |||||
| 18 December | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 19 December | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | ||||
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Nolisement Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||||
| 21 December | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. | |||
| 21 December | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co Ltd. | |||
| 21 December | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | |||||
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | ||
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Titania | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Cargo ship | For Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. | ||
| 22 December | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | ||||
| 22 December | United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire Ben | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | |
| 22 December | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | For the Admiralty. | ||||
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. | ||||
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Intermediate type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 23 December | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Burntisland | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 23 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| 23 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[34] | |||
| 23 December | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | light cruiser | |||
| 23 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[35] | |||
| 26 December | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 28 December | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 28 December | United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Pedro, California | For Lend-Lease | |||
| 29 December | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | |||
| 30 December | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | |||
| 31 December | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | ||||
| 31 December | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Demon | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown date | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Barnsdale H. | Motor barge | For J. Harker Ltd. | ||
| Unknown date | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Bishops Terrier | Lighter | For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd. | ||
| Unknown date | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | For the Luftwaffe | ||||
| Unknown date | Danisch Wold | Coastal tanker | |||||
| Unknown date | Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Blossom | Cargo ship | For the Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| Unknown date |  Norway | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Flandern | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion | |
| Unknown date | Elsflether Werft AG | Elsfleth | Flemhude | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine. | ||
| Unknown date | D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Grete | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine | ||
| Unknown date | Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Cargo ship | For Japanese Government. | ||
| Unknown date | Norway | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Helgoland | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion | |
| Unknown date | Hilde | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine. | ||||
| Unknown date | Nakskov Skibs Akt. | Nakskov | Cargo ship | For R. Bornhofen. | |||
| Unknown date | Norway | Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted | Sarpsborg | Marsteinen | Coastal tanker | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion | |
| Unknown date | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MGB 622 | Fairmile D motor gun boat | For Royal Navy.[36] | ||
| Unknown date | Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. | Whitstable | MFV-21 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy.[37] | ||
| Unknown date | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 58 | For Royal Navy.[38] | |||
| Unknown date | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 202 | For Royal Navy.[39] | |||
| Unknown date | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 1 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| Unknown date | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 2 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| Unknown date | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 3 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| Unknown date | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 5 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. | ||
| Unknown date | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Tug | For River Lighterage Co. Ltd. | |||
| Unknown date | J. Hay & Sons Ltd. | Kirkintilloch | VIC 18 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | ||
| Unknown date | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Ferry | For Nyasaland Railways.[40] | |||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bathurst & Co | Tewkesbury | Unnamed | Steamship | For Admiralty.[41] |
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