List of ship launches in 1940
The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1940.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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9 January | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Fernie | Hunt-class destroyer | |
24 January | ![]() |
Sun Shipbuilding | Mormacmail | Merchant | Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941 | |
24 January | ![]() |
Smiths Dock Company | River Tees | Gladiolus | Flower-class corvette | |
25 January | ![]() |
Vickers-Armstrongs | Tyneside | Exmoor | Hunt-class destroyer | |
29 January | ![]() |
Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Berkeley | Hunt-class destroyer | |
8 February | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Holderness | Hunt-class destroyer | |
13 February | ![]() |
Scotts | Greenock | Pytchley | Hunt-class destroyer | |
14 February | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Garth | Hunt-class destroyer | |
22 February | ![]() |
Yarrow | Glasgow | Cattistock | Hunt-class destroyer | |
24 February | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Anson | King George V-class battleship | |
28 February | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Duke of York | King George V-class battleship | |
February | ![]() |
G. Seebeck A.G. | Wesermünde | Malangen | Trawler | Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg |
4 March | ![]() |
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Markay | Maritime Commission Type N tanker | |
6 March | ![]() |
Chantiers de la Loire and Chantiers de Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Jean Bart | Richelieu-class battleship | |
27 March | ![]() |
J. Samuel White | Cowes | Quorn | Hunt-class destroyer | |
9 April | ![]() |
Fairfield | Govan | Howe | King George V-class battleship | |
9 April | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Mendip | Hunt-class destroyer | |
22 April | ![]() |
Scotts | Greenock | Quantock | Hunt-class destroyer | |
22 April | ![]() |
Hawthorn Leslie | Newcastle | Lightning | L-class destroyer | |
24 April | ![]() |
Yarrow | Glasgow | Cleveland | Hunt-class destroyer | |
7 May | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Nerissa | N-class destroyer | To Poland as Piorun 1940, returned as HMS Noble 1946, sold for scrap in 1955 |
9 May | ![]() |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole, Yorkshire | Fiddown | Coaster | For S Morris Ltd, Dublin |
22 May | ![]() |
Fairfield | Govan | Napier | N-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
1 June | ![]() |
Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Washington | North Carolina-class battleship | |
5 June | ![]() |
Alexander Stephens and Sons | Glasgow | Tynedale | Hunt-class destroyer | |
7 June | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Meynell | Hunt-class destroyer | |
9 June | ![]() |
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Roma | Littorio-class battleship | For Regia Marina |
13 June | ![]() |
New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | North Carolina | North Carolina-class battleship | |
4 July | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Nizam | N-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
5 July | ![]() |
J. Samuel White | Cowes | Southdown | Hunt-class destroyer | |
8 July | ![]() |
Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Gurkha | L-class destroyer | |
9 July | ![]() |
Fairfield | Govan | Nestor | N-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
16 July | ![]() |
Alexander Stephens and Sons | Glasgow | Whaddon | Hunt-class destroyer | |
18 July | ![]() |
Yarrow | Glasgow | Cotswold | Hunt-class destroyer | |
23 July | ![]() |
Blythswood Shipbuilding | Scotstoun | Empire Oil | Dale-class oiler | For the Ministry of Shipping |
29 July | ![]() |
Schichau | Königsberg | Falke | Bussard-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
1 August | ![]() |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Bathurst | Bathurst-class corvette | |
5 August | ![]() |
Barrow-in-Furness | Erne | Black Swan-class sloop | ||
6 August | ![]() |
Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Blencathra | Hunt-class destroyer | |
10 August | ![]() |
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co | Sydney | Lismore | Bathurst-class corvette | |
19 August | ![]() |
R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Bronze | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
19 August | ![]() |
Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Liddesdale | Hunt-class destroyer | |
20 August | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Eridge | Hunt-class destroyer | |
22 August | ![]() |
Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Ruotsinsalmi | Minelayer | For Finnish Navy |
24 August | ![]() |
Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Vaterland | passenger ship | For HAPAG |
2 September | ![]() |
Lithgows | Greenock | Empire Frost | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
2 September | ![]() |
Schichau | Königsberg | Hans Albrecht Wedel | Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
5 September | ![]() |
Yarrow | Glasgow | Cottesmore | Hunt-class destroyer | |
15 September | ![]() |
Cochrane & Sons | Selby | Celia | Shakespearian-class trawler | For Royal Navy |
30 September | ![]() |
Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Brocklesby | Hunt-class destroyer | |
30 September | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Farndale | Hunt-class destroyer | |
1 October | ![]() |
William Denny and Brothers | Sutlej | Black Swan-class sloop | ||
2 October | ![]() |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Jupiter | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Souci |
3 October | ![]() |
J L Thompson & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Breeze | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
16 October | ![]() |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Cliff | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
20 October | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Heythrop | Hunt-class destroyer | |
23 October | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Avon Vale | Hunt-class destroyer | |
25 October | ![]() |
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co | Sydney | Burnie | Bathurst-class corvette | |
30 October | ![]() |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Saturn | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Reproche |
30 October | ![]() |
John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton | Norman | N-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
4 November | ![]() |
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering | Greenock | Lookout | L-class destroyer | |
13 November | ![]() |
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Deep | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
13 November | ![]() |
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Gat | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
16 November | ![]() |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Goulburn | Bathurst-class corvette | |
16 November | ![]() |
William Denny and Brothers | Jumna | Black Swan-class sloop | ||
21 November | ![]() |
Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Comet | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
21 November | ![]() |
Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Dew | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 November | ![]() |
Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio Hudson | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942 |
28 November | ![]() |
Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Ibis | Black Swan-class sloop | ||
28 November | ![]() |
Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Lance | L-class destroyer | |
30 October | ![]() |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Merkur | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Peur |
30 October | ![]() |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Uranus | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Pareil |
30 October | ![]() |
Vickers-Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle | Marne | M-class destroyer | Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak |
30 October | ![]() |
Vickers-Armstrong | River Tyne | Oakley | Hunt-class destroyer | To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941 |
4 December | ![]() |
J. Samuel White | Cowes | Silverton | Hunt-class destroyer | To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941 |
10 December | ![]() |
Williamstown Naval Dockyard | Williamstown, Victoria | Ballarat | Bathurst-class corvette | |
10 December | ![]() |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Robin Doncaster | Type C2-S cargo ship | Built for Robin Line, but requisitioned on completion and delivered to Ministry of War Transport as Empire Curlew. |
12 December | ![]() |
Vickers-Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle | Martin | M-class destroyer | |
14 December | ![]() |
William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Dawn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
14 December | ![]() |
Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Lamerton | Hunt-class destroyer | Sold to Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Gomati (D93) in 1953 |
14 December | ![]() |
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Hornet | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier | |
18 December | ![]() |
Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio Parana | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942 |
19 December | ![]() |
John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Blankney | Hunt-class destroyer | |
27 December | ![]() |
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Cloud | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Else | coastal Tanker | For Kriegsmarine |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft | Lübeck | Friedrich Bischoff | Cargo ship | For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
Nobiskrug Werft | Rendsburg | Justinian | Cargo ship | For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942 |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Karl Meyer | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Max Stinsky | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
Date uncertain | ![]() |
Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV | Waterhuizen | Caribe II | Cargo ship | For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam. |
See also
- List of World War II ships
Ship events in 1940 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
Ship commissionings: | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
Shipwrecks: | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
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