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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6 January | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Bede | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | |
13 January | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Spruce | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
15 January | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Bogue | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
15 January | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Blean | Hunt-class destroyer | ||
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 and Sons | Sunderland | Empire Barrie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | |
19 January | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Goblin | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
20 January | Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Palm | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
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 | ||
31 January | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Quiberon | Q-class destroyer | ||
31 January | Richards Ironworks Ltd | Lowestoft | Empire Punch | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
February
March
April
May
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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2 May | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Barnes | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
2 May | Mort's Dock & Engineering Co | Balmain, New South Wales | Inverell | Bathurst-class corvette | ||
2 May | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Redoubt | R-class destroyer | To India as Ranjit 1949 | |
7 May | Western Pipe & Steel | Prince William | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | ||
15 May | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Core | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
15 May | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Mobile | Cleveland-class light cruiser | ||
16 May | HMA Naval Dockyard | Melbourne | Horsham | Bathurst-class corvette | ||
18 May | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Empire Galahad | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | |
22 May | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Altamaha | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
22 May | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Mormacpenn | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Hunter in 1943 | |
22 May | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Imp | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
27 May | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Munin | Mode-class destroyer | For Swedish Navy | |
28 May | Clelands (Successors) LTd | Willington Quay-on-Tyne | Empire Piper | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
30 May | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Pat | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
June
July
August
September
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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7 September | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Glacier | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
10 September | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Cadet | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport | |
12 September | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Eggesford | Hunt-class destroyer | Sold to Federal German Navy in 1959 as Brommy | |
12 September | Cochrane & Sons | Selby | Empire Ace | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
17 September | Electric Boat Company | Groton, Connecticut | Hoe | Gato-class submarine | ||
19 September | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Chatham | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | |
20 September | R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Ariel | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
23 September | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | Lexington | Essex-class aircraft carrier | ||
23 September | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Driver | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | |
24 September | Hawthorn Leslie | Newcastle upon Tyne | Savage | Modified S-class destroyer | ||
24 September | Chanticleer | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | ||||
24 September | Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Empire Minnow | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
25 September | Short Brothers Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Envoy | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | |
25 September | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Glenelg | Bathurst-class corvette | ||
26 September | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Denis | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
27 September | Western Pipe & Steel | Attacker | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
October
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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7 October | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Pybus | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
10 October | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | Empire Clansman | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport | |
12 October | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Harry | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
13 October | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Kite | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | ||
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 | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport | |
18 October | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | 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 | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | Oakland | Atlanta-class light cruiser | ||
24 October | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Gear | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | ||
25 October | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Seraph | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport | |
28 October | Scotts Shipbuilding | Greenock | Rocket | R-class destroyer |
November
December
Unknown date
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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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 | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Empire Chapman | tanker | For the Ministry of War Transport | |
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 | |
Unknown date | D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Grete | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine | |
Unknown date | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Helgoland | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion | |
Unknown date | Hilde | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine | |||
Unknown date | Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted | Sarpsborg | Marsteinen | Coastal tanker | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
See also
- List of World War II ships
Ship events in 1942 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Ship commissionings: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Shipwrecks: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
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