List of ship launches in 1940

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The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1940.

Date  | Country  | Builder  | Location  | Ship  | Class  | Notes

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2 January  |  United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.  | Bristol | St. Vincent | Coaster | For Osborn & Wallis Ltd.[1]
8 January  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbain | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[2]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Athelcrest | Tanker | For Athel Line Ltd.[3]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Derwenthall | Cargo ship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigatio Co. Ltd.[4]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Confield | Cargo ship | For Confield Steamship Co. Ltd.[5]
9 January  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Fernie | Hunt-class destroyer  |
9 January  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Trevaylor | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co.[6]
11 January  |  United Kingdom | James Pollock & Sons  | Faversham | Dominence | Coaster | For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[7]
18 January  |  United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.  | Bristol | Peter Joliffe | Tug | For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[1]
24 January  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ariosto | Cargo ship | For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[8]
24 January  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Catrine | Cargo ship | For Pontypridd Steamship Co.[4]
24 January  |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Moorwood | C-type coaster | For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[9]
24 January  |  United States | Sun Shipbuilding |  | Mormacmail | Merchant  | Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941
24 January  |  United Kingdom | Smiths Dock Company | River Tees | Gladiolus | Flower-class corvette  |
25 January  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Barnby | Cargo ship | For Rowland & Marwoods Steamship Co. Ltd.[10]
25 January  |  United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Ben Hann | Coastal tanker | For National Benzole Co. Ltd.[11]
25 January  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Tyneside | Exmoor | Hunt-class destroyer  |
25 January  |  United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd.  | Bowling | Hawarden Bridge | Coaster | For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[12]
25 January  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Ottinge | Cargo ship | For Ellerman & Papayannie Lines Ltd.[13]
25 January  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Florian | Cargo ship | For Constants Ltd.[13]
27 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Fir | Tree-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[14]
29 January  |  United Kingdom | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Berkeley | Hunt-class destroyer  |
2 February  |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Kalewa | Cargo ship | For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[15]
7 February  |  United Kingdom | Fleming & Furguson Ltd.  | Paisley | Burgeo | Ferry | For Government of Newfoundland.[16]
8 February  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barcote | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[17]
8 February  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Holderness | Hunt-class destroyer  |
8 February  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Madras City | Cargo ship | For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[18]
8 February  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Sutlej | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd.[19]
10 February  |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Manchester Merchant | Cargo ship | For Manchester Liners Ltd.[20]
12 February  |  United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.  | Beverley | St. Zeno | Fishing trawler | For T. Hambling & Co. Ltd.[21]
13 February  |  United Kingdom | Scotts | Greenock | Pytchley | Hunt-class destroyer  |
14 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Arabis | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
14 February  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Garth | Hunt-class destroyer  |
21 February  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Glenwood | Cargo ship | For J. I. Jacobs Ltd.[22]
22 February  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Angelo | Cargo ship | For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[8]
22 February  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Cattistock | Hunt-class destroyer  |
22 February  |  Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.  | Hong Kong  | Heinrich Jessen | Cargo ship | For Rhederi M. Jebsen A/S.[23]
22 February  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Ribera | Cargo ship | For Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd.[24]
23 February  |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Graiglas | Cargo ship | For Graig Shipping Co. Ltd.[5]
24 February  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Anson | King George V-class battleship  |
24 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Periwinkle | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[25]
24 February  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.  | Southwick | Winkleigh | Cargo ship | For W. J. Tatum Ltd.[26]
26 February  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Sutherland | Cargo ship | For B. J. Sutherland & Co. Ltd.[4]
27 February  |  United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd.  | Leith | MSC Merlin | Tug | For Manchester Ship Canal Company.[27]
27 February  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd  | Selby | Triton | Lighthouse Tender | For Trinity House.[28]
28 February  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Duke of York | King George V-class battleship  |
29 February  |  United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.  | Troon | Empress Queen | C-type coaster | For P. & A. Campbell Ltd. Requisitioned by the Admiralty, converted to a troopship.[29]
February  |  Germany | G. Seebeck A.G. | Wesermünde | Malangen | Trawler  | Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg
4 March  |  United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Markay | Maritime Commission Type N tanker  |
6 March  |  France | Chantiers de la Loire and Chantiers de Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Jean Bart | Richelieu-class battleship  |
7 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Clarkia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[30]
7 March  |  United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.  | Middlesbrough | Lancastrian Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd.[31]
7 March  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Orient City | Cargo ship | For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[18]
9 March  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Seapool | Cargo ship | For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[32]
12 March  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Itria | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[6]
14 March  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Ger-Y-Bryn | Cargo ship | For Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd.[32]
16 March  |  Germany | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | PG-555 | Fishing trawler | For Grundmann & Gröschel
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Calendula | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lavington Court | Cargo ship | For Court Line.[33]
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Picotee | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
21 March  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Rawnsley | Cargo ship | For Red 'R' Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Tottenham | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co.[34]
22 March  |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Harpalyce | Cargo ship | For J & C. Harrison Ltd.[35]
22 March  |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd.  | South Shields | Baluchistan | Cargo ship | For Strick Line.[36]
23 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Debrett | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt.[37]
23 March  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Industria | Cargo ship | For Metcalfe Shipping Co. Ltd.[13]
26 March  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Iris | Cable laying ship | For H. M. Postmaster General.[8]
26 March  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Dalesman | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison.[38]
26 March  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Uskbridge | Cargo ship | For Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd.[32]
27 March  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Quorn | Hunt-class destroyer  |
27 March  |  United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd.  | Bowling | Staley Bridge | Coaster | For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[12]
March  |  Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd.  | Hong Kong  | Hanyang | Cargo ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[39]
6 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hibiscus | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[40]
9 April  |  United Kingdom | Fairfield | Govan | Howe | King George V-class battleship  |
9 April  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Mendip | Hunt-class destroyer  |
9 April  |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Thistlegorm | Cargo ship | For The Albyn Line Ltd.[5]
9 April  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Tynemouth | Cargo ship | For Burnett Steamship Co.[22]
10 April  |  United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Marietta E. | Cargo ship | For Leith Hill Shipping Co. Ltd.[41]
10 April  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.  | Linthouse | Trevethoe | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.[42]
11 April  |  United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.  | Beverley | Vizalma | Fishing trawler | For Atlas Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.[21]
19 April  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barlake | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[43]
20 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Heartsease | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy
22 April  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Anenome | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[44]
22 April  |  United Kingdom | Scotts | Greenock | Quantock | Hunt-class destroyer  |
22 April  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Newcastle | Lightning | L-class destroyer  |
23 April  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Hindustan | Cargo ship | For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
23 April  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Port Napier | Cargo ship | For Port Line. Requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as the minelayer HMS Port Napier.[45]
23 April  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Putney Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd.[4]
24 April  |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Sea Fisher | C-type coaster | For Fenwick, Fisher Steamship Co.[46]
23 April  |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Welsh Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd.[20]
24 April  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Cleveland | Hunt-class destroyer  |
24 April  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | City of Calcutta | Cargo liner | For Ellerman Lines Ltd. [47]
27 April  |  United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis Ltd.  | Glasgow | Lincoln Castle | Paddle steamer | For London & North Eastern Railway.[48]
29 April  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Cape Wrath | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[49]
29 April  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Trevily | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co.[24]
4 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Camellia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
7 May  |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Morialta | Cargo ship | For Adelaide Steamship Co.[34]
7 May  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Nerissa | N-class destroyer  | To Poland as Piorun 1940, returned as HMS Noble 1946, sold for scrap in 1955
7 May  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Wandby | Cargo ship | For Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.[22]
8 May  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Cape Breton | Cargo ship | For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd.[13]
9 May  |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.  | Goole | Fiddown | Coaster | For S. Morris Ltd.[50]
9 May  |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.  | Grangemouth | Quentin | Icemaid type collier | For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[51]
18 May  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Rookley | Cargo ship | For Thomasson Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
21 May  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Cape Hawke | Cargo ship | For Cape York Motorship Co. Ltd.[52]
21 May  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Havildar | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[49]
21 May  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Itola | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
21 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pardo | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[53]
22 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Mallow | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
22 May  |  United Kingdom | Fairfield | Govan | Napier | N-class destroyer  | For Royal Australian Navy
22 May  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.  | Southwick | Stanmore | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[26]
23 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Bangor | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.
23 May  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Burnside | Cargo ship | For Burns, Philip & Co.[6]
23 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Coreopsis | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[54]
23 May  |  United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd.  | Bowling | Foremost 97 | Tug | Completed as Cardiff for Great Western Railway.[12]
23 May  |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | St. Essylt | Cargo ship | For South American Saint Line Ltd.[5]
23 May  |  United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.  | Middlesbrough | Tudor Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd.[31]
May  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd.  | Selby | Assurance | Assurance-class tug | For the Admiralty.[55]
1 June  |  United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Washington | North Carolina-class battleship  |
4 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Novelist | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison.[56]
4 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Peony | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
5 June  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Arbutus | flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[57]
5 June  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Dunbar | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[58]
5 June  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephens and Sons | Glasgow | Tynedale | Hunt-class destroyer  |
6 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Araybank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[59]
7 June  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Meynell | Hunt-class destroyer  |
9 June  |  Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Roma | Littorio-class battleship  | For Regia Marina
10 June  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Channel Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[60]
13 June  |  United States | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | North Carolina | North Carolina-class battleship  |
17 June  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eceabat | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
18 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Erica | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[62]
18 June  |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.  | Greenock | Empire Song | Cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport.[63]
18 June  |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd.  | South Shields | Thursobank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[36]
20 June  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Benalbanach | Cargo ship | For Ben Line.[64]
20 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Defoe | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt.[65]
20 June  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Eastgate | Cargo ship | For Turnbull, Scott & Co. Ltd.[32]
21 June  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Charlton Hall | Cargo ship | For C. G. Dunn Shipping Co. Ltd.[22]
22 June  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Tower Grange | Cargo ship | For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
24 June  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Hazelside | Cargo ship | For Charlton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
24 June  |  United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Lulworth Hill | Cargo ship | For Dorset Steamship Co. Ltd.[41]
25 June  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Cape Rodney | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[49]
26 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Crocus | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[66]
26 June  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Risaldar | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[49]
27 June  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Coral Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Traders Ltd.[67]
2 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Gloxinia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[68]
4 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blackpool | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[69]
4 July  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Nizam | N-class destroyer  | For Royal Australian Navy
5 July  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Light | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[70]
5 July  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Southdown | Hunt-class destroyer  |
6 July  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Itaura | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
6 July  |  United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd.  | Ardrossan | Moray Coast | Coaster | For Coast Lines Ltd.[71]
8 July  |  United Kingdom | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Gurkha | L-class destroyer  |
9 July  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Duke of Sparta | Cargo ship | ForTrent Maritime Co. Ltd.[13]
9 July  |  United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Wind | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[72]
9 July  |  United Kingdom | Fairfield | Govan | Nestor | N-class destroyer  | For Royal Australian Navy
10 July  |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Richmond Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[35]
16 July  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephens and Sons | Glasgow | Whaddon | Hunt-class destroyer  |
18 July  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Cotswold | Hunt-class destroyer  |
18 July  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Duke of Athens | Cargo ship | For Trent Maritime Co. Ltd.[4]
19 July  |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.  | Dundee | Silenus | Tanker | For Axel Johnson. Completed as Athelvictor for Tankers Ltd.[73]
20 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Shirrabank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[74]
23 July  |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Ardenvohr | Cargo ship | For Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[15]
29 July  |  Germany | Schichau | Königsberg | Falke | Bussard-class seaplane tender  | For the Luftwaffe
31 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Rumba | Dance-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[75]
July  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Aircrest | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd.[49]
1 August  |  Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Bathurst | Bathurst-class corvette  |
3 August  |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Cornwood | C-type coaster | For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[46]
5 August  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Avonda | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[8]
5 August  |  United Kingdom |  | Barrow-in-Furness | Erne | Black Swan-class sloop  |
6 August  |  United Kingdom | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Blencathra | Hunt-class destroyer  |
6 August  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Dalhousie | Cargo ship | For Dalhousie Steam & Motorship Co. Ltd.[76]
6 August  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.  | Southwick | Empire Thunder | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[77]
6 August  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Fultata | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[4]
6 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Gentian | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
8 August  |  United Kingdom | G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd.  | Greenock | Serenity | Coastal tanker | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[78]
10 August  |  Australia | Mort's Dock and Engineering Co | Sydney | Lismore | Bathurst-class corvette  |
15 August  |  Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.  | Hong Kong  | Ranger | Tug | For Luzon Stevedoring Co.[23]
15 August  |  United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.  | Middlesbrough | Tudor Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd.[31]
19 August  |  United Kingdom | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Bronze | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping.[79]
19 August  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Fishpool | Cargo ship | For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[22]
19 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hyacinth | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
19 August  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Liddesdale | Hunt-class destroyer  |
29 August  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd.  | West Hartlepool | Empire Bay | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping.[80]
20 August  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Eridge | Hunt-class destroyer  |
22 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Black Ranger | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
22 August  |  Finland | Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Ruotsinsalmi | Minelayer | For Finnish Navy
24 August  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Reaveley | Cargo ship | For Stephens, Sutton Ltd.[81]
24 August  |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Vaterland | passenger ship | For HAPAG
26 August  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Coulbeg | Cargo ship | For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd.[49]
29 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Sarabande | Dance-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[82]
30 August  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Rembrandt | Cargo ship | For Bolton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[49]
2 September  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Blyth | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[83]
2 September  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows | Greenock | Empire Frost | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
2 September  |  Germany | Schichau | Königsberg | Hans Albrecht Wedel | Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender  | For the Luftwaffe
2 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | HMS Rhododendron | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[84]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Edencrag | Cargo ship | For Hartlepools Steamship Co.[32]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Meteor | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[72]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Voice | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[70]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fanad Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co.[85]
3 September  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Ismalia | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
4 September  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Atlantic City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
4 September  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Lightning | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[86]
4 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Potaro | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[87]
5 September  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow | Glasgow | Cottesmore | Hunt-class destroyer  |
15 September  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons | Selby | Celia | Shakespearian-class trawler  | For Royal Navy
16 September  |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.  | Grangemouth | Durward | Icemaid type collier | For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[51]
16 September  |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd.  | South Shields | North Briton | Cargo ship | For North Shipping Co. Ltd.[36]
17 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Heather | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
17 September  |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Twickenham | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co.[34]
30 September  |  United Kingdom | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Brocklesby | Hunt-class destroyer  |
30 September  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Farndale | Hunt-class destroyer  |
1 October  |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Clan Brodie | Cargo ship | For Clan Line Steamers Ltd. Requisition by the Admiralty, completed as HMS Athene.[88]
1 October  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd.  | West Hartlepool | Empire Lough | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping.[80]
1 October  |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers |  | Sutlej | Black Swan-class sloop  |
2 October  |  France | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Jupiter | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender  | Former French Sans Souci
3 October  |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Breeze | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
3 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Freesia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[89]
3 October  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.  | Southwick | Stanford | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[26]
4 October  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Haverton-Hill-on-Tees | Empire Gold | Dale-class oiler | For Ministry of Shipping.[90]
4 October  |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Pentridge Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[35]
15 October  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Eastern City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[81]
15 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orchis | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
16 October  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barmill | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[91]
16 October  |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.  | Goole | Empire Cliff | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping.[92]
17 October  |  United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Kingston Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[41]
18 October  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Trader | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison.[64]
19 October  |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Empire Silver | Dale-class oiler | For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Denbydale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[93]
20 October  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Heythrop | Hunt-class destroyer  |
23 October  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Avon Vale | Hunt-class destroyer  |
25 October  |  Australia | Mort's Dock and Engineering Co | Sydney | Burnie | Bathurst-class corvette  |
29 October  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Mist | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[94]
30 October  |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd.  | South Shields | Empire Rain | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[95]
30 October  |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Goodwood | C-type coaster | For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[46]
30 October  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle | Marne | M-class destroyer  | Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
30 October  |  France | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Merkur | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender  | Former French Sans Peur
30 October  |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton | Norman | N-class destroyer  | For Royal Australian Navy
30 October  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrong | River Tyne | Oakley | Hunt-class destroyer  | To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941
30 October  |  France | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Saturn | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender  | Former French Sans Reproche
30 October  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Suncrest | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co.[32]
30 October  |  France | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Uranus | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender  | Former French Sans Pareil
31 October  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Peterhead | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[96]
31 October  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd.  | West Hartlepool | Empire Strait | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping.[80]
31 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kingcup | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[97]
31 October  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Newbrough | Cargo ship | For Northumbrian Shipping Co. Ltd.[10]
31 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Spiraea | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
October  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Lapseki | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
1 November  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Antar | Cargo ship | For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd.[81]
2 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pampas | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[98]
4 November  |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering | Greenock | Lookout | L-class destroyer  |
13 November  |  United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Deep | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping
13 November  |  United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Gat | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping.[99]
13 November  |  United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Sunrise | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[72]
13 November  |  United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd.  | Ardrossan | Stuart Queen | Coaster | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[71]
14 November  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Murefte | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
15 November  |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding | Scotstoun | Empire Oil | Dale-class oiler | For the Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Darkdale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[93]
15 November  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Empire Trust | Cargo liner | For .[100]
16 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bryony | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
16 November  |  Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney | Goulburn | Bathurst-class corvette  |
16 November  |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers |  | Jumna | Black Swan-class sloop  |
16 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pimpernel | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[101]
20 November  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Erdek | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
21 November  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Comet | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
21 November  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Dew | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
27 November  |  United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio Hudson | C3 merchant freighter  | Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942
28 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Abelia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.
28 November  |  United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Silver | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping.[102]
28 November  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |  | Ibis | Black Swan-class sloop  |
28 November  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Lance | L-class destroyer  |
28 November  |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Nasprite | Sprite-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[103]
29 November  |  United Kingdom | R. & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Granite | Dale-class oiler | For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Echodale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[104]
29 November  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sarkoy | Ferry | For Turkish Government. Requisitioned by Royal Navy.[61]
30 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Adamant | Submarine depot ship | For Royal Navy.
30 November  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Ikauna | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[13]
November  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mudanya | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
2 December  |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.  | Goole | Empire Foreland | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping.[92]
2 December  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Empire Stream | Ore carrier | For Ministry of Shipping.[105]
4 December  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.  | Birkenhead | Empire Steel | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping.[106]
4 December  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Silverton | Hunt-class destroyer  | To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941
9 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 11 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[107]
9 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 12 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[108]
10 December  |  Australia | Williamstown Naval Dockyard | Williamstown | Ballarat | Bathurst-class corvette  |
10 December  |  United States | 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 Shipping as Empire Curlew.
12 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Brown Ranger | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
12 December  |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Haverton-Hill-on-Tees | Empire Granite | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping.[106]
12 December  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrong | Walker, Newcastle | Martin | M-class destroyer  |
12 December  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Wallsend | Pandorian | Cargo ship | For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines.[109]
14 December  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Elmdale | Cargo ship | For Morrison Steamship Co.[32]
14 December  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Dawn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
14 December  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Tyne and Wear | Lamerton | Hunt-class destroyer  | Sold to Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Gomati (D93) in 1953
14 December  |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Hornet | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier  |
15 December  |  United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Moon | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping (United Kingdom)Ministry of Shipping.[72]
s16 December  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd.  | West Hartlepool | Empire Knolll | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping.[80]
16 December  |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | Empire Snow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[110]
17 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alisma | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[111]
18 December  |  United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio Parana | C3 merchant freighter  | Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942
19 December  |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Clydebank | Blankney | Hunt-class destroyer  |
27 December  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd  | Sunderland | Empire Cloud | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping
27 December  |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd.  | Port Glasgow | Empire Hail | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[112]
27 December  |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Rainbow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping[113]
27 December  |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd.  | Sunderland | Empire Summer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping.[86]
28 December  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Daltonhall | Cargo ship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[81]
31 December  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Tudor Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[67]
December  |  Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.  | Hong Kong  | Hinsang | Cargo ship | For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[23]
December  |  Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd.  | Hong Kong  | Pakhoi | Cargo ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  |  Germany |  |  | Anna | Tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[114]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd.  | Northwich | Bishops Pointer | Lighter | For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd.[115]
Unknown date  |  Netherlands | Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV  | Waterhuizen | Caribe II | Cargo ship | For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.
Unknown date  |  Germany | D. W. Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Dora | Tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[114]
Unknown date  |  Germany | D W Kremer Sohn  | Elmshorn | Else | coastal Tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[114]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft  | Lübeck | Friedrich Bischoff | Cargo ship | For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Gemlik | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
Unknown date  |  Denmark | Nakskov Skibs. Akt.  | Nakskov | Henning Maersk | Tanker | For A. P. Moller.[116]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Howaltswerke.  | Kiel | Jeverland | Tanker | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine on completion.[117]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Nobiskrug Werft | Rendsburg | Justinian | Cargo ship | For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Unknown date  |  Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Karl Meyer | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender  | For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Kilye | Ferry | For Turkish Government.[61]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Max Stinsky | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender  | For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd.  | Thorne | Meads | Tug | For River Lighterage Co. Ltd.[118]
Unknown date  |  Sweden | Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad.  | Malmö | Otavi | Cargo ship | Completed in 1946 as El Gaucho for Societe Anonyme Comercial de Exportación y Importación y Financiera.[119]
Unknown date  |  Netherlands | Rotterdamsche Droogdock Maatschappij | Rotterdam | Papendrecht | Tanker | For NV Phs. van Ommeren's Scheepsvaartbedrijf.[120]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd.  | Rowhedge | Redeemer | Salvage vessel | For Admiralty.[121]
Unknown date  |  Norway | Trondheims Mekaniske Verkstad.  | Trondheim | Springfjord | Cargo ship | For Springwell Shipping Co. Ltd. Seized by Germany, completed as Rudesheimer of Hansa Line.[116]
Unknown date  |  Denmark | Burmeister & Wain.  | Copenhagen | Theodora | Tanker | For Compagnie Auxilaire de Navigation. Seized by Germany completed s

as Heide for J. T. Essberger.[117]

Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd.  | Thorne | Vista | Tug | For Vokins & Co.[118]

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