List of ship launches in 1950

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The list of ship launches in 1950 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1950.

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

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16 January  |  United States | Western Boatbuilding Company  | Tacoma, Washington | John N. Cobb | Research vessel  | For National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
19 January  |  United Kingdom |  |  | Retainer | Armament support ship  | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
29 January  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-277 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
January  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Blakeley | Car float | For Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad.[2]
2 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Consul | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[3]
6 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Carnarvon | Whaler | For Australian Whaling Commission.[4]
9 February  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-278 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
17 February  |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Andalusian | Cargo Ship  | For Ellerman & Papayani Line
7 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Suevic | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[5]
21 March  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-282 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Explorer | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[6]
31 March  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-283 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
4 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Juan Perón | Factory ship | For Compania Argentina de Pesca.[7]
15 April  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-284 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
3 May  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Ark Royal | Audacious-class aircraft carrier  | For Royal Navy
18 May  |  Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Giulio Cesare | Ocean liner  | For Italian Line
31 May  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-285 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
1 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Prospector | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[8]
3 June  |  United States | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Quincy, Massachusetts | Independence | Ocean liner  | For American Export Lines
3 June  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-286 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
6 June  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-287 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
14 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bratsberg | Tanker | For Borgestad A/S.[9]
14 June  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Diamond | Daring-class destroyer | For Royal Navy
15 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ascanius | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[10]
19 June  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-289 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
27 June  |  United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | President Jackson |  |
29 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Verena | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[11]
June  |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Daressa | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[12]
June  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-146 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
June  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-147 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
June  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-148 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
June  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 2 unnamed vessels | Tank barge | For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[2]
June  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Unnamed  | Hopper barge | For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[2]
27 July  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow, Scotland | Defender | Daring-class destroyer  | For Royal Navy
27 July  |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Walker | Ocean Monarch | Cruise ship  | For Furness Withy
28 July  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ixion | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[13]
28 July  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Jaroslaw Dabrowski | Cargo ship | For Polish Ocean Lines.[14]
July  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Barge No. 15 | Tank barge | For Belcher Towing Co.[2]
July  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 4 unnamed vessels | Hopper barges | For United States Army Corps of Engineers.[2]
10 August  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-291 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
13 August  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-292 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
13 August  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-293 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
15 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Surveyor | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[15]
15 August  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Provence | Passenger ship | For Société Générale des Transports Maritime
16 August  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Dainty | Daring-class destroyer  |
20 August  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-294 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
28 August  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-295 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
29 August  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Rosa Maersk | Tanker | For A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S.[16]
1 September  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-296 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
9 September  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-297 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
15 September  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-298 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
26 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Laganfield | Tanker | For Hunting & Sons.[17]
28 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Binta | Tanker | For Per Gjerding.[18]
28 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bolette | Tanker | For Fred. Olsen & Co.[19]
28 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kvint | Whaler | For Falkland Shipowners Co.[20]
30 September  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-299 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
9 October  |  United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | President Adams |  |
7 October  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-300 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
15 October  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-334 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
21 October  |  Soviet Union |  | Krasnoye Sormovo | S-80 | Whiskey-class submarine  | For Soviet Navy
19 November  |  Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Augustus | Ocean liner  | For Italian Line
24 November  |  Denmark | Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri  | Helsingør | Dronning Ingrid | Ferry  | For Danske Statsbaner
12 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ringerd | Tanker | For Olav Ringdal.[21]
20 December  |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company  | Burntisland | Winsor Trader | Cargo ship  | For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd
21 December  |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering | Glasgow, Scotland | Delight | Daring-class destroyer  | For Royal Navy
28 December  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-336 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
31 December  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-337 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-279 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-280 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-281 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-288 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-290 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-335 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-336 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser  | [1]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.  | Greenock | Changchow | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[22]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.  | Greenock | Chungking | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[22]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Covert | Motor barge | For Hayes Wharfe.[23]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Crop | Motor barge | For British Transport Commission.[24]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Aldous Successors Ltd.  | Brightlingsea | Missellele | Tug | For Cameroons Development Agency.[25]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Aldous Successors Ltd.  | Brightlingsea | Mokundange | Launch | For Elders & Fyffes.[26]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Welding Barge | Barge | For private owner.[27]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd.  | Poole | Wendy Ann | Tug | For Harry Rose (Towage) Ltd.[28]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Large submarine chasers, border guard patrol ships Project 122bis". Russian Ships. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
3. ^ "British Consul". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. ^ "Carnarvon". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
5. ^ "Suevic". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
6. ^ "British Explorer". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
7. ^ "Juan Peron". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
8. ^ "British Prospector". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
9. ^ "Bratsberg". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
10. ^ "Ascanius". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
11. ^ "Verena". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
12. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
13. ^ "Ixion". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
14. ^ "Jaroslaw Dabrowski". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
15. ^ "British Surveyor". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
16. ^ "Rosa Maersk". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
17. ^ "Laganfield". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
18. ^ "Binta". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
19. ^ "Bolette". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
20. ^ "Kvint". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
21. ^ "Ringerd". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
22. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 376.
23. ^ "Covert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
24. ^ "Crop". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
25. ^ "Missellele". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
26. ^ "Mokundange". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
27. ^ "Welding Barge". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
28. ^ "Wendy Ann". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

Sources

* Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

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