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The list of ship launches in 1949 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1949.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
27 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cazador
|
Tanker
|
For Estrella Maritima SA.[1]
|
15 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Explorador
|
Tanker
|
For Estrella Maritima SA.[2]
|
17 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 4
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[3]
|
28 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Vila do Porto
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Compagnia de Navigacion Carregadores Acoreanos.[4]
|
12 March
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-198
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
17 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Vestfoss
|
Tanker
|
For A/S Thor Thorsen.[6]
|
21 March
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-196
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Amarna
|
Cargo ship
|
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[7]
|
29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Champavati
|
Ferry
|
For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[8]
|
29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Decoy
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
|
30 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Rohidas
|
Ferry
|
For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[9]
|
2 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-199
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
7 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-200
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
11 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-201
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
13 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Helenus
|
Cargo ship
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[10]
|
19 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-247
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
28 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Vilhelm Torkildsen
|
Cargo ship
|
For Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsens Rederi.[11]
|
24 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 5
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[12]
|
31 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Assiout
|
Cargo ship
|
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[13]
|
10 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Vikingen
|
Tanker
|
For Panama City Tanker Co.[14]
|
19 June
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-251
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
22 June
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-249
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
28 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Barrow-in-Furness, England
|
Chusan
|
Himalaya-class ocean liner
|
For P&O
|
28 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 6
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[15]
|
28 June
|
France
|
Societe des Ateliers & Chantiers
|
Dunkirk
|
Cambodge
|
Ocean liner
|
For Messageries Maritimes
|
1 July
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-250
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
27 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Hector
|
Cargo liner
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[16]
|
28 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ernst Larsen
|
Whaler
|
For Union Whaling Co.[17]
|
August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-248
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
4 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-252
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
10 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend, England
|
Daring
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
|
11 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Captain
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[18]
|
16 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Natalia
|
Whaler
|
For Union Whaling Co. Completed as Arnt Karlsen.[19]
|
24 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bloemfontein Castle
|
Passenger ship
|
For Union-Castle Line.
|
28 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-253
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
29 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
Bloemfontein Castle
|
Ocean liner
|
For Union-Castle Line
|
31 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-254
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
11 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-255
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
22 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ternoy
|
Tanker
|
For A/S Truma.[20]
|
23 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Nelly Maersk
|
Tanker
|
For A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S.[21]
|
24 September
|
United Kingdom
|
James Pollock & Sons
|
Faversham
|
Sea Hurricane
|
Aircraft transport ship
|
For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldlynx for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd.
|
25 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-271
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
30 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-272
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
10 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Africana 2
|
Research trawler
|
For South African Government.[23]
|
21 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Runic
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Shaw Savill Line.[24]
|
23 October
|
Singapore
|
Robin Kilroy
|
Singapore
|
Boleh
|
junk yacht
|
[25]
|
26 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kurdistan
|
Tanker
|
For Commons Bros. Ltd.[26]
|
1 November
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-273
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
21 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Commander
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[27]
|
21 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Fana
|
Cargo ship
|
For Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsens Rederi.[28]
|
26 November
|
Germany
|
|
Lübeck
|
Brook
|
|
For H. M. Gehrcken[29]
|
21 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Short Brothers Ltd.
|
Sunderland
|
Soya Christina
|
Tanker
|
For O. Wallenius.[31]
|
4 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-274
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
6 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Baro
|
Cargo ship
|
For Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.[32]
|
20 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-275
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
28 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-276
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[5]
|
1st Quarter
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Jorundur
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Gudmundur Jorundsson.[33]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
B.H.C. Motor Ferry No. 5
|
Ferry
|
For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[34]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.
|
Greenock
|
Changsha
|
Passenger ship
|
For China Navigation Co. Ltd.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Field
|
Motor barge
|
For Hayes Wharfe.[36]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.
|
Greenock
|
Taiyuan
|
Passenger ship
|
For China Navigation Co. Ltd.
|
- 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.