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The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Agapenor Cargo ship For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
4 February   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Worcester Worcester-class cruiser First of class
20 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast La Heve Cargo ship For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique. [1]
25 February   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Parthia Cargo liner For Cunard Line
7 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salinas Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [2]
23 March   United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Stroma Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd. [3]
25 March   United Kingdom Acheron Amphion-class submarine
25 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Munster Ferry For Coast Lines. [4]
25 March   United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Salem Des Moines-class cruiser
9 April   Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-183 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
9 April   Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-184 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
9 April   Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-185 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
22 April   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Centaur Centaur-class aircraft carrier For Royal Navy.
23 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Soochow Ferry For The China Navigation Company. [5]
27 April   Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-181 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
27 April   Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-182 Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
28 April   United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Empire Ronaldsay Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd. [6]
7 May   United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Suffolk Ferry Train ferry For London and North Eastern Railway
16 May   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Albion Centaur-class aircraft carrier
20 May   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leinster Ferry For Coast Lines. [7]
3 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kantara Cargo ship For Moss Hutchinson Line. [8]
16 June   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Roanoke Worcester-class cruiser
17 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Imperial Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line. [9]
19 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thorshavet Factory ship For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd. [10]
15 August   United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Zarian Cargo ship For United Africa Co. Ltd
16 August   United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Birdsay Cargo ship For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd. [3]
19 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pretoria Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line. [11]
29 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Salamanca Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [12]
2 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pelorus Pilot tender For Trinity House. [13]
16 September   United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Tiru Balao-class submarine
30 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lotorium Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. [14]
2 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Karnak Cargo ship For Moss Hutchinson Line. [15]
2 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Melbourne Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line. [16]
14 October   United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness, England Orcades Ocean liner For Orient Line
16 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Edinburgh Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line. [17]
30 October   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Caronia Ocean liner/Cruise ship For Cunard Line
30 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Penlee Pilot tender For Trinity House. [18]
7 November   Germany Flender Werke Lübeck Empire Ely Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport
11 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Ranger Tanker For British Tanker Company. [19]
20 December   Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Tobruk Battle-class destroyer
Unknown date   United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Dwarka Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company. [20]
Unknown date   United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Falaise Ferry For Southern Railway. [21]

References

  1. ^ "La Heve". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Salinas". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 105.
  4. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Soochow". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
  7. ^ "Leinster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Kantara". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Munster". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Thorshavet". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Pretoria Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Salamanca". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Pelorus". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Lotorium". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Karnak". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Melbourne Star". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Edinburgh Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Penlee". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  19. ^ "British Ranger". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
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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