List of ship launches in 1949
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] |
12 March | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-198 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
17 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Vestfoss | Tanker | For A/S Thor Thorsen.[5] |
21 March | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-196 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
29 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Amarna | Cargo ship | For Moss Hutchinson Line.[6] |
29 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Champavati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[7] |
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.[8] |
2 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-199 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
7 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-200 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
11 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-201 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
13 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Helenus | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[9] |
19 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-247 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
24 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 5 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[10] |
31 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Assiout | Cargo ship | For Moss Hutchinson Line.[11] |
10 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Vikingen | Tanker | For Panama City Tanker Co.[12] |
19 June | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-251 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
22 June | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-249 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
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.[13] |
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 | [4] |
27 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hector | Cargo liner | For Blue Funnel Line.[14] |
28 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ernst Larsen | Whaler | For Union Whaling Co.[15] |
August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-248 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
4 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-252 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
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.[16] |
16 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Natalia | Whaler | For Union Whaling Co. Completed as Arnt Karlsen.[17] |
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 | [4] |
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 | [4] |
11 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-255 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
22 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ternoy | Tanker | For A/S Truma.[18] |
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.[19] |
25 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-271 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
30 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-272 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Africana 2 | Research trawler | For South African Government.[20] |
21 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Runic | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[21] |
23 October | Singapore | Robin Kilroy | Singapore | Boleh | junk yacht | [22] |
26 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kurdistan | Tanker | For Commons Bros. Ltd.[23] |
1 November | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-273 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
21 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Commander | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[24] |
21 November | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Soya Christina | Tanker | For O. Wallenius.[25][26] |
4 December | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-274 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
20 December | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-275 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
28 December | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-276 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | [4] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Changsha | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[27] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Taiyuan | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[27] |
References
- ^ "Cazador". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Explorador". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter IV". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Large submarine chasers, border guard patrol ships Project 122bis". Russian Ships. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Vestfoss". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Amarna". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Champavati". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Rohidas". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Helenus". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter V". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Assiout". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Vikingen". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter VI". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Hector". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Ernst Larsen". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "British Captain". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Arnt Karlsen". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Ternoy". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 233.
- ^ "Africana II". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Runic". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Western Morning News, 2 September 1950
- ^ "Kurdistan". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "British Commander". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
- ^ "Soya Christina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 376.
- 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.