List of Ship Launches in 1940

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

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
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
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
9 May United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole, Yorkshire Fiddown Coaster For S Morris Ltd, Dublin
1 June United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington North Carolina class battleship
13 June United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York North Carolina North Carolina class battleship
29 July Germany Schichau Königsberg Flake Bussard class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
1 August Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Bathurst Bathurst-class corvette
5 August United Kingdom Barrow-in-Furness Erne Black Swan class
10 August Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Lismore Bathurst class corvette
19 August United Kingdom R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Bronze Tanker For Ministry of War Transport
2 September Germany Schichau Königsberg Hans Albrecht Wedel Hans Albrecht Wedel class light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
15 September United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Selby Celia Shakespearian-class trawler For Royal Navy
1 October India Sutlej Black Swan class sloop
2 October Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Jupiter San 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 War Transport
16 October United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Cliff Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
25 October Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Burnie Bathurst class corvette
30 October Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Saturn San Souci class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Reproche
13 November United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Deep Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
13 November United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Gat Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
16 November Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Goulburn Bathurst class corvette
16 November India Jumna Black Swan class sloop
21 November United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Comet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
21 November United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Dew Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
27 November United States Sun Shipbuilding Rio Hudson C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942
28 November United Kingdom Ibis Black Swan class sloop
30 October Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Merkur San Souci class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Peur
30 October Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Uranus San Souci class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Pareil
10 December Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria 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 War Transport as Empire Curlew.
14 December United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland, Co Durham Empire Dawn Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
14 December United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Hornet Yorktown class aircraft carrier
18 December United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Parana C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942
27 December United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Cloud Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
Date uncertain Germany D W Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Else coastal Tanker For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Friedrich Bischoff Cargo ship For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Date uncertain Germany Nobiskrug Werft Rendsburg Justinian Cargo ship For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Date uncertain Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Karl Meyer Karl Meyer class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Max Stinsky Karl Meyer class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain Netherlands Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV Waterhuizen Caribe II Cargo ship For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.


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