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The list of ship launches in 1948 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1948.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
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14 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Granuaile
|
Lightship tender
|
For Trinity House.[1]
|
27 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Security
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[2]
|
6 March
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Newport News
|
Des Moines-class heavy cruiser
|
For United States Navy.
|
11 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Liparus
|
Tanker
|
For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[3]
|
11 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Soestdyk
|
Cargo ship
|
For Holland America Line.[4]
|
19 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-192
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
22 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Barclay Curle
|
Glasgow
|
Somali
|
Cargo Ship
|
For P&O
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-187
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-188
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-190
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-191
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-193
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
11 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Magdalena
|
Cargo liner
|
For Royal Mail Lines
|
20 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Horta
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Compagnia de Navigacion Carregadores Acoreanos.[6]
|
21 May
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Volador
|
Tench-class submarine
|
For United States Navy.
|
25 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ramore Head
|
Cargo ship
|
For Ulster Steamship Co.[7]
|
26 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 1
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[8]
|
8 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Strength
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[9]
|
8 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Citos
|
Cargo ship
|
For Rederi A/B Sirius.[10]
|
10 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Schiedyk
|
Cargo ship
|
For Holland America Line.[11]
|
22 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
Bulwark
|
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
|
For Royal Navy.
|
6 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Jalta
|
Tanker
|
For A/S Bulls Rederi.[12]
|
6 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 2
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[13]
|
22 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Hibernia
|
Ferry
|
For British Railways.
|
20 August
|
Australia
|
Williamstown Naval Dockyard
|
Melbourne, Victoria
|
Anzac
|
Battle-class destroyer
|
For Royal Australian Navy.
|
4 September
|
Norway
|
Joseph L. Thompson & Co
|
Sunderland, England
|
Brandanger
|
Single screw cargo ship
|
[14]
|
8 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Carioca Shell
|
Tank barge
|
For Compagnia de Navegacao Shell-Mex do Brasil.[15]
|
16 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Mariner
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[16]
|
21 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cambria
|
Ferry
|
For British Railways.
|
5 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Barrow-in-Furness, England
|
Himalaya
|
Himalaya-class ocean liner
|
For P&O
|
19 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Sabaramati
|
Ferry
|
For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[17]
|
19 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Saravasti
|
Ferry
|
For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[18]
|
2 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Antilochus
|
Cargo ship
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[19]
|
4 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Borgny
|
Tanker
|
For Fred Olsen & Co.[20]
|
16 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Workman
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[21]
|
28 November
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-194
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
13 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Penrith Castle
|
Cargo ship
|
For Lancashire Shipping Co Ltd.[22]
|
13 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-195
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
For Soviet Navy.[5]
|
18 December
|
United Kingdom
|
James Pollock & Sons
|
Faversham
|
Sea Gladiator
|
Aircraft transport vessel
|
For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldhind for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd.
|
18 December
|
Denmark
|
Odense Steel Shipyard
|
Odense, Denmark
|
Olga Mærsk
|
Cargo ship
|
For A.P. Moller-Maersk Group[24]
|
28 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Setter 3
|
Whaler
|
For United Whalers Ltd.[25]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Bournemouth Belle
|
Passenger ship
|
For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[26]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
|
Glasgow
|
Dara
|
Cargo liner
|
For British India Steam Navigation Company.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Berthon Boat Co. Ltd
|
Lymington
|
MFV.1226
|
Motor Fishing Vessel
|
For Royal Navy.[28]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Nusken
|
Cargo ship
|
For Skibs A/S Randi.[29]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Poole Belle
|
Passenger ship
|
For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[30]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Unnamed
|
Launch
|
For United Africa Co. Ltd.[31]
|
- 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.