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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Falaise | Ferry | For Southern Railway. |
- 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.