List of ship launches in 1943
The list of ship launches in 1943 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1943.
January
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 January | ![]() | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Rancher | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport.[1] |
4 January | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 26 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[2] |
6 January | ![]() | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Chertsey | Cargo ship | For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd.[3] |
8 January | ![]() | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Darby | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[4] |
![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Harmony | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[5] | |
8 January | ![]() | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Joan | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[6] |
9 January | ![]() | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Coast | Empire Lad-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[7] |
11 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ready | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[8] |
17 January | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Cowpens | Independence-class aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
20 January | ![]() | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Capulet | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
20 January | ![]() | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Firelight | Collier | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[9] |
21 January | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Yorktown | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
22 January | ![]() | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Kumasian | Cargo ship | For United Africa Co. Ltd.[10] |
23 January | ![]() | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Spitfire | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[11] |
23 January | ![]() | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | TRV 3 | Torpedo recovery vessel | For the Admiralty.[12] |
25 January | ![]() | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | Southern Coast | Coaster | For Coast Lines Ltd.[13] |
26 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Oxna | Isles-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[14] |
30 January | ![]() | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Cordova | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Khedive |
January | ![]() | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 16 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[15] |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 December | ![]() | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Hoggatt Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
6 December | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 56 | TID-class tug | For the United States Army.[123] |
7 December | ![]() | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Wisconsin | Iowa-class battleship | |
8 December | ![]() | William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Earl | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
10 December | ![]() | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | Baltimore, Maryland | Ben H. Miller | Liberty Ship | For War Shipping Administration |
10 December | ![]() | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Abbey | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
10 December | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 57 | TID-class tug | For the United States Army.[123] |
11 December | ![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Sedley | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[108] |
11 December | ![]() | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Kadashan Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
11 December | ![]() | Peacock | Black Swan-class sloop | |||
11 December | ![]() | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Alderney | Isles-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[130] |
11 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oxford Castle | Castle-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
13 December | ![]() | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Silas | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[67] |
13 December | ![]() | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Sophy | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[51] |
14 December | ![]() | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Betsy | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[67] |
14 December | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, VA | Vicksburg | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
16 December | ![]() | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Marcus Island | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
17 December | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 58 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[123] |
17 December | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 36 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[131] |
21 December | ![]() | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Cromer | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport |
22 December | ![]() | Van Vliet & Co | Hardinxveld | Elmenhorst | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Godeffroy & Co |
22 December | ![]() | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Savo Island | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
23 December | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 59 | TID-class tug | For the War Department.[123] |
24 December | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Wilkes-Barre | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
24 December | ![]() | John Readhead & Sons | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Curzon | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 December | ![]() | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Daughter | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport.[56] |
27 December | ![]() | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Megna | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd.[71] |
28 December | ![]() | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Bela | Intermediate type tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[59] |
28 December | ![]() | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, MA | Pasadena | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
28 December | ![]() | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Pipiriki | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.[61] |
29 December | ![]() | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | CHANT 52 | CHANT | For Ministry of War Transport.[132] |
29 December | ![]() | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Dallas City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[133] |
29 December | ![]() | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Ommaney Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
30 December | ![]() | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | City of Chester | Cargo ship | For Ellerman Limes.[116] |
30 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Drina | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[134] |
30 December | ![]() | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | Hingham, Massachusetts | Robert I. Paine | Buckley-class destroyer escort | |
30 December | ![]() | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Venerable | Colossus-class light carrier | [135] |
30 December | ![]() | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Walter | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport.[136] |
December | ![]() | Brown's Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. | Hull | VIC 39 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[137] |
Unknown date
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown date | ![]() | Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB | Gävle | Aletta Noot | Cargo ship | For Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH |
Unknown date | ![]() | Gutehoffnungschutte AG | Walsum | Binz | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine |
Unknown date | ![]() | Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft | Lübeck | Celia | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For A. Kirsten |
Unknown date | ![]() | W. J. Yarwood & Sons | Northwich | Empire Billow | Water carrier | For Ministry of War Transport.[138] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | Empire Citizen | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport |
Unknown date | ![]() | Greifenwerft AG | Stettin | Georg | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[139] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Lidingö Nya Varv & Vaerkstaeder AB | Lidingö | Glücksburg | Coaster | For H C Horn, requisition by Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | ![]() | Helsingørs Maskinbyggeri. | Helsingør | Halsnaes | Cargo ship | For private owner.[140] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Helsingborgs Varfs AB | Helsingborg | Heidberg | Cargo ship | For August Bolten Wm Müllers Nachtfolger |
Unknown date | ![]() | NV Werft Gusto | Schiedam | Hendrik Fisser VI | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Fisser & Van Doornum |
Unknown date | ![]() | Leng Maru No.3 | Tanker | For private owner.[141] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() | Houston Shipbuilding Corp | Houston, Texas | L. H. McNelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration |
Unknown date | ![]() | Nakskov Skibs Akt. | Nakskov | Millerntor | Hansa B type cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line.[142] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 4 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[34] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 6 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[34] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 11 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[143] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 12 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[143] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 13 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[143] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 14 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport.[143] |
Unknown date | ![]() | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Anne | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[144] |
Unknown date | ![]() | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Asaph | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[144] |
Unknown date | ![]() | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Austell | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[144] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 28 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[93] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Brown's Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. | Hull | VIC 38 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty.[137] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Duivendijks Scheepwerke | Lekkerkerk | Wilhelmshaven | Cargo ship | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG |
Unknown date | ![]() | Gutehoffnungschutte AG. | Walsum | Unnamed | Tanker | For Kriegsmarine. Completed in 1946 as Kapitan Plaushevski for the Soviet Union.[145] |
References
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 215.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 264.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 98.
- ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 328.
- ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 198.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 329.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 285.
- ^ "HMS Ready". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 33–34.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 62.
- ^ a b c d e Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 308.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 235.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 228.
- ^ "HMS Oxna". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 266.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 163.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 64.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 45.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 158.
- ^ "Narica". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 249.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 157.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 71.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 88.
- ^ "HMS Redpole". Naval History. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 331.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 40.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 132.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 147.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 317.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 156.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 99–100.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 364.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 89.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 22.
- ^ "HMS Rinaldo". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 162.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 159.
- ^ "British Patience". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 122.
- ^ "Samanco". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 200.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 280.
- ^ a b Whitley 2000, p. 79
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 331–32.
- ^ "HMS Rosario". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 230.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 108–09.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 192.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 321.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 60.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 332.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 29.
- ^ "HMS Spanker". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 208.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 304.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 320.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 148.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 24.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 382.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 34.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 171.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 139.
- ^ "Empire Industry". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 116–17.
- ^ a b c d e f Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 311.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 234.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 103.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 175.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 47.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 39.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 187.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 370–71.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 334.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 214.
- ^ "Empire Outpost". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 259.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 319.
- ^ "HMS Helmsdale". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 149.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 64–65.
- ^ "Empire Traveller". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 93.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 176.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 323.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 99.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 315.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 161.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 198–99.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 25.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 267.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 333.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 65.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 45–46.
- ^ "HMS Pickle". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 132–33.
- ^ "Sarmiento". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 21.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 105.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 74.
- ^ "HMS Pincher". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 116.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 334–35.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 54.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 199.
- ^ "Neritina". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 335.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 18.
- ^ "Waiwera". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Pampas". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "HMS Plucky". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 152.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 93–94.
- ^ "Norrissia". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Recruit". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 109.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 300.
- ^ "San Vito". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 336.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 160.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 120.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
- ^ "Nassarius". The Yard. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 155.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 30.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 284.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 265.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 290.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 68.
- ^ "Drina". The Yard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Moore 1976, p. not cited.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 318.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 269.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 363.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 471.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 466.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 470.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 463.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 365.
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 366.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
- 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.
- Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976–77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
- Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.