List of ship launches in 1948
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 February | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Granuaile | Lightship tender | For Trinity House.[1] |
27 February | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Security | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[2] |
6 March | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Newport News | Des Moines-class heavy cruiser | For United States Navy. |
11 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Liparus | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[3] |
11 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Soestdyk | Cargo ship | For Holland America Line.[4] |
19 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-192 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
22 April | ![]() | Barclay Curle | Glasgow | Somali | Cargo Ship | For P&O |
24 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-187 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
24 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-188 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
24 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-190 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
24 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-191 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
24 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-193 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
11 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Magdalena | Cargo liner | For Royal Mail Lines |
21 May | ![]() | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Volador | Tench-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
25 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ramore Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co.[6] |
26 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 1 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[7] |
8 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Strength | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[8] |
10 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Schiedyk | Cargo ship | For Holland America Line.[9] |
22 June | ![]() | Harland and Wolff | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Bulwark | Centaur-class aircraft carrier | For Royal Navy. |
6 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Jalta | Tanker | For A/S Bulls Rederi.[10] |
6 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 2 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[11] |
22 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hibernia | Ferry | For British Railways. |
20 August | ![]() | Williamstown Naval Dockyard | Melbourne, Victoria | Anzac | Battle-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy. |
4 September | ![]() | Joseph L. Thompson & Co | Sunderland, England | Brandanger | Single screw cargo ship | [12] |
16 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Mariner | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[13] |
21 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cambria | Ferry | For British Railways. |
5 October | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness, England | Himalaya | Himalaya-class ocean liner | For P&O |
19 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sabaramati | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[14] |
19 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Saravasti | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[15] |
2 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Antilochus | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[16] |
4 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Borgny | Tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[17] |
16 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Workman | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[18] |
28 November | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-194 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
13 December | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-195 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
18 December | ![]() | 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.[19] |
18 December | ![]() | Odense Steel Shipyard | Odense, Denmark | Olga Mærsk | Cargo ship | For A.P. Moller-Maersk Group[20] |
28 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 3 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[21] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Dara | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[22] |
References
- ^ "Granuaile". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "British Security". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Liparus". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Soestdyk". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Large submarine chasers, border guard patrol ships Project 122bis". Russian Ships. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Ramore Head". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter 1". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "British Strength". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Schiedyk". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Jalta". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter 2". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Brandanger (5050309)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "British Mariner". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Sabaramati". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Sarasvati". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Antilochus". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Borgny". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "British Workman". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 233.
- ^ "OLGA MÆRSK – 1949 – IMO 5262407". 7seasvessels.com. 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Setter III". The Yard. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 23.
- 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.