Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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 |
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.[6] |
26 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 1 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[7] |
8 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Strength | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[8] |
10 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Schiedyk | Cargo ship | For Holland America Line.[9] |
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.[10] |
6 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 2 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[11] |
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 | [12] |
16 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Mariner | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[13] |
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.[14] |
19 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Saravasti | Ferry | For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[15] |
2 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Antilochus | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[16] |
4 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Borgny | Tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[17] |
16 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Workman | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[18] |
28 November | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-194 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | For Soviet Navy.[5] |
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[20] |
28 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 3 | Whaler | For United Whalers Ltd.[21] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Dara | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |