| Date |
Ship |
Class / type |
Builder |
Location |
Country |
Notes |
| 8 January |
Agapenor |
Cargo ship |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Greenock |
 United Kingdom |
For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd. |
| 4 February |
Worcester |
Worcester-class cruiser |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
 United States |
First of class |
| 6 February |
Khalafabad |
Tank barge |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd.[1] |
| 20 February |
La Heve |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique.[2] |
| 25 February |
Parthia |
Cargo liner |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
United Kingdom |
For Cunard Line |
| 7 March |
Salinas |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[3] |
| 23 March |
Empire Stroma |
Cargo ship |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
United Kingdom |
For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 25 March |
Acheron |
Amphion-class submarine |
|
|
United Kingdom |
|
| 25 March |
Munster |
Ferry |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Coast Lines.[5] |
| 25 March |
Salem |
Des Moines-class cruiser |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
United States |
|
| 9 April |
BO-183 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
 Soviet Union |
|
| 9 April |
BO-184 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
Soviet Union |
|
| 9 April |
BO-185 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
Soviet Union |
|
| 22 April |
Centaur |
Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. |
| 23 April |
Soochow |
Ferry |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For The China Navigation Company.[6] |
| 27 April |
BO-181 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
Soviet Union |
|
| 27 April |
BO-182 |
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser |
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant |
Zelenedolsk |
Soviet Union |
|
| 28 April |
Empire Ronaldsay |
Cargo ship |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Sunderland |
United Kingdom |
For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 7 May |
Suffolk Ferry |
Train ferry |
John Brown and Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
United Kingdom |
For London and North Eastern Railway |
| 16 May |
Albion |
Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
United Kingdom |
|
| 20 May |
Leinster |
Ferry |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Coast Lines.[8] |
| 3 June |
Kantara |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[9] |
| 16 June |
Roanoke |
Worcester-class cruiser |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
United States |
|
| 17 June |
Imperial Star |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Blue Star Line.[10] |
| 19 June |
Thorshavet |
Factory ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd.[11] |
| 15 August |
Zarian |
Cargo ship |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
United Kingdom |
For United Africa Co. Ltd |
| 16 August |
Empire Birdsay |
Cargo ship |
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
United Kingdom |
For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 19 August |
Pretoria Castle |
Passenger ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Union-Castle Line.[12] |
| 29 August |
Salamanca |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[13] |
| 2 September |
Pelorus |
Pilot tender |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Trinity House.[14] |
| 16 September |
Tiru |
Balao-class submarine |
Mare Island Navy Yard |
Vallejo, California |
United States |
|
| 30 September |
Lotorium |
Tanker |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[15] |
| 2 October |
Karnak |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[16] |
| 2 October |
Melbourne Star |
Refrigerated cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Blue Star Line.[17] |
| 14 October |
Orcades |
Ocean liner |
Vickers Armstrong |
Barrow-in-Furness, England |
United Kingdom |
For Orient Line |
| 16 October |
Edinburgh Castle |
Passenger ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Union-Castle Line.[18] |
| 30 October |
Caronia |
Ocean liner/Cruise ship |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
United Kingdom |
For Cunard Line |
| 30 October |
Penlee |
Pilot tender |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Trinity House.[19] |
| 7 November |
Empire Ely |
Cargo ship |
Flender Werke |
Lübeck |
 Germany |
For Ministry of Transport |
| 8 November |
Equity I |
Fishing trawler |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.[20] |
| 11 December |
British Ranger |
Tanker |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For British Tanker Company.[21] |
| 20 December |
Tobruk |
Battle-class destroyer |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
 Australia |
|
| Unknown date |
Dwarka |
Cargo liner |
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date |
Falaise |
Ferry |
William Denny and Brothers |
Dumbarton |
United Kingdom |
For Southern Railway. |
| Unknown date |
MFV-439 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[24] |
| Unknown date |
MFV-440 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy, completed as commercial vessel.[25] |
| Unknown date |
MFV-441 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[26] |
| Unknown date |
MFV-442 |
Naval Motor Fishing Vessel |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[27] |
| Unknown date |
MFV.1225 |
Motor Fishing Vessel |
Berthon Boat Co. Ltd |
Lymington |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[28] |
| Unknown date |
Pemex 464 |
Tank barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos.[29] |
| Unknown date |
Pemex 465 |
Tank barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos.[29] |
| Unknown date |
Persian Knot |
Type C1 ship |
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation |
Savannah, Georgia |
United States |
For private owner.[30] |
| Unknown date |
Ring Hitch |
Type C1 ship |
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation |
Savannah, Georgia |
United States |
For private owner.[30] |
| Unknown date |
SK-133 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29] |
| Unknown date |
SK-134 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29] |
| Unknown date |
SK-135 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29] |
| Unknown date |
SK-136 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Southern Kraft Corporation.[29] |
| Unknown date |
Five vessels |
Tank barges |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos; prefixed "Pemex", likely followed by a number.[29] |
| Unknown date |
Unnamed |
Motor yacht |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For private owner.[31] |
| Unknown date |
Unnamed |
Barge |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For R. & J. H. Rea Ltd.[32] |
