List of ship launches in 1941

The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 14 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Oribi O-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Turkey 1946 as Gayret, sold out.
January 15 James Pollock & Sons, Faversham, Kent, England Empire Creek Coaster Ministry of War Transport
January 28 Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne, England Pakenham P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
January 29 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Lively L-class destroyer  Royal Navy
January 30 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Croome Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
February 11 Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Coral Tanker Ministry of War Transport
February 12 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers-Armstrongs Penn P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
February 13 Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Shoal Coaster Ministry of War Transport
February 15 unknown builder, United KingdomYarrow Laforey L-class destroyer  Royal Navy
February 26 W.J. Yarwood & Sons, Northwich, England Empire Bridge Coaster Ministry of War Transport
March 1 Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Rio de la Plata Type C3-class merchant ship United States Maritime Commission converted to escort carrier USS Charger in 1942
March 4 Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Faith CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
March 10 unknown builder, United KingdomScott Chiddingfold Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy sold to the Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Ganga (D94) in 1953
March 11 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Offa O-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Pakistan 1949 as Tariq, sold for scrap in 1959.
March 12 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Exmoor Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Danish Navy in 1954 as Valdemar Sejr
March 13 James Pollock & Sons, Faversham, Kent, England Empire Crag Coaster Ministry of War Transport
March 15 James Pollock & Sons, Faversham, Kent, England Empire Foam CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
March 17 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Badsworth Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1944 as Arendal
March 27 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers-Armstrongs Petard P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
March 27 unknown builder, United KingdomScott Empire Cape Coaster Ministry of War Transport
March 27 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Day CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
March 29 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Empire Flint tanker Ministry of War Transport
March 31 unknown builder, United KingdomBrown Onslow O-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Pakistan 1949 as Tippu Sultan, sold out
April 1 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Dulverton Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
April 10 Hawthorn Leslie & Co., HebN-on-Tyne, England Pathfinder P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
April 10 unknown builder, United KingdomGray Empire Brook Coaster Ministry of War Transport
April 12 Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Rio de Janeiro Type C3-class merchant ship United States Maritime Commission Converted to escort carrier HMS Dasher in 1942
April 12 Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle Empire Bank Coaster Ministry of War Transport
April 16 Vickers-Armstrongs, Wallsend, England Hurworth Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
April 17 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Noble N-class destroyer  Royal Navy For Royal Netherlands Navy in 1942
April 22 Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth, England Miner VI minelayer  Royal Navy [1]
April 26 William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, England Empire Eve CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
April 28 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Calpe Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Danish Navy in 1954 as Rolf Krake
April 28 John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields Empire Franklin Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
May 12 Vickers-Armstrongs, Wallsend, England Middleton Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
May 12 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Empire Flame CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
May 13 unknown builder, United KingdomGray Empire Darwin CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
May 13 Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Wallsend, England Empire Maple Coaster Ministry of War Transport
May 20 R Dunston Ltd, Thorne, England Empire Bridge Tug Ministry of War Transport
May 26 Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow, Scotland Empire Dell CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
May 28 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Panther P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
May 29 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Grove Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
May 29 unknown builder, United KingdomWhite Southwold Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
May 29 Short Bros. Ltd, Pallion Empire Burton CAM ship Ministry of War Transport
May 29 R Dunston Ltd, Thorne, England Empire Willow Tug Ministry of War Transport
June 7 unknown builder, United KingdomYarrow Wheatland Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
June 7 New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, United States South Dakota South Dakota-class battleship  United States Navy
June 9 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Beaufort Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy Sold to Norway in 1956
June 10 unknown builder, United KingdomScott Empire Pine Tug Ministry of War Transport
June 10 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers-Armstrongs Porcupine P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
June 11 unknown builder, United KingdomBrown Paladin P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
June 11 Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, England Empire Bruce Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
June 25 William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland Nonpareil N-class destroyer  Royal Navy For Royal Netherlands Navy in 1942
June 26 G Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd, Greenock Empire Ruby Coaster Ministry of War Transport
June 26 A & J Inglis Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Spinney coaster Ministry of War Transport
July 8 Furness Shipbuilding Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Amethyst Tanker Ministry of War Transport
July 8 J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland Empire Cranmer Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
July 8 William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland Empire Cromwell Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
July 9 unknown builder, United KingdomGray Empire Cabot Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
July 10 Harland & Wolff, Belfast Empire Diamond Tanker Ministry of War Transport
July 10 Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd, Rowhedge Empire Garnet Coastal tanker Ministry of War Transport
July 12 Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, Ardrossan Empire Atoll refrigerated coaster Ministry of War Transport
July 22 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany U-117 Type XB submarine  Kriegsmarine
July 22 unknown builder, United KingdomScott Cowdray Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
July 23 Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne, England Bedale Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Polish Navy as Ślązak in 1942
July 23 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers-Armstrongs Bleasdale Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
July 23 Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co Ltd, Hong Kong Empire Almond Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
July 25 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Hursley Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Kriti
July 26 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States San Diego Atlanta-class light cruiser  United States Navy
July 28 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Empire Clive Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
August 5 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Partridge P-class destroyer  Royal Navy
August 5 unknown builder, United KingdomThornycroft Lauderdale Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1946
August 8 Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft Empire Sound coaster Ministry of War Transport
August 9 Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle Empire Birch Tug Ministry of War Transport
August 12 unknown builder, United KingdomBrown Airedale Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
August 12 unknown builder, United KingdomWhite Tetcott Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
August 13 Cochrane & Sons, Selby Empire Ash Tug Ministry of War Transport
August 22 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers Derwent Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
August 26 Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees Empire Emerald Tanker Ministry of War Transport
August 27 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Aldenham Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
August 28 Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow Empire Baffin Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport, later served as HMS Sancroft
September 2 Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec, Canada Fredericton Flower-class corvette  Royal Canadian Navy
September 4 Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland Matchless M-class destroyer  Royal Navy Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Kilicali Pasha
September 5 Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne, England Bicester Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
September 6 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearny, New Jersey, United States Atlanta Atlanta-class light cruiser  United States Navy
September 6 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States San Juan Atlanta-class light cruiser  United States Navy
September 8 J S Watson Ltd, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Empire River Coaster Ministry of War Transport
September 10 Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Druid Tanker Ministry of War Transport
September 23 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Cowper Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
September 23 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Field Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
September 23 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Massachusetts South Dakota-class battleship  United States Navy
September 24 Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland Empire Beacon Coaster Ministry of War Transport
September 24 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole, Yorkshire, England Empire Bracken Tug Ministry of War Transport
September 26 R Dunston Ltd, Thorne, South Yorkshire, England Empire Cedar Tug Ministry of War Transport
September 27 unknown builder, United KingdomThornycroft Ledbury Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
September 27 Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware, United States Adabelle Lykes Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States African Planet Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day. Converted to attack transport USS George Clymer
September 27 Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, United States Alcoa Polaris Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States James McKay Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, United States John C. Fremont Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, United States Fredrick Funston Frederick Funston-class attack transport Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearny, New Jersey, United States Louise Lykes Type C2-F cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Todd-California Shipbuilding, Richmond, California, United States Ocean Venture Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Todd-California Shipbuilding, Richmond, California, United States Ocean Voice Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Patrick Henry Liberty ship First liberty ship. Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, United States Star of Oregon Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Sinclair Superflame Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California, United States Steel Artisan C3 merchant freighter Part of Liberty Fleet Day. Converted to escort carrier HMS Attacker in 1942
September 27 Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Surprise Cargo ship Part of Liberty Fleet Day
September 27 Boston Naval Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Cowie Gleaves-class destroyer  United States Navy
September 27 Boston Naval Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Knight Gleaves-class destroyer  United States Navy
October 6 Bartram & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Byron Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 6 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Quality Q-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Australia as HMAS Quality 1942, sold for scrapping 1958
October 7 Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, England Empire Celt Tanker Ministry of War Transport
October 8 Naval Construction Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Empire Baxter Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 8 unknown builder, United KingdomScott Loyal L-class destroyer  Royal Navy
October 9 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Onslaught O-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Pakistan 1951 as Tughril, sold out.
October 11 unknown builder, United KingdomBrown Albrighton Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Federal German Navy in 1959 as Raule
October 17 unknown builder, United KingdomYarrow Wilton Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
October 20 William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool, North East England Empire Carey Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 21 Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, United States Steel Architect C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier USS Copahee in 1942
October 21 Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Ballantyne Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 21 Clelands, Willington Quay, North East England Empire Thistle Tug Ministry of War Transport.
October 22 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Dryden Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 22 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole, Yorkshire, England Empire Ivy Tug Ministry of War Transport
October 23 Blythswood Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Bairn Coastal tanker Ministry of War Transport
October 23 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Sunderland Empire Drayton Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
October 25 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearny, New Jersey, United States Juneau Atlanta-class light cruiser  United States Navy
November 1 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States Cleveland Cleveland-class light cruiser  United States Navy
November 3 Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland Meteor M-class destroyer  Royal Navy Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Piyale Pasha
November 5 unknown builder, United KingdomSwan Hunter Bolebroke Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy Transferred to Greece as Pindos in 1942
November 5 unknown builder, United KingdomWhite Quentin Q-class destroyer  Royal Navy
November 9 R Dunston Ltd, Thorne, South Yorkshire, England Empire Plane Tug Ministry of War Transport
November 18 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead Belvoir Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy
November 18 Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Airman Tanker Ministry of War Transport
November 18 Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, England Empire Metal Tanker Ministry of War Transport
November 19 William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool, North East England Empire Builder Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
November 19 William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Drum Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
November 19 Grangemouth Dockyard, Grangemouth, Scotland Empire Dunstan Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
November 21 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Indiana South Dakota-class battleship  United States Navy
November 22 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole, Yorkshire, England Empire Harp Coastal tanker Ministry of War Transport
November 22 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearny, New Jersey, United States Aaron Ward Gleaves-class destroyer  United States Navy sponsored by Miss Hilda Ward[2]
November 29 Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne, England Quilliam Q-class destroyer  Royal Navy To Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Banckert 1945, sold for scrapping 1957
December 2 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Blackmore Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy To the Royal Danish Navy in 1954 as Esbern Snare (F341)
December 2 unknown builder, United KingdomFairfield Musketeer M-class destroyer  Royal Navy
December 4 Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England Nepal N-class destroyer  Royal Australian Navy Launched as Norman
December 6 Whampoa Dock, Hong Kong Empire Dragon Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
December 10 Boston Naval Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Doran Gleaves-class destroyer  United States Navy
December 11 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany U-607 Type VIIC submarine  Kriegsmarine
December 17 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States Columbia Cleveland-class light cruiser  United States Navy
December 17 Bartram & Sons, Sunderland, England Empire Ballad Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
December 18 unknown builder, United KingdomVickers-Armstrongs Hatherleigh Hunt-class destroyer  Royal Navy Transferred to Greece as Kanaris in 1942
December 18 Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, Scotland Sir Galahad Minesweeper  Royal Navy
December 21 Richard Dunston, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Empire Teak Tug Ministry of War Transport.
December 30 Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering, Greenock, Scotland Milne M-class destroyer  Royal Navy Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Alp Arslan
December 30  United Kingdom Magpie Black Swan-class sloop  Royal Navy
December 30 Caledon Shipbuilding, Dundee, Scotland Empire Bard Heavy lift ship Ministry of War Transport
December 31 Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland Empire Addison Cargo ship Ministry of War Transport
unknown date Kaliningrad, Russia Bussard Bussard-class seaplane tender  Luftwaffe
unknown date Isaac Pimblott & Sons, Northwich, England Empire Kyle Coaster Ministry of War Transport
unknown date Norderwerft Koser und Meyer, Hamburg, Germany Immelmann Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender  Luftwaffe
unknown date William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland Michael E CAM Ship Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd.
unknown date Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, England MTB 345 Motor torpedo boat  Royal Navy Experimental vessel
unknown date unknown builder Swine Coaster Tanker  Kriegsmarine
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References
  1. "M/S Miner VI". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. Cressman, Robert J. (19 October 2017). "Aaron Ward II (DD-483)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 June 2019. The second Aaron Ward (DD-183) was ... launched on 22 November 1941; sponsored by Miss Hilda Ward, daughter of the late Rear Admiral Ward
Ship events in 1941
Ship launches: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Ship commissionings: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Ship decommissionings: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Shipwrecks: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
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