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The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
8 January
United Kingdom
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Greenock
Agapenor
Cargo ship
For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd .
4 February
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
Worcester
Worcester -class cruiser
First of class
20 February
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
La Heve
Cargo ship
For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique .[1]
25 February
United Kingdom
Harland and Wolff
Belfast , Northern Ireland
Parthia
Cargo liner
For Cunard Line
7 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Salinas
Cargo ship
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company .[2]
23 March
United Kingdom
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Empire Stroma
Cargo ship
For Ministry of Transport . Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd .
25 March
United Kingdom
Acheron
Amphion -class submarine
25 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Munster
Ferry
For Coast Lines .[4]
25 March
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Salem
Des Moines -class cruiser
9 April
Soviet Union
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
Zelenedolsk
BO-183
Kronshtadt -class submarine chaser
9 April
Soviet Union
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
Zelenedolsk
BO-184
Kronshtadt -class submarine chaser
9 April
Soviet Union
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
Zelenedolsk
BO-185
Kronshtadt -class submarine chaser
22 April
United Kingdom
Harland and Wolff
Belfast , Northern Ireland
Centaur
Centaur -class aircraft carrier
For Royal Navy .
23 April
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Soochow
Ferry
For The China Navigation Company .[5]
27 April
Soviet Union
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
Zelenedolsk
BO-181
Kronshtadt -class submarine chaser
27 April
Soviet Union
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
Zelenedolsk
BO-182
Kronshtadt -class submarine chaser
28 April
United Kingdom
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
Sunderland
Empire Ronaldsay
Cargo ship
For Ministry of Transport . Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd .
7 May
United Kingdom
John Brown and Company
Clydebank , Scotland
Suffolk Ferry
Train ferry
For London and North Eastern Railway
16 May
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend , England
Albion
Centaur -class aircraft carrier
20 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Leinster
Ferry
For Coast Lines .[7]
3 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Kantara
Cargo ship
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[8]
16 June
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
Roanoke
Worcester -class cruiser
17 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Imperial Star
Refrigerated cargo ship
For Blue Star Line .[9]
19 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Thorshavet
Factory ship
For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd.[10]
15 August
United Kingdom
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd
Newcastle upon Tyne
Zarian
Cargo ship
For United Africa Co. Ltd
16 August
United Kingdom
Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Empire Birdsay
Cargo ship
For Ministry of Shipping . Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd .
19 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Pretoria Castle
Passenger ship
For Union-Castle Line .[11]
29 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Salamanca
Cargo ship
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company .[12]
2 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Pelorus
Pilot tender
For Trinity House .[13]
16 September
United States
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo, California
Tiru
Balao -class submarine
30 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Lotorium
Tanker
For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company .[14]
2 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Karnak
Cargo ship
For Moss Hutchinson Line.[15]
2 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Melbourne Star
Refrigerated cargo ship
For Blue Star Line .[16]
14 October
United Kingdom
Vickers Armstrong
Barrow-in-Furness , England
Orcades
Ocean liner
For Orient Line
16 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Edinburgh Castle
Passenger ship
For Union-Castle Line .[17]
30 October
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank , Scotland
Caronia
Ocean liner/Cruise ship
For Cunard Line
30 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Penlee
Pilot tender
For Trinity House .[18]
7 November
Germany
Flender Werke
Lübeck
Empire Ely
Cargo ship
For Ministry of Transport
11 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
British Ranger
Tanker
For British Tanker Company .[19]
20 December
Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney , New South Wales
Tobruk
Battle-class destroyer
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
Glasgow
Dwarka
Cargo liner
For British India Steam Navigation Company .
Unknown date
United Kingdom
William Denny and Brothers
Dumbarton
Falaise
Ferry
For Southern Railway .
References
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 .