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The list of ship launches in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1952.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
16 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
British Skill
Tanker
For British Tanker Company .[1]
26 January
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Mitscher
Mitscher -class destroyer
First in class
26 January
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Willis A. Lee
Mitscher -class destroyer
29 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Onitsha
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster.[2]
30 January
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Manchester Pioneer
Cargo ship
30 January
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Manchester Spinner
Cargo ship
14 February
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
King Alexander
Cargo ship
For King Line .[4]
February
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Manchester Explorer
Cargo ship
15 March
Finland
Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan
Turku
Equator
Cargo ship
Originally for Finland – South-American Line; handed over to Sudoimport as m/s Archangelsk.
25 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Essequibo
Cargo ship
For Royal Mail Line .[5]
25 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Janita
Tanker
For Spermacet Whaling Co.[6]
5 April
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Braemar Castle
Passenger ship
For Union-Castle Line .
23 April
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Wilkinson
Mitscher -class destroyer
26 April
France
A&C de France
Dunkerque
Calédonien
Ocean liner
For Messageries Maritimes [7]
1 May
Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney , New South Wales
Voyager
Daring -class destroyer
8 May
United Kingdom
Yarrow Shipbuilders
Glasgow , Scotland
Diana
Daring -class destroyer
8 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Irish Coast
Ferry
For Coast Lines .[8]
22 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Cedric
Refrigerated cargo ship
For Shaw Savill Line.[9]
10 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Busen 5
Whaler
For Tongsberg A/S.[10]
24 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Obuasi
Cargo ship
For Elder Dempster.[11]
8 July
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Janova
Tanker
For Spermacet Whaling Co.[12]
12 July
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
John S. McCain
Mitscher -class destroyer
12 July
United States
Martinolich Ship Building Co
San Diego, California
Illusive
Aggressive -class minesweeper
12 July
France
Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde
Bordeaux
Jean Labord
cruise ship
For Messageries Maritimes
16 July
Netherlands
C Van der Giessen & Zoon
Krimpen aan den IJssel
Nyon
Cargo ship
For Suisse-Atlantique Societé de Navigation Maritime SA
22 July
United Kingdom
Short Brothers of Sunderland
Sunderland
Africa Palm
Cargo ship
For Palm Line
6 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Raeburn
Cargo ship
For Lamport & Holt.[13]
8 August
United States
J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.
Tacoma, Washington
Endurance
Aggressive -class minesweeper
9 August
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
LST-1156
Terrebonne Parish -class tank landing ship
First in class
19 August
Canada
Burrard Dry Dock
Vancouver , British Columbia
Skeena
St. Laurent -class destroyer
29 August
United States
Martinolich Ship Building Co
San Diego, California
Impervious
Aggressive -class minesweeper
3 September
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Wallsend
Leda
Ferry
For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
6 September
United States
Christy Corporation
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Badger
Ferry
For Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
16 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Clydefield
Tanker
For Hunting & Sons.[14]
4 October
United States
Luders Marine Construction Co.
Stamford, Connecticut
Aggressive
Aggressive -class minesweeper
4 October
France
Arsenal de Brest
Brest, France
Tahitien
Ocean liner
For Messageries Maritimes [15]
11 October
United States
Martinolich Ship Building Co
San Diego, California
Enhance
Aggressive -class minesweeper
18 October
Netherlands
De Schelde Shipyard
Vlissingen
Kungsholm
Ocean liner /Cruise ship
For Swedish American Line
23 October
Sweden
Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB
Göteborg
Småland
Halland -class destroyer
For Royal Swedish Navy
31 October
West Germany
Johann-Oelkers-Werft
Hamburg
Kattwiek
type I ferry
For HADAG
5 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Cymric
Refrigerated cargo ship
For Shaw Savill Line.[16]
19 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
King Arthur
Cargo ship
For King Line .[17]
22 November
United States
Christy Shipbuilding
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
LST-1166
Terrebonne Parish -class tank landing ship
25 November
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
LST-1161
Terrebonne Parish -class tank landing ship
27 November
Finland
Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard
Helsinki
Voima
Icebreaker
3 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Beaverbank
Cargo ship
For Bank Line .[18]
6 December
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
LST-1157
Terrebonne Parish -class tank landing ship
16 December
United States
Fulton Shipyard
Antioch, California
Conflict
Aggressive -class minesweeper
16 December
West Germany
Ottensener Eisenwerke
Hamburg
Wilhelmsburg
type I ferry
For HADAG
17 December
United States
Colberg Boat Works
Stockton, California
Dynamic
Aggressive -class minesweeper
18 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Nessbank
Cargo ship
For Bank Line .[19]
19 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Blandford
Tanker
For Blandford Shipping.[20]
20 December
United States
Martinolich Ship Building Co
San Diego, California
Esteem
Aggressive -class minesweeper
Unknown date
United Kingdom
William Denny and Brothers
Dumbarton
Normannia
Ferry
For British Railways .
References
Sources
Gray, Ted (2003). A Hundred Years of THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL . Manchester: Memories. ISBN 1-85926-030-6 .
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 .