The list of ship launches in 1961 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1961. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 2 January Bryher Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For W. H. Podd Ltd. 9 January Carlton Queen Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Talisman Trawlers Ltd. 17 January Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank For Union-Castle Line 17 January For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 19 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 31 January Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 31 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 1 February Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, British Columbia Canada For Royal Canadian Navy 2 February Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 1 March Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Port Line. 7 March For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 7 March Wilronwood Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Wilronwood Fishing Co. Ltd. 16 March John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy 17 March Ariadne III Motor yacht Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For private owner. 17 March Tug Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For C. H. Bailey Ltd. 17 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 17 March Tug Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For C. H. Bailey Ltd. 26 March Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad For Soviet Navy 29 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British India Steam Navigation Company. 8 April Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales For Royal Australian Navy 8 April Williamstown Naval Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria For Royal Australian Navy 13 April Bulk carrier Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For St. Denis Shipping Co. Ltd. 15 April Bethlehem Steel Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy 28 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 20 May Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy 25 May Canadian Vickers Montreal, Quebec Canada For Royal Canadian Navy 31 May Minerve Daphné-class submarine Dubigeon Nantes For French Navy 31 May Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 15 June Tanker J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Shell Co. of the Bahamas. 15 June Pilot boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Trinity House. 15 June Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy 26 June Neckar Rhine-class tender Lürssen Bremen-Vegesack For German Navy 28 June Harland and Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy 1 July Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California For United States Navy 1 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 2 July Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone For Lloyd Triestino 15 July Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 26 July Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Stephenson Clarke Ltd. 27 July Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Canada For Royal Canadian Navy 29 July New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 31 July For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 24 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 24 August Dredger Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Transport Commission. 26 August Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy 28 August Pilot boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Trinity House. 28 August Dredger J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. 28 August For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 17 September Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington For United States Navy 22 September Galatée Daphné-class submarine Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg For French Navy 24 September Ocean liner For Lloyd Triestino 25 September Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For W. H. Podd Ltd. 27 September Harland and Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy 30 September Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid Arsenal de Brest Brest, France For French Navy 12 October Tom Grant Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 21 October U 1 Type 201 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 24 October City of Victoria V-class ferry Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd Victoria Canada For BC Ferries 26 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 19 November Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad For Soviet Navy 23 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 1 December Cap San Diego Cap-San-class bulk cargo Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg-Finkenwerder For Hamburg Süd 7 December Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy 9 December Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California For United States Navy 9 December Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine For United States Navy 9 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 9 December New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 10 December Marine Industries Limited Sorel, Quebec Canada For Royal Canadian Navy 15 December Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 21 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 22 December Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow For Royal Navy Unknown date Bulk carrier William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Stephenson Clarke Ltd. Unknown date Cornishbrook Tug Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Wallsend For private owner.
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