This list of ship launches in 1946 includes a list of ships launched in 1946.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby For Tilbury Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd. Coastal water carrier For Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For J. Nourse Ltd. Empire Athelstan Heavy lift cargo ship Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd Barrow in Furness For Ministry of Transport Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Ministry of Transport. Tanker J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaarts Maatschappij. Collier Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For Wandsworth & District Gas Company. tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of Transport Coaster Shipbuilding Corporation. Newcastle upon Tyne For Ministry of Transport. TED-type coastal tanker Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Completed as Arduity for F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. Bethlehem Steel Staten Island, New York Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields For BRitish India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. TID 178 William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. TID 179 William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. Cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Ellerman Lines Ltd. Collier William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of Transport. TED-type coastal tanker Short Bros. Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Transport. Near-Warrior type tug A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen For Ministry of War Transport. TID 173 Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Ministry of War Transport. Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow in Furness TED-type coastal tanker Short Bros. Ltd. Sunderland Completed as Dovedale H. for J. Harker (Coasters) Ltd. Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Dunkinty Trawler John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen For Looker Fishing Co. Ltd. Empire Hedda Modified Stella-type tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Atlas for Bergnings och Dykari A/B. Empire Seafoam Shelt-type coaster Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole For Ministry of War Transport. Refrigerated cargo ship J. & G. Thompson Ltd. Clydebank For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Empire Tedmuir TED-type Coastal tanker A & J Inglis Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of Transport. Coaster Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Cargo ship Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen For British & Continental Steamship Co. Ltd. Ferry Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead For Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd. Unnamed Cargo ship William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. Southwick Laid down as an Empire ship, completed in June as Hubert for Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. Tanker J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaart Maatschappij. Empire Juna Modified Stella-type tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby For Ministry of War Transport. Cargo ship Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough For Booker Bros., McConnell & Co. Ltd. Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co North Charleston, South Carolina Tanker R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Coaster John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen For Firth Shipping Co. Ltd. Modified Cammell Laird Birkenhead Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Baron for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania Modified Empire Marshland Dredger William Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew For Ministry of Transport. ' Dredger Ferguson Brothers Ltd. Port Glasgow For the Admiralty. Cargo ship Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock For China Navigation Co. Ltd. Coastal water carrier For Royal Fleet Auxiliary Scotts Greenock Collier John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Corflow for Wm. Cory & Son Ltd. Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Empire Star for Blue Star Line. Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. Charleston Navy Yard North Charleston, South Carolina Modified Stella-type tug George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd. Greenock For Ministry of War Transport. Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Cargo ship Henry Robb Ltd. Leith For General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. Taff Dredger Fleming & Furguson Ltd. Paisley For Great Western Railway. Near-Warrior type tug J. S. Watson Ltd. Gainsborough For the Admiralty. Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Anchor Line Ltd. Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle VIC 57 VIC lighter J. Pollock & Sons Ltd. Faversham For Ministry of War Transport. VIC 34 VIC lighter Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For the Admiralty. Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd. Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. Dredger William Simons & Co Ltd Greenock For Ministry of War Transport. Scandinavian type cargo ship Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. Troon For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Uskside for Uskside Steamship Co. Ltd. Cargo ship William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. Tanker Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. VIC 65 VIC lighter Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For Ministry of War Transport. Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine oiler Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. Refrigerated cargo liner Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. VIC 105 Improved VIC lighter Shipbuilding Corporation Newcastle upon Tyne For the Admiralty. VIC 106 Improved VIC lighter Shipbuilding Corporation Newcastle upon Tyne For the Admiralty. Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland, Co Durham For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Laird for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Kaye, Son & Co. Ltd. Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Harland & Wolff Ltd. Govan For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Chief for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Empire Maydream Coaster A Hall & Co Ltd Aberdeen For Ministry of Transport Tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Requisitioned by the Admiralty with the intention of completion as RFA Oleander for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Hostilities ended before completion so returned to owners. C-type coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For London Power Co. Ltd. Avondow Trawler John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen For North Star Fishing Co. Ltd. Coaster Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Cape of Good Hope Motorships Co. Ltd. Cargo ship Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Ministry of Transport Completed as Martita for "K" Steamships Ltd. Tanker Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. North Shields For N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepsvaarts Maatschappij. Cargo ship Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. 17 April Tanker R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Empire Woodland Dredger William Simons & Co. Ltd. Greenock For Ministry of Transport. Factory ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers Ltd. VIC 66 VIC lighter Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For Ministry of War Transport. Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia BO-173 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-270 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-171 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk BO-172 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Tanker Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For British Tanker Co. Ltd. Western Pipe and Steel Company San Francisco Cargo ship Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Anchor Line. Destroyer Scrapped shortly after launch. Empire Tedrita TED-type Coastal tanker A & J Inglis Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of Transport. Nirumand Tug Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd. Tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For South Georgia Co. Cargo ship Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd. Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Near-Warrior type tug A. Hall & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Completed as Sun XVI W. H. J. Alexander Ltd. C-type coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For South Metropolitan Gas Company. Coastal tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cargo ship Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Currie Line Ltd. Empire Hartland Hopper ship Ferguson Brothers Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of Transport. Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. Tanker J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For British Tanker Co Ltd. Western Pipe and Steel Company San Pedro, California Cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend For Port Line Ltd. Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Seattle Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields For Barberry's Steamship Co. Ltd. Refrigerated cargo ship R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Houlder Line Ltd. Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. A half-ship New fore section Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For the steamship . Coastal tanker Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd Rowhedge For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Modified Stella-type tug William Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew For Ministry of War Transport. Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of Transport. Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of Transport. Refrigerated cargo ship J. & G. Thompson Ltd. Clydebank For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Norden cargo ship Nakskov Sun XVII Near-Warrior type tug A Hall & Co Ltd Aberdeen For Ministry of War Transport. Refrigerated cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Rederi A/B Helsingborg. Bethlehem Steel San Francisco Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Wave Premier for Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For British Tanker Co. Ltd. Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd Paddle steamer Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. Bristol For P. & A. Campbell Ltd. Unnamed Standard Fast type Cargo liner Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Modjokerto for Dutch Government. Cargo ship Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For British India Steam Navigation Company. Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. Tanker Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. Tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd. Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of Transport. Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of Transport. Savannah Machine & Foundry Co. Savannah, Georgia Collier John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Transport. Compleyed