The list of ship launches in 1950 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1950. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 16 January Research vessel Western Boatbuilding Company Tacoma, Washington For National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 19 January Armament support ship For Royal Fleet Auxiliary 29 January BO-277 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk January Blakeley Car float Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. 2 February Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 6 February Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Australian Whaling Commission. 9 February BO-278 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 17 February Cargo Ship William Gray & Company West Hartlepool For Ellerman & Papayani Line 7 March Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shaw Savill Line. 21 March BO-282 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 21 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 31 March BO-283 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 4 April Factory ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Compania Argentina de Pesca. 15 April BO-284 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 3 May Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy 18 May Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste For Italian Line 31 May BO-285 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 1 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 3 June Ocean liner Bethlehem Steel Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts For American Export Lines 3 June BO-286 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 6 June BO-287 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 14 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Borgestad A/S. 14 June destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland For Royal Navy 15 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Funnel Line. 19 June BO-289 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 27 June New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey 29 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. June Cargo liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For British India Steam Navigation Company. June SK-146 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. June SK-147 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. June SK-148 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. June 2 unnamed vessels Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For United States Army Corps of Engineers. June Unnamed Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For United States Army Corps of Engineers. 27 July destroyer Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland For Royal Navy 27 July Cruise ship Vickers-Armstrongs Walker For Furness Withy 28 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Funnel Line. 28 July Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Polish Ocean Lines. July Barge No. 15 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Belcher Towing Co. July 4 unnamed vessels Hopper barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For United States Army Corps of Engineers. 10 August BO-291 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 13 August BO-292 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 13 August BO-293 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 15 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 15 August Provence Passenger ship Swan Hunter Wallsend For Société Générale des Transports Maritime 16 August destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight 20 August BO-294 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 28 August BO-295 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 29 August Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S. 1 September BO-296 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 9 September BO-297 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 15 September BO-298 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 26 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hunting & Sons. 28 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Per Gjerding. 28 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Fred. Olsen & Co. 28 September Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Falkland Shipowners Co. 30 September BO-299 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 9 October New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey 7 October BO-300 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 15 October BO-334 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 21 October Krasnoye Sormovo For Soviet Navy 19 November Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste For Italian Line 24 November Dronning Ingrid Ferry Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri Helsingør For Danske Statsbaner 12 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Olav Ringdal. 20 December Cargo ship Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd 21 December destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Glasgow, Scotland For Royal Navy 28 December BO-336 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 31 December BO-337 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-279 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-280 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-281 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-288 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-290 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-335 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date BO-336 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date Passenger ship Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock For China Navigation Co. Ltd. Unknown date Passenger ship Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock For China Navigation Co. Ltd. Unknown date Covert Motor barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Hayes Wharfe. Unknown date Crop Motor barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For British Transport Commission. Unknown date Missellele Tug Aldous Successors Ltd. Brightlingsea For Cameroons Development Agency. Unknown date Mokundange Launch Aldous Successors Ltd. Brightlingsea For Elders & Fyffes. Unknown date Welding Barge Barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For private owner. Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Harry Rose (Towage) Ltd.
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