The list of ship launches in 1948 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1948.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 14 February Lightship tender Harland & Wolff Belfast For Trinity House. 27 February Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 6 March heavy cruiser Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 11 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. 11 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line. 19 April BO-192 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 22 April Cargo Ship Barclay Curle Glasgow For P&O 24 April BO-187 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 24 April BO-188 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 24 April BO-190 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 24 April BO-191 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 24 April BO-193 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 11 May Cargo liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Lines 20 May Refrigerated cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Compagnia de Navigacion Carregadores Acoreanos. 21 May Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine For United States Navy. 25 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co. 26 May Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers Ltd. 8 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 8 June Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Rederi A/B Sirius. 10 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line. 22 June Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland For Royal Navy. 6 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For A/S Bulls Rederi. 6 July Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers Ltd. 22 July Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Railways. 20 August Williamstown Naval Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria For Royal Australian Navy. 3 September Cap Juby Deep-sea trawler Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre For: E. Noel 4 SeptemberSingle screw cargo shipJoseph L. Thompson & Co, SunderlandSunderland, England 8 September Carioca Shell Tank barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Compagnia de Navegacao Shell-Mex do Brasil. 16 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 21 September Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Railways. 5 October Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness, England For P&O 19 October Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. 19 October Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. 2 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Funnel Line. 4 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Fred Olsen & Co.6 NovemberSołdekCargo ShipStocznia GdańskaGdańskFor Polska Żegluga Morska. 16 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 28 November BO-194 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 13 December Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Lancashire Shipping Co Ltd. 13 December BO-195 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk For Soviet Navy. 18 December Aircraft transport vessel James Pollock & Sons Faversham For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldhind for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd. 18 December Olga Mærsk Cargo ship Odense Steel Shipyard Odense, Denmark For A.P. Moller-Maersk Group 28 December Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers Ltd. Unknown date Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Unknown date Cargo liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For British India Steam Navigation Company. Unknown date Type C1 ship Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia For private owner. Unknown date MFV.1226 Motor Fishing Vessel Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington For Royal Navy. Unknown date NCPX S-1 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For North Carolina Pulp Co. Unknown date NCPX S-2 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For North Carolina Pulp Co. Unknown date Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Skibs A/S Randi. Unknown date Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Unknown date Type C1 ship Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia For private owner. Unknown date SK-137 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-138 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-139 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-140 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-141 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-142 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-143 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-144 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-145 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date Unnamed Launch J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For United Africa Co. Ltd.
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