List of ship launches in 1940

The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1940.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Fernie Hunt-class destroyer
24 January  United States Sun Shipbuilding Mormacmail Merchant Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941
24 January  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Company River Tees Gladiolus Flower-class corvette
25 January  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Tyneside Exmoor Hunt-class destroyer
29 January  United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Berkeley Hunt-class destroyer
8 February  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Holderness Hunt-class destroyer
13 February  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Pytchley Hunt-class destroyer
14 February  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Garth Hunt-class destroyer
22 February  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cattistock Hunt-class destroyer
24 February  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Anson King George V-class battleship
28 February  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Duke of York King George V-class battleship
February  Germany G. Seebeck A.G. Wesermünde Malangen Trawler Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg
4 March  United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Markay Maritime Commission Type N tanker
6 March  France Chantiers de la Loire and Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire Jean Bart Richelieu-class battleship
16 March  Germany Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven PG-555 Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
27 March  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Quorn Hunt-class destroyer
9 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Howe King George V-class battleship
9 April  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Mendip Hunt-class destroyer
22 April  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Quantock Hunt-class destroyer
22 April  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle Lightning L-class destroyer
24 April  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cleveland Hunt-class destroyer
7 May  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Nerissa N-class destroyer To Poland as Piorun 1940, returned as HMS Noble 1946, sold for scrap in 1955
9 May  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole, Yorkshire Fiddown Coaster For S Morris Ltd, Dublin
22 May  United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Napier N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
1 June  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington North Carolina-class battleship
5 June  United Kingdom Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Tynedale Hunt-class destroyer
7 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Meynell Hunt-class destroyer
9 June  Kingdom of Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Roma Littorio-class battleship For Regia Marina
13 June  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York North Carolina North Carolina-class battleship
4 July  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Nizam N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 July  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Southdown Hunt-class destroyer
8 July  United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Gurkha L-class destroyer
9 July  United Kingdom Fairfield Govan Nestor N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
16 July  United Kingdom Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Whaddon Hunt-class destroyer
18 July  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cotswold Hunt-class destroyer
23 July  United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Scotstoun Empire Oil Dale-class oiler For the Ministry of Shipping
29 July  Germany Schichau Königsberg Falke Bussard-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
1 August  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Bathurst Bathurst-class corvette
5 August  United Kingdom Barrow-in-Furness Erne Black Swan-class sloop
6 August  United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Blencathra Hunt-class destroyer
10 August  Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Lismore Bathurst-class corvette
19 August  United Kingdom R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Bronze Tanker For Ministry of War Transport
19 August  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Liddesdale Hunt-class destroyer
20 August  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Eridge Hunt-class destroyer
22 August  Finland Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan Turku Ruotsinsalmi Minelayer For Finnish Navy
24 August  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Vaterland passenger ship For HAPAG
2 September  United Kingdom Lithgows Greenock Empire Frost Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
2 September  Germany Schichau Königsberg Hans Albrecht Wedel Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
5 September  United Kingdom Yarrow Glasgow Cottesmore Hunt-class destroyer
15 September  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Selby Celia Shakespearian-class trawler For Royal Navy
30 September  United Kingdom Cammel Laird Birkenhead Brocklesby Hunt-class destroyer
30 September  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Farndale Hunt-class destroyer
1 October  India William Denny and Brothers Sutlej Black Swan-class sloop
2 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Jupiter Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Souci
3 October  United Kingdom J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Breeze Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
16 October  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Cliff Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
20 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Heythrop Hunt-class destroyer
23 October  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Avon Vale Hunt-class destroyer
25 October  Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Burnie Bathurst-class corvette
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Saturn Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Reproche
30 October  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Norman N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
4 November  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Lookout L-class destroyer
13 November  United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Deep Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
13 November  United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Gat Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
16 November  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Goulburn Bathurst-class corvette
16 November  India William Denny and Brothers Jumna Black Swan-class sloop
21 November  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Comet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
21 November  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Dew Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
27 November  United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Hudson C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942
28 November  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Ibis Black Swan-class sloop
28 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Lance L-class destroyer
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Merkur Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Peur
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Uranus Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender Former French Sans Pareil
30 October  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Marne M-class destroyer Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
30 October  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong River Tyne Oakley Hunt-class destroyer To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941
4 December  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Silverton Hunt-class destroyer To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941
10 December  Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria Ballarat Bathurst-class corvette
10 December  United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Robin Doncaster Type C2-S cargo ship Built for Robin Line, but requisitioned on completion and delivered to Ministry of War Transport as Empire Curlew.
12 December  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Martin M-class destroyer
14 December  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Empire Dawn Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
14 December  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Lamerton Hunt-class destroyer Sold to Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Gomati (D93) in 1953
14 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Hornet Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
18 December  United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Parana C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942
19 December  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank Blankney Hunt-class destroyer
27 December  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Cloud Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
Date uncertain  Germany D W Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Else coastal Tanker For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Friedrich Bischoff Cargo ship For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Nobiskrug Werft Rendsburg Justinian Cargo ship For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Date uncertain  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Karl Meyer Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Max Stinsky Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain Netherlands Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV Waterhuizen Caribe II Cargo ship For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.

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Ship events in 1940
Ship launches: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Ship commissionings: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Ship decommissionings: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Shipwrecks: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
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