|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
15 January |
United Kingdom |
J Pollock & Sons |
Faversham |
Empire Creek |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
11 February |
United Kingdom |
Sir J Laing & Sons |
Sunderland |
Empire Coral |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
13 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff Ltd |
Govan |
Empire Shoal |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 February |
United Kingdom |
W.J. Yarwood & Sons |
Northwich |
Empire Bridge |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
1 March |
United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Rio de la Plata |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier USS Charger in 1942 |
4 March |
United Kingdom |
Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Faith |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
15 March |
United Kingdom |
J Pollock & Sons Ltd |
Faversham |
Empire Crag |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
27 March |
United Kingdom |
Scott & Sons |
Bowling |
Empire Cape |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
27 March |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland, Co Durham |
Empire Day |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
10 April |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool |
Empire Brook |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
12 April |
United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Rio de Janeiro |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier HMS Dasher in 1942 |
12 April |
United Kingdom |
Henry Scarr Ltd |
Hessle |
Empire Bank |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
26 April |
United Kingdom |
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Eve |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
12 May |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Empire Flame |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
13 May |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool |
Empire Darwin |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
13 May |
United Kingdom |
Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
Wallsend |
Empire Maple |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
20 May |
United Kingdom |
R Dunston Ltd |
Thorne |
Empire Bridge |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 May |
United Kingdom |
Lithgows Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Empire Dell |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
29 May |
United Kingdom |
Short Bros. Ltd |
Pallion |
Empire Burton |
CAM ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
29 May |
United Kingdom |
R Dunston Ltd |
Thorne |
Empire Willow |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
7 June |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
South Dakota |
South Dakota-class battleship |
|
10 June |
United Kingdom |
Scott & Sons Ltd |
Bowling |
Empire Pine |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
11 June |
United Kingdom |
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Bruce |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 June |
United Kingdom |
G Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd |
Greenock |
Empire Ruby |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 June |
United Kingdom |
A & J Inglis Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Spinney |
coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
8 July |
United Kingdom |
Furness Shipbuilding Ltd |
Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Empire Amethyst |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
8 July |
United Kingdom |
J.L. Thompson and Sons |
Sunderland |
Empire Cranmer |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
8 July |
United Kingdom |
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Cromwell |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
9 July |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool |
Empire Cabot |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
10 July |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Empire Diamond |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
10 July |
United Kingdom |
Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd |
Rowhedge |
Empire Garnet |
Coastal tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
12 July |
United Kingdom |
Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd |
Ardrossan |
Empire Atoll |
refrigerated coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
22 July |
Germany |
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft |
Kiel |
U-117 |
Type XB submarine |
For Kriegsmarine |
23 July |
Hong Kong |
Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co Ltd |
Hong Kong |
Empire Almond |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 July |
United States |
Bethlehem Steel Company |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
San Diego |
Atlanta-class light cruiser |
|
28 July |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Empire Clive |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
8 August |
United Kingdom |
Richards Ironworks Ltd |
Lowestoft |
Empire Sound |
coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
9 August |
United Kingdom |
Henry Scarr Ltd |
Hessle |
Empire Birch |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
13 August |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Sons |
Selby |
Empire Ash |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 August |
United Kingdom |
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Empire Emerald |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
28 August |
United Kingdom |
Lithgows Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Empire Baffin |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport, later served as HMS Sancroft |
2 September |
Canada |
Marine Industries Ltd. |
Sorel, Quebec |
Fredericton |
Flower-class corvette |
|
6 September |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Atlanta |
Atlanta-class light cruiser |
|
6 September |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
San Juan |
Atlanta-class light cruiser |
|
8 September |
United Kingdom |
J S Watson Ltd |
Gainsborough |
Empire River |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
10 September |
United Kingdom |
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland, Co Durham |
Empire Druid |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
23 September |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Cowper |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
23 September |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Field |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
23 September |
United States |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
South Dakota-class battleship |
|
24 September |
United Kingdom |
Scott & Sons Ltd |
Bowling |
Empire Beacon |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
24 September |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd |
Goole |
Empire Bracken |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
26 September |
United Kingdom |
R Dunston Ltd |
Thorne |
Empire Cedar |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
27 September |
United States |
Western Pipe and Steel Company |
San Francisco, California |
Steel Artisan |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier HMS Attacker in 1942 |
6 October |
United Kingdom |
Bartram & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Byron |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
7 October |
United Kingdom |
Furness Shipbuilding Ltd |
Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Empire Celt |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
8 October |
United Kingdom |
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Barrow in Furness |
Empire Baxter |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
20 October |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool |
Empire Carey |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
21 October |
United States |
Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard |
Seattle, Washington |
Steel Architect |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier USS Copahee in 1942 |
21 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Ballantyne |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
21 October |
United Kingdom |
Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
Willington Quay on Tyne |
Empire Thistle |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
22 October |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Dryden |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
22 October |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd |
Goole |
Empire Ivy |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
23 October |
United Kingdom |
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Bairn |
Coastal tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
23 October |
United Kingdom |
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Drayton |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
25 October |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Juneau |
Atlanta-class light cruiser |
|
1 November |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
Cleveland |
Cleveland-class light cruiser |
|
9 November |
United Kingdom |
R Dunston Ltd |
Thorne |
Empire Plane |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport |
18 November |
United Kingdom |
Sir J Laing & Sons |
Sunderland |
Empire Airman |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
18 November |
United Kingdom |
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Empire Metal |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
19 November |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Co Ltd |
West Hartlepool |
Empire Builder |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
19 November |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland, Co Durham |
Empire Drum |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
19 November |
United Kingdom |
Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd |
Grangemouth |
Empire Dunstan |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
21 November |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Indiana |
South Dakota-class battleship |
|
22 November |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd |
Goole |
Empire Harp |
Coastal tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
6 December |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd |
Hong Kong |
Empire Dragon |
Cargo ship |
For the Ministry of War Transport |
11 December |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
U-607 |
Type VIIC submarine |
For the Kriegsmarine |
17 December |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
Columbia |
Cleveland-class light cruiser |
|
17 December |
United Kingdom |
Bartram & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Ballad |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
18 December |
United Kingdom |
Hall, Russell & Company |
Aberdeen |
Sir Galahad |
Minesweeper |
|
21 December |
United Kingdom |
Henry Scarr Ltd |
Hessle |
Empire Teak |
Tug |
For Ministry of War Transport. |
30 December |
United Kingdom |
|
|
Magpie |
Black Swan-class sloop |
|
30 December |
United Kingdom |
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd |
Dundee |
Empire Bard |
Heavy lift ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
31 December |
United Kingdom |
Lithgows |
Port Glasgow |
Empire Addison |
Cargo ship |
for Ministry of War Transport |
Date uncertain |
Germany |
Schichau |
Königsberg |
Bussard |
Bussard-class seaplane tender |
For the Luftwaffe |
Date uncertain |
United Kingdom |
I Pimblott & Sons Ltd |
Northwich |
Empire Kyle |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
Date uncertain |
Germany |
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer |
Hamburg |
Immelmann |
Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender |
For the Luftwaffe |
Date uncertain |
United Kingdom |
William Hamilton & Co Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Michael E |
CAM Ship |
For Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd. |
Date uncertain |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Southampton |
MTB 345 |
Motor torpedo boat |
Experimental vessel |
Date uncertain |
|
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Swine |
Coaster Tanker |
For Kriegsmarine. |