List of ship launches in 1952
The list of ship launches in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1952.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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16 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Skill | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[1] |
26 January | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Mitscher | Mitscher-class destroyer | First in class |
26 January | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Willis A. Lee | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
29 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Onitsha | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[2] |
30 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Pioneer | Cargo ship | [3] |
30 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Spinner | Cargo ship | [3] |
14 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | King Alexander | Cargo ship | For King Line.[4] |
February | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Explorer | Cargo ship | [3] |
15 March | Finland | Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Equator | Cargo ship | Originally for Finland – South-American Line; handed over to Sudoimport as m/s Archangelsk. |
25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Essequibo | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[5] |
25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Janita | Tanker | For Spermacet Whaling Co.[6] |
5 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Braemar Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
23 April | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Wilkinson | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
26 April | France | A&C de France | Dunkerque | Calédonien | Ocean liner | For Messageries Maritimes[7] |
1 May | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Voyager | Daring-class destroyer | |
8 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Diana | Daring-class destroyer | |
8 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Irish Coast | Ferry | For Coast Lines.[8] |
22 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cedric | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[9] |
10 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Busen 5 | Whaler | For Tongsberg A/S.[10] |
24 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Obuasi | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[11] |
8 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Janova | Tanker | For Spermacet Whaling Co.[12] |
12 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | John S. McCain | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
12 July | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Illusive | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
12 July | France | Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde | Bordeaux | Jean Labord | cruise ship | For Messageries Maritimes |
16 July | Netherlands | C Van der Giessen & Zoon | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Nyon | Cargo ship | For Suisse-Atlantique Societé de Navigation Maritime SA |
22 July | United Kingdom | Short Brothers of Sunderland | Sunderland | Africa Palm | Cargo ship | For Palm Line |
6 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Raeburn | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt.[13] |
8 August | United States | J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. | Tacoma, Washington | Endurance | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
9 August | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | LST-1156 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | First in class |
19 August | Canada | Burrard Dry Dock | Vancouver, British Columbia | Skeena | St. Laurent-class destroyer | |
29 August | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Impervious | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
3 September | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Leda | Ferry | For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab |
6 September | United States | Christy Corporation | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Badger | Ferry | For Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
16 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Clydefield | Tanker | For Hunting & Sons.[14] |
4 October | United States | Luders Marine Construction Co. | Stamford, Connecticut | Aggressive | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
4 October | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest, France | Tahitien | Ocean liner | For Messageries Maritimes[15] |
11 October | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Enhance | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
18 October | Netherlands | De Schelde Shipyard | Vlissingen | Kungsholm | Ocean liner/Cruise ship | For Swedish American Line |
23 October | Sweden | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB | Göteborg | Småland | Halland-class destroyer | For Royal Swedish Navy |
31 October | West Germany | Johann-Oelkers-Werft | Hamburg | Kattwiek | type I ferry | For HADAG |
5 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cymric | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[16] |
19 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | King Arthur | Cargo ship | For King Line.[17] |
22 November | United States | Christy Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | LST-1166 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
25 November | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | LST-1161 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
27 November | Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki | Voima | Icebreaker | |
3 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Beaverbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[18] |
6 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | LST-1157 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
16 December | United States | Fulton Shipyard | Antioch, California | Conflict | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
16 December | West Germany | Ottensener Eisenwerke | Hamburg | Wilhelmsburg | type I ferry | For HADAG |
17 December | United States | Colberg Boat Works | Stockton, California | Dynamic | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
18 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nessbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[19] |
19 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blandford | Tanker | For Blandford Shipping.[20] |
20 December | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Esteem | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Normannia | Ferry | For British Railways.[21] |
References
- ^ "British Skill". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Onitsha". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Gray 2003, p. 91.
- ^ "King Alexander". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Essequibo". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Janita". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Calédonien (5057852)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Irish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Cedric". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Busen 5". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Obuasi". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Janova". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Raburn". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Clydefield". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ ss Caledonien, ss Tahitien
- ^ "Cymric". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "King Arthur". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Beaverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Nessbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Blandford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
- Sources
- Gray, Ted (2003). A Hundred Years of THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. Manchester: Memories. ISBN 1-85926-030-6.
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.