The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 8 January Cargo ship Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd. 4 February New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey First of class 6 February Khalafabad Tank barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Petroleum Steamship Co. Ltd. 20 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Compagnie Génerale Transatlantique. 25 February Cargo liner Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland For Cunard Line 7 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 23 March Cargo ship Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Ashantian for United Africa Co. Ltd. 25 March 25 March Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 25 March Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 9 April BO-183 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 9 April BO-184 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 9 April BO-185 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 22 April Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland For Royal Navy. 23 April Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For The China Navigation Company. 27 April BO-181 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 27 April BO-182 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 28 April Cargo ship Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Lagosian for United Africa Co. Ltd. 7 May Train ferry John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland For London and North Eastern Railway 16 May Swan Hunter Wallsend, England 20 May Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 3 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Moss Hutchinson Line. 16 June New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 17 June Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Star Line. 19 June Factory ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For A/S Thor Dahl Ltd. 15 August Zarian Cargo ship Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne For United Africa Co. Ltd 16 August Cargo ship Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as Zarian for United Africa Co. Ltd. 19 August Pretoria Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 29 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 2 September Pilot tender Harland & Wolff Belfast For Trinity House. 16 September Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California 30 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. 2 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Moss Hutchinson Line. 2 October Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Star Line. 14 October Orcades Ocean liner Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness, England For Orient Line 16 October Edinburgh Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 30 October Ocean liner/Cruise ship John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland For Cunard Line 30 October Pilot tender Harland & Wolff Belfast For Trinity House. 7 November Empire Ely Cargo ship Flender Werke Lübeck For Ministry of Transport 8 November Equity I Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. 11 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 20 December Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Unknown date Cargo liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For British India Steam Navigation Company. Unknown date Ferry William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Southern Railway. Unknown date MFV-439 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. Unknown date MFV-440 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy, completed as commercial vessel. Unknown date MFV-441 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. Unknown date MFV-442 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. Unknown date MFV.1225 Motor Fishing Vessel Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington For Royal Navy. Unknown date Pemex 464 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos. Unknown date Pemex 465 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos. Unknown date Type C1 ship Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia For private owner. Unknown date Type C1 ship Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah, Georgia For private owner. Unknown date SK-133 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-134 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-135 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date SK-136 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. Unknown date Five vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Compania Petroleos Mexicanos; prefixed "Pemex", likely followed by a number. Unknown date Unnamed Motor yacht J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For private owner. Unknown date Unnamed Barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For R. & J. H. Rea Ltd.
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