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

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
2 January	United Kingdom	Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.	Bristol	St. Vincent	Coaster	For Osborn & Wallis Ltd.[1]
9 January	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Athelcrest	Tanker	For Athel Line Ltd.[2]
9 January	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Derwenthall	Cargo ship	For West Hartlepool Steam Navigatio Co. Ltd.[3]
9 January	United Kingdom	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Confield	Cargo ship	For Confield Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
9 January	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank	Fernie	Hunt-class destroyer
9 January	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Trevaylor	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co.[5]
11 January	United Kingdom	James Pollock & Sons	Faversham	Dominence	Coaster	For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[6]
18 January	United Kingdom	Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.	Bristol	Peter Joliffe	Tug	For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[1]
24 January	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Ariosto	Cargo ship	For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[7]
24 January	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Catrine	Cargo ship	For Pontypridd Steamship Co.[3]
24 January	United Kingdom	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Moorwood	C-type coaster	For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[8]
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	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Barnby	Cargo ship	For Rowland & Marwoods Steamship Co. Ltd.[9]
25 January	United Kingdom	Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd	Rowhedge	Ben Hann	Coastal tanker	For National Benzole Co. Ltd.[10]
25 January	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Tyneside	Exmoor	Hunt-class destroyer
25 January	United Kingdom	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling	Hawarden Bridge	Coaster	For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[11]
25 January	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Ottinge	Cargo ship	For Ellerman & Papayannie Lines Ltd.[12]
25 January	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Florian	Cargo ship	For Constants Ltd.[12]
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Fir	Tree-class trawler	For Royal Navy.[13]
29 January	United Kingdom	Cammel Laird	Birkenhead	Berkeley	Hunt-class destroyer
2 February	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers Ltd.	Dumbarton	Kalewa	Cargo ship	For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[14]
7 February	United Kingdom	Fleming & Furguson Ltd.	Paisley	Burgeo	Ferry	For Government of Newfoundland.[15]
8 February	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Holderness	Hunt-class destroyer
8 February	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	Madras City	Cargo ship	For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[16]
8 February	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	Sutlej	Cargo ship	For J. Nourse Ltd.[17]
10 February	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Manchester Merchant	Cargo ship	For Manchester Liners Ltd.[18]
12 February	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.	Beverley	St. Zeno	Fishing trawler	For T. Hambling & Co. Ltd.[19]
13 February	United Kingdom	Scotts	Greenock	Pytchley	Hunt-class destroyer
14 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Arabis	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
14 February	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank	Garth	Hunt-class destroyer
21 February	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Glenwood	Cargo ship	For J. I. Jacobs Ltd.[20]
22 February	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Angelo	Cargo ship	For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd.[7]
22 February	United Kingdom	Yarrow	Glasgow	Cattistock	Hunt-class destroyer
22 February	Hong Kong	Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.	Hong Kong	Heinrich Jessen	Cargo ship	For Rhederi M. Jebsen A/S.[21]
22 February	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Ribera	Cargo ship	For Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd.[22]
23 February	United Kingdom	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Graiglas	Cargo ship	For Graig Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
24 February	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Anson	King George V-class battleship
24 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Periwinkle	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[23]
24 February	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick	Winkleigh	Cargo ship	For W. J. Tatum Ltd.[24]
26 February	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Sutherland	Cargo ship	For B. J. Sutherland & Co. Ltd.[3]
27 February	United Kingdom	Henry Robb Ltd.	Leith	MSC Merlin	Tug	For Manchester Ship Canal Company.[25]
27 February	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd	Selby	Triton	Lighthouse Tender	For Trinity House.[26]
28 February	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank	Duke of York	King George V-class battleship
29 February	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon	Empress Queen	C-type coaster	For P. & A. Campbell Ltd. Requisitioned by the Admiralty, converted to a troopship.[27]
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
7 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Clarkia	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[28]
7 March	United Kingdom	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	Lancastrian Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd.[29]
7 March	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	Orient City	Cargo ship	For Reardon Smith Line Ltd.[16]
9 March	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Seapool	Cargo ship	For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[30]
12 March	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Itria	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Company.[5]
14 March	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Ger-Y-Bryn	Cargo ship	For Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd.[30]
16 March	Germany	Schichau Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	PG-555	Fishing trawler	For Grundmann & Gröschel
21 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Calendula	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
21 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lavington Court	Cargo ship	For Court Line.[31]
21 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Picotee	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
21 March	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Rawnsley	Cargo ship	For Red 'R' Shipping Co. Ltd.[3]
21 March	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	Tottenham	Cargo ship	For Britain Steamship Co.[32]
22 March	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Harpalyce	Cargo ship	For J & C. Harrison Ltd.[33]
22 March	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Baluchistan	Cargo ship	For Strick Line.[34]
23 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Debrett	Cargo ship	For Lamport & Holt.[35]
23 March	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Industria	Cargo ship	For Metcalfe Shipping Co. Ltd.[12]
26 March	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Iris	Cable laying ship	For H. M. Postmaster General.[7]
26 March	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Dalesman	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.[36]
26 March	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Uskbridge	Cargo ship	For Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd.[30]
27 March	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Quorn	Hunt-class destroyer
27 March	United Kingdom	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling	Staley Bridge	Coaster	For J. Summers & Sons Ltd.[11]
March	Hong Kong	Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd.	Hong Kong	Hanyang	Cargo ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[37]
6 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hibiscus	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[38]
9 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield	Govan	Howe	King George V-class battleship
9 April	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Mendip	Hunt-class destroyer
9 April	United Kingdom	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Thistlegorm	Cargo ship	For The Albyn Line Ltd.[4]
9 April	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Tynemouth	Cargo ship	For Burnett Steamship Co.[20]
10 April	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Marietta E.	Cargo ship	For Leith Hill Shipping Co. Ltd.[39]
10 April	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.	Linthouse	Trevethoe	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.[40]
11 April	United Kingdom	Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.	Beverley	Vizalma	Fishing trawler	For Atlas Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.[19]
20 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Heartsease	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy
22 April	United Kingdom	Scotts	Greenock	Quantock	Hunt-class destroyer
22 April	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Newcastle	Lightning	L-class destroyer
23 April	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Hindustan	Cargo ship	For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[9]
23 April	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Port Napier	Cargo ship	For Port Line. Requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as the minelayer HMS Port Napier.[41]
23 April	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Putney Hill	Cargo ship	For Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd.[3]
24 April	United Kingdom	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Sea Fisher	C-type coaster	For Fenwick, Fisher Steamship Co.[42]
23 April	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Welsh Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd.[18]
24 April	United Kingdom	Yarrow	Glasgow	Cleveland	Hunt-class destroyer
24 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	City of Calcutta	Cargo liner	For Ellerman Lines Ltd. [43]
27 April	United Kingdom	A. & J. Inglis Ltd.	Glasgow	Lincoln Castle	Paddle steamer	For London & North Eastern Railway.[44]
29 April	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Cape Wrath	Cargo ship	For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[45]
29 April	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Trevily	Cargo ship	For Hain Steamship Co.[22]
4 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Camellia	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
7 May	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	Morialta	Cargo ship	For Adelaide Steamship Co.[32]
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
7 May	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Wandby	Cargo ship	For Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.[20]
8 May	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Cape Breton	Cargo ship	For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd.[12]
9 May	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Fiddown	Coaster	For S. Morris Ltd.[46]
9 May	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth	Quentin	Icemaid type collier	For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[47]
18 May	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Rookley	Cargo ship	For Thomasson Shipping Co. Ltd.[3]
21 May	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Cape Hawke	Cargo ship	For Cape York Motorship Co. Ltd.[48]
21 May	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Havildar	Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[45]
21 May	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Itola	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[12]
21 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pardo	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[49]
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Mallow	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
22 May	United Kingdom	Fairfield	Govan	Napier	N-class destroyer	For Royal Australian Navy
22 May	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick	Stanmore	Cargo ship	For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[24]
23 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Bangor	Bangor-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.
23 May	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Burnside	Cargo ship	For Burns, Philip & Co.[5]
23 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Coreopsis	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[50]
23 May	United Kingdom	Scott & Sons Ltd.	Bowling	Foremost 97	Tug	Completed as Cardiff for Great Western Railway.[11]
23 May	United Kingdom	J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	St. Essylt	Cargo ship	For South American Saint Line Ltd.[4]
23 May	United Kingdom	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	Tudor Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd.[29]
May	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Assurance	Assurance-class tug	For the Admiralty.[51]
1 June	United States	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Washington	North Carolina-class battleship
4 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Novelist	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.[52]
4 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Peony	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
5 June	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephens and Sons	Glasgow	Tynedale	Hunt-class destroyer
6 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Araybank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[53]
7 June	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Meynell	Hunt-class destroyer
9 June	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Roma	Littorio-class battleship	For Regia Marina
10 June	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Channel Queen	Cargo ship	For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[54]
13 June	United States	New York Naval Shipyard	Brooklyn, New York	North Carolina	North Carolina-class battleship
17 June	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Eceabat	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
18 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Erica	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[56]
18 June	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Empire Song	Cargo liner	For Ministry of War Transport.[57]
18 June	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Thursobank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[34]
20 June	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	Benalbanach	Cargo ship	For Ben Line.[58]
20 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Defoe	Cargo ship	For Lamport & Holt.[59]
20 June	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Eastgate	Cargo ship	For Turnbull, Scott & Co. Ltd.[30]
21 June	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Charlton Hall	Cargo ship	For C. G. Dunn Shipping Co. Ltd.[20]
22 June	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Tower Grange	Cargo ship	For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd.[3]
24 June	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Hazelside	Cargo ship	For Charlton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[9]
24 June	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Lulworth Hill	Cargo ship	For Dorset Steamship Co. Ltd.[39]
25 June	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Cape Rodney	Cargo ship	For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd.[45]
26 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Crocus	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[60]
26 June	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Risaldar	Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[45]
27 June	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Coral Queen	Cargo ship	For British Channel Traders Ltd.[61]
2 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gloxinia	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[62]
4 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Blackpool	Bangor-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.[63]
4 July	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank	Nizam	N-class destroyer	For Royal Australian Navy
5 July	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Light	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[64]
5 July	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Southdown	Hunt-class destroyer
6 July	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Itaura	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[12]
6 July	United Kingdom	Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd.	Ardrossan	Moray Coast	Coaster	For Coast Lines Ltd.[65]
8 July	United Kingdom	Cammel Laird	Birkenhead	Gurkha	L-class destroyer
9 July	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Duke of Sparta	Cargo ship	ForTrent Maritime Co. Ltd.[12]
9 July	United Kingdom	J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Wind	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[66]
9 July	United Kingdom	Fairfield	Govan	Nestor	N-class destroyer	For Royal Australian Navy
10 July	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Richmond Hill	Cargo ship	For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[33]
16 July	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephens and Sons	Glasgow	Whaddon	Hunt-class destroyer
18 July	United Kingdom	Yarrow	Glasgow	Cotswold	Hunt-class destroyer
18 July	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Duke of Athens	Cargo ship	For Trent Maritime Co. Ltd.[3]
19 July	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	Silenus	Tanker	For Axel Johnson. Completed as Athelvictor for Tankers Ltd.[67]
20 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Shirrabank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[68]
23 July	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers Ltd.	Dumbarton	Ardenvohr	Cargo ship	For Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[14]
29 July	Germany	Schichau	Königsberg	Falke	Bussard-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
31 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Rumba	Dance-class trawler	For Royal Navy.[69]
July	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Aircrest	Cargo ship	For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd.[45]
1 August	Australia	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney	Bathurst	Bathurst-class corvette
3 August	United Kingdom	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Cornwood	C-type coaster	For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[42]
5 August	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Avonda	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[7]
5 August	United Kingdom		Barrow-in-Furness	Erne	Black Swan-class sloop
6 August	United Kingdom	Cammel Laird	Birkenhead	Blencathra	Hunt-class destroyer
6 August	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Dalhousie	Cargo ship	For Dalhousie Steam & Motorship Co. Ltd.[70]
6 August	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick	Empire Thunder	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[71]
6 August	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Fultata	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[3]
6 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gentian	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
8 August	United Kingdom	G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd.	Greenock	Serenity	Coastal tanker	For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd.[72]
10 August	Australia	Mort's Dock and Engineering Co	Sydney	Lismore	Bathurst-class corvette
15 August	Hong Kong	Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.	Hong Kong	Ranger	Tug	For Luzon Stevedoring Co.[21]
15 August	United Kingdom	Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.	Middlesbrough	Tudor Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd.[29]
19 August	United Kingdom	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Empire Bronze	Ocean type tanker	For Ministry of Shipping.[73]
19 August	United Kingdom	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Fishpool	Cargo ship	For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd.[20]
19 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hyacinth	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
19 August	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Newcastle upon Tyne	Liddesdale	Hunt-class destroyer
29 August	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Empire Bay	Collier	For Ministry of Shipping.[74]
20 August	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Tyne and Wear	Eridge	Hunt-class destroyer
22 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Black Ranger	Tanker	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
22 August	Finland	Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan	Turku	Ruotsinsalmi	Minelayer	For Finnish Navy
24 August	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Reaveley	Cargo ship	For Stephens, Sutton Ltd.[75]
24 August	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Vaterland	passenger ship	For HAPAG
26 August	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Coulbeg	Cargo ship	For Dornoch Shipping Co. Ltd.[45]
29 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Sarabande	Dance-class trawler	For Royal Navy.[76]
30 August	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Rembrandt	Cargo ship	For Bolton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[45]
2 September	United Kingdom	Lithgows	Greenock	Empire Frost	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping
2 September	Germany	Schichau	Königsberg	Hans Albrecht Wedel	Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
2 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	HMS Rhododendron	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[77]
3 September	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Edencrag	Cargo ship	For Hartlepools Steamship Co.[30]
3 September	United Kingdom	J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Meteor	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[66]
3 September	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Voice	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[64]
3 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Fanad Head	Cargo ship	For Ulster Steamship Co.[78]
3 September	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Ismalia	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[12]
4 September	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Atlantic City	Cargo ship	For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[3]
4 September	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Lightning	Cargo ship	For Ministry of War Transport.[79]
4 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Potaro	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[80]
5 September	United Kingdom	Yarrow	Glasgow	Cottesmore	Hunt-class destroyer
15 September	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons	Selby	Celia	Shakespearian-class trawler	For Royal Navy
16 September	United Kingdom	Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Grangemouth	Durward	Icemaid type collier	For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd.[47]
16 September	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	North Briton	Cargo ship	For North Shipping Co. Ltd.[34]
17 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Heather	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
17 September	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.	Dundee	Twickenham	Cargo ship	For Britain Steamship Co.[32]
30 September	United Kingdom	Cammel Laird	Birkenhead	Brocklesby	Hunt-class destroyer
30 September	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Farndale	Hunt-class destroyer
1 October	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Clan Brodie	Cargo ship	For Clan Line Steamers Ltd. Requisition by the Admiralty, completed as HMS Athene.[81]
1 October	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Empire Lough	Collier	For Ministry of Shipping.[74]
1 October	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers		Sutlej	Black Swan-class sloop
2 October	France	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 Shipping
3 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Freesia	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[82]
3 October	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd.	Southwick	Stanford	Cargo ship	For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.[24]
4 October	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton-Hill-on-Tees	Empire Gold	Dale-class oiler	For Ministry of Shipping.[83]
4 October	United Kingdom	Bartram & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Pentridge Hill	Cargo ship	For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[33]
15 October	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Eastern City	Cargo ship	For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd.[75]
15 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Orchis	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
16 October	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Empire Cliff	Coaster	For Ministry of Shipping.[84]
17 October	United Kingdom	William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Kingston Hill	Cargo ship	For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[39]
18 October	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	Trader	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.[58]
19 October	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Silver	Dale-class oiler	For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Denbydale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[85]
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
29 October	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Empire Mist	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[86]
30 October	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Empire Rain	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[87]
30 October	United Kingdom	S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Goodwood	C-type coaster	For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[42]
30 October	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrong	Walker, Newcastle	Marne	M-class destroyer	Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
30 October	France	Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet	Saint-Nazaire	Merkur	Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender	Former French Sans Peur
30 October	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	Norman	N-class destroyer	For Royal Australian Navy
30 October	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrong	River Tyne	Oakley	Hunt-class destroyer	To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941
30 October	France	Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet	Saint-Nazaire	Saturn	Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender	Former French Sans Reproche
30 October	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Suncrest	Cargo ship	For Crest Shipping Co.[30]
30 October	France	Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet	Saint-Nazaire	Uranus	Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender	Former French Sans Pareil
31 October	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Empire Strait	Collier	For Ministry of Shipping.[74]
31 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kingcup	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[88]
31 October	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Newbrough	Cargo ship	For Northumbrian Shipping Co. Ltd.[9]
31 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Spiraea	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
October	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Lapseki	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
1 November	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Antar	Cargo ship	For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd.[75]
2 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pampas	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[89]
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 Shipping
13 November	United Kingdom	A & J Inglis Ltd	Glasgow	Empire Gat	Coaster	For Ministry of Shipping.[90]
13 November	United Kingdom	J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Sunrise	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[66]
13 November	United Kingdom	Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd.	Ardrossan	Stuart Queen	Coaster	For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[65]
14 November	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Murefte	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
15 November	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding	Scotstoun	Empire Oil	Dale-class oiler	For the Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Darkdale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[85]
15 November	United Kingdom	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Trust	Cargo liner	For .[91]
16 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bryony	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
16 November	Australia	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney	Goulburn	Bathurst-class corvette
16 November	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers		Jumna	Black Swan-class sloop
16 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pimpernel	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[92]
20 November	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Erdek	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
21 November	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd	Port Glasgow	Empire Comet	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping
21 November	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd	Port Glasgow	Empire Dew	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping
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	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Abelia	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
28 November	United Kingdom	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Silver	Norwegian type tanker	For Ministry of Shipping.[93]
28 November	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd		Ibis	Black Swan-class sloop
28 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Lance	L-class destroyer
28 November	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Nasprite	Sprite-class tanker	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[94]
29 November	United Kingdom	R. & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Empire Granite	Dale-class oiler	For Ministry of Shipping. Completed as RFA Echodale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[95]
29 November	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Sarkoy	Ferry	For Turkish Government. Requisitioned by Royal Navy.[55]
30 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Adamant	Submarine depot ship	For Royal Navy.
30 November	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Ikauna	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[12]
November	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Mudanya	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
2 December	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Empire Foreland	Coaster	For Ministry of Shipping.[84]
2 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Empire Stream	Ore carrier	For Ministry of Shipping.[96]
4 December	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.	Birkenhead	Empire Steel	Ocean type tanker	For Ministry of Shipping.[97]
4 December	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Silverton	Hunt-class destroyer	To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941
9 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	TLC 11	Tank Landing Craft	For Royal Navy.[98]
9 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	TLC 12	Tank Landing Craft	For Royal Navy.[99]
10 December	Australia	Williamstown Naval Dockyard	Williamstown	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 Shipping as Empire Curlew.
12 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Brown Ranger	Tanker	For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
12 December	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Haverton-Hill-on-Tees	Empire Granite	Ocean type tanker	For Ministry of Shipping.[97]
12 December	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrong	Walker, Newcastle	Martin	M-class destroyer
12 December	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Wallsend	Pandorian	Cargo ship	For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines.[100]
14 December	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Elmdale	Cargo ship	For Morrison Steamship Co.[30]
14 December	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons	Sunderland	Empire Dawn	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping
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
15 December	United Kingdom	J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Moon	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping (United Kingdom)Ministry of Shipping.[66]
s16 December	United Kingdom	William Gray & Co. Ltd.	West Hartlepool	Empire Knolll	Collier	For Ministry of Shipping.[74]
16 December	United Kingdom	C. Connell & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Empire Snow	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[101]
17 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Alisma	Flower-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[102]
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 Shipping
27 December	United Kingdom	Lithgows Ltd.	Port Glasgow	Empire Hail	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[103]
27 December	United Kingdom	Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Empire Rainbow	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping[104]
27 December	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Empire Summer	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Shipping.[79]
28 December	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons Ltd.	Pallion	Daltonhall	Cargo ship	For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[75]
31 December	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Tudor Queen	Cargo ship	For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[61]
December	Hong Kong	Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.	Hong Kong	Hinsang	Cargo ship	For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[21]
December	Hong Kong	Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd.	Hong Kong	Pakhoi	Cargo ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[18]
Unknown date	Germany			Anna	Tanker	For Kriegsmarine.[105]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd.	Northwich	Bishops Pointer	Lighter	For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd.[106]
Unknown date	Netherlands	Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV	Waterhuizen	Caribe II	Cargo ship	For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.
Unknown date	Germany	D. W. Kremer Sohn	Elmshorn	Dora	Tanker	For Kriegsmarine.[105]
Unknown date	Germany	D W Kremer Sohn	Elmshorn	Else	coastal Tanker	For Kriegsmarine.[105]
Unknown date	Germany	Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft	Lübeck	Friedrich Bischoff	Cargo ship	For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Gemlik	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
Unknown date	Denmark	Nakskov Skibs. Akt.	Nakskov	Henning Maersk	Tanker	For A. P. Moller.[107]
Unknown date	Germany	Howaltswerke.	Kiel	Jeverland	Tanker	Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine on completion.[108]
Unknown date	Germany	Nobiskrug Werft	Rendsburg	Justinian	Cargo ship	For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Unknown date	Germany	Norderwerft Koser und Meyer	Hamburg	Karl Meyer	Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kilye	Ferry	For Turkish Government.[55]
Unknown date	Germany	Norderwerft Koser und Meyer	Hamburg	Max Stinsky	Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Meads	Tug	For River Lighterage Co. Ltd.[109]
Unknown date	Sweden	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad.	Malmö	Otavi	Cargo ship	Completed in 1946 as El Gaucho for Societe Anonyme Comercial de Exportación y Importación y Financiera.[110]
Unknown date	Netherlands	Rotterdamsche Droogdock Maatschappij	Rotterdam	Papendrecht	Tanker	For NV Phs. van Ommeren's Scheepsvaartbedrijf.[111]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd.	Rowhedge	Redeemer	Salvage vessel	For Admiralty.[112]
Unknown date	Norway	Trondheims Mekaniske Verkstad.	Trondheim	Springfjord	Cargo ship	For Springwell Shipping Co. Ltd. Seized by Germany, completed as Rudesheimer of Hansa Line.[107]
Unknown date	Denmark	Burmeister & Wain.	Copenhagen	Theodora	Tanker	For Compagnie Auxilaire de Navigation. Seized by Germany completed s as Heide for J. T. Essberger.[108]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Richard Dunston Ltd.	Thorne	Vista	Tug	For Vokins & Co.[109]