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
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

  1. ^ "British Skill". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Onitsha". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Gray 2003, p. 91.
  4. ^ "King Alexander". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Essequibo". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Janita". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Calédonien (5057852)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Irish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Cedric". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Busen 5". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Obuasi". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Janova". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Raburn". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Clydefield". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  15. ^ ss Caledonien, ss Tahitien
  16. ^ "Cymric". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  17. ^ "King Arthur". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Beaverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Nessbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Blandford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
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