# List of ship launches in 1940

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. |
| 8 January | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbain | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Athelcrest | Tanker | For Athel Line Ltd. |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Derwenthall | Cargo ship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigatio Co. Ltd. |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Confield | Cargo ship | For Confield Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | James Pollock & Sons | Faversham | Dominence | Coaster | For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. | Bristol | Peter Joliffe | Tug | For Poole Harbour Commissioners. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ariosto | Cargo ship | For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Catrine | Cargo ship | For Pontypridd Steamship Co. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Moorwood | C-type coaster | For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Ben Hann | Coastal tanker | For National Benzole Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Ottinge | Cargo ship | For Ellerman & Papayannie Lines Ltd. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Florian | Cargo ship | For Constants Ltd. |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Fir | Tree-class trawler | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Cammel Laird | Birkenhead | Berkeley | Hunt-class destroyer | |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-124 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-125 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-126 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-127 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Kalewa | Cargo ship | For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Fleming & Furguson Ltd. | Paisley | Burgeo | Ferry | For Government of Newfoundland. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barcote | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Sutlej | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd. |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Manchester Merchant | Cargo ship | For Manchester Liners Ltd. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. | Beverley | St. Zeno | Fishing trawler | For T. Hambling & Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Angelo | Cargo ship | For Ellermans Wilson Line Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Ribera | Cargo ship | For Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Graiglas | Cargo ship | For Graig Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Winkleigh | Cargo ship | For W. J. Tatum Ltd. |
| 26 February | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Sutherland | Cargo ship | For B. J. Sutherland & Co. Ltd. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | MSC Merlin | Tug | For Manchester Ship Canal Company. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Triton | Lighthouse Tender | For Trinity House. |
| 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. |
| February | Germany | G. Seebeck A.G. | Wesermünde | Malangen | Trawler | Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 2 unnamed vessels | Tank barges | For private owners. |
| 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. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Lancastrian Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Orient City | Cargo ship | For Reardon Smith Line Ltd. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Seapool | Cargo ship | For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 12 March | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Itria | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Ger-Y-Bryn | Cargo ship | For Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Tottenham | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Harpalyce | Cargo ship | For J & C. Harrison Ltd. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Baluchistan | Cargo ship | For Strick Line. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Debrett | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Industria | Cargo ship | For Metcalfe Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Iris | Cable laying ship | For H. M. Postmaster General. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Dalesman | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Uskbridge | Cargo ship | For Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| March | Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. | Hong Kong | Hanyang | Cargo ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hibiscus | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 9 April | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Tynemouth | Cargo ship | For Burnett Steamship Co. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Marietta E. | Cargo ship | For Leith Hill Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Trevethoe | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. | Beverley | Vizalma | Fishing trawler | For Atlas Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barlake | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Heartsease | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Anenome | 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. |
| 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. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Putney Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd. |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Sea Fisher | C-type coaster | For Fenwick, Fisher Steamship Co. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Welsh Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Lincoln Castle | Paddle steamer | For London & North Eastern Railway. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cape Wrath | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Trevily | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. |
| April | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-128 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| April | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-129 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Cape Breton | Cargo ship | For Bowring Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Fiddown | Coaster | For S. Morris Ltd. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Quentin | Icemaid type collier | For G. Gibson & Co. Ltd. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Rookley | Cargo ship | For Thomasson Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cape Hawke | Cargo ship | For Cape York Motorship Co. Ltd. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Havildar | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Itola | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pardo | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Coreopsis | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Foremost 97 | Tug | Completed as Cardiff for Great Western Railway. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | St. Essylt | Cargo ship | For South American Saint Line Ltd. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Tudor Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
| May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Assurance | Assurance-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-130 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| 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. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Peony | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Arbutus | flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Dunbar | Bar-class boom defence vessel | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Erica | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Song | Cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Thursobank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Benalbanach | Cargo ship | For Ben Line. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Defoe | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Eastgate | Cargo ship | For Turnbull, Scott & Co. Ltd. |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Charlton Hall | Cargo ship | For C. G. Dunn Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 22 June | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Tower Grange | Cargo ship | For Tower Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Hazelside | Cargo ship | For Charlton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Lulworth Hill | Cargo ship | For Dorset Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cape Rodney | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Crocus | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Risaldar | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Coral Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Traders Ltd. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-131 | Tank barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Gloxinia | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blackpool | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 6 July | United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | Moray Coast | Coaster | For Coast Lines Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Wind | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Silenus | Tanker | For Axel Johnson. Completed as Athelvictor for Tankers Ltd. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Shirrabank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Ardenvohr | Cargo ship | For Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| July | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Aircrest | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 5 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Avonda | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Empire Thunder | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Fultata | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Tudor Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Bronze | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Fishpool | Cargo ship | For Pool Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Sarabande | Dance-class trawler | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 August | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Rembrandt | Cargo ship | For Bolton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Blyth | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Edencrag | Cargo ship | For Hartlepools Steamship Co. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Meteor | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Voice | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fanad Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Ismalia | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 4 September | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Atlantic City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 4 September | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Lightning | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Potaro | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 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. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | North Briton | Cargo ship | For North Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Lough | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 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. |
| 3 October | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Stanford | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 4 October | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton-Hill-on-Tees | Empire Gold | Dale-class oiler | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 4 October | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Pentridge Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Eastern City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orchis | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barmill | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Cliff | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Kingston Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 18 October | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Trader | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Rain | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Goodwood | C-type coaster | For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. |
| 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 October | France | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Uranus | Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Pareil |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Peterhead | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Strait | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kingcup | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Newbrough | Cargo ship | For Northumbrian Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Antar | Cargo ship | For New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 2 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pampas | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 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. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Sunrise | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | Stuart Queen | Coaster | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Murefte | Ferry | For Turkish Government. |
| 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. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Trust | Cargo liner | For . |
| 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. |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Erdek | Ferry | For Turkish Government. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sarkoy | Ferry | For Turkish Government. Requisitioned by Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| November | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mudanya | Ferry | For Turkish Government. |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Foreland | Coaster | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Stream | Ore carrier | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 4 December | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Empire Steel | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 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. |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 12 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Elmdale | Cargo ship | For Morrison Steamship Co. |
| 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. |
| s16 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Knolll | Collier | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 16 December | United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Snow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alisma | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 27 December | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Rainbow | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping |
| 27 December | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Summer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Shipping. |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Daltonhall | Cargo ship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 31 December | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Tudor Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| December | Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Hinsang | Cargo ship | For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| December | Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. | Hong Kong | Pakhoi | Cargo ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Germany | | | Anna | Tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Unknown date | Germany | D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Else | coastal Tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 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. |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Nakskov Skibs. Akt. | Nakskov | Henning Maersk | Tanker | For A. P. Moller. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Howaltswerke. | Kiel | Jeverland | Tanker | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine on completion. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | Rotterdamsche Droogdock Maatschappij | Rotterdam | Papendrecht | Tanker | For NV Phs. van Ommeren's Scheepsvaartbedrijf. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd. | Rowhedge | Redeemer | Salvage vessel | For Admiralty. |
| Unknown date | Norway | Trondheims Mekaniske Verkstad. | Trondheim | Springfjord | Cargo ship | For Springwell Shipping Co. Ltd. Seized by Germany, completed as Rudesheimer of Hansa Line. |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain. | Copenhagen | Theodora | Tanker | For Compagnie Auxilaire de Navigation. Seized by Germany completed s as Heide for J. T. Essberger. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Vista | Tug | For Vokins & Co. |