# List of ship launches in 1947

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