|Name|Pennant|Builder|Launched|Original name|Fate|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Wave Baron|A242|Furness Shipbuilding Company|19 February 1946|Empire Flodden|Scrapped in 1972|
|Wave Chief|A265|Harland and Wolff|30 August 1946|Empire Edgehill|Scrapped in 1974|
|Wave Commander|A244|Furness Shipbuilding Company|21 April 1944|Empire Paladin|Scrapped in 1959|
|Wave Conqueror|A245|Furness Shipbuilding Company|27 November 1943|Empire Law|Scrapped in 1960|
|Wave Duke|A246|Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd|16 November 1944|Empire Mars|Scrapped in 1969|
|Wave Emperor|A100|Furness Shipbuilding Company|16 October 1944||Scrapped in 1966|
|Wave Governor|A247|Furness Shipbuilding Company|30 November 1944||Scrapped in 1960|
|Wave King|A182|Harland and Wolff|21 July 1944||Scrapped in 1966|
|Wave Knight|A249|Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd|22 October 1945|Empire Naseby|Scrapped in 1964|
|Wave Laird|A119|Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd|3 April 1946|Empire Dunbar|Scrapped in 1970|
|Wave Liberator|A248|Furness Shipbuilding Company|9 February 1944|Empire Milner|Scrapped in 1959|
|Wave Master|A193|Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd|20 May 1944|Empire Salisbury|Scrapped in 1963|
|Wave Monarch|A264|Harland and Wolff|6 July 1944||Sold as oil hulk in 1960|
|Wave Premier|A129|Furness Shipbuilding Company|27 June 1946||Scrapped in 1960|
|Wave Prince|A207|Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd|27 July 1945|Empire Herald|Scrapped in 1971|
|Wave Protector|A215|Furness Shipbuilding Company|20 July 1944|Empire Protector|Scrapped in 1963|
|Wave Regent|A210|Furness Shipbuilding Company|29 March 1945||Scrapped in 1960|
|Wave Ruler|A212|Furness Shipbuilding Company|17 January 1946|Empire Evesham|Scrapped in 1977|
|Wave Sovereign|A211|Furness Shipbuilding Company|20 November 1945||Scrapped in 1966|
|Wave Victor|A220|Furness Shipbuilding Company|30 September 1943|Empire Bounty|Chartered to Air Ministry in 1960|

Question: how many ships were launched in the year 1944?
Answer: 9