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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
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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
|
|
30 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird
|
Birkenhead
|
Manchester Spinner
|
Cargo ship
|
|
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
|
|
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]
|
8 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Isaac Carter
|
Cargo ship
|
For Barberry Steamship Co. Ltd.[9]
|
22 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cedric
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Shaw Savill Line.[10]
|
10 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Busen 5
|
Whaler
|
For Tongsberg A/S.[11]
|
12 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Blunham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[12]
|
24 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Obuasi
|
Cargo ship
|
For Elder Dempster.[13]
|
8 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Janova
|
Tanker
|
For Spermacet Whaling Co.[14]
|
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.[15]
|
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
|
|
21 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Bodenham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[16]
|
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.[17]
|
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[18]
|
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
|
21 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Boreham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[19]
|
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.[20]
|
19 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King Arthur
|
Cargo ship
|
For King Line.[21]
|
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.[22]
|
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
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Eddyrock
|
Eddy-class tanker
|
For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[23]
|
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.[24]
|
19 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Blandford
|
Tanker
|
For Blandford Shipping.[25]
|
20 December
|
United States
|
Martinolich Ship Building Co
|
San Diego, California
|
Esteem
|
Aggressive-class minesweeper
|
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Aboine
|
Tug
|
For United Africa Co. Ltd.[26]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Andoni
|
Tug
|
For United Africa Co. Ltd.[27]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Bridge No. 4
|
Chain ferry
|
For Cowes Urban District Council.[28]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Naseby
|
Tug
|
For Docks & Inland Waterways Board.[29]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers
|
Dumbarton
|
Normannia
|
Ferry
|
For British Railways.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Olton
|
Tug
|
For Docks & Inland Waterways Board.[31]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Sulby
|
Tug
|
For Docks & Inland Waterways Board.[32]
|
- Sources
- Gray, Ted (2003). A Hundred Years of THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. Manchester: Memories. ISBN 1-85926-030-6.
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.