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The list of ship launches in 1950 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1950.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
16 January
|
United States
|
Western Boatbuilding Company
|
Tacoma, Washington
|
John N. Cobb
|
Research vessel
|
For National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|
19 January
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
Retainer
|
Armament support ship
|
For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
|
29 January
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-277
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
2 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Consul
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[2]
|
6 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Carnarvon
|
Whaler
|
For Australian Whaling Commission.[3]
|
9 February
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-278
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
17 February
|
United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Company
|
West Hartlepool
|
Andalusian
|
Cargo Ship
|
For Ellerman & Papayani Line
|
7 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Suevic
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Shaw Savill Line.[4]
|
21 March
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-282
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
21 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Explorer
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[5]
|
31 March
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-283
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
4 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Juan Perón
|
Factory ship
|
For Compania Argentina de Pesca.[6]
|
15 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-284
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
3 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird
|
Birkenhead
|
Ark Royal
|
Audacious-class aircraft carrier
|
For Royal Navy
|
18 May
|
Italy
|
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
|
Trieste
|
Giulio Cesare
|
Ocean liner
|
For Italian Line
|
31 May
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-285
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
1 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Prospector
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[7]
|
3 June
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Independence
|
Ocean liner
|
For American Export Lines
|
3 June
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-286
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
6 June
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-287
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
14 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bratsberg
|
Tanker
|
For Borgestad A/S.[8]
|
14 June
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank, Scotland
|
Diamond
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
15 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ascanius
|
Cargo ship
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[9]
|
19 June
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-289
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
27 June
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
President Jackson
|
|
|
29 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Verena
|
Tanker
|
For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[10]
|
June
|
United Kingdom
|
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
|
Glasgow
|
Daressa
|
Cargo liner
|
For British India Steam Navigation Company.
|
27 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Defender
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
27 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Walker
|
Ocean Monarch
|
Cruise ship
|
For Furness Withy
|
28 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ixion
|
Cargo ship
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[12]
|
28 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Jaroslaw Dabrowski
|
Cargo ship
|
For Polish Ocean Lines.[13]
|
10 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-291
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
13 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-292
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
13 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-293
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
15 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Surveyor
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[14]
|
15 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend
|
Provence
|
Passenger ship
|
For Société Générale des Transports Maritime
|
16 August
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
Dainty
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
|
20 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-294
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
28 August
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-295
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
29 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Rosa Maersk
|
Tanker
|
For A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S.[15]
|
1 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-296
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
9 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-297
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
15 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-298
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
26 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Laganfield
|
Tanker
|
For Hunting & Sons.[16]
|
28 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Binta
|
Tanker
|
For Per Gjerding.[17]
|
28 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bolette
|
Tanker
|
For Fred. Olsen & Co.[18]
|
28 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kvint
|
Whaler
|
For Falkland Shipowners Co.[19]
|
30 September
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-299
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
9 October
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
President Adams
|
|
|
7 October
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-300
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
15 October
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-334
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
21 October
|
Soviet Union
|
|
Krasnoye Sormovo
|
S-80
|
Whiskey-class submarine
|
For Soviet Navy
|
19 November
|
Italy
|
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
|
Trieste
|
Augustus
|
Ocean liner
|
For Italian Line
|
24 November
|
Denmark
|
Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri
|
Helsingør
|
Dronning Ingrid
|
Ferry
|
For Danske Statsbaner
|
12 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ringerd
|
Tanker
|
For Olav Ringdal.[20]
|
20 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
|
Burntisland
|
Winsor Trader
|
Cargo ship
|
For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd
|
21 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Delight
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
28 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-336
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
31 December
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-337
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-279
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-280
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-281
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-288
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-290
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-335
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant
|
Zelenedolsk
|
BO-336
|
Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
|
[1]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.
|
Greenock
|
Changchow
|
Passenger ship
|
For China Navigation Co. Ltd.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.
|
Greenock
|
Chungking
|
Passenger ship
|
For China Navigation Co. Ltd.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Covert
|
Motor barge
|
For Hayes Wharfe.[22]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Crop
|
Motor barge
|
For British Transport Commission.[23]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Aldous Successors Ltd.
|
Brightlingsea
|
Missellele
|
Tug
|
For Cameroons Development Agency.[24]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Aldous Successors Ltd.
|
Brightlingsea
|
Mokundange
|
Launch
|
For Elders & Fyffes.[25]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Welding Barge
|
Barge
|
For private owner.[26]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Wendy Ann
|
Tug
|
For Harry Rose (Towage) Ltd.[27]
|
- Sources
- 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.