List of ship launches in 1940

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The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1940.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Fernie Template:Sclass2-
24 January  United States Sun Shipbuilding Mormacmail Merchant Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941
24 January  UK Smiths Dock Company River Tees Gladiolus Template:Sclass2-
25 January  UK Vickers-Armstrongs Tyneside Exmoor Template:Sclass2-
29 January  UK Cammel Laird Birkenhead Berkeley Template:Sclass2-
8 February  UK Swan Hunter Wallsend Holderness Template:Sclass2-
13 February  UK Scotts Greenock Pytchley Template:Sclass2-
14 February  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Garth Template:Sclass2-
22 February  UK Yarrow Glasgow Cattistock Template:Sclass2-
24 February  UK Swan Hunter Wallsend Anson Template:Sclass-
28 February  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Duke of York Template:Sclass-
February  Germany G. Seebeck A.G. Wesermünde Malangen Trawler Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg
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 Template:Sclass-
27 March  UK J. Samuel White Cowes Quorn Template:Sclass2-
9 April  UK Fairfield Govan Howe Template:Sclass-
9 April  UK Swan Hunter Wallsend Mendip Template:Sclass2-
22 April  UK Scotts Greenock Quantock Template:Sclass2-
22 April  UK Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle Lightning L-class destroyer
24 April  UK Yarrow Glasgow Cleveland Template:Sclass2-
7 May  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Nerissa N-class destroyer To Poland as Piorun 1940, returned as HMS Noble 1946, sold for scrap in 1955
9 May  UK Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole, Yorkshire Fiddown Coaster For S Morris Ltd, Dublin
22 May  UK Fairfield Govan Napier N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
1 June  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington Template:Sclass-
5 June  UK Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Tynedale Template:Sclass2-
7 June  UK Swan Hunter Wallsend Meynell Template:Sclass2-
9 June  Kingdom of Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste Roma Template:Sclass- For Regia Marina
13 June  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York North Carolina Template:Sclass-
4 July  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Nizam N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 July  UK J. Samuel White Cowes Southdown Template:Sclass2-
8 July  UK Cammel Laird Birkenhead Gurkha L-class destroyer
9 July  UK Fairfield Govan Nestor N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
16 July  UK Alexander Stephens and Sons Glasgow Whaddon Template:Sclass2-
18 July  UK Yarrow Glasgow Cotswold Template:Sclass2-
23 July  UK Blythswood Shipbuilding Scotstoun Empire Oil Template:Sclass- For the Ministry of Shipping
29 July  Germany Schichau Königsberg Falke Template:Sclass- For the Luftwaffe
1 August  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Bathurst Template:Sclass-
5 August  UK Barrow-in-Furness Erne Template:Sclass-
6 August  UK Cammel Laird Birkenhead Blencathra Template:Sclass2-
10 August  Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Lismore Template:Sclass-
19 August  UK R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Bronze Tanker For Ministry of War Transport
19 August  UK Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Liddesdale Template:Sclass2-
20 August  UK Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Eridge Template:Sclass2-
22 August  Finland Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan Turku Ruotsinsalmi Minelayer For Finnish Navy
24 August  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Vaterland passenger ship For HAPAG
2 September  UK Lithgows Greenock Empire Frost Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
2 September  Germany Schichau Königsberg Hans Albrecht Wedel Template:Sclass- light seaplane tender For the Luftwaffe
5 September  UK Yarrow Glasgow Cottesmore Template:Sclass2-
15 September  UK Cochrane & Sons Selby Celia Template:Sclass- For Royal Navy
30 September  UK Cammel Laird Birkenhead Brocklesby Template:Sclass2-
30 September  UK Swan Hunter Wallsend Farndale Template:Sclass2-
1 October  India William Denny and Brothers Sutlej Template:Sclass-
2 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Jupiter Template:Sclass- light seaplane tender Former French Sans Souci
3 October  UK J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Breeze Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
16 October  UK Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Cliff Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
20 October  UK Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Heythrop Template:Sclass2-
23 October  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Avon Vale Template:Sclass2-
25 October  Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Sydney Burnie Template:Sclass-
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Saturn Template:Sclass- light seaplane tender Former French Sans Reproche
30 October  UK John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Norman N-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
4 November  UK Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Lookout L-class destroyer
13 November  UK A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Deep Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
13 November  UK A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Gat Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
16 November  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney Goulburn Template:Sclass-
16 November  India William Denny and Brothers Jumna Template:Sclass-
21 November  UK Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Comet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
21 November  UK Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow Empire Dew Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
27 November  United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Hudson C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942
28 November  UK Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Ibis Template:Sclass-
28 November  UK Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Lance L-class destroyer
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Merkur Template:Sclass- light seaplane tender Former French Sans Peur
30 October  Germany Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet Saint-Nazaire Uranus Template:Sclass- light seaplane tender Former French Sans Pareil
30 October  UK Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Marne M-class destroyer Transferred to Turkey 1959 as Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
30 October  UK Vickers-Armstrong River Tyne Oakley Template:Sclass2- To the Polish Navy as Kujawiak in 1941
4 December  UK J. Samuel White Cowes Silverton Template:Sclass2- To the Polish Navy as Krakowiak in 1941
10 December  Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria Ballarat Template:Sclass-
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 War Transport as Empire Curlew.
12 December  UK Vickers-Armstrong Walker, Newcastle Martin M-class destroyer
14 December  UK William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Empire Dawn Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
14 December  UK Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Lamerton Template:Sclass2- Sold to Indian Navy; commissioned as INS Gomati (D93) in 1953
14 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Hornet Template:Sclass-
18 December  United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Rio Parana C3 merchant freighter Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942
19 December  UK John Brown and Company Clydebank Blankney Template:Sclass2-
27 December  UK William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Cloud Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
Date uncertain  Germany D W Kremer Sohn Elmshorn Else coastal Tanker For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Friedrich Bischoff Cargo ship For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Nobiskrug Werft Rendsburg Justinian Cargo ship For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 1942
Date uncertain  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Karl Meyer Template:Sclass- For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain  Germany Norderwerft Koser und Meyer Hamburg Max Stinsky Template:Sclass- For the Luftwaffe
Date uncertain Netherlands Netherlands Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV Waterhuizen Caribe II Cargo ship For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam.

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