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The list of ship launches in 1939 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1939.
| Date |
Ship |
Country |
Service |
Builder |
Location |
Class |
Notes
|
| 7 January
|
Lützow
|
 Germany
|
Kriegsmarine
|
DeSchiMAG
|
Bremen
|
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|
|
| 9 January
|
Kingston
|
 UK
|
Royal Navy
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes
|
K-class destroyer
|
|
| 19 January
|
Seydlitz
|
Germany
|
Kriegsmarine
|
DeSchiMAG
|
Bremen
|
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|
|
| 21 January
|
Odin
|
 Norway
|
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
Royal Norwegian Navy Yard
|
Horten
|
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|
|
| 24 January
|
Royal Daffodil
|
United Kingdom
|
General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
|
William Denny and Sons
|
Dumbarton, Scotland
|
Pleasure cruise ship
|
Assisted in Operation Dynamo, 1940
|
| 14 February
|
Bismarck
|
Germany
|
Kriegsmarine
|
Blohm & Voss
|
Hamburg
|
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|
|
| 4 March
|
Klipfontein
|
 Netherlands
|
|
Smit P Jr.
|
Rotterdam
|
Cargo / Passenger Liner
|
|
| 4 March
|
Esso Seakay
|
 United States
|
United States Navy
|
Sun Shipbuilding
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Maritime Commission Type N tanker
|
|
| 7 March
|
Andes
|
United Kingdom
|
Merchant
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ocean liner
|
For Royal Mail Line
|
| 23 March
|
Hannover
|
Germany
|
Merchant
|
Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau
|
Vegesack
|
Cargo liner
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
| March
|
Herman Litmeyer
|
Netherlands
|
Merchant
|
Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV
|
Waterhuizen
|
Coaster
|
For Gebr. Elfring
|
| March
|
Mars
|
Germany
|
Merchant
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Kiel
|
Cargo liner
|
For Neptun Line
|
| 1 April
|
Esso New Orleans
|
United States
|
|
Sun Shipbuilding
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Maritime Commission Type N tanker
|
|
| 1 April
|
Tirpitz
|
Germany
|
Kriegsmarine
|
Kriegsmarinewerft
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
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|
|
| 4 April
|
Wasp
|
United States
|
United States Navy
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Unique aircraft carrier
|
|
| 18 April
|
Flamingo
|
United Kingdom
|
Royal Navy
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
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|
|
| 18 April
|
Shearwater
|
UK
|
Royal Navy
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes
|
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|
|
| 17 June
|
Janus
|
 Sweden
|
Jahre Line[1]
|
Öresundsvarvet
|
Landskrona
|
ferry
|
|
| 7 July
|
Black Swan
|
United Kingdom
|
Royal Navy
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
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|
|
| 17 July
|
Javary
|
 Brazil
|
Brazilian Navy
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes
|
Destroyer
|
Became HMS Havant with the Royal Navy
|
| 5 August
|
Otra
|
Norway
|
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
Nylands Verksted
|
Oslo
|
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|
|
| 27 August
|
Helena
|
United States
|
United States Navy
|
|
|
Template:Sclass- cruiser
|
|
| 31 August
|
Karl
|
United Kingdom
|
Merchant
|
Cochrane & Sons Ltd
|
Selby
|
Tug
|
For Goteborgs Bogserings & Bargnings Akt, Gothenburg
|
| 7 September
|
Tor
|
Norway
|
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted
|
Fredrikstad
|
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|
Captured by the Germans in 1940, renamed Tiger
|
| 8 September
|
Olza
|
 Poland
|
Merchant
|
Gdynia Shipyard
|
Gdynia
|
freighter/dry cargo ship
|
Launched prematurely due to World War II
|
| 26 September
|
Rauma
|
Norway
|
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
Nylands Verksted
|
Oslo
|
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|
|
| 17 October
|
The James Braidwood
|
United Kingdom
|
London Fire Brigade
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes
|
Fireboat
|
Named for James Braidwood
|
| 4 November
|
Esso Trenton
|
United States
|
United States Navy
|
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
|
Kearny, New Jersey
|
Maritime Commission Type N tanker
|
|
| 4 November
|
Saturnus
|
 Denmark
|
|
Nakskov Skibsværft
|
Nakskov
|
|
For Ab Saturnus[2]
|
| 7 November
|
Herbert Norkus
|
Germany
|
Reichsmarine
|
Blohm & Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Gorch Fock-class sail training ship
|
|
| 14 December
|
Invicta
|
United Kingdom
|
|
William Denny & Bros Ltd
|
Dumbarton
|
Passenger Ferry
|
For Southern Railway
|
| 14 December
|
Mormacland
|
United States
|
|
Sun Shipbuilding
|
|
Merchant
|
Transferred to the Royal Navy for conversion to HMS Archer
|
| Date unknown
|
British Prudence
|
United Kingdom
|
Merchant
|
Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd
|
Sunderland
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Co Ltd.
|
| Date unknown
|
Bukarest
|
Germany
|
Merchant
|
Deutsche Werft
|
Hamburg
|
Cargo ship
|
For Deutsche Levant Line
|
| Date unknown
|
Caribe I'
|
Netherlands
|
Merchant
|
Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV
|
Waterhuizen
|
Cargo ship
|
For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam
|
| Date unknown
|
Gunther Harmann
|
Germany
|
Merchant
|
Nobiskrug Werft
|
Rendsburg
|
Coaster
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Klaus Wilhelm
|
Germany
|
Schulte & Bruns
|
Schulte & Bruns
|
Embden
|
Coaster
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Nightingale
|
 United States
|
Merchant
|
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Type C2 ship
|
For Grace Line Inc.
|
| Date unknown
|
Oderbank
|
Germany
|
Kriegsmarine
|
F Schichau GmbH
|
Danzig
|
Coastal tanker
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Trave
|
Germany
|
Merchant
|
D W Kremer Sohn
|
Elmshorn
|
Cargo ship
|
For Lübeck-Wyberger Dampfschiff Gesellschaft
|
| Date unknown
|
Unitas 10
|
Germany
|
Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH, Hamburg
|
Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau
|
Bremen
|
Whaler
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Venus
|
Netherlands
|
Merchant
|
Gebroeders Bodewes Volharding
|
Foxhol
|
Cargo ship
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Wiking 6
|
Germany
|
Hamburger Walfang-Kontor GmbH
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Bremen
|
Whaler
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Wiking 8
|
Germany
|
Hamburger Walfang-Kontor GmbH
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Bremen
|
Whaler
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Wiking 9
|
Germany
|
Hamburger Walfang-Kontor GmbH
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Bremen
|
Whaler
|
|
| Date unknown
|
Wiking 10
|
Germany
|
Hamburger Walfang-Kontor GmbH
|
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
|
Bremen
|
Whaler
|
|
See also
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