List of ship launches in 1940
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The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1940.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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January 24 | United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Mormacmail | Merchant | Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941 | |
January 24 | United Kingdom | Smiths Dock | River Tees | Gladiolus | Flower class corvette | |
March 4 | United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Markay | Maritime Commission Type N tanker | |
July 29 | Germany | Schichau | Konigsberg | Flake | Bussard class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
August 1 | Australia | Bathurst | Bathurst class corvette | |||
August 5 | United Kingdom | Erne | Black Swan class | |||
August 10 | Australia | Lismore | Bathurst class corvette | |||
September 2 | Germany | Schichau | Konigsberg | Hans Albrecht Wedel | Hans Albrecht Wedel class light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
October 1 | India | Sutlej | Black Swan class sloop | |||
October 2 | Germany | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Jupiter | San Souci class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Souci |
October 25 | Australia | Burnie | Bathurst class corvette | |||
October 30 | Germany | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Saturn | San Souci class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Reproche |
November 16 | Australia | Goulburn | Bathurst class corvette | |||
November 16 | India | Jumna | Black Swan class sloop | |||
November 27 | United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Rio Hudson | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942 | |
November 28 | United Kingdom | Ibis | Black Swan class sloop | |||
October 30 | Germany | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Merkur | San Souci class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Peur |
October 30 | Germany | Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet | Saint-Nazaire | Uranus | San Souci class light seaplane tender | Former French Sans Pareil |
December 10 | Australia | Ballarat | Bathurst class corvette | |||
December 18 | United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio Parana | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942 |
Date uncertain | Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Karl Meyer | Karl Meyer class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
Date uncertain | Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Max Stinsky | Karl Meyer class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
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Ship launches: | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
Ship commissionings: | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
Shipwrecks: | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
Ship launches: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Ship commissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Shipwrecks: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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