List of ship commissionings in 1939

The list of ship commissionings in 1939 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1939.

Operator Ship Class and type Pennant Other notes
2 February  Polish Navy Orzeł Orzeł-class minelaying submarine
4 February  Kriegsmarine U-52 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-52
4 February  Kriegsmarine U-58 Type IIC coastal submarine U-58
11 February  Kriegsmarine U-40 Type IX ocean-going submarine U-40
4 March  Kriegsmarine U-59 Type IIC coastal submarine U-59
16 April  Polish Navy Sęp Orzeł-class minelaying submarine
22 April  Kriegsmarine U-41 Type IX ocean-going submarine U-41
22 April  Kriegsmarine U-48 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-48
29 April  Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
30 April  Kriegsmarine U-A'Built at Kiel as "Batiray" for Turkish Navy. U-A
24 June  Kriegsmarine U-53 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-40
3 July  Royal Netherlands Navy O 19 O 19-class minelaying submarine
15 July  Kriegsmarine U-42 Type IX ocean-going submarine U-42
22 July  Kriegsmarine U-60 Type IIC coastal submarine U-60
1 August  Kriegsmarine U-61 Type IIC coastal submarine U-61
12 August  Kriegsmarine U-49 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-49
26 August  Kriegsmarine U-43 Type IX ocean-going submarine U-43
28 August  Royal Netherlands Navy O 20 O 19-class minelaying submarine
5 September  Kriegsmarine Friesenland Light seaplane carrier
20 September  Kriegsmarine Blücher Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
23 September  Kriegsmarine U-54 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-54
September  Kriegsmarine Preußen Vorpostenboot V 1101 Converted fishing trawler
2 October  Royal Navy Hospital Ship No 28 Hospital ship (originally a ferry) Converted from Southern Railway Co's Dinard
12 October  Kriegsmarine Schwabenland Converted merchant type seaplane tender
4 November  Kriegsmarine U-44 Type IX ocean-going submarine U-44
12 December  Kriegsmarine U-50 Type VIIB ocean-going submarine U-50
16 December  Kriegsmarine U-64 Type IXB submarine U-64
21 December  Kriegsmarine U-62 Type IIC coastal submarine U-62
Uncertain  Kriegsmarine Ostmark Civilian type light seaplane tender


See also

Ship events in 1939
Ship launches: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship commissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship decommissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Shipwrecks: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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