List of ship launches in 1954

The list of ship launches in 1954 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1954.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
19 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Loch Gowan Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[1]
19 January  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Perak Cargo ship For Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
21 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Iberia Himalaya-class ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
21 January  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Nautilus Unique nuclear-powered submarine
3 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ballylumford Collier For John Kelly Ltd.[3]
4 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tintagel Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[4]
9 February  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Thomaston Thomaston-class dock landing ship First in class
12 February Canada Canada Marine Industries Limited Sorel, Quebec Assiniboine St. Laurent-class destroyer
13 February  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Grafton Blackwood-class frigate
17 February  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Saxonia Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line
18 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kirkliston Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
19 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Braysford Defence vessel For Royal Navy.[5]
6 March  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Bisham Ham-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[6]
11 March  United Kingdom Berthon Boat Company Lymington Mickleham Ham-class minesweeper For Royal Navy
19 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast YC 327 Lighter For Admiralty
2 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bryansford Defence vessel For Royal Navy.[7]
4 April  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Littleham Ham-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[8]
14 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Sergeant Tanker For British Tanker Company.[9]
30 April  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Timbarra Collier For Australian Government.[10]
3 May  Australia Williamstown Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria Vendetta Daring-class destroyer
7 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Plymouth Rock Thomaston-class dock landing ship
18 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laleston Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[11]
22 May  United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Windham County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
2 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pontia Cargo ship For Pelagos A/S.[12]
4 June  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Cromwell Dealey-class destroyer escort
15 June Canada Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Kootenay Restigouche-class destroyer
15 June  West Germany Gustav Wolkau Baumwall ferry type 0 For HADAG [citation needed]
29 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cerinthus Tanker For Hadley Shipping Co.[13]
1 July  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Torquay Whitby-class frigate For Royal Navy.
2 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Whitby Whitby-class frigate First in class
16 July  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Fort Snelling Thomaston-class dock landing ship
19 July  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Sunderland, England Hannington Court Cargo ship For Court Line
30 July  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Baie Comeau Bulk carrier For Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. Ltd.[14]
30 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lanton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[15]
13 August  United States Bellingham Shipyards Co. Bellingham, Washington Whippoorwill Redwing-class minesweeper
17 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Southern Cross Passenger ship For Shaw Savill Line.
20 August  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Hammerberg Dealey-class destroyer escort
31 August  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Keppel Blackwood-class frigate
1 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tide Austral Tanker For Royal Australian Navy.
28 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belfast Tanker For Belships Co.[16]
28 September  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Point Defiance Thomaston-class dock landing ship
29 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cedarbank Cargo ship For Blue Funnel Line.[17]
29 September  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Pellew Blackwood-class frigate
1 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Owerri Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[18]
15 October  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Nautilus Hopper ship For Queensland Government.[19]
26 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Letterston Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[20]
28 October  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Sheldrake Launch For Shell Tankers Ltd.[21]
29 October  England Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle Port Sydney For Port Line[22]
22 November Canada Canada Canadian Vickers Montreal, Quebec Restigouche Restigouche-class destroyer First in class
27 November  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Vardefjell Tanker For A/S Falkefjell.[23]
10 December  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Russell Blackwood-class frigate
11 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Forrestal Forrestal-class aircraft carrier First in class
14 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Ivernia Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Western Prince Cargo ship For Prince Line.[24]
31 December  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Puffin Launch For Shell Tankers Ltd.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd. Greenwich Mercurian Tug For Mercantile Lighterage Co. Ltd.[26]

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References

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  1. ^ "Loch Gowan". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Perak". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Ballylumford". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Tintagel Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "HMS Braysford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Bisham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ "HMS Bryansford". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Littleham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  9. ^ "British Sergeant". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Timbarra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  11. ^ "HMS Laleston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Pontia". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Cerinthus". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Baie Comeau". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  15. ^ "HMS Lanton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Belfast". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Cedarbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Owerri". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Nautilus". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  20. ^ "HMS Letterston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Sheldrake". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  22. ^ "M/S Port Melbourne" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  23. ^ "Vardefjell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Western Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  25. ^ "Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  26. ^ "Mercurian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.