List of ship launches in 1953
The list of ship launches in 1953 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1953. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 January | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Wahkiakum County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
29 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Harpa | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[1] |
29 January | ![]() | Gustav Wolkau | Hamburg | Waltershof | Type I ferry | For HADAG. |
19 February | ![]() | Burrard Dry Dock | Vancouver | Fraser | St. Laurent-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
4 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Maid of Argyll | Ferry | For British Railways. |
5 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Maid of the Loch | Paddle steamer | For British Railways. |
2 April | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Maid of Skelmorlie | Ferry | For British Railways. |
11 April | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Tioga County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
15 April | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Irex | Tanker | For A/S Field.[2] |
16 April | ![]() | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Olympia | Ocean liner | For Greek Line. |
18 April | ![]() | Christy Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Westchester County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
29 April | ![]() | Canadian Vickers | Montreal | Ottawa | St. Laurent-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
10 May | ![]() | Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Cristoforo Colombo | Ocean liner | For Italian Line. |
12 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britta | Tanker | For Arthur H. Mathieson.[3] |
14 May | ![]() | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Arcadia | Ocean liner | For P&O. |
15 May | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Walworth County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
17 May | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Waldo County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
25 June | ![]() | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Salisbury | Salisbury-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[4] |
29 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fleetbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[5] |
1 July | ![]() | Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim | Mannheim | L 534 | Type Mannheim 55 ferry | For Flusspioniere Wiesbaden. |
2 July | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Tom Green County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
14 July | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Washoe County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
15 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Setter 9 | Whaler | For Hector Whaling Ltd.[6] |
18 July | ![]() | Kehrwieder | Ferry | For HADAG. | ||
21 July | ![]() | Norderwerft | Hamburg | Wettern | Ferry | For HADAG. |
30 July | ![]() | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax | Saguenay | St. Laurent-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
1 August | ![]() | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Albacore | Unique research submarine | For United States Navy. |
10 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rathlin Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co.[7] |
22 August | ![]() | Christy Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Whitfield County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
25 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Jarena | Tanker | For A/S Kosmos.[8] |
22 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Port Montreal | Cargo ship | For Port Line.[9] |
25 September | ![]() | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Dundas | Blackwood-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[10] |
3 October | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Traverse County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
22 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tantallon Castle | Cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[11] |
23 October | ![]() | Fairlie Yacht | Dittesham | Ham-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[12] | |
23 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Jaranda | Tanker | For Anders Jahre A/S.[13] |
8 November | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Dealey | Dealey-class destroyer escort | For United States Navy. |
11 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Elpenor | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[14] |
19 November | ![]() | Hiltebrant Drydock Company | Kingston, New York | AMS-127 | Adjutant-class minesweeper | For Royal Danish Navy.[15][16] |
24 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Engineer | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[17] |
25 November | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Hardy | Blackwood-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[10] |
27 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kemerton | Ton-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
28 November | ![]() | Christy Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Wexford County | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
9 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Corporal | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[18] |
![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Gunner | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[19] | |
Unknown date | ![]() | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Elizabeth Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd.[20] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Florence Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd.[20] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Harlandic II | Launch | For Harland & Wolff.[21] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Cantieri Navali Riuniti | Trieste | Lazio | Cargo ship | For Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA . |
References
- ^ "Harpa". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Irex". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Britta". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 338.
- ^ "Fleetbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Setter IX". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Rathlin Head". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Jarena". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Port Montreal". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 339.
- ^ "Tantallon Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 115.
- ^ "Jaranda". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Elpenor". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "MSC-127 ex-AMS-127". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ Balsved, Johnny E. "AARØSUND (1955-1982)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "British Engineer". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "British Corporal". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "British Gunner". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
- ^ "Harlandic II". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- Sources
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.