|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
| 24 January |
 United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
|
Mormacmail |
Merchant |
Converted to escort carrier USS Long Island in 1941 |
| 24 January |
 United Kingdom |
Smiths Dock Company |
River Tees |
Gladiolus |
Flower-class corvette |
|
| February |
 Germany |
G. Seebeck A.G. |
Wesermünde |
Malangen |
Trawler |
Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS Honningsvåg |
| 4 March |
United States |
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Markay |
Maritime Commission Type N tanker |
|
| 9 May |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd |
Goole, Yorkshire |
Fiddown |
Coaster |
For S Morris Ltd, Dublin |
| 1 June |
United States |
Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Washington |
North Carolina-class battleship |
|
| 13 June |
United States |
New York Naval Shipyard |
Brooklyn, New York |
North Carolina |
North Carolina-class battleship |
|
| 29 July |
Germany |
Schichau |
Königsberg |
Falke |
Bussard-class seaplane tender |
For the Luftwaffe |
| 1 August |
 Australia |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
Sydney |
Bathurst |
Bathurst-class corvette |
|
| 5 August |
United Kingdom |
|
Barrow-in-Furness |
Erne |
Black Swan-class sloop |
|
| 10 August |
Australia |
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co |
Sydney |
Lismore |
Bathurst-class corvette |
|
| 19 August |
United Kingdom |
R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Empire Bronze |
Tanker |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 2 September |
Germany |
Schichau |
Königsberg |
Hans Albrecht Wedel |
Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender |
For the Luftwaffe |
| 15 September |
United Kingdom |
Cochrane & Sons |
Selby |
Celia |
Shakespearian-class trawler |
For Royal Navy |
| 1 October |
 India |
|
|
Sutlej |
Black Swan-class sloop |
|
| 2 October |
Germany |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet |
Saint-Nazaire |
Jupiter |
Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender |
Former French Sans Souci |
| 3 October |
United Kingdom |
J L Thompson & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Breeze |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 16 October |
United Kingdom |
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd |
Goole |
Empire Cliff |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 25 October |
Australia |
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co |
Sydney |
Burnie |
Bathurst-class corvette |
|
| 30 October |
Germany |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet |
Saint-Nazaire |
Saturn |
Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender |
Former French Sans Reproche |
| 13 November |
United Kingdom |
A & J Inglis Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Deep |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 13 November |
United Kingdom |
A & J Inglis Ltd |
Glasgow |
Empire Gat |
Coaster |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 16 November |
Australia |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
Sydney |
Goulburn |
Bathurst-class corvette |
|
| 16 November |
India |
|
|
Jumna |
Black Swan-class sloop |
|
| 21 November |
United Kingdom |
Lithgows Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Empire Comet |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 November |
United Kingdom |
Lithgows Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Empire Dew |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 27 November |
United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
|
Rio Hudson |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier HMS Avenger in 1942 |
| 28 November |
United Kingdom |
|
|
Ibis |
Black Swan-class sloop |
|
| 30 October |
Germany |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet |
Saint-Nazaire |
Merkur |
Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender |
Former French Sans Peur |
| 30 October |
Germany |
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet |
Saint-Nazaire |
Uranus |
Sans Souci-class light seaplane tender |
Former French Sans Pareil |
| 10 December |
Australia |
Williamstown Naval Dockyard |
Williamstown, Victoria |
Ballarat |
Bathurst-class corvette |
|
| 10 December |
 United States |
Bethlehem Steel |
Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Robin Doncaster |
Type C2-S cargo ship |
Built for Robin Line, but requisitioned on completion and delivered to Ministry of War Transport as Empire Curlew. |
| 14 December |
United Kingdom |
William Doxford & Sons |
Sunderland, Co Durham |
Empire Dawn |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| 14 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Hornet |
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier |
|
| 18 December |
United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Rio Parana |
C3 merchant freighter |
Converted to escort carrier HMS Biter in 1942 |
| 27 December |
United Kingdom |
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd |
Sunderland |
Empire Cloud |
Cargo ship |
For Ministry of War Transport |
| Date uncertain |
Germany |
D W Kremer Sohn |
Elmshorn |
Else |
coastal Tanker |
For Kriegsmarine |
| Date uncertain |
Germany |
Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft |
Lübeck |
Friedrich Bischoff |
Cargo ship |
For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co |
| Date uncertain |
Germany |
Nobiskrug Werft |
Rendsburg |
Justinian |
Cargo ship |
For Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway. Seized on completion in May 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 |
| Date uncertain |
 Netherlands |
Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV |
Waterhuizen |
Caribe II |
Cargo ship |
For S G Hallstrom, Amsterdam. |
