The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1941.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January |  United Kingdom
|
J Pollock & Sons | Faversham | Empire Creek | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 February | United Kingdom
|
Sir J Laing & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Coral | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 13 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff Ltd | Govan | Empire Shoal | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 February | United Kingdom
|
W.J. Yarwood & Sons | Northwich | Empire Bridge | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 1 March |  United States
|
Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio de la Plata | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier USS Charger in 1942 |
| 4 March | United Kingdom
|
Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Faith | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom
|
J Pollock & Sons Ltd | Faversham | Empire Crag | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom
|
Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Cape | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Day | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Brook | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 12 April | United States
|
Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio de Janeiro | C3 merchant freighter | Converted to escort carrier HMS Dasher in 1942 |
| 12 April | United Kingdom
|
Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Bank | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom
|
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Eve | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 May | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Darwin | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 13 May | United Kingdom
|
Clelands (Successors) Ltd | Wallsend | Empire Maple | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 20 May | United Kingdom
|
R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Bridge | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 May | United Kingdom
|
Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Dell | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 29 May | United Kingdom
|
Short Bros. Ltd | Pallion | Empire Burton | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 29 May | United Kingdom
|
R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Willow | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 7 June | United States
|
New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | South Dakota | South Dakota-class battleship | |
| 10 June | United Kingdom
|
Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Empire Pine | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 June | United Kingdom
|
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Bruce | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 June | United Kingdom
|
G Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd | Greenock | Empire Ruby | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 June | United Kingdom
|
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Spinney | coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 July | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Amethyst | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 July | United Kingdom
|
J.L. Thompson and Son | Sunderland | Empire Cranmer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 July | United Kingdom
|
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Cromwell | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 9 July | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Cabot | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 10 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Diamond | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 10 July | United Kingdom
|
Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Empire Garnet | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 12 July | United Kingdom
|
Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd | Ardrossan | Empire Atoll | refrigerated coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 22 July |  Germany
|
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Kiel | U-117 | Type XB submarine | For Kriegsmarine |
| 23 July |  Hong Kong
|
Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Almond | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 July | United States
|
Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | San Diego | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
| 28 July | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Empire Clive | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 August | United Kingdom
|
Richards Ironworks Ltd | Lowestoft | Empire Sound | coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 9 August | United Kingdom
|
Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Birch | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom
|
Cochrane & Sons | Selby | Empire Ash | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 August | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Emerald | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 28 August | United Kingdom
|
Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Baffin | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport, later served as HMS Sancroft |
| 2 September |  Canada
|
Marine Industries Ltd. | Sorel, Quebec | Fredericton | Flower-class corvette | |
| 6 September | United States
|
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Atlanta | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
| 6 September | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | San Juan | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
| 8 September | United Kingdom
|
J S Watson Ltd | Gainsborough | Empire River | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 10 September | United Kingdom
|
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Druid | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 23 September | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Cowper | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 23 September | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | South Dakota-class battleship | |
| 24 September | United Kingdom
|
Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Empire Beacon | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 24 September | United Kingdom
|
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Bracken | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 September | United Kingdom
|
R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Cedar | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom
|
Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Byron | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 7 October | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Celt | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 October | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd | Barrow in Furness | Empire Baxter | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 20 October | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Carey | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 October | United States
|
Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle, Washington | Copahee | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
| 21 October | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Ballantyne | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 October | United Kingdom
|
Clelands (Successors) Ltd | Willington Quay on Tyne | Empire Thistle | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Dryden | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 22 October | United Kingdom
|
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Ivy | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 23 October | United Kingdom
|
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Bairn | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 23 October | United Kingdom
|
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Drayton | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 25 October | United States
|
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Juneau | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
| 1 November | United States
|
New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Cleveland | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 9 November | United Kingdom
|
R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Plane | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 18 November | United Kingdom
|
Sir J Laing & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Airman | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 18 November | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Metal | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 19 November | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Builder | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 19 November | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Drum | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 19 November | United Kingdom
|
Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Dunstan | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 November | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Indiana | South Dakota-class battleship | |
| 22 November | United Kingdom
|
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Harp | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 6 December |  Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Dragon | Cargo ship | For the Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 December | Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | U-607 | Type VIIC submarine | For the Kriegsmarine |
| 17 December | United States
|
New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Columbia | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 17 December | United Kingdom
|
Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Ballad | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 18 December | United Kingdom
|
Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | Sir Galahad | Minesweeper | |
| 21 December | United Kingdom
|
Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Teak | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 30 December | United Kingdom
|
Magpie | Black Swan-class sloop | |||
| 30 December | United Kingdom
|
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | Dundee | Empire Bard | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 31 December | United Kingdom
|
Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Empire Addison | Cargo ship | for Ministry of War Transport |
| Date uncertain | Germany
|
Schichau | Königsberg | Bussard | Bussard-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
| Date uncertain | United Kingdom
|
I Pimblott & Sons Ltd | Northwich | Empire Kyle | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| Date uncertain | Germany
|
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Immelmann | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
| Date uncertain | United Kingdom
|
William Hamilton & Co Ltd | Port Glasgow | Michael E | CAM Ship | For Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd. |
| Date uncertain | United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton | MTB 345 | Motor torpedo boat | Experimental vessel |
| Date uncertain | Swine | Coaster Tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
See also[]
| Ship events in 1941 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
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