| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | 
  | 10 January |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Teddington | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co. | 
  | 12 January |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Bardell | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[2] | 
  | 13 January |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cape Verde | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co Ltd. | 
  | 13 January |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Surf | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 14 January |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Oribi | O-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 14 January |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Palma | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[5] | 
  | 15 January |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Anchusa | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 15 January |  United Kingdom | James Pollock & Sons | Faversham, Kent | Empire Creek | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 15 January |  United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | Underwood | Cargo ship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Requisitioned by Ministry of War Transport on completion. | 
  | 16 January |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Armeria | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[8] | 
  | 16 January |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Sunbeam | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 27 January |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Ennerdale | Dale-class oiler | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Gantry Landing Ship. | 
  | 27 January |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Storm | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 28 January |  United Kingdom | Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Lytham | Maplefield | Cargo ship | For Zillah Shipping & Carrying Co. Ltd. | 
  | 28 January |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Pakenham | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 29 January |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blue Ranger | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 29 January |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd. | Birkenhead | Lively | L-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 30 January |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Govan | Croome | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 30 January |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Larch | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 30 January |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Lake | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 7 February |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Ridge | Ore carrier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 February |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Sky | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 11 February |  United Kingdom | Sir J.s Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Coral | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 11 February |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Oil | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 11 February |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Spray | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 12 February |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Aster | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[20] | 
  | 12 February |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Penn | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 12 February |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Starwort | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[21] | 
  | 13 February |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Govan | Empire Shoal | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply.[22] | 
  | 13 February |  United Kingdom | William Hamilton and Company | Port Glasgow | Michael E | CAM Ship | For Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd. | 
  | 15 February |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Ambrose Fleming | Collier | For London Power Co. Ltd. | 
  | 15 February |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bergamot | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 15 February |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Govan | Laforey | L-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 15 February |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Manchester Trader | Cargo ship | For Manchester Liners Ltd. | 
  | 17 February |  United Kingdom | Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Dewdale | Dale-class oiler | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Gantry Landing Ship. | 
  | 18 February |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Isle | Empire Isle-class coaster | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 24 February |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Cromarty | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[28] | 
  | 25 February |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Murdoch | C-type coaster | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. | 
  | 26 February |  United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons | Northwich | Empire Bridge | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 1 March | .svg.png) United States | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio de la Plata | Type C3-class cargo ship | For United States Maritime Commission | 
  | 2 March |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Zephyr | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 4 March |  United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Scotstoun | Empire Faith | CAM ship | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 10 March |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Chiddingfold | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 11 March |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Offa | O-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 11 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 25 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[31] | 
  | 11 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 26 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[32] | 
  | 12 March |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Daghestan | CAM ship | For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. | 
  | 12 March |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Exmoor | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 12 March |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Gloucester | Cargo ship | For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 
  | 12 March |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Gold Ranger | Ranger-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 12 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Vervain | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 13 March |  United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | Donovania | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | 
  | 13 March |  United Kingdom | James Pollock & Sons | Faversham | Empire Crag | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  |  |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Foam | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 15 March |  United Kingdom | James Pollock & Sons | Faversham | Empire Foam | CAM ship | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 15 March |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Lagoon | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 15 March |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Oak | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 15 March |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Ocean | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 17 March |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Badsworth | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 17 March |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Ness | Ore carrier | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 20 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Romeo | Shakespearian-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[41] | 
  | 25 March |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Ray | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 27 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Dingledale | Dale-class oiler | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 27 March |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Empire Cape | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 27 March |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Day | CAM ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 27 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Belfast | Empire Hope | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of Supply.[45] | 
  | 27 March |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Walker-on-Tyne | Petard | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 28 March |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Wave | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 29 March |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Flint | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 31 March | .svg.png) Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Empire Moonbeam | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 31 March |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Onslow | O-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | March |  United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Firth | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | March | .svg.png) United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Pan-Pennsylvania | T3 tanker | For National Bulk Carriers.[49] | 
  | March | .svg.png) United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 2 unnamed vessels | Tank barges | For private owners.[49] | 
  | 1 April |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Govan | Dulverton | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 4 April | .svg.png) Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Empire Starlight | Cargo ship | For United Kingdom. | 
  | 9 April |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbour | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[50] | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Buttercup | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | Ferguson Brothers Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cardak | Ferry | For Turkish Government. | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | William Gray and Company | West Hartlepool | Empire Brook | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Mica | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Sun | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 10 April |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Pathfinder | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 11 April |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Chrysanthemum | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[53] | 
  | 12 April |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Derwentdale | Dale-class oiler | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Landing Ship, Gantry. | 
  | 12 April |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Bank | Empire Isle-class coaster | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 12 April | .svg.png) United States | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | Chester, Pennsylvania | Rio de Janeiro | Type C3-class cargo ship | For United States Maritime Commission | 
  | 12 April |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Bank | Coaster | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 13 April |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Mooncrest | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd. | 
  | 16 April |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Wallsend | Hurworth | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 17 April |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Noble | N-class destroyer | Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy before completion, completed as Van Galen. | 
  | 22 April |  United Kingdom | Philip & Son Ltd | Dartmouth, Devon | Miner VI | Minelayer | For Royal Navy.[55] | 
  | 24 April |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Adams Beck | Collier | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. | 
  | 25 April |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Capitol | C-type coaster | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. | 
  | 26 April |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Eve | CAM ship | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 27 April |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Heath | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 28 April |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Calpe | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 28 April |  United Kingdom | John Readhead and Sons | South Shields | Empire Franklin | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply | 
  | 28 April | .svg.png) Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. | Hong Kong | Empire Haven | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 28 April |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Lugard | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 28 April |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Moat | Ore carrier | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 28 April |  United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Opal | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 29 April |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Empire Gale | Cargo ship | For Ministry of Supply. | 
  | 30 April |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Kafiristan | Cargo ship | For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. | 
  | April |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Saturn | Sternwheeler | For India General Navigation & Railway Co. Ltd. | 
  | 3 May |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rosalind | Shakespearian-class trawler | For Royal Navy.[60] | 
  | 9 May |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Hudson | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 May |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Hurst | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 11 May | .svg.png) Japan | Kawaminami | Nagasaki | Kizugawa Maru | WWII Standard D-class tanker | For Imperial Japanese Navy | 
  | 12 May |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Wallsend | Middleton | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 12 May |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Merton | Cargo ship | For R Chapman & Son. | 
  | 12 May |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Empire Flame | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 13 May |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Empire Darwin | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 14 May |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Pride | Cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a troopship. | 
  | 20 May |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Maple | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 24 May |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Glen | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 May |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Bros. Ltd. | Dumbarton | Clan Buchanan | Cargo ship | Requisitioned by the Admiralty. | 
  | 26 May |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Dell | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 27 May |  United Kingdom | Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Jet | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 27 May |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Sapphire | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 27 May |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Tide | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 27 May |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Grey Ranger | Ranger-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 28 May |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cowslip | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[68] | 
  | 28 May |  United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire Ford | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 28 May |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Panther | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 29 May |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Grove | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 29 May |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | East Cowes | Southwold | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 29 May |  United Kingdom | Short Bros. Ltd | Pallion | Empire Burton | CAM ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 29 May |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Empire Gem | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[71] | 
  | 29 May |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Willow | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 5 June |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Dunbar | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[72] | 
  | 5 June |  United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Grove | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 7 June |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Betty Hindley | C-type coaster | For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. | 
  | 7 June | .svg.png) United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | South Dakota | South Dakota-class battleship | For United States Navy | 
  | 7 June |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Govan | Wheatland | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 9 June |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Beaufort | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 9 June |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | British Harmony | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. | 
  | 9 June |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Ghyll | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 9 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 100 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[75] | 
  | 9 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 101 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[76] | 
  | 10 June |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Lawrence | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 June |  United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Pine | Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 June |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Wallsend | Porcupine | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 11 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Eglantine | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[78] | 
  | 11 June |  United Kingdom | Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Bruce | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 11 June |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Sedge | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 11 June |  United Kingdom | Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Lytham | Larchfield | Cargo ship | For Zillah Shipping & Carrying Co. Ltd. | 
  | 11 June |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Paladin | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 12 June |  India | Scindia Steam Navigation Co. | Bombay | Ahmedabad | Basset-class trawler | For Royal Indian Navy | 
  | 12 June |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Glade | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 12 June |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Raleigh | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 14 June |  United Kingdom | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Empire Moonrise | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 14 June | .svg.png) Germany | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer | Hamburg | PT 25 | Minesweeper | For Soviet Navy | 
  | 17 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 102 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[81] | 
  | 17 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | TLC 103 | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy.[82] | 
  | 23 June |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Helencrest | Cargo ship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd. | 
  | 25 June |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Nonpareil | N-class destroyer | Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy before completion, completed as Tjerk Hiddes | 
  | 25 June |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Priam | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line. | 
  | 25 June |  United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Primrose Hill | Cargo ship | For Putney Hill Steamship Co. Ltd. | 
  | 26 June |  United Kingdom | G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Ruby | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 June |  United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Spinney | coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[85] | 
  | 27 June |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Port Victor | Cargo ship | For Port Line Ltd. | 
  | 28 June |  United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | Diplodon | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | 
  | 30 June |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Grenfell | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 1 July |  United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Denham | Tender | For Mersey Docks & Harbour Board. | 
  | 1 July |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Empire Morn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 8 July |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Amethyst | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 8 July |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | 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 | 
  | 8 July |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Norton | Cargo ship | For R. Chapman & Son. | 
  | 9 July |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barclose | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[89] | 
  | 9 July |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Empire Cabot | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 9 July |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Mallory | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 July |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Diamond | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 10 July |  United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Empire Garnet | Empire Lad-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Empire Lad. | 
  | 10 July |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Scott | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 12 July |  United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd | Ardrossan | Empire Atoll | Refrigerated coaster | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 15 July |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Stanley | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 22 July |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Ardrossan | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[92] | 
  | 22 July |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Cowdray | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 22 July |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fritillary | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[93] | 
  | 22 July | .svg.png) Germany | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Kiel | U-117 | Type XB submarine | For Kriegsmarine | 
  | 23 July |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Bedale | Hunt-class destroyer | Transferred to Polish Navy before completion, completed as Ślązak | 
  | 23 July |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bleasdale | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 23 July | .svg.png) Hong Kong | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Almond | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 23 July |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Shackleton | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 24 July |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Livingstone | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 24 July |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Genista | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[95] | 
  | 25 July |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Hursley | Hunt-class destroyer | Transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy before completion, completed as Kriti | 
  | 26 July |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Wolfe | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 July | .svg.png) United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | San Diego | Atlanta-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 28 July |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Empire Clive | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 28 July |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Gilbert | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 28 July |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Wyclif | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 29 July |  United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Pearl | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 31 July |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Lass | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | July | .svg.png) United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | William C. McTarnahan | Tanker | For National Bulk Carriers.[49] | 
  | 5 August |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Partridge | P-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 5 August |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft and Company | Woolston | Lauderdale | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 5 August |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Sir Leonard Pearce | Collier | For London Power Co. Ltd. | 
  | 8 August |  United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Sound | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 8 August |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Urlana | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. | 
  | 9 August |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Birch | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 11 August |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Kanbe | Cargo ship | For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 
  | 12 August |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Greenock | Airedale | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 12 August |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Nottingham | Cargo ship | For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 
  | 12 August |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | East Cowes | Tetcott | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 13 August |  United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Ash | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 15 August |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Latimer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 16 August | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Vanguard | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 21 August |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Empire Onyx | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[102] | 
  | 21 August |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Ridley | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 August |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Green Ranger | Ranger-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 21 August |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Sound Fisher | C-type coaster | For . | 
  | 22 August |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | Derwent | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 23 August |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Earlston | Cargo ship | For R. Chapman & Son. | 
  | 23 August |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Liberty | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 23 August |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Parsons | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 25 August |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | British Character | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. | 
  | 25 August |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Belfast | Empire Grace | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport.[105] | 
  | 25 August |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Empire Marriott | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 25 August |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Stevenson | Cargo ship | For . | 
  | 26 August |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Emerald | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 August |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Masefield | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 27 August |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Aldenham | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 27 August |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Selwyn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 28 August |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Baffin | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 28 August |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Boy | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 28 August |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Oxlip | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 31 August | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Venture | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | August |  United Kingdom | Ferguson Brothers Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Silivri | Ferry | For Turkish Government. | 
  | 2 September | .svg.png) Canada | Marine Industries Ltd. | Sorel | Fredericton | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Canadian Navy | 
  | 3 September |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barcock | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[109] | 
  | 4 September |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Sidney | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[110] | 
  | 4 September |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse | Matchless | M-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 5 September |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Bicester | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 6 September | .svg.png) United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | South Kearny, New Jersey | Atlanta | Atlanta-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 6 September |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Newcomen | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 6 September | .svg.png) United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | San Juan | Atlanta-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 8 September |  United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire River | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 9 September |  United Kingdom | Ferguson Brothers Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Darica | Ferry | For Turkish Government. | 
  | 9 September |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Empire Deep | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport.[113] | 
  | 10 September |  United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Druid | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 11 September |  United Kingdom | Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Pict | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 19 September |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Empire Rhodes | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 22 September |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Cadet | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 22 September |  United Kingdom | Herd & Mackenzie | Buckie | MMS 54 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[116] | 
  | 23 September |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Cowper | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 23 September |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Field | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 23 September | .svg.png) United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy | Massachusetts | South Dakota-class battleship | For United States Navy | 
  | 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 | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 24 September |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Linden | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 September |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Cedar | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 26 September |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Halley | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Pusey and Jones | Wilmington, Delaware | Adabelle Lykes | C1-A Cargo ship, converted to WSA troop transport 1944[118][119] |  | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | African Planet | Cargo ship | Transferred to United States Navy before completion, completed as George Clymer. | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Alcoa Polaris | Cargo ship |  | 
  | 27 September |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Stanley | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | Tacoma, Washington | Fredrick Funston | Frederick Funston-class attack transport | For United States Navy | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | Sparrows Point, Maryland | James McKay | Cargo ship |  | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John C. Fremont | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[120] | 
  | 27 September |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft and Company | Woolston | Ledbury | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | South Kearny, New Jersey | Louise Lykes | Type C2-F cargo ship | For Lykes Brothers Steamship Company | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Vigil | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Voice | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Patrick Henry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[121] | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Star of Oregon | Cargo ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Sinclair Superflame | Cargo ship |  | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Francisco, California | Steel Artisan | Type C3-class cargo ship | Transferred to United States Navy before completion, completed as Barnes. | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | Chester, Pennsylvania | Surprise | Cargo ship |  | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Boston Naval Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Cowie | Gleaves-class destroyer | For United States Navy | 
  | 27 September | .svg.png) United States | Boston Naval Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Knight | Gleaves-class destroyer | For United States Navy | 
  | 2 October |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 1 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 4 October |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Allerton | Cargo ship | For R. Chapman & Son. | 
  | 4 October} |  United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Empire Jack | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 6 October |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Byron | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 6 October |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Marlowe | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 6 October |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Quality | Q-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 7 October |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Celt | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 7 October |  United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Rennie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 7 October |  United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | MSC Neptune | Tug | For Manchester Ship Canal Company. | 
  | 8 October |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Empire Baxter | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 8 October |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Loyal | L-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 8 October |  United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | San Venancio | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. | 
  | 9 October |  United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Fir | Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | January |  United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson Ltd. | Clydebank | Hororata | Refrigerated cargo ship | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.[126] | 
  | 9 October |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Onslaught | O-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 11 October |  United Kingdom | John Brown and Company | Greenock | Albrighton | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 15 October | .svg.png) Canada | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | North Vancouver, British Columbia | Fort St. James | Fort ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 17 October |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Umaria | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. | 
  | 17 October |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Gocan | Wilton | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 19 October | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Merriwether Lewis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 20 October |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Carey | Scandinavian type Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 20 October |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Johnson | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barcross | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[128] | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Brixham | Bangor-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[129] | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Empire Heywood | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Newton | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Nurani | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Stangarth | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. | 
  | 21 October | .svg.png) United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | Tacoma, Washington | Steel Architect | Type C3-class cargo ship | Transferred to United States Navy before completion, completed as Copahee | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Govan | Empire Ballantyne | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Norseman | Dale-class oiler | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as RFA Dinsdale for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[133] | 
  | 21 October |  United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Willington Quay | Empire Thistle | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 22 October |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Dryden | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 22 October |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Howard | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 22 October |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Ivy | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 23 October |  United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Empire Bairn | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 23 October |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | Empire Drayton | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 23 October | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Viking | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 23 October |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 2 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 25 October | .svg.png) United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | South Kearny, New Jersey | Juneau | Atlanta-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 26 October | .svg.png) United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thomas Paine | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[120] | 
  | 26 October | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William Clark | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 28 October |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Pennywort | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[136] | 
  | 1 November |  United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Cleveland | Cleveland-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 3 November |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse | Meteor | M-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 4 November |  United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Squire | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 4 November |  United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Lambtonian | C-type coaster | For Tanfield Steamship Co. Ltd. | 
  | 5 November |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Bolebroke | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 5 November |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | East Cowes | Quentin | Q-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 5 November |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | VIC 5 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 8 November |  United Kingdom | Ferguson Brothers Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Derince | Ferry | For Turkish Government. | 
  | 9 November |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Plane | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 15 November | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Francis Scott Key | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[121] | 
  | 16 November | .svg.png) United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Benjamin Franklin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[120] | 
  | 16 November | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Vestal | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 16 November | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Robert Gray | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 18 November |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Belvoir | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 18 November |  United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Airman | tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 18 November |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Company | Haverton Hill | Empire Metal | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 18 November |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Fulham VI | Collier | For Fulham Borough Council. | 
  | 19 November |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Empire Builder | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 19 November |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Bros. Ltd. | Dumbarton | Empire Cameron | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 19 November |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Drum | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 19 November |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | Empire Dunstan | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 20 November |  United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Pilgrim | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 20 November |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | HMS Unicorn | Aircraft maintenance carrier | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 21 November |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Race | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 November | .svg.png) United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Indiana | South Dakota-class battleship | For United States Navy | 
  | 22 November |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Harp | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 22 November | .svg.png) United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | South Kearny, New Jersey | Aaron Ward | Gleaves-class destroyer | For United States Navy | 
  | 23 November | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Barry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 29 November |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Quilliam | Q-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 30 November | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Vesper | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 2 December |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Govan | Blackmore | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 2 December |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Prairie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 2 December |  United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Saxon | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 2 December |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Musketeer | M-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 3 December |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Derryheen | Cargo ship | For McCowan & Cross Ltd. | 
  | 3 December |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Ranger | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 3 December | .svg.png) United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Paul Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[120] | 
  | 4 December |  United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | Bustler | Bustler-class tug | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 4 December |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Norseman | N-class destroyer | Transferred to Royal Australian Navy before completion. Completed as Nepal | 
  | 6 December | .svg.png) Hong Kong | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock | Hong Kong | Empire Dragon | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 6 December | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Richard Henry Lee | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[121] | 
  | 6 December | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Roger B. Taney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[121] | 
  | 6 December | .svg.png) United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Zebulon B. Vance | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[143] | 
  | 7 December | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Jefferson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 9 December | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Valley | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 10 December | .svg.png) United States | Boston Naval Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Doran | Gleaves-class destroyer | For United States Navy | 
  | 11 December | .svg.png) Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | U-607 | Type VIIC submarine | For Kriegsmarine | 
  | 14 December | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Hancock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 15 December |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Fulham VII | Collier | For Fulham Borough Council. | 
  | 16 December |  United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Nomad | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 17 December | .svg.png) United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Columbia | Cleveland-class cruiser | For United States Navy | 
  | 17 December |  United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Ballad | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 17 December |  United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | MSC Nymph | Tug | For Manchester Ship Canal Company. | 
  | 17 December |  United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Tarantia | Cargo ship | For Anchor Line Ltd. | 
  | 18 December |  United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Easdale | Dale-class oiler | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | 
  | 18 December |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Splendour | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport.[144] | 
  | 18 December |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hatherleigh | Hunt-class destroyer | Transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy before completion, completed as Kanaris | 
  | 18 December | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ocean Vision | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[101] | 
  | 18 December |  United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | Sir Galahad | Minesweeper | For Royal Navy | 
  | 18 December |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Stanbank | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. | 
  | 19 December |  United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Story | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 19 December |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Kong Haakon VII | Cargo ship | For Norwegian Government. | 
  | 20 December |  United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Maiden | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport.[148] | 
  | 20 December | .svg.png) United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Ocean Freedom | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[149] | 
  | 20 December | .svg.png) United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Ocean Liberty | Ocean ship | For War Shipping Administration.[149] | 
  | 20 December |  United Kingdom | Ferguson Brothers Ltd. | Port Glasgow | St. George | Tug | For Government of Trinidad. | 
  | 21 December |  United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Courage | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 December |  United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Teak | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 21 December | .svg.png) United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Paul Revere | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[120] | 
  | 21 December | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Philip Livingston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 22 December |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Algerine | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. | 
  | 26 December |  United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 3 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. | 
  | 27 December |  United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Homer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 28 December | .svg.png) United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Alexander Hamilton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[122] | 
  | 29 December |  United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Zeal | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 30 December |  United Kingdom | Lithgows | Glasgow | Empire Addison | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | 30 December |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Empire Bard | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport | 
  | 30 December | .svg.png) United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Randolph | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[121] | 
  | 30 December |  United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Greenock | Milne | M-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | 
  | 30 December |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Magpie | Black Swan-class sloop | For Royal Navy | 
  | 31 December |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Corfoss | Collier | For Wm. Cory & Son. | 
  | 31 December | .svg.png) United States | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Otis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration.[151] | 
  | December |  United Kingdom | W. & C. French Ltd. | Newport | Lady Walmer | Concrete ship | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) Germany | Nordseewerke. | Emden | Atlas | Cargo ship | Completed as Empire Glencoe for Ministry of Transport. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Bishops Retriever | Lighter | For Liverpool Lighterage Co. Ltd. and/or Bishops Wharf Carrying Co. Ltd. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | J. Hay & Sons Ltd. | Kirkintillock | Boer | Clyde puffer | For private owner. | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) Germany |  | Königsberg | Bussard | Bussard-class seaplane tender | For Luftwaffe | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | D. & E. No. 12 | Crane barge | For Doullot & Ewin.[49] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Kyle | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd. | Bideford | HDML 1083 | Harbour Defence Motor Launch | For Royal Navy.[155] | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Immelmann | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For Luftwaffe | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) Japan |  |  | JAP No. 4000 | Tanker | For private owner. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Le Royal | Trawler | For Milford Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | British Power Boat Company | Hythe | MASB 27 | Torpedo boat | For Royal Navy.[158] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 46 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[159] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | MTB 345 | Motor torpedo boat | Experimental vessel for Royal Navy | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) Germany |  |  | Swine | Coaster tanker | For Kriegsmarine | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Nimble | Nimble-class tug | For the Admiralty. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Burntisland | Tudor Queen | Tudor Queen type coaster | For Queenship Navigation Ltd. | 
  | Unknown date | .svg.png) United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | U. S. Gypsum No. 5 | Deck barge | For United States Gypsum.[49] |