List of ship launches in 1949

The list of ship launches in 1949 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1949.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cazador	Tanker	For Estrella Maritima SA.[1]
15 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Explorador	Tanker	For Estrella Maritima SA.[2]
17 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 4	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd.[3]
12 March	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-198	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
17 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Vestfoss	Tanker	For A/S Thor Thorsen.[5]
21 March	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-196	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Amarna	Cargo ship	For Moss Hutchinson Line.[6]
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Champavati	Ferry	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[7]
29 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Decoy	Daring-class destroyer
30 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rohidas	Ferry	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[8]
2 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-199	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
7 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-200	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
11 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-201	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
13 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Helenus	Cargo ship	For Blue Funnel Line.[9]
19 April	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-247	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
24 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 5	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd.[10]
31 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Assiout	Cargo ship	For Moss Hutchinson Line.[11]
10 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Vikingen	Tanker	For Panama City Tanker Co.[12]
19 June	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-251	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
22 June	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-249	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
28 June	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Chusan	Himalaya-class ocean liner	For P&O
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Setter 6	Whaler	For United Whalers Ltd.[13]
28 June	France	Societe des Ateliers & Chantiers	Dunkirk	Cambodge	Ocean liner	For Messageries Maritimes
1 July	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-250	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
27 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hector	Cargo liner	For Blue Funnel Line.[14]
28 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ernst Larsen	Whaler	For Union Whaling Co.[15]
August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-248	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
4 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-252	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
10 August	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Daring	Daring-class destroyer
11 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Captain	Tanker	For British Tanker Company.[16]
16 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Natalia	Whaler	For Union Whaling Co. Completed as Arnt Karlsen.[17]
24 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bloemfontein Castle	Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line.
28 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-253	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
29 August	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Bloemfontein Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
31 August	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-254	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
11 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-255	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
22 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ternoy	Tanker	For A/S Truma.[18]
24 September	United Kingdom	James Pollock & Sons	Faversham	Sea Hurricane	Aircraft transport ship	For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster Goldlynx for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd.[19]
25 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-271	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
30 September	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-272	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
10 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Africana 2	Research trawler	For South African Government.[20]
21 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Runic	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Shaw Savill Line.[21]
23 October	Singapore	Robin Kilroy	Singapore	Boleh	junk yacht	[22]
26 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kurdistan	Tanker	For Commons Bros. Ltd.[23]
1 November	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-273	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
21 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Commander	Tanker	For British Tanker Company.[24]
21 November	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Soya Christina	Tanker	For O. Wallenius.[25][26]
4 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-274	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
20 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-275	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
28 December	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant	Zelenedolsk	BO-276	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser	[4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Changsha	Passenger ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Taiyuan	Passenger ship	For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[27]