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Ships built in the year 1940
Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P Collingwood 1940 Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay D / H / P Empire Bronze 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P L C T 17 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P L C T 18 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H Legion 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P M L C 115 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H M L C 116 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H M L C 117 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H M L C 118 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H Naiad 1940 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Crane Lighter No 13 1940 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd Unnamed barge 1940 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd Afghanistan 1940 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Baluchistan 1940 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H North Britain 1940 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H Thursobank 1940 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Angelo 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Ariosto 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Bullfinch 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Eceabat 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Erdek 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Gemlik 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Hopetarn 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Iris 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Kilye 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Lapseki 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Mudanya 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Hambledon 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Holderness 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P M L C 67 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H M L C 68 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H M L C 69 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H Mauritius 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Mendip 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Meynell 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Port Napier 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H Rosyth Dock 1940 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Eglinton 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Exmoor 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H King George V 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P L C T 3 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H L C T 4 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H M L C x 8 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker Nigeria 1940 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P ----------------------------- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------