List of ship launches in 1998

The list of ship launches in 1998 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1998.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Sally Mærsk S-class container ship For Maersk Line
1 February Spain Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real Finnclipper Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry For Finnlines[1]
20 February Finland Finnyards Rauma Botnica Icebreaker
23 February Germany Fassmer Berne Seeadler Type Fassmer BL 20 For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
February Spain Astilleros Espanoles SA Sevilla Dawn Merchant RoRo-Ferry For Cenargo International Ltd.[2]
12 March Australia Australian Submarine Corporation Osborne, South Australia Dechaineux Collins-class submarine
17 March Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Annemieke Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[3]
23 March Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Imabari Woody Heart Bulk carrier
25 March China Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai Grey Fox Amber Lagoon-class freight ship For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping[4]
27 March United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore Clansman Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
28 March United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine O'Kane Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
4 April Germany Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau Primadonna River cruise ship
6 April United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Clansman Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne.[5]
14 April Germany Fassmer Berne Stralsund Type Fassmer BL 20 For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
18 April Spain Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real Finneagle Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry For Finnlines[6]
24 April Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Sine Mærsk S-class container ship For Maersk Line
24 April Australia Australian Defence Industries Newcastle, New South Wales Hawkesbury Huon-class minehunter
24 April Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Lena Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[7]
3 May South Korea Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje London Express London Express-class container ship For Hapag-Lloyd[8]
23 May Australia Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria Warramunga Anzac-class frigate
27 May United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Kent Type 23 frigate
28 May Spain Astilleros Espanoles SA Sevilla Brave Merchant RoRo-Ferry For Cenargo International Ltd.[9]
23 June Australia NQEA Ltd Cairns, Queensland Melville Leeuwin-class survey vessel
25 June United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Seay Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
29 June Germany Fassmer Berne Bussard Type Fassmer BL 20 For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
10 July Germany Kvaerner Warnow shipyard Warnemünde P&O Nedlloyd Auckland Container ship For P&O Nedlloyd[10]
10 August United Kingdom Vosper Thornycroft Woolston Grimsby Sandown-class minehunter
14 August Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Svendborg Mærsk S-class container ship For Maersk Line
August Spain Astilleros de Huelva SA Huelva Varbola Ro-Ro ferry For Estonian Shipping Company
9 September Japan Inazuma Murasame-class destroyer
11 September Italy Fincantieri Tor Suecia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel For DFDS Tor Line
19 September United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd Barrow-in-Furness Vengeance Vanguard-class submarine
24 September Japan Samidare Murasame-class destroyer
10 October Italy Fincantieri Tor Selandia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel For DFDS Tor Line
14 October Finland Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki Arcticaborg Platform supply vessel
17 October Finland Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki Antarcticaborg Platform supply vessel
30 October Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Sofie Mærsk S-class container ship For Maersk Line
7 November United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Oscar Austin Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 November Japan Uzushio Oyashio-class submarine
27 November Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard Turku Voyager of the Seas Voyager-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
28 November  Poland Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia Neptun Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship For Alpha Ship[11]
28 November Poland Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia Uranus Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship For Alpha Ship[12]
30 November Russia Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad Jade Survey vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
4 December United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Toisa Coral Offshore supply vessel For Toisa Ltd.[13]
15 December Japan NKK Corporation Tsu Moscow University Tanker For Novoship, Russia
21 December Italy Fincantieri Tor Britannia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel For DFDS Tor Line
23 December Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg SuperStar Virgo Cruise ship For Star Cruises
Unknown date Taiwan China Shipbuilding Corporation Keelung Alva Maersk Container ship For A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
Unknown date United States VT Halter Marine Shipbuilder Moss Point, Mississippi ATLS-9701 Aerial target launch ship For Pacific Targets and Marine Operations Division (PTMO), U.S. Department of the Navy
Unknown date United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Herbert Ballam Tug For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[14]

References

  1. ^ "M/S Finnclipper" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "M/S Dawn Merchant" (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ "DNV GL: Annemike". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. ^ "DNV GL: Grey Fox". Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  5. ^ "Clansman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  6. ^ "M/S Finneagle" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: BBC Lena". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  8. ^ "DNV GL: London Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  9. ^ "M/S Brave Merchant" (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  10. ^ "ABS Record: Maersk Palermo". Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  11. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Uma". Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  12. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Nora". Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  13. ^ "Toisa Coral". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Herbert Ballam". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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