The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.
| Date
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Country
|
Notes
|
| 28 January
|
Frankfurt Express
|
Container ship
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
|
Kiel
|
West Germany
|
For Hapag-Lloyd
|
| 6 February
|
Lev Tolstoy
|
Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
|
Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
|
Szczecin
|
Poland
|
For Black Sea Shipping Company.[1]
|
| 7 February
|
Mahlon S. Tisdale
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
San Pedro, California
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 10 February
|
Setoshio
|
Yūshio-class submarine
|
|
|
Japan
|
For Japanese Navy.
|
| 6 March
|
City of Oxford
|
Container ship
|
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
|
Appledore
|
United Kingdom
|
For Ellerman Lines Ltd.[3]
|
| 9 March
|
Arromanches
|
Landing craft
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
United Kingdom
|
For British Army.[4]
|
| 20 March
|
Harbel Tapper
|
Bulk carrier
|
Koyo Dockyard
|
Mihara, Japan
|
Japan
|
|
| 21 March
|
Houston
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 21 March
|
Isomeria
|
LPG carrier
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
United Kingdom
|
For Shell Tankers Ltd.[6]
|
| 28 March
|
Almirante Brown
|
Almirante Brown-class destroyer
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
West Germany
|
For Argentine Navy.
|
| 4 April
|
Stephen W. Groves
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 14 April
|
Trident
|
Patrol boat
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
United Kingdom
|
For Barbados Defence Force.[7]
|
| 17 April
|
Konstantin Simonov
|
Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
|
Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
|
Szczecin
|
Poland
|
For Baltic Sea Shipping Company.[8]
|
| 25 April
|
City of Corpus Christi
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 25 April
|
Ticonderoga
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 30 April
|
SKR-35
|
Koni-class frigate
|
Werft 340
|
Selenodolsk
|
Soviet Union
|
For Soviet Navy.
|
| 14 May
|
Mercandian Merchant II
|
Type FV 610 RoRo-ship
|
Frederikshavn Vaerft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Denmark
|
For Per Henriksen.[10]
|
| 16 May
|
Abraham Crijnssen
|
Kortenaer-class frigate
|
Koninklijke Schelde Groep
|
Flushing
|
Netherlands
|
For Royal Netherlands Navy.
|
| 16 May
|
Jan van Brakel
|
Kortenaer-class frigate
|
Koninklijke Schelde Groep
|
Flushing
|
Netherlands
|
For Royal Netherlands Navy.
|
| 19 May
|
Antwerp
|
Landing craft
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
United Kingdom
|
For British Army.[11]
|
| 19 May
|
Trelleborg
|
Ferry
|
Öresundsvarvet
|
Landskrona
|
Sweden
|
For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift.[12]
|
| 19 May
|
Pisagua
|
Type 209 submarine
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
|
Kiel
|
West Germany
|
For Peruvian Navy.
|
| 22 May
|
GV 909
|
Cruiseferry
|
Götaverken
|
Gothenburg
|
Sweden
|
Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
|
| 22 May
|
St. Michaelis
|
Tanker
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
West Germany
|
For Hamburg Süd.[13]
|
| 29 May
|
Köln
|
Bremen-class frigate
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
West Germany
|
For German Navy.
|
| 2 June
|
Ark Royal
|
Invincible-class aircraft carrier
|
Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend, England
|
United Kingdom
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 5 June
|
Saint George
|
Stores carrier
|
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
|
Appledore
|
United Kingdom
|
For British Army.[14]
|
| 17 June
|
Boxer
|
Type 22 frigate
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
United Kingdom
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 27 June
|
Reid
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
San Pedro, California
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 1 July
|
Trafalgar
|
Trafalgar-class submarine
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 2 July
|
Crommelin
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 18 July
|
Willamette
|
Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 24 July
|
John L. Hall
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 4 August
|
Shirayuki
|
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
|
|
|
Japan
|
For Japanese Navy.
|
| 22 August
|
Stena Germanica
|
Ferry
|
Stocznia im Lenina
|
Gdańsk
|
Poland
|
For Stena Line.[15]
|
| 23 August
|
Chita
|
Kilo-class submarine
|
Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard
|
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
|
Soviet Union
|
For Soviet Navy.[16]
|
| 4 September
|
Mercandian Supplier II
|
type FV 610 RoRo-ship
|
Frederikshavn Vaerft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Denmark
|
For Mercandia rederiet A/S.[17]
|
| 25 September
|
La Argentina
|
Almirante Brown-class destroyer
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
West Germany
|
For Argentine Navy.
|
| 10 October
|
Scandinavia
|
Cruiseferry
|
Dubigeon-Normandie
|
Nantes
|
France
|
For Scandinavian World Cruises.
|
| 13 October
|
Halyburton
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 16 October
|
Wimpey Seahorse
|
Offshore supply vessel
|
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
|
Appledore
|
United Kingdom
|
For Wimpey Marine Ltd.[18]
|
| 17 October
|
Aubrey Fitch
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 17 October
|
Jarrett
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
San Pedro, California
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 19 October
|
Blume
|
Type 209 submarine
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
|
Kiel
|
West Germany
|
For Peruvian Navy.
|
| 31 October
|
Norfolk
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 14 November
|
Florida
|
Ohio-class submarine
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
United States
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 17 November
|
Jean de Vienne
|
Georges Leygues-class frigate
|
|
|
France
|
For French Navy.
|
| 26 November
|
Song of America
|
Cruise ship
|
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Finland
|
For Royal Caribbean International.
|
| 5 December
|
Olau Britannia
|
Cruiseferry
|
AG Weser Seebeckswerft
|
Bremerhaven
|
West Germany
|
For Olau Line.
|
| 22 December
|
Mercandian Importer III
|
Type FV 610 RoRo-ship
|
Frederikshavn Vaerft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Denmark
|
For Per Henriksen.[20]
|
| 24 December
|
SKR 481
|
Koni-class frigate
|
Werft 340
|
Selenodolsk
|
Soviet Union
|
For Soviet Navy.
|
| Date unknown
|
Fashion of Bristol
|
Ferry
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
United Kingdom
|
For private owner.[21]
|
| Date unknown
|
Jacqueline D
|
Passenger launch
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
United Kingdom
|
For private owner.[22]
|
| Date unknown
|
Maria Mcloughlin
|
Tug
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
United Kingdom
|
For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[23]
|
| Date unknown
|
Sarah Mcloughlin
|
Tug
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
United Kingdom
|
For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[24]
|
| Date unknown
|
Steel Princess
|
Fishing vessel
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
United Kingdom
|
For private owner.[25]
|
References
Sources
- Couhat, Jean Labayle; Baker, A. D. III, eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.