List of ship launches in 1991

The list of ship launches in 1991 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1991.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Society Adventurer cruise ship Rauma-Repola Rauma Finland For Discoverer Reederei[1]
17 January Hayashio Harushio-class submarine Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Japan
23 January Frans Suell Cruiseferry Brodosplit Split Yugoslavia For Sea-Link Shipping for Euroway traffic
2 February Big Horn Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States
14 February Littlehales Survey vessel Halter Marine, Inc. Moss Point, Mississippi United States Now Thomas Jefferson
16 February Triumph Trafalgar-class submarine Vickers Shipbuilding Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom
23 February Essex Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
2 March Iron Duke Type 23 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow United Kingdom
16 March Prairial Floréal-class frigate Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire France
23 March Boise Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
5 April Sarfaq Ittuk Cruise ferry Ørskov Staalskibsværft Frederikshavn Denmark For Arctic Umiaq Line[2]
6 April Queen of Caopilano Intermediate-class ferry Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. North Vancouver Canada [3]
12 April Seniority Coaster Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Scottish Navigation Co. Ltd.[4]
16 April Hilligenlei ferry Husumer Schiffswerft Husum Germany For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[5]
16 May Ville de Québec Halifax-class frigate MIL-Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec Canada
18 May Annapolis Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
May Seabourn Legend Cruise ship Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Germany For Seabourn Cruise Line
8 June Barry Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
25 June Hydra Hydra-class frigate Blohm + Voss Hamburg Germany
13 July Lake Erie Ticonderoga-class cruiser Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
25 July Sally Albatross Cruise ship Finnyards Rauma Finland Constructed utilising parts from the first Sally Albatross that burnt in 1990
August Grosa missile corvettes Sredne-Newski Leningrad Soviet Union
1 August Kosei Maru Roll-on/roll-off ferry Kanda Zosencho K.K. Kawajiri, Japan Japan
10 August Maryland Ohio-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
11 August Nivôse Floréal-class frigate Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire France
20 August ECO luxury yacht Blohm + Voss Hamburg Germany
22 August Saqqit Ittuk cruise ship Ørskov Staalskibsværft Frederikshavn Denmark For Umiaq Line[6]
23 August Montpelier Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
August Harbin Type 052 destroyer Hudong Shipyard Shanghai China
7 September Vicksburg Ticonderoga-class cruiser Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
23 September Tarquin Glen LNG tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Liquid Gas Shipping Ltd.[7]
26 September Kongō Kongō-class destroyer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Japan
28 September Rainier Supply-class fast combat support ship National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California United States
5 October Guadalupe Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States
26 October John Paul Jones Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
27 October Cheng Kung Cheng Kung-class frigate China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung Taiwan
9 November Sarpik Ittuk cruise ship Ørskov Staalskibsværft Frederikshavn Denmark For Umiaq Line[8]
15 November Royal Majesty Cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Finland For Majesty Cruise Line
22 November Corte-Real Vasco da Gama-class frigate HDW Kiel Germany
23 November Monmouth Type 23 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow United Kingdom
6 December Tone Abukuma-class destroyer escort Sumitomo Heavy Industries Tokyo Japan
Unknown date Avon Monarch Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[9]
Unknown date Island Discovery Ferry Arklow Marine Services Inc. Arklow Ireland For Paul Concannon & Brian Day.[10]
Unknown date Knock Allen Suezmax tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Fred Olsen & Co.[11]
Unknown date Sea Vigil Survey ship David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For Environment Agency.[12]
Unknown date Vectis Buoy tender David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For Trinity House.[13]
Unknown date Yvonne T Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For Wightlink Ltd.[14]

References

  1. ^ "M/S Society Andenturer" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "M/S Sarfaq Ittuk" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ "M/S Queen of Capilano" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Seniority". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  5. ^ "M/S Hilligenlei" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "M/S Saqqit Ittuk" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tarquin Glen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. ^ "M/S Sarpik Ittuk" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Avon Monarch". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Island Discovery". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Knock Allen". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Sea Vigil". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Vectis". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Yvonne T". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.