List of ship launches in 1998

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

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