List of ship launches in 2008

The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Note
18 January SuperSpeed 2 RoPax-ferry Aker Yards Rauma  Finland For Color Line[1]
26 January Dewey Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi  United States
26 January Rio de la Plata Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo South Korea For Hamburg Süd[2]
1 February Ruby Princess Modified Grand-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone  Italy For Princess Cruises
1 February Bremen Express Colombo-Express-classe container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[3]
5 February Margrethe Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[4]
5 February Saman Tanker Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries South Korea
6 February MSC Fantasia Fantasia-class cruise ship Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire France For MSC Cruises
13 February Yury Dolgorukiy Borei-class submarine Sevmash Severodvinsk  Russia
17 February Anne-Sofie Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For SAL Heavy Lift[5]
21 February New Hampshire Virginia-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut  United States
24 February Stockdale Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine  United States
1 March Eemshorn Ferus Smit Leer  Germany
5 March Atlântida Passenger ship Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Portugal For Atlanticoline SA[6]
10 March Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship Navantia Ferrol  Spain
14 March Combi Dock II Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift[7]
28 March Marchen Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[8]
March Sirius Star Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo  South Korea
6 April Amelia Earhart Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California  United States
19 April Rio de Janeiro Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo South Korea For Hamburg Süd[9]
26 April Independence Independence-class littoral combat ship Austal USA Mobile, Alabama  United States For US Navy
30 April Racha Bhum Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia Poland [10]
3 May UC3 Nautilus midget submarine Copenhagen Denmark
17 May Monte Azul Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Romania For Hamburg Süd[11]
4 June Maren Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[12]
4 June An Jung-geun Type 214 submarine Hyundai Heavy Industries  South Korea For South Korean Navy
12 June Seefalke Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel Peene-Werft Wolgast  Germany For German Federal Coast Guard
21 June Spirit of Mystery Lugger Colin Rees Milbrook  United Kingdom Replica of Mystery
30 June Costa Pacifica Concordia-class cruise ship Fincantieri Sestri Ponente  Italy For Costa Cruises
30 June Costa Luminosa Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera  Italy For Costa Cruises
12 July Waesche Legend-class cutter NGSS Ingalls Pascagoula, Mississippi  United States
12 July CMA CGM Vela Container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo South Korea For CMA CGM
15 July Tridente Type 214 submarine HDW Kiel  Germany For Portuguese Navy
18 July Vera Rambow Sietas typr 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft[13]
20 July MSC Splendida Fantasia-class cruise ship Aker Yards Saint Nazaire France For MSC Crociere[14]
4 August Combi Dock III Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift[15]
4 August OSA Goliath Goliath-class crane ship Pt. Drydocks World Pertama Batam Indonesia For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[16]
10 August Celebrity Solstice Solstice-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg  Germany For Celebrity Cruises
22 August Trina Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
26 August Mette Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[18]
30 August Rio Negro Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo South Korea For Hamburg Süd[19]
August Manisa Bella General cargo vessel  Liberia
6 September Monte Alegre Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Romania For Hamburg Süd[20]
16 September Rolldock Sun S-class Heavy lift ship Larsen & Toubro Hazira  India For Rolldock[21]
18 September Carl Brashear Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California  United States
25 September Northern Expedition Ro-Ro Ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany
26 September Bell M. Shimada Research vessel Halter Marine, Inc. Pascagoula, Mississippi  United States
27 September Citadel Ferus Smit Leer  Germany
2 October Charlotta Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For Reederei Gerd Bartels[22]
8 October Tunku Abdul Razak Scorpène-class submarine Navantia Cartagena Spain For Royal Malaysian Navy
9 October Laganborg Koninklijke Niestern Sander Delfzijl Netherlands For Wagenborg Shipping
15 October Unryū Sōryū-class submarine  Japan
15 October Clipper Pennant Ro-Ro Ferry Astilleros de Huelva, Sevilla  Spain For Seatruck Ferries
17 October Stefan Sibum SSW Super 1000 container ship Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven  Germany Reederei Bernd Sibum
17 October Meerkatze Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel Peene-Werft Wolgast  Germany For German Federal Coast Guard
18 October Wayne E. Meyer Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine  United States
24 October Carnival Dream Dream-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone  Italy For Carnival Cruise Lines[23]
27 October Susan Borchard Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați Romania [24]
1 November Sarafsa Motor yacht Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For private owner.[25]
3 November Regine Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For SAL Heavy Lift[26]
5 November YM Uranus Chemical tanker Marmara Shipyards Istanbul  Turkey
7 November Marit Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[27]
17 November Dragon Type 45 destroyer BVT Surface Fleet Govan  United Kingdom
22 November Oasis of the Seas Oasis-class cruise ship STX Europe Turku  Finland For Royal Caribbean International
23 November Monte Aconcagua Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Romania For Hamburg Süd[28]
24 November Kelantan Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel PSC-Naval Dockyard Malaysia
27 November Derafsh Sina-class fast attack craft Shahid Tamjidi shipyard Bandar Anzali Iran For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[29]
28 November Medondra type CV Venus 5300 container ship Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan China For Reederei Buss[30]
5 December Baltic Queen Ferry STX Europe Rauma  Finland For Tallink
15 December Thetis Sietas typr 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven[31]
16 December Kaspar Schepers Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați Romania [32]
27 December MSC Danit MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje South Korea For Mediterranean Shipping Company[33]

References

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  3. ^ "DNV GL: Bremen Express". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  4. ^ "Gerner Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. ^ "DNV GL: Anne-Sofie". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ "M/S ATLÂNTIDA". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  7. ^ "DBV GL: Blue Giant". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  8. ^ "Gunde Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  9. ^ "DNV GL: Rio de Janeiro". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  10. ^ "DNV GL: Racha Bhum". Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Azul". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  12. ^ "Gunhilde Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  13. ^ "DNV GL: Vera Rambow". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  14. ^ "Kreuzfahrtschiff MSC SPLENDIDA (2009) | Kreuzfahrthafen Warnemünde".
  15. ^ "DNV GL: Dock III". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  16. ^ "ABS: NOR Goliath". Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  17. ^ "DNV GL: Trina". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  18. ^ "Gustav Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  19. ^ "DNV GL: Rio Negro". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  20. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Alegre". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  21. ^ "DNV GL: Rolldock Sun". Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  22. ^ "DNV GL: Charlotta B". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  23. ^ "Carnival Dream, The Biggest Cruise Ship Ever Built By FINCANTIERI, Launched In MONFALCONE Today". 24 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  24. ^ "DNV GL: Susan Borchard". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  25. ^ "Sarafsa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  26. ^ "DNV GL: Regine". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  27. ^ "Gurhorm Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  28. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Aconcagua". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  29. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (2008), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 45 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 175–176, JSTOR 44894958
  30. ^ "DNV GL: Bernadette". Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  31. ^ "DNV GL: Thetis D". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  32. ^ "DNV GL: Miriam Borchard". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  33. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Danit" (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-07.

See also

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