List of ship launches in 2012

The list of ship launches in 2012 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2012.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
7 January MSC Deila MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje  South Korea [1]
8 January Disney Fantasy Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg  Germany For Disney Cruise Line
12 January Seatruck Performance Ro-ro ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Seatruck Ferries
13 January Paul Clark Sentinel-class cutter Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Louisiana  United States For  United States Coast Guard
14 January Coronado Independence-class littoral combat ship Austal USA Mobile, Alabama  United States For  United States Navy
27 January Suzuran Ro-ro ferry Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki  Japan For Shin Nihonkai
27 January Suisen Ro-ro ferry Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki  Japan For Shin Nihonkai
4 February Santa Barbarra Santa-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo  South Korea For Hamburg Süd[2]
7 February Notorious Replica caravel Graeme Wylie Bushfield  Australia
15 February Vale Carajas Valemax Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo  South Korea For Vale Shipping
1 March Meri Cargo ship STX Finland Turku  Finland For Gaiamare
2 March Robert Yered Sentinel-class cutter Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Louisiana  United States For  United States Coast Guard
2 March UAL Bodewes Bodewes shipyard Hoogezand Netherlands [3]
3 March MSC Valeria MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje  South Korea [4]
10 March Lady Alexandra Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen  Netherlands For Wijnne Barends
13 March Harro Koebke 36,5-meter-class Lifeboat Fassmer Bern  Germany For DGzRS
14 March CSCL Neptune CSCL Star-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje  South Korea For China Shipping Container Lines[5]
17 March Vikingbank Ferus Smit Westerbroek  Netherlands For Wagenborg Shipping[6]
23 March Seatruck Precision Ro-ro ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Seatruck Ferries
31 March Carlo Margottini FREMM multipurpose frigate Fincantieri Riva Trigoso  Italy For  Italian Navy
1 April AIDAmar Sphinx-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg  Germany For AIDA Cruises
3 April Mirabilis Research vessel STX Finland Rauma  Finland For Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
6 April Discovery Royal Research Ship Freire Shipyard Vigo  Spain For Natural Environment Research Council
6 April Hamburg Express Hamburg Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan  South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[7]
7 April Vale Minas Gerais Valemax Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo  South Korea For Vale Shipping
11 April Fuldaborg Ferus Smit Leer  Germany For Wagenborg[8]
12 April Stavangerfjord Cruise ferry Stocznia Gdańsk Gdańsk  Poland For Fjord Line
14 April Somerset San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Avondale Shipyard New Orleans  United States For  United States Navy
15 April Vale Espirito Santo Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian  China For Vale Shipping
22 April Santa Ines Santa-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo  South Korea For Hamburg Süd[9]
29 April Vale Shandong Valemax Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries  China For Vale Shipping
3 May Georg Burmester Sunrise-class GS Yard Waterhuizen Netherlands [10]
5 May Cesar Chavez Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego  United States For  United States Navy
18 May Ivan Gren Ivan Gren-class landing ship Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad  Russia For  Russian Navy
31 May Lady Amalia Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen Netherlands For Wijnne Barends
4 June America America-class amphibious assault ship Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Mississippi  United States For  United States Navy
5 June Draken Harald Hårfagre Viking longship Viking Kings AS Haugesund  Norway
7 June Andoni Andoni-class seaward defence boat  Nigeria For  Nigerian Navy
16 June Reuben Lasker Marinette Marine Marinette  United States For NOAA
30 June Vitus Bering Platform supply vessel Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki  Finland For Sovcomflot
1 July Vale Indonesia Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian  China For Vale Shipping
6 July Hermione Concorde-class frigate Rochefort  France Reproduction of the 1779 French frigate Hermione
6 July Europa 2 Cruise ship STX Europe Saint-Nazaire  France For Hapag-Lloyd
13 July Vale Fujiyama Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, Changwon  South Korea For Vale Shipping
13 July New York Express Hamburg Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan  South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[11]
26 July Vale Jiangsu Valemax Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries  China For Vale Shipping
28 July Haixun 01 Patrol ship  China For China Maritime Safety Administration
3 August Kindral Kurvits Patrol boat Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy Uusikaupunki  Finland For Estonian Border Guard[12]
10 August Viking Grace Cruiseferry STX Finland Turku  Finland For Viking Line
12 August Celebrity Reflection Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg  Germany For Celebrity Cruises
16 August Royal Princess Royal-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone  Italy For Princess Cruises[13]
26 August Durjoy Durjoy-class patrol craft Wuchang Shipyard Wuhan  China For  Bangladesh Navy
29 August Nordergründe Buoy tender Fassmer  Germany
31 August Piz Bever Sunrise class GS Yard Waterhuizen  Netherlands [14]
1 September Basle Express Hamburg Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan  South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[15]
12 September Sahand Moudge-class frigate Iranian Navy's Factories Bandar Abbas  Iran For  Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[16]
19 September NYK Helios OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje  South Korea For Orient Overseas Container Line[17]
27 September Vale Tubarao Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian  China For Vale Shipping
27 September Nirmul Durjoy-class patrol craft Wuchang Shipyard Wuhan  China For  Bangladesh Navy
1 October Choctaw County Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport Austal USA Mobile, Alabama  United States For Military Sealift Command
7 October Dockwise Vanguard Heavy lift ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For Dockwise
8 October Padma Padma-class patrol vessel Khulna Shipyard Khulna  Bangladesh For  Bangladesh Navy
13 October Sikuliaq Research vessel Marinette Marine Corporation Marinette, Wisconsin  United States For National Science Foundation
18 October Normandie FREMM multipurpose frigate DCNS Lorient  France For French Navy
27 October Karel Doorman Amphibious support ship Galați shipyard Galați  Romania For  Royal Netherlands Navy
3 November Minnesota Virginia-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding  United States For  United States Navy
3 November OOCL Brussels OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje  South Korea For Orient Overseas Container Line[18]
13 November Montford Point Montford Point-class expeditionary transfer dock National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego  United States For  United States Navy
23 November Aleksey Chirikov Platform supply vessel Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki  Finland For Sovcomflot
2 December Vava II Motor yacht Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For private owner.[19]
3 December Yantar Intelligence and research ship Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad  Russia For  Russian Navy
5 December Menominee Valiant-class harbor tug J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington  United States For  United States Navy
10 December OOCL Berlin OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje  South Korea For Orient Overseas Container Line[20]
17 December Hallaig Ferry Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow  United Kingdom For Caledonian MacBrayne[21]
10 December Ramform Titan Ramform Titan-class research vessel Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. Nagasaki  Japan [22]
19 December Luigi Dattilo Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel Fincantieri Castellammare di Stabia  Italy For  Italy Coast Guard[23]
21 December Hong Kong Express Hamburg Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan  South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[24]
30 December Vladimir Monomakh Borei-class submarine Sevmash Severodvinsk  Russia For  Russian Navy
Unknown date Channel Chieftain VI Crew transfer vessel Aluminium Boatbuilding Co. Ltd. Hayling Island United Kingdom For Carlin Boat Charter Ltd.[25]
Unknown date Dalby Tees Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth United Kingdom For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.[26]
Unknown date Gardian11 Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth United Kingdom For Gardline Environmental Ltd.[27]
Unknown date Rix Panther Wind farm service vessel Alnmaritec Ltd. Blyth United Kingdom For Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd.[28]
Unknown date Smeaton Array Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth United Kingdom For For Gardline Environmental Ltd.[29]

See also

References

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