List of ship launches in 2015
The list of ship launches in 2015 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2015.
| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January | Viking Astrild | River cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking River Cruises[1] |
| 10 January | MSC Oliver | Olympic-class container ship | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | South Korea | For Mediterranean Shipping Company | |
| 16 January | Marchen Maersk | Maersk Triple E class | Daewoo | Geoje | South Korea | For Maersk Line |
| 16 January | Mette Maersk | Maersk Triple E class | Daewoo | Geoje | South Korea | For Maersk Line |
| 27 January | Atlantic Star | ACL G4 ConRO ship | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | China | For Atlantic Container Line |
| 31 January | Viking Mimir | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[2] |
| 2 February | Lady Ami | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Netherlands | For Wijnne Barends |
| 14 February | Esnaad 221 | Shipyard De Hoop | Foxhol | Netherlands | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[3] | |
| 14 February | Lady Adele | Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship | GS Yard | Groningen-Waterhuizen | Netherlands | For Wijnne Barends[4][5] |
| 20 February | Rolldock Sky | S-class Heavy lift ship | Larsen & Toubro | Hazira | India | For Rolldock[6] |
| 21 February | Anthem of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | Meyer Werft | Papenburg, Germany | Germany | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 21 February | Nordana Sky | Ferus Smit Ecobox | Ferus Smit | Leer | Germany | For Symphony Shipping BV |
| 21 February | Viking Vili | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[7] |
| 25 February | Gabrielle Giffords | Independence-class littoral combat ship | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | United States | For United States Navy |
| 26 February | Barzan | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[8] |
| 27 February | Linah | UASC A15-class container ship | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[9] |
| 5 March | Henrich Wuppesahl | 9,5/10,5-meter-class Lifeboat (rescue) | Tamsen Maritim | Rostock | Germany | For DGzRS[10] |
| 6 March | Koningsdam | Pinnacle-class cruise ship | Fincantieri | Italy | For Holland America Line | |
| 19 March | Maestro Diamond | bulk carrier | Saiki Heavy Industries | For Maestro Shipping | ||
| 20 March | Arklow Breeze | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Netherlands | ||
| 25 March | Murmansk | Icebreaker | Arctech Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Finland | For Rosmorport |
| 27 March | Marit Maersk | Maersk Triple E class | Daewoo | Geoje | South Korea | For Maersk Line |
| 28 March | John Finn | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy |
| 28 March | Viking Vilhjalm | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[11] |
| 6 April | INS Kalvari | Scorpène-class submarine | Mazagon Dock Ltd. | Mumbai | India | For Indian Navy |
| 9 April | Nordrhein-Westfalen | F125-class frigate | Lürssen | Bremen | Germany | For German Navy |
| 11 April | Mathilde Maersk | Maersk Triple E class | Daewoo | Geoje | South Korea | For Maersk Line |
| 11 April | MSC Zoe | Olympic-class container ship | Daewoo | South Korea | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[12] | |
| 14 April | Ernst Meier-Hedde | 28-meter-class lifeboat | Fassmer | Bern | Germany | For DGzRS |
| 17 April | Triton | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | for Rederij Tasman | |
| 18 April | Taransay | Luxury yacht | Rossinavi | Viareggio | Italy | |
| 25 April | Project Jupiter | Yacht | Lürssen | Bremen | Germany | [13] |
| 25 April | Viking Kadlin | Viking Longships-class river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[14] |
| 30 April | Project Orchid | Yacht | Lürssen | Bremen | Germany | [15] |
| 30 April | hull number 6501 | Yacht casco | Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Germany | completed at Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder[16][17][18] |
| 2 May | Lady Ami | Sea River Liner | GS Yard | Groningen-Waterhuizen | Netherlands | For Wijnne Barends[19][20] |
| 19 May | Brunswick | Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | United States | For United States Navy |
| 22 May | Viking Rolf | Viking Longships-class river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[21] |
| 23 May | MSC Maya | Olympic-class container ship | Daewoo | South Korea | For Mediterranean Shipping Company | |
| 23 May | Hobart | Hobart-class destroyer | Australia | For Royal Australian Navy | ||
| 31 May | Al Muraykh | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[22] |
| 2 June | Ślązak | Gawron-class corvette | Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej | Gdynia | Poland | For Polish Navy |
| 6 June | Viking Tialfi | Viking Longships-class river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[23] |
| 15 June | Atlantic Sail | ACL G4 ConRO ship | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | China | For Atlantic Container Line |
| 18 June | Ramform Tethys | Ramform Titan-class research vessel | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. | Nagasaki | Japan | [24] |
| 19 June | Harmony of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | STX France | Saint Nazaire, France | France | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 25 June | Carnival Vista | Vista-class cruise ship | Fincantieri | Monfalcone, Italy | Italy | For Carnival Cruise Lines[25] |
| 25 June | Viking Sea | Venice-class cruise ship[26] | Fincantieri | Ancona, Italy | Italy | For Viking Ocean Cruises[27] |
| 3 July | Nordana Star | Ferus Smit Ecobox | Ferus Smit | Leer | Germany | For Symphony Shipping BV |
| 4 July | Romeo Romei | Type 212 submarine | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Italy | For Italian Navy |
| 4 July | Esnaad 222 | Shipyard De Hoop | Foxhol | Netherlands | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[28] | |
| 16 July | Al Nasriyah | UASC A15-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[29] |
| 18 July | Little Rock | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | Marinette Marine | Marinette, Wisconsin | United States | For United States Navy |
| July | Independence | Littoral Mission Vessel | Singapore Technologies Marine | Singapore | Singapore | For Republic of Singapore Navy[30] |
| 15 August | Norwegian Escape | Breakaway-Plus-class cruise ship | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Germany | For Norwegian Cruise Line |
| 15 August | MSC Sveva | Olympic-class container ship | Daewoo | South Korea | For Mediterranean Shipping Company | |
| 21 August | MSC Clara | Olympic-class container ship | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | South Korea | For Mediterranean Shipping Company | |
| 22 August | Lady Ariane | Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Netherlands | For Wijnne Barends[31] |
| 28 August | Orgullo Petrolero | Navantia | Ferrol, Galicia | Spain | For Pemex[32] | |
| 28 August | Sundowner | Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw BV | Hoogezand | Netherlands | [33] | |
| 28 August | Viking Egil | Viking Longships-class river cruise ship | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Germany | For Viking Cruises[34] |
| 2 September | Auvergne | FREMM multipurpose frigate | DCNS | France | For French Navy | |
| 5 September | Al Nefud | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[35] |
| 5 September | Al Zubara | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[36] |
| 8 August | Illinois | Virginia-class submarine | General Dynamics Electric Boat | Groton | United States | For United States Navy |
| 9 September | Lone Star State | ECO-class tanker | General Dynamics NASSCO | United States | For American Petroleum Tankers[37] | |
| 10 September | Atlantic Sea | ACL G4 ConRO ship | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | China | For Atlantic Container Line |
| 12 September | Munro | Legend-class cutter | Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Coast Guard |
| 18 September | Arklow Vale | 5100 DWAT Bodewes Traders | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | For Arklow Shipping[38] |
| 29 September | Reforma Pemex | Barreras de Vigo | Vigo | Spain | For Pemex[32] | |
| 30 September | Helix 1 | Well Intervention vessel | FSG | Flensburg | Germany | For Siem Offshore[39] |
| 1 October | Archelle | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Netherlands | [40] | |
| 14 October | Lady Ariette | Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Netherlands | For Wijnne Barends[41] |
| 16 October | Al Dahna | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Ulsan | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[42] |
| 30 October | Seven Seas Explorer | Cruise ship | Fincantieri | Sestri Ponente | Italy | for Regent Seven Seas Cruises |
| 31 October | Esnaad 224 | DeHoop | Foxhol | Netherlands | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company | |
| 31 October | Greenland | Cement carrier | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Netherlands | For JT cement |
| 31 October | Al Dhail | UASC A15-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[43] |
| 19 November | Itarus | Semi-submersible platform | Fincantieri | La Spezia | Italy | For RosRAO[44] |
| 20 November | Omaha | Independence-class littoral combat ship | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | United States | For United States Navy |
| 23 November | James Joyce | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel | Babcock Marine Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Irish Naval Service.[45] |
| 25 November | Esnaad 223 | Shipyard De Hoop | Lobith | Netherlands | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[46] | |
| 27 November | Atlantic Sky | ACL G4 ConRO ship | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | China | For Atlantic Container Line |
| 27 November | Al Dahna | UASC A19-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Ulsan | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[47] |
| 1 December | Bigroll Bering | COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. | Dalian | China | For RollDock Shipping B.V.[48] | |
| 10 December | S 41 | Type 209 submarine | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems | Kiel | Germany | For Egyptian Navy |
| 11 December | Nordana Sea | Ferus Smit Ecobox | Ferus Smit | Leer | Germany | For Symphony Shipping BV |
| 12 December | Al Mashrab | UASC A15-class container ship | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | South Korea | For United Arab Shipping Company[49] |
| 12 December | Independence | ECO-class tanker | General Dynamics NASSCO | United States | For SEA-Vista[50] | |
| 16 December | Windea La Cour[51] | Service operations vessel | Crist yard | Gdynia | Poland | For Bernhard Schulte Offshore[52] |
| 17 December | Arklow View | 5100 DWAT Bodewes Traders | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | For Arklow Shipping[53] |
| 18 December | La Confiance | Patrol Boat | Socarenam | Saint Malo | France | For French Navy[54] |
| 19 December | Alpino | FREMM multipurpose frigate | Fincantieri | Riva Trigoso | Italy | For Italian Navy |
| 31 December | Triton | Triton-class container ship | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | South Korea | For Costamare Shipping Company[55] |
| Unknown date | Dalby Don | Crew transfer vessel | Alicat Workboats Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | United Kingdom | For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.[56] |
| Unknown date | Tempest | Crew transfer vessel | Aluminium Marine Consultants Ltd. | Cowes | United Kingdom | For private owner.[57] |
| Unknown date | Yu Gwan-sun | Type 214 submarine | Daewoo | South Korea | For Republic of Korea Navy |
See also
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