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

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

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. ^ "M/S Finneagle" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "DNV GL: BBC Lena". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: London Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  8. ^ "M/S Brave Merchant" (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  9. ^ "ABS Record: Maersk Palermo". Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  10. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Uma". Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  11. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Nora". Retrieved 2017-10-11.
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