The list of ship launches in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2003.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
4 January  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Berlin Express Hamburg-Express-class container ship For Hapag Lloyd[1]
8 January  Romania Daewoo Mangalia Mangalia Coneste Sietas type 178 container ship For Bernd Bartels[2]
18 January  Italy Cantiere Navale Visentini Donada Eurostar Valencia Ro-pax ferry For Grimaldi Group
19 January  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Axel Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[3]
4 February  Portugal Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Rio Alexander
7 February  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Beachy Head Point-class sealift ship For British Armed Forces
28 February  Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Mariner of the Seas Voyager-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
3 March  China Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen Rickmers New Orleans type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship For Rickmers Group[4]
8 March  South Korea Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries OOCL Long Beach OOCL SX-class container ship For Orient Overseas Container Line[5]
21 March  France Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner For Cunard Line
21 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Kedah Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
4 April  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Anna Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[6]
12 April  South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries MSC Viviana Sealand-New-York-type container ship For Freesia International Corporation[7]
13 April  South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries Maersk Kalamata Sealand-New-York-type container ship For Costamare Shipping[8]
18 April  India Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai Shivalik Shivalik-class frigate
19 April  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Evertsen De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
29 April  People's Republic of China Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai Lanzhou Type 052C air defense destroyer
3 May  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore, North Devon Coruisk Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 May  Australia Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown, Victoria Toowoomba Anzac-class frigate
16 May  Spain Navatia Ferrol Blas de Lezo Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate For Armada Española
23 May  Denmark Mærsk Line Kerteminde, Denmark Olga Mærsk Olga Mærsk-Class container ship For Mærsk Line[9]
6 June  Sweden Terra Nova [sv] Gothenburg Götheborg East Indiaman Replica For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB
14 June  Great Britain VT Group Southampton HMS Mersey River-class patrol vessel For Royal Navy
16 June  China Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen Rickmers Jakarta type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship For Rickmers Group[10]
20 June  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Serenade of the Seas Radiance-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International[11]
25 June  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi James E. Williams Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
3 July  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Arnold Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[12]
12 July  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana San Antonio San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
18 July  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Largs Bay Bay-class landing ship dock
19 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Momsen Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 July  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Hessen Sachsen-class frigate
2 August  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Spioenkop Valour-class frigate For South African Navy
16 August  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Virginia Virginia-class submarine For US Navy
16 August  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Adriana Star Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship [13]
29 August  Japan Sazanami Takanami-class destroyer
31 August  Portugal Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Rio Alexander
22 September  Germany Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Stina Sietas type 168 container ship For Jan Breuer[14]
24 September  Spain Hijos de J. Barreras Vigo Suardiaz Galicia Ro-ro cargo ship For Suardiaz[15]
1 October  Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Annette Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[16]
1 October  Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Maria Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
1 October  Japan Takashio Oyashio-class submarine
2 October  Germany HDW Kiel Pahang Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
2 October  South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries MSC Marina Sealand-New-York-type container ship [18]
8 October  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Arthur Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[19]
16 October  Finland Aker Finnyards Rauma, Finland Victoria I Cruiseferry For Tallink
23 October  France Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg O’Higgins Scorpène-class submarine For Armada de Chile
30 October  People's Republic of China Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai Haikou Type 052C air defense destroyer
6 November  Italy Fincantieri Muggiano Salvatore Todaro Type 212 submarine For Italian Navy
November  Germany Nordseewerke Emden U 32 Type 212 submarine For German Navy
27 December  South Korea Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries OOCL Qingdao OOCL SX-class container ship For Orient Overseas Container Line[20]
Date unknown  People's Republic of China Shanhaiguan Shipyard Qinhuangdao Mayflower Resolution Turbine Installation Vessel For Mayflower Energy Ltd
Date unknown  Japan Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka, Japan Mastera Crude oil tanker

References

  1. ^ "DNV GL: Berlin Express". Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  2. ^ "DNV GL: Conteste". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. ^ "ABS: Axel Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  4. ^ "DNV GL: Rickmers New Orleans". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  5. ^ "ABS: Seamax Bridgeport". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  6. ^ "ABS: Anna Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Methoni". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Kalamata". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  9. ^ "Vessel overview". www.maerskline.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. ^ "DNV GL: Rickmers Jakarta". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  11. ^ "Meyerwerft Website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  12. ^ "ABS: Arnold Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  13. ^ "DNV GL: HSL Sheffield". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  14. ^ "DNV GL: Katherine Borchard". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  15. ^ White, Ryan (2021-05-26). "Spanish Navy will Commission Logistic Support Ship "Ysabel" (A 06) on June 2 - Naval Post- Naval News and Information". Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  16. ^ "DNV GL: Annette". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  17. ^ "DNV GL: Maria". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  18. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Marina". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  19. ^ "ABS: Arthur Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  20. ^ "ABS: OOCL Qingdao". Retrieved 2017-09-30.

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