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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Deila". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ "DNV GL: Santa Barbarra". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Stapellauf UAL BODEWES am 2.3.2012 bei Bodewes Werft". YouTube (in German). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Valeria". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ^ "GNV GL: CSCL Neptune". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Stapellauf VIKINGBANK am 17.3.2012 bei Ferus Smit". YouTube (in German). 17 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: Hamburg Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Stapellauf FULDABORG am 11.4.2012 bei Ferus Smit in Leer". YouTube (in German). 11 April 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ^ "DNV GL: Santa Ines". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Eerste SUNRISE schip te water!". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  11. ^ "DNV GL: New York Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  12. ^ "NB210200 Delivered". Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  13. ^ "M/S Royal Princess". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Tewaterlating 3e 'Sunrise' schip!". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  15. ^ "DNV GL: Basle Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  16. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (March 2013), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 50 (1), International Naval Research Organization: 14, JSTOR 44893820
  17. ^ "ABS: OOCL Poland". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  18. ^ "ABS: OOCL Brussels". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  19. ^ "ABS: OOCL Berlin". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  20. ^ "'Hybrid' CalMac ferry launched from Port Glasgow". BBC News. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  21. ^ "DNV Vessel Register".
  22. ^ "LAUNCH OF THE PATROL BOAT "LUIGI DATTILO" FOR THE ITALIAN COAST GUARD". 19 December 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  23. ^ "DNV GL: Hong Kong Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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