List of ship launches in 1981

The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
28 January  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Frankfurt Express Container ship For Hapag-Lloyd
6 February  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Lev Tolstoy Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Black Sea Shipping Company.[1]
7 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Mahlon S. Tisdale Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
10 February  Japan Setoshio Yūshio-class submarine For Japanese Navy.
6 March  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore City of Oxford Container ship For Ellerman Lines Ltd.[3]
9 March  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Arromanches Landing craft For British Army.[4]
20 March  Japan Koyo Dockyard Mihara, Japan Harbel Tapper Bulk carrier
21 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Houston Los Angeles-class submarine For United States Navy.[5]
21 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Isomeria LPG carrier For Shell Tankers Ltd.[6]
28 March  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Almirante Brown Almirante Brown-class destroyer For Argentine Navy.
4 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stephen W. Groves Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
14 April  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Trident Patrol boat For Barbados Defence Force.[7]
17 April  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Konstantin Simonov Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Baltic Sea Shipping Company.[8]
25 April  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut City of Corpus Christi Los Angeles-class submarine For United States Navy.[5]
25 April  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Ticonderoga Ticonderoga-class cruiser For United States Navy.[9]
30 April  Soviet Union Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR-35 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy.
14 May  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Merchant II Type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen.[10]
16 May  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Abraham Crijnssen Kortenaer-class frigate For Royal Netherlands Navy.
16 May  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Jan van Brakel Kortenaer-class frigate For Royal Netherlands Navy.
19 May  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Antwerp Landing craft For British Army.[11]
19 May  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Trelleborg Ferry For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift.[12]
19 May  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Pisagua Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy.
22 May  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg GV 909 Cruiseferry Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
22 May  West Germany AG Weser Bremen St. Michaelis Tanker For Hamburg Süd.[13]
29 May  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Köln Bremen-class frigate For German Navy.
2 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Ark Royal Invincible-class aircraft carrier For Royal Navy.
5 June  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Saint George Stores carrier For British Army.[14]
17 June  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Boxer Type 22 frigate For Royal Navy.
27 June  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Reid Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
1 July  United Kingdom Trafalgar Trafalgar-class submarine For Royal Navy.
2 July  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Crommelin Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.
18 July  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Willamette Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler For United States Navy.
24 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine John L. Hall Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
4 August  Japan Shirayuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer For Japanese Navy.
22 August  Poland Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Stena Germanica Ferry For Stena Line.[15]
23 August  Soviet Union Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard Komsomolsk-on-Amur Chita Kilo-class submarine For Soviet Navy.[16]
4 September  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Supplier II type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Mercandia rederiet A/S.[17]
25 September  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg La Argentina Almirante Brown-class destroyer For Argentine Navy.
10 October  France Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes Scandinavia Cruiseferry For Scandinavian World Cruises.
13 October  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Halyburton Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
16 October  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Wimpey Seahorse Offshore supply vessel For Wimpey Marine Ltd.[18]
17 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Aubrey Fitch Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
17 October  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Jarrett Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For United States Navy.[2]
19 October  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Blume Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy.
31 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Norfolk Los Angeles-class submarine For United States Navy.[5]
14 November  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Florida Ohio-class submarine For United States Navy.[19]
17 November  France Jean de Vienne Georges Leygues-class frigate For French Navy.
26 November  Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Song of America Cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International.
5 December  West Germany AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven Olau Britannia Cruiseferry For Olau Line.
22 December  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Importer III Type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen.[20]
24 December  Soviet Union Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR 481 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy.
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Fashion of Bristol Ferry For private owner.[21]
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Jacqueline D Passenger launch For private owner.[22]
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Maria Mcloughlin Tug For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[23]
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Sarah Mcloughlin Tug For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[24]
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Steel Princess Fishing vessel For private owner.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "M/S LEV TOLSTOY" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 641.
  3. ^ "City of Oxford". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Arromanches". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 618.
  6. ^ "Isomeria". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Trident". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  8. ^ "M/S KONSTANTIN SIMONOV" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ^ Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 628.
  10. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN MERCHANT II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Antwerp". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  12. ^ "M/S Trelleborg" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  13. ^ "DNV GL: Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  14. ^ "Saint George". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ^ "M/S Stena Germanica" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  16. ^ "B-260 Chita". Rusnavy. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  17. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN SUPPLIER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Wimpey Seahorse". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  19. ^ Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 616.
  20. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN IMPORTER III" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Fashion of Bristol". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Jacqueline D". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Maria Mcloughlin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Sarah Mcloughlin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Steel Princess". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
Sources
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle; Baker, A. D. III, eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.