List of ship launches in 1996 explained
The list of ship launches in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1996.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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| 6 January |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | | | |
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| 8 January | | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Knock Muir | Suezmax tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[1] |
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| 20 January |  Spain | Bazan | Ferrol | | Aircraft carrier | For Royal Thai Navy |
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| 24 February | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | | | |
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| 1 March |  Finland | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Helsinki | Grandeur of the Seas | Vision-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
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| 2 March | | Krimpen a/d, Ijssel | Van der Gissen de Noord | Stena Jutlantica | ferry | For Stena Line | [2] |
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| 9 March |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | | Type 23 frigate | |
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| 9 March | | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Knud Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
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| 15 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | | | |
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| 19 March | | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | | LNG tanker | For Alphagas Partenreederei.[3] |
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| 22 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | | | |
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| 9 April | | Chantiers Leroux et Lotz Naval | Saint-Malo | HSC NGV Aliso | high-speed ferry | For Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée[4] |
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| April | Finland | Finnyards Rauma | Rauma | Stena Voyager | HSS 1500 | For Stena Line[5] |
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| 31 May |  Canada | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | | | |
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| May | | China Shipbuilding | Kaohsiung | | | |
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| 13 June | | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | | Tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[6] |
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| 21 June | | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Kate Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
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| 28 June |  Australia | Tenix Defence | Williamstown, Victoria | | | |
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| 29 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | | | |
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| 29 June | | Westamarin A/S | Kristiansand | Stena Carisma | HSS 900 | For Stena Line[7] |
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| 2 July | | Bazans Fernando Shipyard | Cadiz | Silvia Ana L | | For Los Cipreses S.A |
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| 27 July | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | | | |
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| 1 August | | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Seillean | SWOPS vessel | For BP.[8] |
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| 9 August |  France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | | | For Royal Caribbean International |
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| 24 August | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | | | |
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| 27 August |  Japan | IHI Corporation | Tokyo | | | |
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| 7 September | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | | | |
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| 14 September |  Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Galaxy | Century-class Cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
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| 25 September | | Kötter-Werft | Haren, Germany | Evert Prahm | coastal trading vessel | IMO 9138757 |
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| 4 October | | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Karen Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
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| 6 October | Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen | Costa Olympia | Cruise ship | For Costa Cruises |
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| 13 October | | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | | | For Royal Navy.[9] |
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| 15 October | Japan | | | | |
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| 4 November | | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | | Bulk carrier | For Devon Line Ltd.[10] |
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| 5 November | | Stocznia Szczecinska S.A. | Szczecin | Panaustral | container ship | [11] |
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| 8 November | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | | | |
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| 13 November | Spain | Astilleros de Huelva | | Lehola | Ferry | For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd |
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| 21 November | Finland | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Helsinki | Enchantment of the Seas | Vision-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
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| 14 December | Finland | Finnyards | Rauma | Stena Discovery | HSS 1500 | For Stena Line[12] |
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| 14 December | | DCN | Brest | Siroco | Foudre-class landing platform dock | For French Navy |
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| 20 December |  Denmark | Ørskov Christensen Staalskibsværft A/S | Frederikshavn | Prins Richard | Train Ferry | For Scandlines |
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| Unknown date |  Slovakia | Slovenske Lodenice | Komárno | | Cargo ship | For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford" |
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| Unknown date | | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Georgian | Launch | For private owner.[13] |
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| Unknown date | | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Isambard Brunel | Pilot boat | For Bristol Ports Authority.[14] | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Knock Muir . The Yard . 11 March 2017.
- Web site: M/S Stena Jutlandica III (1996) . Swedish.
- Web site: Alphagas . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 25 September 2024 .
- Web site: HSC NGV Aliso. 8 October 2017 .
- Web site: HSS Stena Voyager.. 21 March 2016 . Swedish.
- Web site: Knock An . The Yard . 11 March 2017.
- Web site: HSS Stena Carisma.. 21 March 2016 . Swedish.
- Web site: Schiehallion . The Yard . 11 March 2017.
- Web site: Scott . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 25 September 2024 .
- Web site: Arklow Bridge . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 25 September 2024 .
- Web site: DNV GL: UAFL Zanzibar. 24 September 2017 .
- Web site: HSS STENA DISCOVERY.. 21 March 2016 . Swedish.
- Web site: Georgian . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
- Web site: Isambard Brunel . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 22 September 2024 .
