List of ship launches in 1998 explained

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		Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry	For Finnlines[1]
20 February	Finland	Finnyards	Rauma		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
17 March	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Annemieke	Sietas type 161	For SAL Heavy Lift[3]
23 March		Imabari Shipbuilding	Imabari	Woody Heart	Bulk carrier
25 March		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		Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
28 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine
4 April	Germany	Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau		Primadonna	River cruise ship
6 April		Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore		Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne.[5]
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		Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry	For Finnlines[6]
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
24 April	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Lena	Sietas type 161	For SAL Heavy Lift[7]
3 May		Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries	Koje	London Express	London Express-class container ship	For Hapag-Lloyd[8]
23 May	Australia	Tenix Defence	Williamstown, Victoria
27 May	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow		Type 23 frigate
28 May	Spain	Astilleros Espanoles SA	Sevilla	Brave Merchant	RoRo-Ferry	For Cenargo International Ltd.[9]
23 June	Australia	NQEA Ltd	Cairns, Queensland
25 June	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana
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[10]
10 August	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Woolston
14 August	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Svendborg Mærsk	S-class container ship	For Mærsk Line
August	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva SA	Huelva		Ro-Ro ferry	For Estonian Shipping Company
9 September	Japan				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
24 September	Japan				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
26 November	Japan
27 November	Finland	Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard	Turku		Voyager-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
28 November		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Neptun	Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship	For Alpha Ship[11]
28 November	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Uranus	Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship	For Alpha Ship[12]
30 November		Yantar Shipyard	Kaliningrad	Jade	Survey vessel	For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
4 December		Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore		Offshore supply vessel	For Toisa Ltd.[13]
15 December	Japan	NKK Corporation	Tsu		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		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		Aerial target launch ship	For Pacific Targets and Marine Operations Division (PTMO), U.S. Department of the Navy
Unknown date		J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole		Tug	For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: M/S Finnclipper.. 29 March 2016 . Swedish .
2. Web site: M/S Dawn Merchant. 1 April 2016 . Swedish .
3. Web site: DNV GL: Annemike. 2017-10-03.
4. Web site: DNV GL: Grey Fox. 2017-09-24.
5. Web site: Clansman . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 25 September 2024 .
6. Web site: M/S Finneagle.. 29 March 2016 . Swedish .
7. Web site: DNV GL: BBC Lena. 2017-10-03.
8. Web site: DNV GL: London Express. 2019-09-17.
9. Web site: M/S Brave Merchant. 1 April 2016 . Swedish .
10. Web site: ABS Record: Maersk Palermo. 2017-08-07.
11. Web site: DNV GL: MSC Uma. 2017-10-11.
12. Web site: DNV GL: MSC Nora. 2017-10-11.
13. Web site: Toisa Coral . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 25 September 2024 .
14. Web site: Herbert Ballam . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .