List of ship launches in 2006 explained

The list of ship launches in 2006 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2006.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
20 January		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Ningbo	container ship	For COSCO[1] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
27 January		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Palatia	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[2]
1 February		BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL)	Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland		Type 45 destroyer
1 February		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Analena	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[3]
19 February		Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Pride of Hawaii		For Norwegian Cruise Line[4]
20 February		Fassmer	Berne	Hanseatic Explorer		For Harren & Partner
23 February		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Georg Mærsk	Mærsk D-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[5]
7 March		Oshima Shipbuilding Company	Saikai	Torm Skagen	type Oshima 76D bulk carrier	For ND Shipping IMO 9287182
10 March		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Yanitan	container ship	For COSCO[6] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
18 March				SAS Queen Modjadji		For South African Navy
29 March		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	MOL Sunrise	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[7]
30 March		Mazagon Dock Limited	Mumbai
8 April		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Ariana	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[8]
14 April		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Beijing	container ship	For COSCO[9] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
18 April		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Anina	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[10]
19 April		Blohm + Voss	Hamburg
28 April		Navantia	Ferrol			For Royal Norwegian Navy
9 May		ST Engineering	Benoi
11 May		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Rita	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[11]
13 May		Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing
19 May		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Hellas	container ship	For COSCO[12] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
20 May		Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Europe	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[13]
27 May		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Maersk Norwich	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship
29 May		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Maersk Needham	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	IMO 9301938
1 June		Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Emerald Princess		For Princess Cruises[14]
9 June		Hyundai Heavy Industries		Son Won-il	Type 214 submarine	For South Korean Navy
9 June		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Euphoria	Sietas type 168 container ship	For [15]
14 June		VT Group	HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
17 June		Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut
23 June		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Bomar Spring	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[16]
24 June		National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California
30 June		Lindenau	Kiel	Seacoud		For German Tanker Shipping[17]
4 July		Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Eucon Leader	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[18]
12 July		DCN	Lorient
16 July		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Hermann Wulff	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[19]
4 August		Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Costa Serena		For Costa Cruises[20]
10 August		Karachi Shipyard	Karachi	Hamza	Agosta 90B-class submarine
11 August		Northrop Grumman Ship Systems	Avondale, Louisiana
30 August		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki
6 September		Lürssen	Bremen-Vegesack
12 September	Poland	Remontowa Group	Gdańsk		Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 September		Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine
19 September		Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Jork Reliance	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[21]
22 September		Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi
23 September		Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin
29 September		NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi		Legend-class cutter
5 October		ConMar	Brake	RMS Kiel	Futura Carrier-type coastal trading vessel	IMO 9352846
9 October		Northrop Grumman	Newport News, Virginia
15 October		Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Pearl		For Norwegian Cruise Line
20 October		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Westerdiek	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[22]
25 October		Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Tokyo	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[23]
31 October		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	JPO Sagittarius	Hyundai 2530 TEU type container ship[24]
6 November
11 November		Fincantieri	Monfalcone		Cruise ship	For Hurtigruten Group[25]
18 November		Tenix	Williamstown, Victoria			For Royal New Zealand Navy
23 November		Aker Finnyards Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki		Cruiseferry	For Tallink
26 November		STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	JPO Scorpius	Hyundai 2530 TEU type container ship	[26]
November		Hellenic Shipyards	Chaidari	Pipinos	Type 214 submarine	For Greece Navy
6 December		National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California
8 December		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Osaka Express	Colombo-Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[27]
15 December		Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard	Turku		Cruiseferry	For Color Line; largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered; completed at Aker Finnyards' Rauma shipyard
15 December		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Bahia	Bahia-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[28]
15 December		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Bahia Blanca	Bahia-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[29]
15 December		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Henneke Rambow	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Rambow[30]
29 December		Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan		Container ship	For NYK Line[31]
Unknown date		Damen Group	Singapore	Bornholm Express	Fast Passenger Ferry	For Christansøfarten, Gudhjem, Denmark.
Unknown date		Astilleros de Huelva	Huelva		Roll-on/roll-off Ferry	For Seatruck Ferries "Heysham Max" vessel for Heysham Warrenpoint route.
Unknown date					Container ship	For Navalis GmbH & Co. KG.
Unknown date		Chantiers de l'Atlantique			LNG carrier	For Gaz de France.

Notes and References

1. Web site: DNV GL: COSCO Ningbo. 2017-07-04.
2. Web site: DNV GL: AS Palatia. 2017-06-08.
3. Web site: DNV GL: Analena. 2017-10-02.
4. Web site: Meyerwerft Website . 2010-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728114449/http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=872 . 2011-07-28 . dead .
5. Web site: ABS: Georg Mærsk. 2017-09-18.
6. Web site: DNV GL: COSCO Yanitan. 2017-07-04.
7. Web site: DNV GL: AS Patria. 2017-06-08.
8. Web site: DNV GL: Ariana. 2016-10-12.
9. Web site: DNV GL: COSCOBejing. 2017-07-04.
10. Web site: DNV GL: Anina. 2017-10-02.
11. Web site: DNV GL: Buxtehude. 2017-10-02.
12. Web site: DNV GL: COSCO Hellas. 2017-07-04.
13. Web site: ABS: OOCL Europe. 2017-09-30.
14. Web site: Fincantieri | Home Page.
15. Web site: DNV GL: Max Loyality. 2017-10-02.
16. Web site: DNV GL: Bomar Spring. 2016-10-12.
17. Web site: Lindenau-Tanker vom Helgen gerutscht. german. 2006-07-01. 2015-01-15.
18. Web site: DNV GL: Jork Ruler. 2016-08-18.
19. Web site: DNV GL: Hermann Wulff. 2016-10-12.
20. Web site: Fincantieri | Home Page.
21. Web site: Mirror. 2016-08-18.
22. Web site: DNV GL: MSC Celine. 2016-10-12.
23. Web site: ABS: OOCL Tokyo. 2017-09-30.
24. Web site: DNV GL: MSC Corinna. 2017-06-08.
25. Web site: Fincantieri | Home Page.
26. Web site: DNV GL: JPO Scrpuis. 2017-06-08.
27. Web site: DNV GL: Osaka Express. 2017-06-03.
28. Web site: DNV GL: Spirit of Auckland. 2017-08-06.
29. Web site: DNV GL: Spirit of Singapore. 2017-08-06.
30. Web site: DNV GL: Henneke Rambow. 2017-10-02.
31. Book: Register of Ships. Lloyd's Register. 2010. 978-1-906313-39-5. London. 313.