List of ship launches in 1980

The list of ship launches in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1980.

List

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
4 January Finland Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku Viking Saga cruiseferry For Rederi Ab Sally
5 January United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore BP Harrier Tanker For BP Oil Ltd.[1]
12 January Denmark Alborg Vaerft Aalborg, Denmark Olfert Fischer Niels Juel-class corvette For Royal Danish Navy
12 January Soviet Union Werft 340 Zelenodolsk SKR 482 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
16 January United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Boone Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 January Japan Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Sea-Land Mariner D9-class container ship For Sea-Land Corporation
23 January Poland Gdańsk Shipyard Gdańsk Pogoria Sail training ship
25 January West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Aradu MEKO 360 frigate
1 February West Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Uthlande ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[2]
15 February Finland Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku Viking Song cruiseferry For Rederi Ab Sally
16 February United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Clifton Sprague Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
16 February United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington McKee Emory S. Land-class submarine tender
18 February United Kingdom Vosper Thornycroft Southampton, England Nottingham Type 42 destroyer
1 March United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Scott Kidd-class destroyer
1 March Australia Carrington Slipways Tomago, New South Wales Tobruk Modified Round Table-class landing ship logistics
4 March United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Brazen Type 22 frigate
12 March Japan Mochishio Yūshio-class submarine
5 January United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore BP Hunter Tanker For BP Oil Ltd.[3]
14 March West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Cakra Cakra-class submarine For Indonesian Navy
15 March United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Carl Vinson Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
15 March United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Lewis B. Puller Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 March Japan Ishikari destroyer escort
20 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast St Christopher Ferry For Sealink.[4]
29 March Turkey Tuzla General cargo ship For Cayeli Shipping
1 April West Germany Schiffswerft und Maschf. Max Sieghold Bremerhaven Bugsier 14 tugboat For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft[5]
19 April United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Boston Los Angeles-class submarine
26 April West Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Viking Sally cruiseferry Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
29 April United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Michigan Ohio-class submarine
15 May United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Flatley Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
17 May United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Merrimack Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
30 May United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Stark Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
31 May France Montcalm Georges Leygues-class frigate
6 June Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Trader II type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen[6]
9 June West Germany AG Weser Bremen Niedersachsen Bremen-class frigate For German Navy
21 June Soviet Union Werft 340 Zelenodolsk SKR-28 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
28 June United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Chandler Kidd-class destroyer
11 July United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Cableman Tanker For C. Rowbotham and Sons (Management) Ltd.[7]
25 July Finland Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku Finlandia cruiseferry For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia
26 July United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Copeland Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
1 August West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Prinsesse Ragnhild Cruiseferry For Jahre Line
2 August United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Cape Cod Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
16 August United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Atlanta Los Angeles-class submarine
27 August Canada Burrard Yarrows Corp. Vancouver Division North Vancouver Queen of Surrey C-class ferry For BC Ferries[8]
30 August United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Jack Williams Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
3 September West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Rheinland-Pfalz Bremen-class frigate For German Navy
4 September West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Nanggala Cakra-class submarine For Indonesian Navy
23 September Soviet Union Sevmash Severodvinsk TK-208 Typhoon-class submarine
25 September United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Liverpool Type 42 destroyer
25 September United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast St David Ferry For Sealink.
26 September United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Sydney Adelaide-class frigate For Royal Australian Navy
21 October Finland Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku Silvia Regina cruiseferry For Rederi AB Svea
30 October Canada Burrard Yarrows Corp. Victoria Division Victoria Queen Oak Bay C-class ferry For BC Ferries[9]
31 October Denmark Aalborg Vaerft Aalborg Tropicale Cruise ship For Carnival Cruise Lines
7 November Japan Hatsuyuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
8 November United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Kinterbury Naval stores carrier For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[10]
16 November Netherlands Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam Bloys van Treslong Kortenaer-class frigate
22 November West Germany AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven Olau Hollandia Cruiseferry For Olau Line
24 November United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness, England Manchester Type 42 destroyer
5 December Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Gotland Cruiseferry For Rederi AB Gotland; chartered to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna as Wasa Star on delivery
13 December United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Baltimore Los Angeles-class submarine
17 December West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Emden Bremen-class frigate For German Navy
20 December United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Gallery Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Date unknown United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Flower of Bristol Passenger launch For Bristol Packet Boat Trips.[11]
Date unknown United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Pill Hobbler II Launch For Pill Hobblers.[12]
Date unknown  Hong Kong Chung Wah Shipyard Hong Kong Salvageman Salvage tug For United Towing Ltd.[13]
Date unknown United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Serenity Passenger launch For private owner.[14]

References

  1. ^ "BP Harrier". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "M/S Uthlande" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "BP Hunter". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ "St Christopher". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ "DNV GL: Bugsier 14". Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN TRADER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Cableman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ^ "M/S Queen of Surrey" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  9. ^ "M/S Queen of Oak Bay" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Kinterbury". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Flower of Bristol". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Pill Hobbler II". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 313.
  14. ^ "Serenity". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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