List of ship commissionings in 1978

The list of ship commissionings in 1978 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1978.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
9 January	Birka Line	*Prinsessan*	Finland	ferry		Former Finnhansa with Finnlines
16 January	Sessan Linjen	*Fennia*	Finland	ferry		chartered from Svea Line (Finland)
February	Kefalliniki Sa	*Ainos*	Greece	ferry		ex-Manic with La Traverse Nord-Sud Ltd
3 April	Minoan Lines	*Knossos*	Greece	ferry		Former Saga with Swedish Lloyd
24 April	Svea Line (Finland)	*Fennia*	Finland	ferry		In Silja Line traffic
10 May	Polferries	*Rogalin*	Poland	ferry		ex-Aallotar chartered by Polferries from Effoa
13 May	DFDS Seaways	*Dana Anglia*	Denmark	Ferry
9 June	P&O Normandy Ferries	*nf Tiger*	United Kingdom	ferry		ex-Katteget with Jydsk Færgefart A/S
1 September	Stena Line	*Stena Oceanica*	Sweden	ferry		Former Patricia with Swedish Lloyd. Heavily rebuilt before entered service.
26 October	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Kortenaer*		Kortenaer-class frigate	F807
9 November	Stena Line	*Stena Baltica*	Sweden	ferry		Former Peer Günt with Aarhus-Oslo Linie

See also