List of ship launches in 1973

The list of ship launches in 1973 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1973.

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Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
11 January  Denmark A/S Nakskov Skibsværf Nakskov Svealand ferry For Statens Järnvägar[1]
13 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Parche Sturgeon-class submarine
16 January  Germany Nordseewerke Emden U20 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
18 January  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Ambuscade Type 21 frigate
19 January  Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki Royal Viking Sea Cruise ship For Royal Viking Line
25 January  Japan Chitose Chikugo-class destroyer escort
1 February  Netherlands Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. Rotterdam Sea-Land Trade SL-7 class container ship For Sea-Land Service
3 February  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Truett Knox-class frigate
17 February  United Kingdom Sovereign Swiftsure-class submarine
9 March  Germany HDW Kiel U21 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
17 March  Germany J.J. Sietas Shiffswerft Hamburg Aurella Ferry For SF Line / Viking Line
17 March  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Viking 4 Ferry For Rederi Ab Sally / Viking Line
24 March  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Valdez Knox-class frigate
27 March  Germany Nordseewerke Emden U22 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
1 April  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Sea-Land Finance SL-7 class container ship For Sea-Land Service
1 May  West Germany AG Weser Bremen Sea-Land Market SL-7 class container ship For Sea-Land Service
12 May  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Moinester Knox-class frigate
25 May  Germany HDW Kiel U25 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
2 June  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia L. Mendel Rivers Sturgeon-class submarine
4 June  Finland Rauma Repola Oy Rauma, Finland Baltic Enterprise RO-RO container ship For United Baltic Corporation
16 June  Netherlands A Vuyk & Zonen's Scheepswerven Amsterdam Stena Shipper Ferry For Stena Line
26 June  Germany Nordseewerke Emden U24 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
30 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Birmingham Type 42 destroyer
4 August  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Glenard P. Lipscomb Unique nuclear-powered submarine
13 August  Japan Hiei Haruna-class destroyer
21 August  Germany HDW Kiel U27 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
28 August  Japan Niyodo Chikugo-class destroyer escort
31 August  Denmark Aalborg Skibsværft A/S Aalborg Dana Regina Ferry For DFDS
12 September  France Dubigeon-Normandie SA Nantes Chartres Train ferry For SNCF
23 October  Japan Akigumo Yamagumo-class destroyer
1 November  Netherlands Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. Rotterdam Sea-Land Resource SL-7 class container ship For Sea-Land Service
29 August  Germany HDW Kiel U29 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
10 November  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Spruance Spruance-class destroyer
20 November  Germany Nordseewerke Emden U26 Type 206 submarine For German Navy
27 November  United Kingdom James Lamont & Co Port Glasgow Jupiter Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
1 December  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Tarawa Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
1 December  West Germany AG Weser Bremen Sea-Land Commerce SL-7 class container ship For Sea-Land Service

See also

Ship events in 1973
Ship launches: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Ship commissionings: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Ship decommissionings: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Shipwrecks: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

References

  1. ↑ "M/S Svealand". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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