List of ship launches in 1998

The list of ship launches in 1998 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1998.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
1 February	Spain	Astilleros Españoles	Puerta Real	Finnclipper	Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry	For Finnlines[1]
20 February	Finland	Finnyards	Rauma	Botnica	Icebreaker
February	Spain	Astilleros Espanoles SA	Sevilla	Dawn Merchant	RoRo-Ferry	For Cenargo International Ltd.[2]
12 March	Australia	Australian Submarine Corporation	Osborne, South Australia	Dechaineux	Collins-class submarine
27 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders	Appledore, North Devon	Clansman	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
28 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	O'Kane	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
23 May	Australia	Tenix Defence	Williamstown, Victoria	Warramunga	Anzac-class frigate
18 April	Spain	Astilleros Españoles	Puerta Real	Finneagle	Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry	For Finnlines[3]
24 April	Australia	Australian Defence Industries	Newcastle, New South Wales	Hawkesbury	Huon-class minehunter
27 May	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, England	Kent	Type 23 frigate
28 May	Spain	Astilleros Espanoles SA	Sevilla	Brave Merchant	RoRo-Ferry	For Cenargo International Ltd.[4]
23 June	Australia	NQEA Ltd	Cairns, Queensland	Melville	Leeuwin-class survey vessel
25 June	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Seay	Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
10 August	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Woolston, Hampshire	Grimsby	Sandown-class minehunter
August	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva SA	Huelva	Varbola	Ro-Ro ferry	for Estonian Shipping Company
9 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd	Barrow-in-Furness	Vengeance	Vanguard-class submarine
9 September	Japan			Inazuma	Murasame-class destroyer
24 September	Japan			Samidare	Murasame-class destroyer
14 October	Finland	Kværner Masa-Yards	Helsinki	Arcticaborg	Platform supply vessel
17 October	Finland	Kværner Masa-Yards	Helsinki	Antarcticaborg	Platform supply vessel
7 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Oscar Austin	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 November	Japan			Uzushio	Oyashio-class submarine
27 November	Finland	Kvaerner Masa-Yards	Turku	Voyager of the Seas	Voyager-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
30 November	Russia	Yantar Shipyard	Kalinigrad	Jade	survey vessel	For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
15 December	Japan	NKK Corporation	Tsu	Moscow University	Tanker	For Novoship, Russia
23 December	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	SuperStar Virgo	Cruise ship	For Star Cruises
Unknown date	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding Corporation	Keelung	Alva Maersk	Container ship	For A. P. Moller-Maersk Group

See also

Ship events in 1998
Ship launches:	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Ship commissionings:	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Ship decommissionings:	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Shipwrecks:	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003

References

1. "M/S Finnclipper.". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
2. "M/S Dawn Merchant". Retrieved 2016-04-01.
3. "M/S Finneagle.". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
4. "M/S Brave Merchant". Retrieved 2016-04-01.