List of ship launches in 2003

The list of ship launches in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2003.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
4 January Berlin Express Hamburg-Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan South Korea For Hapag Lloyd[1]
8 January Coneste Sietas type 178 container ship Daewoo Mangalia Mangalia Romania For Bernd Bartels[2]
18 January Eurostar Valencia Ro-pax ferry Cantiere Navale Visentini Donada  Italy For Grimaldi Group
19 January Axel Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[3]
4 February Rio Alexander Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Portugal
7 February Beachy Head Point-class sealift ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Germany For British Armed Forces
28 February Mariner of the Seas Voyager-class cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku  Finland For Royal Caribbean International
3 March Rickmers New Orleans type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen China For Rickmers Group[4]
8 March OOCL Long Beach OOCL SX-class container ship Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries South Korea For Orient Overseas Container Line[5]
21 March Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire  France For Cunard Line
21 March Kedah Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany
4 April Anna Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[6]
12 April MSC Viviana Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea For Freesia International Corporation[7]
13 April Maersk Kalamata Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea For Costamare Shipping[8]
18 April Shivalik Shivalik-class frigate Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai  India
19 April Evertsen De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing  Netherlands
29 April Lanzhou Type 052C air defense destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai  China
3 May Coruisk Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore, North Devon  United Kingdom For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 May Toowoomba Anzac-class frigate Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown, Victoria  Australia
16 May Blas de Lezo Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate Navatia Ferrol Spain For Armada Española
23 May Olga Mærsk Olga Mærsk-Class container ship Maersk Line Kerteminde, Denmark  Denmark For Maersk Line[9]
6 June Götheborg East Indiaman Replica Terra Nova Gothenburg  Sweden For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB
14 June HMS Mersey River-class patrol vessel VT Group Southampton Great Britain For Royal Navy
16 June Rickmers Jakarta type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen China For Rickmers Group[10]
20 June Serenade of the Seas Radiance-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg  Germany For Royal Caribbean International[11]
25 June James E. Williams Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi  United States
3 July Arnold Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[12]
12 July San Antonio San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana  United States
18 July Largs Bay Bay-class landing ship dock Swan Hunter Wallsend, England  United Kingdom
19 July Momsen Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine  United States
26 July Hessen Sachsen-class frigate Nordseewerke Emden  Germany
2 August Spioenkop Valour-class frigate Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel  Germany For South African Navy
16 August Virginia Virginia-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut  United States For US Navy
16 August Adriana Star Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan South Korea [13]
29 August Sazanami Takanami-class destroyer  Japan
31 August Rio Alexander Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Portugal
13 September Lana Motor yacht Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For private owner.[14]
22 September Stina Sietas type 168 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For Jan Breuer[15]
24 September Suardiaz Galicia Ro-ro cargo ship Hijos de J. Barreras Vigo Spain For Suardiaz[16]
1 October Annette Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
1 October Maria Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Germany For SAL Heavy Lift[18]
1 October Takashio Oyashio-class submarine  Japan
2 October Pahang Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel HDW Kiel  Germany
2 October MSC Marina Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea [19]
8 October Arthur Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Denmark For Maersk Line[20]
16 October Victoria I Cruiseferry Aker Finnyards Rauma, Finland  Finland For Tallink
23 October O’Higgins Scorpène-class submarine Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg France For Armada de Chile
30 October Haikou Type 052C air defense destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai  China
6 November Salvatore Todaro Type 212 submarine Fincantieri Muggiano  Italy For Italian Navy
November U 32 Type 212 submarine Nordseewerke Emden  Germany For German Navy
27 December OOCL Qingdao OOCL SX-class container ship Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries South Korea For Orient Overseas Container Line[21]
Date unknown Mayflower Resolution Turbine Installation Vessel Shanhaiguan Shipyard Qinhuangdao  China For Mayflower Energy Ltd
Date unknown Mastera Crude oil tanker Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka, Japan  Japan

References

  1. ↑ "DNV GL: Berlin Express". Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  2. ↑ "DNV GL: Conteste". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. ↑ "ABS: Axel Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  4. ↑ "DNV GL: Rickmers New Orleans". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  5. ↑ "ABS: Seamax Bridgeport". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  6. ↑ "ABS: Anna Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  7. ↑ "DNV GL: MSC Methoni". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ↑ "DNV GL: MSC Kalamata". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  9. ↑ "Vessel overview". www.maerskline.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "DNV GL: Rickmers Jakarta". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  11. ↑ "Meyerwerft Website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  12. ↑ "ABS: Arnold Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  13. ↑ "DNV GL: HSL Sheffield". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  14. ↑ "Samar". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "DNV GL: Katherine Borchard". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  16. ↑ White, Ryan (2021-05-26). "Spanish Navy will Commission Logistic Support Ship "Ysabel" (A 06) on June 2 - Naval Post- Naval News and Information". Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  17. ↑ "DNV GL: Annette". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  18. ↑ "DNV GL: Maria". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  19. ↑ "DNV GL: MSC Marina". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  20. ↑ "ABS: Arthur Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  21. ↑ "ABS: OOCL Qingdao". Retrieved 2017-09-30.

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