List of ship launches in 2008

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The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Note
18 January  Finland Aker Yards Rauma SuperSpeed 2 RoPax-ferry For Color Line[1]
26 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Dewey Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 January  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo Rio de la Plata Rio-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[2]
1 February  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Ruby Princess Modified Grand-class cruise ship For Princess Cruises
1 February  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Bremen Express Colombo-Express-classe container ship For Hapag Lloyd[3]
5 February  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Margrethe Mærsk M-class container ship For Mærsk Line[4]
5 February  South Korea Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Saman Tanker
6 February  France Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire MSC Fantasia Fantasia-class cruise ship For MSC Cruises
13 February  Russia Sevmash Severodvinsk Yury Dolgorukiy Borei-class submarine
17 February  Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Anne-Sofie Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel For SAL Heavy Lift[5]
21 February  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut New Hampshire Virginia-class submarine
24 February  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stockdale Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
1 March  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Eemshorn
5 March  Portugal Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Atlântida Passenger ship For Atlanticoline SA[6]
10 March  Spain Navantia Ferrol Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship
14 March Combi Dock II Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift[7]
28 March  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Marchen Mærsk M-class container ship For Mærsk Line[8]
March  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Sirius Star
6 April  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Amelia Earhart Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
19 April  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo Rio de Janeiro Rio-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[9]
26 April  United States Austal USA Mobile, Alabama Independence Independence-class littoral combat ship For US Navy
30 April  Poland Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia Racha Bhum Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship [10]
3 May  Denmark Copenhagen UC3 Nautilus midget submarine
17 May  Romania Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Monte Azul Monte-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[11]
4 June  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Maren Mærsk M-class container ship For Mærsk Line[12]
4 June  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries An Jung-geun Type 214 submarine For South Korean Navy
12 June  Germany Peene-Werft Wolgast Seefalke Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel For German Federal Coast Guard
21 June  United Kingdom Colin Rees Milbrook Spirit of Mystery Lugger Replica of Mystery
30 June  Italy Fincantieri Sestri Ponente Costa Pacifica Concordia-class cruise ship For Costa Cruises
30 June  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Costa Luminosa Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship For Costa Cruises
12 July  United States NGSS Ingalls Pascagoula, Mississippi Waesche Legend-class cutter
12 July  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo CMA CGM Vela Container ship For CMA CGM
15 July  Germany HDW Kiel Tridente Type 214 submarine For Portuguese Navy
18 July  Germany Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Vera Rambow Sietas typr 178 container ship For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft[13]
20 July  France Aker Yards Saint Nazaire MSC Splendida Fantasia-class cruise ship For MSC Crociere[14]
4 August Combi Dock III Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift[15]
4 August  Indonesia Pt. Drydocks World Pertama Batam OSA Goliath Goliath-class crane ship For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[16]
10 August  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Celebrity Solstice Solstice-class cruise ship For Celebrity Cruises
22 August  Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Trina Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
26 August  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Mette Mærsk M-class container ship For Mærsk Line[18]
30 August  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo Rio Negro Rio-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[19]
August  Liberia Manisa Bella General cargo vessel
6 September  Romania Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Monte Alegre Monte-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[20]
16 September  India Larsen & Toubro Hazira Rolldock Sun S-class Heavy lift ship For Rolldock[21]
18 September  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Carl Brashear Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
25 September  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Northern Expedition Ro-Ro Ferry
26 September  United States Halter Marine, Inc. Pascagoula, Mississippi Bell M. Shimada Research vessel
27 September  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Citadel
2 October  Germany Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Charlotta Sietas type 178 container ship For Reederei Gerd Bartels[22]
8 October  Spain Navantia Cartagena Tunku Abdul Razak Scorpène-class submarine For Royal Malaysian Navy
9 October  Netherlands Koninklijke Niestern Sander Delfzijl Laganborg For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]
15 October  Japan Unryū Sōryū-class submarine
15 October  Spain Astilleros de Huelva, Sevilla Clipper Pennant Ro-Ro Ferry For Seatruck Ferries
17 October  Germany Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Stefan Sibum SSW Super 1000 container ship Reederei Bernd Sibum
17 October  Germany Peene-Werft Wolgast Meerkatze Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel For German Federal Coast Guard
18 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Wayne E. Meyer Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
24 October  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Carnival Dream Dream-class cruise ship For Carnival Cruise Lines[23]
27 October  Romania Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați Susan Borchard Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship [24]
1 November  United Kingdom Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore Sarafsa Motor yacht For private owner.[25]
3 November  Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Regine Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel For SAL Heavy Lift[26]
5 November  Turkey Marmara Shipyards Istanbul YM Uranus Chemical tanker
7 November  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Marit Mærsk M-class container ship For Mærsk Line[27]
17 November  United Kingdom BVT Surface Fleet Govan Dragon Type 45 destroyer
22 November  Finland STX Europe Turku Oasis of the Seas Oasis-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
23 November  Romania Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia Monte Aconcagua Monte-class container ship For Hamburg Süd[28]
24 November  Malaysia PSC-Naval Dockyard Kelantan Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
27 November  Iran Shahid Tamjidi shipyard Bandar Anzali Derafsh Sina-class fast attack craft For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[29]
28 November  China Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan Medondra type CV Venus 5300 container ship For Reederei Buss[30]
5 December  Finland STX Europe Rauma Baltic Queen Ferry For Tallink
15 December  Germany Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Thetis Sietas typr 178 container ship For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven[31]
16 December  Romania Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați Kaspar Schepers Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship [32]
27 December  South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje MSC Danit 'MSC Danit-type container ship For Mediterranean Shipping Company[33]

References

  1. ^ "M/S SUPERSPEED 2". Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ^ "DNV GL: Rio de La Plata". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. ^ "DNV GL: Bremen Express". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  4. ^ "Gerner Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. ^ "DNV GL: Anne-Sofie". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ "M/S ATLÂNTIDA". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  7. ^ "DBV GL: Blue Giant". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  8. ^ "Gunde Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  9. ^ "DNV GL: Rio de Janeiro". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  10. ^ "DNV GL: Racha Bhum". Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Azul". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  12. ^ "Gunhilde Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  13. ^ "DNV GL: Vera Rambow". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  14. ^ "Kreuzfahrtschiff MSC SPLENDIDA (2009) | Kreuzfahrthafen Warnemünde".
  15. ^ "DNV GL: Dock III". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  16. ^ "ABS: NOR Goliath". Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  17. ^ "DNV GL: Trina". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  18. ^ "Gustav Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  19. ^ "DNV GL: Rio Negro". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  20. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Alegre". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  21. ^ "DNV GL: Rolldock Sun". Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  22. ^ "DNV GL: Charlotta B". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  23. ^ "Carnival Dream, The Biggest Cruise Ship Ever Built By FINCANTIERI, Launched In MONFALCONE Today". 24 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  24. ^ "DNV GL: Susan Borchard". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  25. ^ "Sarafsa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  26. ^ "DNV GL: Regine". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  27. ^ "Gurhorm Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  28. ^ "DNV GL: Monte Aconcagua". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  29. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (2008), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 45 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 175–176, JSTOR 44894958
  30. ^ "DNV GL: Bernadette". Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  31. ^ "DNV GL: Thetis D". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  32. ^ "DNV GL: Miriam Borchard". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  33. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Danit" (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-07.

See also