List of ship launches in 2024

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2024.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
26 January	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Grace		For Arklow Shipping[1][2]
25 February	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Silver Ray	Nova-class cruise ship	For Silversea Cruises[3][4]
March	Egypt			Viking Hathor	River Cruise Ship	For Viking Cruises[5]
12 April	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Guard		For Arklow Shipping[6][7]
April	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	MSC World America	World-class cruise ship	For MSC Cruises[8][9][10]
April	Italy	Fincantieri	Marghera	Norwegian Aqua	Prima-Plus-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line[11][12][13]
3 May	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Thun Reliance		For Thun Tankers[14][15]
May	Egypt			Viking Sokeb	River Cruise Ship	For Viking Cruises[16]
June	China			GNV Orion		[17]
28 June	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Lidan	Lake-Vanern-Max-series	For Erik Thun[18][19][20][21]
July	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Viking Vesta	Venice-class cruise ship	For Viking Ocean Cruises[22][23][24][25]
	Turkey			Hetman Iwan Wyhowskyj	Ada-class corvette	For Ukrainian Navy[26]
3 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Disney Treasure	Cruise Ship	For Disney Cruise Line[27][28][29][30]
5 September	France			Luminara		[31]
September	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Star Princess	Sphere-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises[32][33][34]
25 October	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Spiken	Lake-Vanern-Max-series	For Erik Thun[35][36][37][38][39]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Rachel Parsons	Electric boat	For North Star Renewables.[40]
	Italy	Cantiere Navale Visentini	Porto Viro	ML Freyja	ferry	For Mann Lines[41]
November	Portugal			Star Seeker	Cruise ship	For Windstar Cruises[42][43][44][45][46]
Scheduled	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Submarine Solutions	Barrow-in-Furness	Agamemnon	Astute-class submarine	For Royal Navy.[47]
2025 ?	South Korea	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard		Leonine	G9 RoRo-vessel	For CLdN[48]
18 January 2025	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Asuka III	cruise ship	For Nippon Yusen Kaisha[49][50][51][52]
January	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Four Seasons I	yacht	For Four Seasons Yachts[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]
January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	'Asuka III	cruise ship	For Nippon Yusen

References

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2. "Launching of Nb. 457 'Arklow Grace'". January 17, 2024.
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7. "Launching of Nb. 458 'Arklow Guard'". March 27, 2024.
8. "Le MSC World America mis à l'eau et transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
9. "Saint-Nazaire : l'Ilma change de quai en attendant de passer en cale sèche | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
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12. NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE AND FINCANTIERI CELEBRATE FLOAT OUT OF ALL-NEW NORWEGIAN AQUA, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
13. New Norwegian Aqua Floats Out At Fincantieri, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
14. "Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' successfully launched". May 3, 2024.
15. "Launching of Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' for Erik Thun AB / Thun Tankers". April 24, 2024.
16. Viking Marks Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
17. "Varato in Cina Gnv Orion nuovo traghetto supergreen del Gruppo Msc". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
18. "Nb. 463 'Lidan' successfully launched". June 28, 2024.
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31. "Le second navire de luxe de Ritz-Carlton transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". 6 September 2024.
32. "Fincantieri | Fincantieri: "Star Princess" launched in Monfalcone". www.fincantieri.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
33. Tunney, Donna (2024-09-26). "Star Princess Reaches Major Construction Milestone at Shipyard". Cruise Hive. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
34. "Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard floats out Star Princess". www.seatrade-cruise.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
35. "ERIK THUN LAUNCHES THE NEXT-GENERATION LAKE VANERN MAX VESSEL" (PDF). thun.se.
36. "Welcome MV Spiken! « Thunbolagen". thun.se.
37. "Launching of Nb. 464 'Spiken' for Erik Thun AB". September 29, 2024.
38. "Nb. 464 'Spiken' successfully launched". October 25, 2024.
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