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List of ship commissionings in 1979

The list of ship commissionings in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1979.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes
3 January SAGA Linjen Fennia Finland ferry chartered from Svea Line (Finland)
January Holland Expo Tor Scandinavia Sweden Cruiseferry Chartered from Tor Line
31 January Royal Navy of Oman Al Munassir Amphibious warfare ship
17 February Svea Line (Finland) Fennia Finland ferry Returned from charter; in Silja Line traffic
26 February Tor Line Tor Scandinavia Sweden Cruiseferry Returned from charter to Holland Expo
3 March United States Navy New York City Los Angeles-class submarine SSN-696
24 March Italia Crociere Galileo Galilei Italy Cruise ship Formerly with Lloyd Triestino
26 April Rederi AB Slite Botnia Express Finland Ferry ex-Diana under charter from Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab
in Viking Line traffic
27 April Indian Navy Bedi Pondicherry-class minesweeper M63
27 April Indian Navy Bhavnagar Pondicherry-class minesweeper M64
4 May Royal Navy Broadsword Type 22 frigate F88
4 June SF Line Turella Finland Cruiseferry For Viking Line traffic
8 June Finnish Navy Pohjanmaa Pohjanmaa-class minelayer
9 June Rederi AB Slite Diana II av Slite Sweden Cruiseferry For Viking Line traffic
20 June Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab Botnia Express Finland Ferry ex-Diana; entered service after charter to Rederi AB Slite
25 June Peruvian Navy Villavisencio Lupo-class frigate FM-52
26 July Royal Netherlands Navy Callenburgh Kortenaer-class frigate F808
31 August Soviet Navy Zadornyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship 520
25 September Royal Navy Cardiff Type 42 destroyer D108
September Rederi AB Slite Diana II Sweden Cruiseferry ex-Diana II av Slite; in Viking Line traffic
19 November United States Navy McInerney Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate FFG-8
29 November Irish Naval Service Aoife Deirdre-class offshore patrol vessel P22
18 December Royal Navy Brecon Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel M29
23 December Peruvian Navy Carvajal Lupo-class frigate FM-51
Date unknown Stena Line Stena Saga Sweden Ferry Rebuilt from Stena Oceanica

See also

Ship events in 1979
Ship launches: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship commissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship decommissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Shipwrecks: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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