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List of ship launches in 2003

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


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
4 January South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Berlin Express Hamburg-Express-class container ship For Hapag Lloyd[1]
8 January Romania Daewoo Mangalia Mangalia Coneste Sietas type 178 container ship For Bernd Bartels[2]
18 January Italy Cantiere Navale Visentini Donada Eurostar Valencia Ro-pax ferry For Grimaldi Group
19 January Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Axel Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[3]
4 February Portugal Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Rio Alexander IMO 9267534
7 February Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Beachy Head Point-class sealift ship For British Armed Forces
28 February Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Mariner of the Seas Voyager-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
3 March China Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen Rickmers New Orleans type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship For Rickmers Group[4]
8 March South Korea Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries OOCL Long Beach OOCL SX-class container ship For Orient Overseas Container Line[5]
21 March France Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner For Cunard Line
21 March Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Kedah Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
4 April Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Anna Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[6]
12 April South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries MSC Viviana Sealand-New-York-type container ship For Freesia International Corporation[7]
13 April South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries Maersk Kalamata Sealand-New-York-type container ship For Costamare Shipping[8]
18 April India Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai Shivalik Shivalik-class frigate
19 April Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Evertsen De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
29 April People's Republic of China Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai Lanzhou Type 052C air defense destroyer
3 May United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore, North Devon Coruisk Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 May Australia Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown, Victoria Toowoomba Anzac-class frigate
16 May Spain Navatia Ferrol Blas de Lezo Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate For Armada Española
23 May Denmark Mærsk Line Kerteminde, Denmark Olga Mærsk Olga Mærsk-Class container ship For Mærsk Line[9]
6 June Sweden Terra Nova Gothenburg Götheborg East Indiaman Replica For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB
14 June Great Britain VT Group Southampton HMS Mersey River-class patrol vessel For Royal Navy
16 June China Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen Rickmers Jakarta type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship For Rickmers Group[10]
20 June Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Serenade of the Seas Radiance-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International[11]
25 June United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi James E. Williams Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
3 July Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Arnold Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[12]
12 July United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana San Antonio San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
18 July United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Largs Bay Bay-class landing ship dock
19 July United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Momsen Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 July Germany Nordseewerke Emden Hessen Sachsen-class frigate
2 August Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Spioenkop Valour-class frigate For South African Navy
16 August United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Virginia Virginia-class submarine For US Navy
16 August South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Adriana Star Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship [13]
29 August Japan Sazanami Takanami-class destroyer
31 August Portugal Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo Rio Alexander IMO 9267546
22 September Germany Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Stina Sietas type 168 container ship For Jan Breuer[14]
1 October Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Annette Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[15]
1 October Germany J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Maria Sietas type 161 For SAL Heavy Lift[16]
1 October Japan Takashio Oyashio-class submarine
2 October Germany HDW Kiel Pahang Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
2 October South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries MSC Marina Sealand-New-York-type container ship [17]
8 October Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Arthur Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship For Mærsk Line[18]
16 October Finland Aker Finnyards Rauma, Finland Victoria I Cruiseferry For Tallink
23 October France Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg O’Higgins Scorpène-class submarine For Armada de Chile
30 October People's Republic of China Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai Haikou Type 052C air defense destroyer
6 November Italy Fincantieri Muggiano Salvatore Todaro Type 212 submarine For Italian Navy
November Germany Nordseewerke Emden U 32 Type 212 submarine For German Navy
27 December South Korea Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries OOCL Qingdao OOCL SX-class container ship For Orient Overseas Container Line[19]
Date unknown People's Republic of China Shanhaiguan Shipyard Qinhuangdao Mayflower Resolution Turbine Installation Vessel For Mayflower Energy Ltd
Date unknown Japan Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka, Japan Mastera Crude oil tanker

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. ^ "Archived copy". 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. ^ "DNV GL: Katherine Borchard". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  15. ^ "DNV GL: Annette". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  16. ^ "DNV GL: Maria". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  17. ^ "DNV GL: MSC Marina". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  18. ^ "ABS: Arthur Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  19. ^ "ABS: OOCL Qingdao". Retrieved 2017-09-30.

See also

Ship events in 2003
Ship launches: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ship commissionings: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ship decommissionings: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Shipwrecks: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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