The list of ship launches in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1983. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 2 January Mercandian Admiral II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For Mercandia rederiet A/S 15 January NQEA Cairns, Queensland 17 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 20 January SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 25 January 27 January 23 February SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku 26 February Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington 4 March Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata 9 March NQEA Cairns, Queensland 19 March Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 26 March Zhdanov Shipyard Leningrad 26 March Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Mersey Docks and Harbour Board . 28 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For BP Shipping. 14 April Type 42 destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead 15 April Mercandian Diplomat Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXII P/R 16 April Stena Germanica ferry Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk For Stena Line 23 April Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 29 April Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Armada de Chile 30 April Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 18 May Landing ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Algerian Navy. 1 June SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku 10 June Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 11 June Light V/STOL aircraft carrier Fincantieri Monfalcone 24 June Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata 9 July NQEA Cairns, Queensland 10 July Mercandian Prince II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXV 14 July SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku 15 July Mercandian Senator Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXIV 16 July Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 29 July Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Armada de Chile 13 August Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 20 August Vogtland Ohre-class barracks ship VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast For Volksmarine 27 August Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 27 August Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 6 September 14 September Schuja Sredne-Newski Leningrad 19 September 24 September Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 7 October Offshore supply vessel Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For Townsend Holdings Ltd. 15 October Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 22 October NQEA Cairns, Queensland 22 October XXX Aniversario Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Cuban Government. 5 November Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 11 November Sokol Koni-class frigate Werft 129 Selenodolsk For Soviet Navy 15 November SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku 16 November Type 209 submarine Marinewerft Gölcük For Turkish Naval Forces 19 November Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 19 November Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 24 November SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 2 December Ferry Ferguson Ailsa Ltd Port Glasgow For Caledonian MacBrayne 16 December Mercandian Queen II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXVI 17 December Mellum Multi-purpose vessel Elsflether Werft Elsfleth For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 19 December Verolme Dockyard Rushbrook For Irish Naval Service Date unknown Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning Province Date unknown SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Date unknown SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Date unknown Calypso Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Algerian Navy. Date unknown Gordano Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol Port Co. Date unknown SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Date unknown Mariner Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol City Council. Date unknown SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku
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