The list of ship launches in 1973 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1973. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes 11 January Ferry A/S Nakskov Skibsværf Nakskov For Lion Ferry AB. 13 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 16 January Type 206 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. 18 January Type 21 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow For Royal Navy. 19 January Cruise ship Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki For Royal Viking Line 25 January For Japanese Navy. January Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. 1 February Rotterdamsche Droogdocks Maatschappij N.V. Rotterdam For Sea-Land Service 3 February Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 17 February For Royal Navy. 1 March Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. 6 March RO-RO container ship Rauma Repola Oy Rauma For United Baltic Corporation. 9 March Type 206 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For German Navy. 17 March Ferry J. J. Sietas Schiffswerft Hamburg For SF Line 17 March Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Manchester Liners Ltd. 17 March Ferry Meyer Werft Papenburg For Rederi Ab Sally 24 March Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 27 March Type 206 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. 1 April Nordseewerke Emden For Sea-Land Service 3 April Type 206 submarine Tandanor Buenos Aires For Argentine Navy 4 April Buoy tender Schichau Unterweser Bremerhaven For Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamtes Bremerhaven 1 May AG Weser Bremen For Sea-Land Service 12 May Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 25 May Type 206 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For German Navy. 2 June Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 17 March Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Manchester Liners Ltd. 16 June Ferry A Vuyk & Zonen's Scheepswerven Amsterdam For Stena Line 26 June Type 206 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. 6 July container ship Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Aioi For Maersk 23 July Yantar Kaliningrad For Soviet Navy. 28 July Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. 30 July Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 4 August Unique nuclear-powered submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 4 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lakeport Navigation Co. 6 August Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno For Trans Tirreno Express S.p.A. 13 August For Japanese Navy. 21 August Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For German Navy. 28 August For Japanese Navy. 31 August Ferry Aalborg Skibsværft A/S Aalborg For DFDS 31 August Rauma Repola Oy Rauma For United Baltic Corporation. 12 September Train ferry Dubigeon-Normandie SA Nantes For SNCF 17 September Ro-ro heavy lift ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Starman Ltd. 1 October Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Furness Withy. 10 October Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Peruvian Navy. 13 October Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. 20 October Ferry Trosvik Mekaniske Verksteder Brevik, For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne. 21 October Zhdanov Leningrad, For Soviet Navy. 23 October For Japanese Navy. 30 October cutter Svendborg Ship Yard For Royal Danish Navy. 1 November Rotterdamsche Droogdocks Maatschappij N.V. Rotterdam For Sea-Land Service 5 November Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For German Navy. 6 November Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Kenyan Navy. 10 November Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 20 November Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. 27 November Ferry James Lamont & Co Port Glasgow For Caledonian MacBrayne 1 December Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 1 December AG Weser Bremen Sea-Land Service 6 December Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. Unknown date Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For The States of Jersey. Unknown date Concrete cargo ship Mawei
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