The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 6 January Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 10 January Offshore supply vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. 21 January Nordseewerke Emden For Royal Norwegian Navy 25 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell International Marine 26 January Kronprins Carl Gustav Ferry Nobiskrug Rendsburg For A/B Bonnierföretagen, 31 January Offshore supply vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. 4 February Karljohansvern Horten For Royal Norwegian Navy 5 February Sir Winston Churchill Sail training ship Richard Dunston Ltd Hessle For Sail Training Association 8 February Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn For Royal Navy 10 February Hopper barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Calcutta Port Commission. 11 February Research vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 12 February Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 25 February Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 25 February Lübeck Orenstein & Koppel For German Navy 26 February Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy 1 March Texelstroom Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek P. Smit Jr. Rotterdam For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming 3 March Ferry Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg for Rederi AB Svea 7 March Cargo ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Atlanta Navigation Co. Ltd. 9 March Regent Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 24 March Nordseewerke Emden For Royal Norwegian Navy 26 March National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California For United States Navy 31 March Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy. 1 April Lyness Combat stores ship Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Fleet Auxiliary 4 April Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Seaborne Aggregate Co. Ltd. 4 April Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 7 April Nordfriesland Ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH 15 April Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Flensburg For German Navy 26 April Offshore supply vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. 2 May Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. 3 May Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Flensburg For German Navy 5 May Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan For Royal Australian Navy 5 May Orenstein & Koppel Lübeck For German Navy 6 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 7 May Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy 14 May Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington For United States Navy 21 May Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy 25 May Ferry Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. Genoa for DFDS Seaways 31 May Hopper barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd. May Coastal trading vessel Trondhjems Mekaniske Verksted Trondheim For Fred Losen & Co. 10 June Nordseewerke Emden For Royal Norwegian Navy 21 June Tug Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Dockyard Investments Ltd. 22 June Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. 22 June Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 23 June Offshore supply vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. 1 July Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 5 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell International Marine. 9 July Lindenau Kiel For German Navy 15 July Type 205 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 19 July Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. 21 July Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy 22 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 26 July National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California For United States Navy 6 August Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy 19 August Najaden Ferry Aarhus Flydedok Aarhus For Danske Statsbaner. 1 September Tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Northland Harbour Board. 2 September Nordseewerke Emden For Royal Norwegian Navy 12 September Tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Northland Harbour Board. 15 September Vickers Armstrong For Royal Navy 16 September Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington For United States Navy 16 September Combat stores ship Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Fleet Auxiliary 17 September Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy 22 September Hopper barge Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd. 29 September Ferry Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg for Swedish Lloyd 7 October Destroyer tender Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales For Royal Australian Navy 13 October Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 14 October General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy 14 October General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy 17 October T.P.1 Barge Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For United Africa Co. Ltd. 17 October T.P.2 Barge Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For United Africa Co. Ltd. 20 October Type 205 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 22 October Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 22 October Lindenau Kiel For German Navy October Dubigeon Nantes For Portuguese Navy 10 November Lundy Puffin Fishing trawler Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. 12 November Ferry Lübecker Flender-Werke Lübeck For Tor Line 14 November Firefighting tug Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For J. H. Pigott & Son Ltd. 19 November Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For United States Navy 23 November Tug Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For BP Clyde Tanker Co. Ltd. 24 November Coaster Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. 25 November Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru, Japan For Japanese Navy 25 November Lake freighter Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec For Canada Steamship Lines 29 November Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Royal Australian Navy 30 November Marlin Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Amalgamated Fisheries Co. Pty. Ltd. 12 December Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. 30 November Redfin Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Amalgamated Fisheries Co. Pty. Ltd. 16 December Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy 17 December National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California For United States Navy 19 December G.W.111 Barge Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For George Wimpey Ltd. 29 December V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar For Black Sea Shipping Company Date unknown Tug For Moran Group. Date unknown Bantry Puffin Fishing trawler Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Date unknown Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Bowker & King Ltd. Date unknown Landing craft J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. Date unknown Landing craft J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. Date unknown Tug Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Date unknown Zaeedah Barge Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd.
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