The list of ship launches in 1998 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1998.
Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 23 January Sally Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 1 February Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real For Finnlines 20 February Icebreaker Finnyards Rauma 23 February Seeadler Type Fassmer BL 20 Fassmer Berne For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure February Dawn Merchant RoRo-Ferry Astilleros Espanoles SA Sevilla For Cenargo International Ltd. 12 March Australian Submarine Corporation Osborne, South Australia 17 March Annemieke Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 23 March Woody Heart Bulk carrier Imabari Shipbuilding Imabari 25 March Grey Fox Amber Lagoon-class freight ship Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping 27 March Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore For Caledonian MacBrayne 28 March Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 4 April Primadonna River cruise ship Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau 6 April Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Caledonian MacBrayne. 14 April Stralsund Type Fassmer BL 20 Fassmer Berne For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 18 April Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real For Finnlines 24 April Sine Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 24 April Australian Defence Industries Newcastle, New South Wales 24 April Lena Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 3 May London Express London Express-class container ship Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje For Hapag-Lloyd 23 May Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria 27 May Type 23 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 28 May Brave Merchant RoRo-Ferry Astilleros Espanoles SA Sevilla For Cenargo International Ltd. 23 June NQEA Ltd Cairns, Queensland 25 June Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 29 June Bussard Type Fassmer BL 20 Fassmer Berne For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 10 July P&O Nedlloyd Auckland Container ship Kvaerner Warnow shipyard Warnemünde For P&O Nedlloyd 10 August Vosper Thornycroft Woolston 14 August Svendborg Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line August Ro-Ro ferry Astilleros de Huelva SA Huelva For Estonian Shipping Company 9 September destroyer 11 September Tor Suecia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel Fincantieri For DFDS Tor Line 19 September Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd Barrow-in-Furness 24 September destroyer 10 October Tor Selandia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel Fincantieri For DFDS Tor Line 14 October Arcticaborg Platform supply vessel Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki 17 October Antarcticaborg Platform supply vessel Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki 30 October Sofie Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 7 November Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 26 November 27 November Voyager-class cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard Turku For Royal Caribbean International 28 November Neptun Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia For Alpha Ship 28 November Uranus Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia For Alpha Ship 30 November Jade Survey vessel Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 4 December Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Toisa Ltd. 15 December Tanker NKK Corporation Tsu For Novoship, Russia 21 December Tor Britannia Tor Selandia-type RoRo-vessel Fincantieri For DFDS Tor Line 23 December SuperStar Virgo Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Star Cruises Unknown date Alva Maersk Container ship China Shipbuilding Corporation Keelung For A. P. Moller-Maersk GroupUnknown dateAerial target launch shipVT Halter Marine ShipbuilderMoss Point, MississippiFor Pacific Targets and Marine Operations Division (PTMO), U.S. Department of the Navy Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Poole Harbour Commissioners.
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