The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 1 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 17 January Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Nigerian Navy. 22 January Espresso Venezia Espresso Livorno-class ferry Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno For Tirrenia di Navigazione 29 January Jan Heweliusz ferry Trosvik Verksted A/S Brevik For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne 3 February Swan Hunter Wallsend-on-Tyne For Imperial Iranian Navy 18 February Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Offshore Marine Ltd. 19 February Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 15 March B.A.E. Huancavilca Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Fuerza Naval del Ecuador 21 March Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast, N. Ireland For Ropner Shipping. 26 March Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing 11 April Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 14 April Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. 16 April Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing 3 May Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness 4 May Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 5 May RMV Scillonian III Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company 5 May S.A. Helderberg The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship Chantiers de France Dunkerque For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie 18 May Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland 19 May 21 May 1 June Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. 3 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 3 June Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Gallic Shipping Ltd. 4 June Nerpa Werft 340 Selenodolsk For Soviet Navy 18 June Supertanker Harland & Wolff Belfast, N. Ireland For Woodstock Shipping Co. 18 June Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 21 June Ferry Aalborg Værft A/S Ålborg For DFDS Seaways 30 June Ferry Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon, Scotland For Caledonian MacBrayne 23 July Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 30 July Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 12 August Wuppertal Rickmers Werft Bremerhaven For JA Reinecke & Co 16 August Pierre Guillaumat Batillus-class supertanker Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire, France Unknown date Passenger ship Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford For private owner. 19 August Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Gallic Shipping Ltd. 12 September Cargo ship Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd Sunderland For Bank Line Ltd. 17 September Redoutable-class submarine DCNS For French Navy 20 October Uikku Product tanker Nobiskrug Rendsburg 24 October TCG Batiray Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Turkish Naval Forces 28 October Buraidah Rauma Rauma-Repola Oy For Fanco N.V. Willemstad 28 October Cargo ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Commodore Transporters Ltd. 29 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 29 October Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 11 November Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 16 December Espresso Ravenna Espresso Livorno-class ferry Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno For Adriatica di Navigazione SpA Unknown date Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Omani Navy. Unknown date Bulk carrier Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf Lemmer Unknown date Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning Unknown date Congener Fishing trawler Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford For Allan Morse Jr. and others.Unknown dateDredger and freighterBuijs ScheepsbouwKrimpen aan den IJsselCurrently operated by Açores Madeira Unknown date Mashala Ferry Rickmers Rederei Bremerhaven For Mashala Shipping Co. Unknown date Oil Clipper 1 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 2 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 3 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 4 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 5 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 6 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Clipper 7 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 1 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 2 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 3 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 4 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 5 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Oil Cutter 6 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport For Ocean Inchcape. Unknown date Poole Belle Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Crosons Ltd.
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