The list of ship launches in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1996. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 6 January Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 8 January Knock Muir Suezmax tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Fred Olsen & Co. 20 January Aircraft carrier Bazan Ferrol For Royal Thai Navy 24 February Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 1 March Grandeur of the Seas Vision-class cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki For Royal Caribbean International 2 March Stena Jutlantica ferry Krimpen a/d, Ijssel Van der Gissen de Noord 9 March Type 23 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 9 March Knud Mærsk K-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 15 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 19 March LNG tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Alphagas Partenreederei. 22 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 9 April HSC NGV Aliso high-speed ferry Chantiers Leroux et Lotz Naval Saint-Malo For Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée April Stena Voyager HSS 1500 Finnyards Rauma Rauma For Stena Line 31 May Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick May China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung 13 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Fred Olsen & Co. 21 June Kate Mærsk K-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 28 June Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria 29 June Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 29 June Stena Carisma HSS 900 Westamarin A/S Kristiansand For Stena Line 2 July Silvia Ana L Bazans Fernando Shipyard Cádiz For Los Cipreses S.A 27 July Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 1 August Seillean SWOPS vessel Harland & Wolff Belfast For BP. 9 August Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire For Royal Caribbean International 24 August National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 27 August IHI Corporation Tokyo 7 September Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 14 September Galaxy Century-class Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 25 September Evert Prahm coastal trading vessel Kötter-Werft Haren, Germany IMO 9138757 4 October Karen Mærsk K-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 6 October Costa Olympia Cruise ship Bremer Vulkan Bremen For Costa Cruises 13 October Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Navy. 15 October 4 November Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Devon Line Ltd. 5 November Panaustral container ship Stocznia Szczecinska S.A. Szczecin 8 November Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 13 November Lehola Ferry Astilleros de Huelva For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd 21 November Enchantment of the Seas Vision-class cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki For Royal Caribbean International 14 December Stena Discovery HSS 1500 Finnyards Rauma For Stena Line 14 December Siroco Foudre-class landing platform dock DCN Brest For French Navy 20 December Prins Richard Train Ferry Ørskov Christensen Staalskibsværft A/S Frederikshavn For Scandlines Unknown date Cargo ship Slovenske Lodenice Komárno For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford" Unknown date Georgian Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Isambard Brunel Pilot boat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol Ports Authority.
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