The list of ship launches in 1975 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1975. 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 10 January Tanker Scott-Lithgow Greenock For Anglo-Nordic Tankers.Engineering Officer, Nordic Commander, May 76 - Nov 76 22 January Yantar Kaliningrad For Soviet Navy. 25 January Blohm+Voss Hamburg For A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S 28 January Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Kenyan Navy. 30 January Ferry Nantes For Steamship Company Bore. 1 February Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. 14 February Kiel For Turkish Navy. 24 February For Japanese Navy. 7 March Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth For United Arab Emirates Navy. 8 March AG Weser Bremen For Pansegura Armadora S.A. 14 March Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Kenyan Navy. 21 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 6 April Shipyard No. 532 Kerch For Soviet Navy. 14 April Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Black Sea Shipping Company 24 April Type 42 destroyer Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy. 25 April Bishop Burton Fishing trawler Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Beverley For Mike Burton Ltd. 26 April Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 9 May Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun For Royal Navy. 10 May Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Jebsens (U.K.) Ltd. 15 May Offshore supply vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd. & others. 27 May Refrigerated cargo vessel Scotstoun-Marine Clydebank For C. Connell & Co. Ltd.Engineering Officer, Loch Maree, Feb 77 - June 77 & Sept 79 - March 80 5 June Kröger Rendsburg For German Navy. 13 June Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth For United Arab Emirates Navy. 13 June Offshore supply vessel Kremer-Werft Elmshorn 21 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 24 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 30 June For Japanese Navy. 1 July National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California 1 July Sabalo Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Venezuelan Navy. 5 July Supertanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell Tankers Ltd. 19 July Delfin Werft 340 Selenodolsk For Soviet Navy. 24 July Hudson Cavalier Stat 32 tanker Cammell Laird Birkenhead For John Hudson Fuel & Shipping. 8 August World Giant Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier AG Weser Bremen For Chesham Shipping Company. 9 August Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 23 August Offshore supply vessel Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Beverley For Lloyds & Scottish Development Ltd. 24 August Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 26 August Offshore supply vessel Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Beverley For Stirling Shipping Supply Ltd. 27 August Landing craft Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For British Army. 30 August Supertanker Mitsui For Bergesen d.y. 15 September Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth For United Arab Emirates Navy. 16 September Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth For United Arab Emirates Navy. 30 September For Soviet Navy. Mykolaiv 4 October Kronprins Harald Ferry Nobiskrug Rendsburg For Jahre Line. 8 October Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ruud Petersen A/S. 11 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 17 October Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Black Sea Shipping Company. 21 October Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 1 November Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Elco Leasing Ltd. 4 November Cruiseferry Flender Werft Rendsburg For Tor Line. 6 November Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Venezuelan Navy. 6 November Offshore supply vessel Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd. 14 November Vehicle transporter Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Rederei AB Soya. 20 November Type 21 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun For Royal Navy. 4 December Lürssen Greif For German Navy. 5 December Swan Hunter Wallsend For Bibby Line. 5 December Navena Fishing trawler Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Beverley For J. Marr & Son Ltd. 15 December Shat-Alarab Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier AG Weser Bremen For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company 15 December Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth For United Arab Emirates Navy. Unknown date Bournemouth Belle Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Croson Ltd. Unknown date Galatea Fishing trawler Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford For Bogg (Holdings) Ltd. Unknown date Vision Fishing trawler Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford For Donald Patience and George Walker & Sons Ltd.
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