The list of ship launches in 2016 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2016. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 3 January Polaris Icebreaker Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki, Finland For Finnish Transport Agency 15 January Mein Schiff 5 Cruise ship Meyer Turku Shipyard Turku, Finland For TUI Cruises 19 January Esnaad 225 Platform Supply Vessel De Hoop Lobith 21 January Amadeus Silver III river cruise ship De Hoop Lobith 25 January Al Jasrah UASC A15-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Samho For United Arab Shipping Company 30 January Sioux City Freedom-class littoral combat ship Fincantieri Marinette Marine Marinette, Wisconsin For United States Navy 30 January Esnaad 226 Platform Supply Vessel De Hoop Foxhol For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 30 January Lady Alida Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 8 February Majestic Princess Royal-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone For Princess Cruises 12 February MSC Jade Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo-dong For Mediterranean Shipping Company 18 February Ovation of the Seas Quantum-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Royal Caribbean International 23 February MSC Diana Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 26 February Helix 2 Well Intervention vessel FSG Flensburg For Siem Offshore 4 March Seabourn Encore cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera For Seabourn Cruise Line 4 March Titan Triton-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Costamare Shipping Company 5 March Umm Qarn UASC A15-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Samho For United Arab Shipping Company 10 March Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore For Irish Naval Service. 16 March Rothensee GS Yard Waterhuizen 19 March Ireland cement carrier Ferus Smit Westerbroek For JT Cement 20 March AIDAperla Hyperion-class cruise ship Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki For AIDA Cruises 22 March Berlin 28-meter-class Lifeboat (rescue) Fassmer Berne For DGzRS 23 March Viking Sky Venice-class cruise ship Fincantieri Ancona For Viking Ocean Cruises 24 March KRI Nagapasa Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo-dong For Indonesian Navy 31 March greenports 1 Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw Foxhol For bremenports 1 April MSC Ditte Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For Mediterranean Shipping Company 1 April Arklow Valiant Royal Bodewes Hoogezand For Arklow Shipping 2 April Lady Anne-Lynn Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Shipyard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 10 April Viking Hild Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship Neptun Werft Rostock-Warnemünde For Viking Cruises 13 April Washington Virginia-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News For United States Navy 14 April Delphis Bothnia Delphis Bothnia-class container ship Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan 15 April Atlantic Sun ACL G4 ConRO ship Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Shanghai For Atlantic Container Line 16 April MSC Ingy Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 16 April Project Mistral yacht Lürssen Bremen 22 April Esnaad 227 Platform Supply Vessel De Hoop Tolkamer For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 29 April Symphony Sun Ferus Smit Ecobox Ferus Smit Leer For Symphony Shipping BV 29 April MSC Reef Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For Mediterranean Shipping Company April INS Khanderi Mazagon Dock Ltd. Mumbai For Indian Navy 7 May Garden State ECO-class tanker General Dynamics NASSCO For American Petroleum Tankers 12 May Austal USA Mobile, Alabama For US Navy 14 May Afif UASC A15-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Samho For Hapag Lloyd 21 May Esnaad 228 Platform supply vessel De Hoop Foxhol For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 25 May Ramform Hyperion Ramform Titan-class research vessel Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. Nagasaki 3 June Searoad Mersey II Roll-in/roll-off Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg 4 June Naval replenishment vessel Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo-dong For the Royal Norwegian Navy 9 June Arklow Cadet Ferus Smit Westerbroek For Arklow Shipping 9 June MSC Mirja Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo-dong For Mediterranean Shipping Company 10 June Kleven Ulsteinvik 382 Anchor handling tug supply vessel Kleven Yard Ulsteinvik For Maersk Supply Services 16 June Project 22220 icebreaker Baltic Shipyard St. Petersburg For Rosatomflot 17 June Viking Hild Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship Neptun Werft Rostock-Warnemünde For Viking Cruises 17 June Lady Anne Beau Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 18 June MSC Eloane Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 18 June Al Jmeliyah UASC A15-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Samho For Hapag Lloyd 21 June Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 21 June Griep To II service vessel Schiffswerft Bolle Derben For Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes 25 June Talos Triton-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Costamare Shipping Company 30 June Platform supply vessel Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki, Finland For Sovcomflot June Maersk Starfish Starfish-type anchor handler Kleven Yard For Mærsk Supply Service 1 July Silver Muse cruise ship Fincantieri Sestri Ponente For Silversea Cruises 1 July Esnaad 229 Platform supply vessel De Hoop Tolkamer For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 2 July Taurus Triton-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Costamare Shipping Company 4 July Delphis Finnland Delphis Bothnia-class container ship Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan 5 July TB 40 Ship's boat Fassmer Berne For DGzRS, ship's boat of Berlin 9 July American Constellation river cruise ship Chesapeake Shipbuilding Salisbury, Maryland For American Cruise Line 15 July LNG-powered RoRo-ferry Meyer Turku Shipyard Turku, Finland For Tallink 16 July Bay State ECO-class tanker General Dynamics NASSCO For American Petroleum Tankers 21 July Fouladou Offshore patrol vessel Ocea Les Sables-d'Olonne For Senegal 21 July Arklow Valley Royal Bodewes Hoogezand For Arklow Shipping2 AugustVasily BekhProject 22870 rescue tugZvezdochka ShipyardAstrakhanSunk during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 5 August Bogazici 23 Tug Bogazici Tuzla For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft 8 August La Confiance light patrol Guyana Socarenam Boulogne-sur-Mer For French Navy 15 August MSC Mirjam Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 19 August Genting Dream cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Dream Cruises 20 August BAE Systems Glasgow For Royal Navy 22 August Champlain Bâtiment multi-mission patrol ship Piriou Concarneau For French Navy 22 August Theseus Triton-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Costamare Shipping Company 26 August Ares Sunrise Droge Lading GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 26 August MSC Erica Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For Mediterranean Shipping Company 27 August Constitution ECO-class tanker General Dynamics NASSCO For SEA-Vista August Furuvik Royal Bodewes Stettin 2 September MSC Meraviglia Project "Vista" cruise ship STX France Cruise SA Saint-Nazaire For MSC Cruises 3 September Aquarius yacht Feadship Aalsmeer 9 September Delphis Gdańsk Delphis Bothnia-class container ship Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan 15 September Seekuh Lübeck Yacht Trave Schiff GmbH Lübeck For One Earth - One Ocean16 SeptemberBretagneFREMM multipurpose frigateDCNSFor French Navy 16 September Lady Astrid Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 16 September S42 Type HDW 209/1400 submarine German Naval Yards Kiel For Egyptian Navy 16 September Zhibek Zholy Bulk carrier cargo ship Nevskiy S&S Shlisselburg For KTZ Express JSC 17 September Al Fateh Gowind-class corvette DCNS For Egyptian Navy 17 September Wichita Freedom-class littoral combat ship Fincantieri Marinette Marine Marinette, Wisconsin For United States Navy 30 September Ellis Island Hopper Dredge Barge Eastern Shipbuilding Panama City/Allanton For Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. 30 September MSC AnnaPegasus-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For MSC September LNG barge For Gas4Sea September Coralius Gdańsk 1 October Esnaad 230 Platform Supply Vessel De Hoop Foxhol For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 4 October Project ROB07 oil barge Nobel Brothers Shipyard For JSC Lena United River Shipping Company 6 October MSC Rifaya Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 8 October Valparaíso Express Valparaiso Express-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries For Hapag-Lloyd 8 October Callao Express Valparaiso Express-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries For Hapag-Lloyd 8 October Delphis Riga Delphis Bothnia-class container ship Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan 14 October Symphony Performer Ferus Smit Ecobox Ferus Smit Leer For Symphony Shipping BV 16 October Star Spirit reefer ship Shikoku Dockyard For Star Reefers 18 October Windea TBN Service operations vessel Ulstein Verft For Bernhard Schulte Offshore 19 October Project TIS yacht Lürssen Bremen 19 October Asahi Asahi-class destroyer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki For JMSDF 21 October Arklow Cape Ferus Smit Westerbroek For Arklow Shipping 24 October KRI Trisula Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo-dong For Indonesian Navy 12 November Siem Cicero car carrier Pula For Siem Industries 12 November MSC Tina Pegasus-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For Mediterranean Shipping Company 18 November Meleq RoRo-ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Alternative Transport 18 November Visborg ferry GSI Shipyard Guangzhou For Destination Gotland 18 November MSC VivianaPegasus-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. For Mediterranean Shipping Company 20 November MSC Leanne Pegasus-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Koje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 24 November Alexander Sannikov ice breaker Vyborg Shipyard For Gazprom Neft 25 November Arklow Valour Royal Bodewes Hoogezand For Arklow Shipping 25 November MSC Seaside Seaside-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone For MSC Cruises November Steigen Live fish transporter Cemre For Norsk FisketransportNovemberVsevelod BobrovElbrus-class logistics support vesselSevernaya Verf ShipyardSt. PetersburgFor Russian Navy 3 December Minerva dredger Royal IHC Kinderdijk For DEME 3 December Cartagena Express Valparaiso Express-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries For Hapag-Lloyd 3 December Guayaquil Express Valparaiso Express-class container ship Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries For Hapag-Lloyd 10 December Madrid Mærsk Maersk Triple E class Daewoo Geoje For Maersk Line 10 December Liberty ECO-class tanker General Dynamics NASSCO For SEA-Vista 15 December Viking Sun Venice-class cruise ship Fincantieri Ancona For Viking Ocean Cruises 15 December HMAS Brisbane Hobart-class destroyer ASC shipyard Osborne, South Australia For Royal Australian Navy 17 December Kimball Legend-class cutter NGSS Ingalls Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Coast Guard 22 December L'Astrolabe Polar Logistics Vessel CRIST Gdynia For French Navy; outfitting and delivery by Chantiers Piriou in FranceFrench Polar Logistics Support Vessel L'Astrolabe Launched in Poland. Navy Recognition, 24 December 2016. 29 December Colorado Virginia-class submarine General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton For United States Navy 31 December OOCL Hong Kong G-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries For Orie