The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 28 January Frankfurt Express Container ship Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Hapag-Lloyd 6 February Lev Tolstoy Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin For Black Sea Shipping Company. 7 February Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 10 February For Japanese Navy. 6 March Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Ellerman Lines Ltd. 9 March Landing craft Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For British Army. 20 March Bulk carrier Koyo Dockyard Mihara, Japan 21 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 21 March LPG carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell Tankers Ltd. 28 March Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Argentine Navy. 4 April Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 14 April Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Barbados Defence Force. 17 April Konstantin Simonov Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin For Baltic Sea Shipping Company. 25 April Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 25 April Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 30 April SKR-35 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Selenodolsk For Soviet Navy. 14 May Mercandian Merchant II Type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Per Henriksen. 16 May Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing For Royal Netherlands Navy. 16 May Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing For Royal Netherlands Navy. 19 May Landing craft Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For British Army. 19 May Trelleborg Ferry Öresundsvarvet Landskrona For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift. 19 May Pisagua Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Peruvian Navy. 22 May Cruiseferry Götaverken Gothenburg Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery 22 May St. Michaelis Tanker AG Weser Bremen For Hamburg Süd. 29 May Köln Bremen-class frigate Blohm + Voss Hamburg For German Navy. 2 June Swan Hunter Wallsend, England For Royal Navy. 5 June Stores carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For British Army. 17 June Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland For Royal Navy. 27 June Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 1 July For Royal Navy. 2 July Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 18 July Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 24 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 4 August For Japanese Navy. 22 August Stena Germanica Ferry Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk For Stena Line.23 AugustChitaKilo-class submarineLeninsky Komsomol ShipyardKomsomolsk-on-AmurFor Soviet Navy. 4 September Mercandian Supplier II type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Mercandia rederiet A/S. 25 September Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Argentine Navy. 10 October Scandinavia Cruiseferry Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes For Scandinavian World Cruises. 13 October Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 16 October Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Wimpey Marine Ltd. 17 October Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 17 October Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 19 October Blume Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Peruvian Navy. 31 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 14 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 17 November For French Navy. 26 November Song of America Cruise ship Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Royal Caribbean International. 5 December Cruiseferry AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven For Olau Line. 22 December Mercandian Importer III Type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Per Henriksen. 24 December SKR 481 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Selenodolsk For Soviet Navy. Date unknown Fashion of Bristol Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Date unknown Jacqueline D Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Date unknown Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd. Date unknown Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd. Date unknown Steel Princess Fishing vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.
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