List of ship launches in 2012

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The list of ship launches in 2012 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2012.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
7 January	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Deila	MSC Danit-type container ship	^[1]
8 January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	*Disney Fantasy*	Cruise ship	For Disney Cruise Line
12 January	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	*Seatruck Performance*	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
13 January	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	*Paul Clark*	Sentinel-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard
14 January	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	*Coronado*	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For United States Navy
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	*Suzuran*	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	*Suisen*	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
4 February	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Santa Barbarra	Santa-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd^[2]
7 February	Australia	Graeme Wylie	Bushfield	*Notorious*	Replica caravel
15 February	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	*Vale Carajas*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
1 March	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	*Meri*	Cargo ship	For Gaiamare
2 March	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	*Robert Yered*	Sentinel-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard
2 March	Netherlands	Bodewes shipyard	Hoogezand	UAL Bodewes		^[3]
3 March	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Valeria	MSC Danit-type container ship	^[4]
10 March	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Alexandra	Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends
13 March	Germany	Fassmer	Bern	Harro Koebke	36,5-meter-class Lifeboat	For DGzRS
14 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	CSCL Neptune	CSCL Star-class container ship	For China Shipping Container Lines^[5]
17 March	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Vikingbank		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]^[6]
23 March	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	*Seatruck Precision*	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
31 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	*Carlo Margottini*	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For Italian Navy
1 April	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	AIDAmar	Sphinx-class cruise ship	For AIDA Cruises
3 April	Finland	STX Finland	Rauma	*Mirabilis*	Research vessel	For Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
6 April	Spain	Freire Shipyard	Vigo	*Discovery*	Royal Research Ship	For Natural Environment Research Council
6 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Hamburg Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd^[7]
7 April	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	*Vale Minas Gerais*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
11 April	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Fuldaborg		For Wagenborg^[8]
12 April	Poland	Stocznia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	*Stavangerfjord*	Cruise ferry	For Fjord Line
14 April	United States	Avondale Shipyard	New Orleans	*Somerset*	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock	For United States Navy
15 April	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	*Vale Espirito Santo*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
22 April	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	Santa Ines	Santa-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd^[9]
29 April	China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		*Vale Shandong*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
3 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Georg Burmester	Sunrise-class	^[10]
5 May	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego	*Cesar Chavez*	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship	For United States Navy
31 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Amalia	Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends
4 June	United States	Huntington Ingalls Industries	Pascagoula, Mississippi	*America*	America-class amphibious assault ship	For United States Navy
5 June	Norway	Viking Kings AS	Haugesund	Draken Harald Hårfagre	Viking longship
7 June	Nigeria			*Andoni*	Andoni-class seaward defence boat	For Nigerian Navy
16 June	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette	*Reuben Lasker*		For NOAA
30 June	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	*Vitus Bering*	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
1 July	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	*Vale Indonesia*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
6 July	France		Rochefort	*Hermione*	Concorde-class frigate	Reproduction of the 1779 French frigate Hermione
6 July	France	STX Europe	Saint-Nazaire	*Europa 2*	Cruise ship	For Hapag-Lloyd
13 July	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae-gu, Changwon	*Vale Fujiyama*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
13 July	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	New York Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd^[11]
26 July	China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		*Vale Jiangsu*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
28 July	China			Haixun 01	Patrol ship	For China Maritime Safety Administration
3 August	Finland	Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy	Uusikaupunki	Kindral Kurvits	Patrol boat	For Estonian Border Guard^[12]
10 August	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	*Viking Grace*	Cruiseferry	For Viking Line
12 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Celebrity Reflection	Cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
16 August	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	*Royal Princess*	Royal-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises^[13]
26 August	China	Wuchang Shipyard	Wuhan	*Durjoy*	Durjoy-class patrol craft	For Bangladesh Navy
29 August	Germany	Fassmer		Nordergründe	Buoy tender
31 August	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Piz Bever	Sunrise class	^[14]
1 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Basle Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd^[15]
12 September	Iran	Iranian Navy's Factories	Bandar Abbas	*Sahand*	Moudge-class frigate	For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[16]
19 September	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	NYK Helios	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line^[17]
27 September	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	*Vale Tubarao*	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
27 September	China	Wuchang Shipyard	Wuhan	*Nirmul*	Durjoy-class patrol craft	For Bangladesh Navy
1 October	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	*Choctaw County*	Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport	For Military Sealift Command
7 October		Hyundai Heavy Industries		Dockwise Vanguard	Heavy lift ship	For Dockwise
8 October	Bangladesh	Khulna Shipyard	Khulna	*Padma*	Padma-class patrol vessel	For Bangladesh Navy
13 October	United States	Marinette Marine Corporation	Marinette, Wisconsin	Sikuliaq	Research vessel	For National Science Foundation
18 October	France	DCNS	Lorient	*Normandie*	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For French Navy
27 October	Romania	Galați shipyard	Galați	*Karel Doorman*	Amphibious support ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
3 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding		*Minnesota*	Virginia-class submarine	For United States Navy
3 November	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Brussels	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line^[18]
13 November	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego	*Montford Point*	Montford Point-class expeditionary transfer dock	For United States Navy
23 November	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	*Aleksey Chirikov*	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
2 December	United Kingdom	Babcock Marine Ltd.	Appledore	Vava II	Motor yacht	For private owner.^[19]
3 December	Russia	Yantar Shipyard	Kaliningrad	*Yantar*	Intelligence and research ship	For Russian Navy
5 December	United States	J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma, Washington	*Menominee*	Valiant-class harbor tug	For United States Navy
10 December	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Berlin	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line^[20]
17 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	*Hallaig*	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne^[21]
10 December	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.	Nagasaki	Ramform Titan	Ramform Titan-class research vessel	^[22]
19 December	Italy	Fincantieri	Castellammare di Stabia	*Luigi Dattilo*	Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel	For Italy Coast Guard^[23]
21 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Hong Kong Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd^[24]
30 December	Russia	Sevmash	Severodvinsk	*Vladimir Monomakh*	Borei-class submarine	For Russian Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aluminium Boatbuilding Co. Ltd.	Hayling Island	Channel Chieftain VI	Crew transfer vessel	For Carlin Boat Charter Ltd.^[25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Dalby Tees	Crew transfer vessel	For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.^[26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Gardian11	Crew transfer vessel	For Gardline Environmental Ltd.^[27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alnmaritec Ltd.	Blyth	Rix Panther	Wind farm service vessel	For Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd.^[28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Smeaton Array	Crew transfer vessel	For For Gardline Environmental Ltd.^[29]

References

^ "DNV GL: MSC Deila". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "DNV GL: Santa Barbarra". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Stapellauf UAL BODEWES am 2.3.2012 bei Bodewes Werft". YouTube (in German). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "DNV GL: MSC Valeria". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "GNV GL: CSCL Neptune". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Stapellauf VIKINGBANK am 17.3.2012 bei Ferus Smit". YouTube (in German). 17 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "DNV GL: Hamburg Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Stapellauf FULDABORG am 11.4.2012 bei Ferus Smit in Leer". YouTube (in German). 11 April 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "DNV GL: Santa Ines". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Eerste SUNRISE schip te water!". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ "DNV GL: New York Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "NB210200 Delivered". Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
^ "M/S Royal Princess". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Tewaterlating 3e 'Sunrise' schip!". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ "DNV GL: Basle Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ Silverstone, Paul H. (March 2013), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 50 (1), International Naval Research Organization: 14, JSTOR 44893820
^ "ABS: OOCL Poland". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "ABS: OOCL Brussels". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "Vava II". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
^ "ABS: OOCL Berlin". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "'Hybrid' CalMac ferry launched from Port Glasgow". BBC News. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ "DNV Vessel Register".
^ "LAUNCH OF THE PATROL BOAT "LUIGI DATTILO" FOR THE ITALIAN COAST GUARD". 19 December 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "DNV GL: Hong Kong Express". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Channel Chieftain VI". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Dalby Tees". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Gardian11". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Rix Panther". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Smeaton Array". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

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Shipwrecks	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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