List of ship launches in 1981

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The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
April 25	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Ticonderoga	Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser
May 16	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	Abraham Crijnssen	Kortenaer class frigate	6th in class
May 16	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	Jan van Brakel	Kortenaer class frigate	9th in class
22 May	Sweden	Götaverken	Gothenburg	GV 909	Cruiseferry	Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
June 2	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Ark Royal	Invincible class aircraft carrier	2nd in class
10 October	France	Dubigeon-Normandie	Nantes	Scandinavia	Cruiseferry	For Scandinavian World Cruises
December 1	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Illustrious	Invincible class aircraft carrier	3rd in class
5 December	Germany	AG Weser Seebeckswerft	Bremerhaven	Olau Britannia	Cruiseferry	For Olau Line

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Ship launches:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Ship commissionings:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Ship decommissionings:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Shipwrecks:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989