List of ship launches in 1998
The list of ship launches in 1998 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1998.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 20 February |
 Finland |
Finnyards |
Rauma |
Botnica |
Icebreaker |
|
| 12 March |
 Australia |
Australian Submarine Corporation |
Osborne, South Australia |
Dechaineux |
Collins-class submarine |
|
| 27 March |
 United Kingdom |
Appledore Shipbuilders |
Appledore, North Devon |
Clansman |
Ferry |
For Caledonian MacBrayne |
| 28 March |
 United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
O'Kane |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| 23 May |
Australia |
Tenix Defence |
Williamstown, Victoria |
Warramunga |
Anzac-class frigate |
|
| 24 April |
Australia |
Australian Defence Industries |
Newcastle, New South Wales |
Hawkesbury |
Huon-class minehunter |
|
| 27 May |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, England |
Kent |
Type 23 frigate |
|
| 23 June |
Australia |
NQEA Ltd |
Cairns, Queensland |
Melville |
Leeuwin-class survey vessel |
|
| 25 June |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Seay |
Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship |
|
| 10 August |
United Kingdom |
Vosper Thornycroft |
Woolston, Hampshire |
Grimsby |
Sandown-class minehunter |
|
| August |
 Spain |
Astilleros de Huelva SA |
Huelva |
Varbola |
Ro-Ro ferry |
for Estonian Shipping Company |
| 9 September |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd |
Barrow-in-Furness |
Vengeance |
Vanguard-class submarine |
|
| 9 September |
 Japan |
|
|
Inazuma |
Murasame-class destroyer |
|
| 24 September |
Japan |
|
|
Samidare |
Murasame-class destroyer |
|
| 14 October |
Finland |
Kværner Masa-Yards |
Helsinki |
Arcticaborg |
Platform supply vessel |
|
| 17 October |
Finland |
Kværner Masa-Yards |
Helsinki |
Antarcticaborg |
Platform supply vessel |
|
| 7 November |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Oscar Austin |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| 26 November |
Japan |
|
|
Uzushio |
Oyashio-class submarine |
|
| 15 December |
Japan |
NKK Corporation |
Tsu |
Moscow University |
Tanker |
For Novoship, Russia |
| 23 December |
 Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
SuperStar Virgo |
Cruise ship |
For Star Cruises |
| Unknown date |
 Taiwan |
China Shipbuilding Corporation |
Keelung |
Alva Maersk |
Container ship |
For A. P. Moller-Maersk Group |
See also