List of ship launches in 1974

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The list of ship launches in 1974 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1974. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
12 January	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Richard B. Russell	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
22 January	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	U-28	Type 206 submarine	For German Navy.
January	United Kingdom	Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd	Bideford	Grima	Ferry	For Shetland Islands Council. [1]
5 February	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow	Arrow	Type 21 frigate	For Royal Navy.
7 February	Denmark	Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri	Helsingør	Golden Odyssey	Cruise ship	For Royal Cruise Lines. [2]
9 February	West Germany	Rheinwerft Walsum	Duisburg-Walsum	Scharhörn	Multi-purpose vessel	For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
22 February	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Paul F. Foster	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
22 February	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	Cardiff	Type 42 destroyer	For Royal Navy.
22 February	Japan			Kuroshio	Uzushio-class submarine	For Japanese Navy.
1 March	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Pukaki	Lake-class patrol boat	For Royal New Zealand Navy. [3]
15 March	Denmark	Svendborg Ship Yard		Agpa	Agdlek-class cutter	For Royal Danish Navy. [4]
21 March	West Germany	Lürssen	Bremen	Falke	Albatros-class fast attack craft	For German Navy.
21 March	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Makurdi	Patrol boat	For Nigerian Navy. [5]
23 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	World Cavalier	Supertanker	For Worldwide Shipping Co. [6]
28 March	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Viking 5	Ferry	For Rederi Ab Sally
March	Spain	Bazán	Cartagena	Marsopa	Daphné-class submarine	For Spanish Navy. [7] [8]
4 April	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	U-30	Type 206 submarine	For German Navy.
5 April	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Arica	Type 209 submarine	For Peruvian Navy.
6 April	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Arco Thames	Dredger	For Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. [9]
6 April	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Los Angeles	Los Angeles-class submarine	For United States Navy.
10 April	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Pijao	Type 209 submarine	For Colombian Navy.
4 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Lundy Shore	Offshore supply vessel	For Offshore Marine Ltd. [10]
8 May	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Rotoiti	Lake-class patrol boat	For Royal New Zealand Navy. [11]
25 May	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Hadejia	Patrol boat	For Nigerian Navy. [12]
25 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Kinkaid	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
25 May	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	U-23	Type 206 submarine	For German Navy.
29 May	Japan			Teshio	Chikugo-class destroyer escort	For Japanese Navy.
21 June	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Coventry	Type 42 destroyer	For Royal Navy.
16 July	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Tayrona	Type 209 submarine	For Colombian Navy.
18 July	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Saipan	Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship	For United States Navy.
19 July	France	Dubegion-Normandie	Nantes	Svea Corona	Svea Corona-class ferry	For Rederi AB Svea
25 July	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Taupo	Lake-class patrol boat	For Royal New Zealand Navy. [13]
26 July	Denmark	Helsingør Værft A/S	Helsingør	Mette Mols	Ferry	For Mols Linien A/S. [14]
16 August	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Wimpey Seawolf	Offshore supply vessel	For [[George Wimpey|Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. [15]
17 August	France	DCNS		Indomptable	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy.
22 August	Japan			Yoshino	Chikugo-class destroyer escort	For Japanese Navy.
24 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Hewitt	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
3 September	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Hawea	Lake-class patrol boat	For Royal New Zealand Navy. [16]
15 September	France	Dubegion-Normandie	Nantes	Wellamo	Svea Corona-class Ferry	For Finland Steamship Company.
16 September	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering	Greenock	Orion	Oberon-class submarine	For Royal Australian Navy.
18 September	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow	Alacrity	Type 21 frigate	For Royal Navy.
20 September	Denmark	Burmeister & Wain	Copenhagen	Cunard Countess	Cruise ship	For Cunard Line.
28 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Sheppey	Tanker	For Shell-Mex & BP Ltd. [17]
6 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Canadian Bridge	Bulk carrier	For Bibby Shipping. [18]
12 October	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Fastnet Shore	Offshore supply vessel	For Offshore Marine Ltd. [19]
19 October	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Philadelphia	Los Angeles-class submarine	For United States Navy.
23 October	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Atilay	Atilay-class submarine	For Turkish Navy.
26 October	West Germany	Werft Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Nils Holgersson	Roll-on/roll-off ferry	For TT-Line.
9 November	Argentina	ANFE Rio Santiago	Ensenada	Santísima Trinidad	Type 42 destroyer	For Argentine Navy.
10 November	West Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Ioannis Colocotronis	Europatanker ultra large crude carrier	Viavela Armadora S.A
16 November	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Harty	Tanker	For Shell-Mex & BP Ltd. [20]
28 November	Soviet Union	Zhdanov	Leningrad	Vasily Chapayev	Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy.
30 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness	Superb	Swiftsure-class submarine	For Royal Navy.
13 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lotorium	Supertanker	For Shell Tankers Ltd.. [21]
14 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Virginia	Virginia-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
18 December	Greece	Hellenic General Enterprises	Perama	Lemnos		For Lemnos Maritime Co. GmbH. [22]
19 December	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Elliot	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
19 December	Denmark	Helsingør Værft A/S	Helsingør	Maren Mols	Ferry	For Mols Linien A/S. [23]
31 December	United Kingdom	Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Beverley	Silloth Stag	Coaster	For Stag Line Ltd. [24]
December	Denmark	Burmeister & Wain	Copenhagen	Cunard Conquest	Cruise ship	For Cunard Line.
December	Spain	Bazán	Cartagena	Narval	Daphné-class submarine	For Spanish Navy. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Dorset Belle	Passenger ship	For Crosons Ltd. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd	Bideford	Langdale	Fishing trawler	For Bridlington Trawlers Ltd. [26]
Unknown date	United States	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Chester, Pennsylvania	Puerto Rico	Ro-ro cargo ship	For Navieras de Puerto Rico Steamship Company
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd	Bideford	Solent Scene	Passenger ship	For private owner. [27]
Unknown date	West Germany	Kröger	Rendsburg	Spessart	Rhön-class tanker	For German Navy.

References

1. "Grima". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
2. "M/S Golden Odyssey" (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
3. "Pukaki". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
4. Balsved, Johnny E. "AGPA (1974-2009)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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6. "World Cavalier". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
7. "Les sous-marins à hautes performances de 800 tonnes du type Daphné" (in French). 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
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9. "Arco Thame". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
10. "Lundy Shore". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
11. "Rotoiti". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
12. "Hadejia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
13. "Taupo". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
14. "M/S Mette Mols" . Retrieved 2016-05-28.
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20. "Harty". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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22. "M/S Lemons" (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
23. "M/S MarenMols" (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 May 2016.
24. "Silloth Stag". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
25. "Dorset Belle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
26. "Langdale". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
27. "Solent Scene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.