List of ship launches in 1975

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The list of ship launches in 1975 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1975. 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
10 January	United Kingdom	Scott-Lithgow	Greenock	Nordic Commander	Tanker	For Anglo-Nordic Tankers. [1]
22 January	Soviet Union	Yantar	Kaliningrad	Druzhnyy	Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy.
25 January	West Germany	Blohm+Voss	Hamburg	Adrian Mærsk	Mærsk A-class container ship	For A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
28 January	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Madaraka	Madaraka-class missile boat	For Kenyan Navy. [2]
30 January	France		Nantes	Bore Star	Ferry	For Steamship Company Bore.
1 February	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Arco Tyne	Dredger	For Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd. [3]
14 February	West Germany		Kiel	Saldiray	Type 209 submarine	For Turkish Navy.
24 February	Japan			Kumano	Chikugo-class destroyer escort	For Japanese Navy.
7 March	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Portsmouth	Ardhana	Ardhana-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [4]
8 March	West Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Vassiliki Colocotronis	Europatanker Ultra Large Crude Carrier	For Pansegura Armadora S.A.
14 March	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Jamhuri	Madaraka-class missile boat	For Kenyan Navy. [5]
21 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Arthur W. Radford	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
6 April	Soviet Union	Shipyard No. 532	Kerch	Deyatelnyy	Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy.
14 April	Finland	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Azerbaihzan	Belorussiya-class cruise ship	Black Sea Shipping Company [6]
24 April	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Newcastle	Type 42 destroyer	For Royal Navy.
25 April	United Kingdom	Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Beverley	Bishop Burton	Fishing trawler	For Mike Burton Ltd. [7]
26 April	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Baton Rouge	Los Angeles-class submarine	For United States Navy.
9 May	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Ardent	Type 21 frigate	For Royal Navy.
10 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Risnes	Bulk carrier	For Jebsens (U.K.) Ltd. [8]
15 May	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Fraser Salvator	Offshore supply vessel	For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd. & others. [9]
27 May	United Kingdom	Scotstoun-Marine	Clydebank	Loch Maree	Refrigerated cargo vessel	For C. Connell & Co. Ltd. [10]
5 June	West Germany	Kröger	Rendsburg	Falke	Albatros-class fast attack craft	For German Navy.
13 June	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Portsmouth	Zurara	Ardhana-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [4]
13 June	West Germany	Kremer-Werft	Elmshorn	Leiv Viking	Offshore supply vessel	[11]
21 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Peterson	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
24 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Caron	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
30 June	Japan			Takashio	Uzushio-class submarine	For Japanese Navy.
1 July	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Worth	San Clemente-class oil tanker
1 July	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Sabalo	Type 209 submarine	For Venezuelan Navy.
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lampas	Supertanker	For Shell Tankers Ltd. [12]
19 July	Soviet Union	Werft 340	Selenodolsk	Delfin	Koni-class frigate	For Soviet Navy.
24 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Hudson Cavalier	Stat 32 tanker	For John Hudson Fuel & Shipping.
8 August	West Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	World Giant	Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier	For Chesham Shipping Company.
9 August	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Texas	Virginia-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
23 August	United Kingdom	Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Beverley	Seaforth Champion	Offshore supply vessel	For Lloyds & Scottish Development Ltd. [13]
24 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	David R. Ray	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
26 August	United Kingdom	Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Beverley	Stirling Ash	Offshore supply vessel	For Stirling Shipping Supply Ltd. [14]
27 August	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Ardennes	Landing craft	For British Army. [15]
30 August	Japan		Mitsui	Berge Emperor	Supertanker	For Bergesen d.y.
15 September	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Portsmouth	Murban	Ardhana-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [4]
16 September	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Portsmouth	Al Ghulian	Ardhana-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [4]
30 September	Soviet Union	Mykolaiv	Minsk	Kiev-class aircraft carrier	For Soviet Navy.
4 October	West Germany	Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Kronprins Harald	Ferry	For Jahre Line. [16]
8 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Essi Camilla	Bulk carrier	For Ruud Petersen A/S. [17]
11 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier	For United States Navy.
17 October	Finland	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Kazakhstan	Belorussiya-class cruise ship	For Black Sea Shipping Company. [18]
21 October	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Oldendorf	Spruance-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
1 November	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Rocknes	Bulk carrier	For Elco Leasing Ltd. [19]
4 November	West Germany	Flender Werft	Rendsburg	Tor Scandinavia	Cruiseferry	For Tor Line.
6 November	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Caribe	Type 209 submarine	For Venezuelan Navy.
6 November	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Lovat Salvator	Offshore supply vessel	For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd. [20]
14 November	Finland	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Don Carlos	Vehicle transporter	For Rederei AB Soya.
20 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Avenger	Type 21 frigate	For Royal Navy.
4 December	West Germany	Lürssen	Greif	Albatros-class		For German Navy.
5 December	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Liverpool Bridge	Bridge-class OBO carrier	For Bibby Line.
5 December	United Kingdom	Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Beverley	Navena	Fishing trawler	For J. Marr & Son Ltd. [21]
15 December	West Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Shat-Alarab	Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier	For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company
15 December	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Portsmouth	Radoom	Ardhana-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Bournemouth Belle	Passenger ship	For Croson Ltd. [22]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd	Bideford	Galatea	Fishing trawler	For Bogg (Holdings) Ltd. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd	Bideford	Vision	Fishing trawler	For Donald Patience and George Walker & Sons Ltd. [24]

References

1. Engineering Officer, Nordic Commander, May 76 - Nov 76
2. "Madaraka". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
3. "Arco Tyne". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
4. Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
5. "Jamhuri". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. "M / S AZERBAIHZAN". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
7. "Bishop Burton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
8. "Risnes". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
9. "Fraser Salvator". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
10. Engineering Officer, Loch Maree, Feb 77 - June 77 & Sept 79 - March 80
11. "Kremer-Werft: Das Aus nach 1164 Schiffen" (in German). 7 December 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
12. "Lampas". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
13. "Seaforth Champion". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
14. "Stirling Ash". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
15. "Ardennes". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
16. "M/S Kronprins Harald" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
17. "Essi Camilla". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
18. "M/S KAZAKHSTAN" (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
19. "Rocknes". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
20. "Lovat Salvator". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
21. "Navena". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
22. "Bournemouth Belle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
23. "Galatea". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
24. "Vision". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.