| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 5 January | Belgica | Research vessel | Boelwerf | Temse | Belgium | For Management Unit of North Sea Mathematical Models |
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| 9 January | Kandalaksha | SA-15 type cargo ship | Wärtsilä Perno Shipyard | Turku | Finland | |
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| 28 January | British Steel | Bulk carrier | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For British Steel Corporation. [1] |
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| 1 February | Hamashio | Yūshio-class submarine | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy |
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| 8 February | Charles Darwin | Research vessel | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Natural Environment Research Council. [2] |
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| 18 February | Hawes | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 18 February | Royal Princess | Cruise ship | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | For Princess Cruises |
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| 21 February | Altmark | Ohre-class barracks ship | VEB Peene-Werft | Wolgast | East Germany | For Volksmarine. |
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| 24 February | Mercandian Duke | Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXVII [3] |
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| 17 March | Primauguet | Georges Leygues-class frigate | | | France | For French Navy |
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| 17 March | Tireless | Trafalgar-class submarine | | | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 18 March | TSS Fairsky | | | | France | For Sitmar Cruises |
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| 23 March | Anadyry | SA-15 type cargo ship | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | |
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| 30 March | Parker | Espora-class corvette | Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado | Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province | Argentina | For Argentine Navy. |
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| 30 March | Nikel | SA-15 type cargo ship | Wärtsilä Perno shipyard | Turku | Finland | |
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| 14 April | Vincennes | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 30 April | Harz Wische | Ohre-class barracks ship | VEB Peene-Werft | Wolgast | East Germany | For Volksmarine. |
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| 12 May | Elrod | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 16 May | Nasr al Bahr | Landing Craft | Brooke Marine | Lowestoft | United Kingdom | For Royal Omani Navy. [4] |
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| 19 May | Alabama | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 22 June | Mercandian Gigant | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Per Henriksen [ da ] [5] |
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| 23 June | Ford | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 23 June | Valley Forge | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 29 June | Germantown | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 30 June | SKR-149 | Koni-class frigate | Werft 340 | Zelenodolsk | Soviet Union | For Soviet Navy. |
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| 10 July | Yamayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy. |
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| 4 August | Providence | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 24 August | Havelland | Ohre-class barracks ship | VEB Peene-Werft | Wolgast | East Germany | For Volksmarine. |
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| 31 August | Simpson | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 31 August | Margareta | General cargo ship | Detlef Hegemann Rolandwerft | Bremen | West Germany | For Thekla Schepers KG, Haren |
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| 22&September | Bottsand | Bottsand-class oil recovery ship | C. Lühring | Brake | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 23 September | English Star | Refrigerated cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Blue Star Line. [6] |
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| 23 September | Scottish Star | Refrigerated cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Blue Star Line. [7] |
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| date | Jokulfell | Refrigerated cargo ship | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Eimskipafelag Islands H/f. [8] |
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| 27 September | Svea | Cruiseferry | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | For Johnson Line (Silja Line traffic) |
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| 28 September | Mariella | Cruiseferry | Wärtsilä Perno shipyard | Turku | Finland | For SF Line |
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| 28 September | Mercandian Globe | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Per Henriksen [ da ] [9] |
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| 8 October | Mariátegui | Carvajal-class frigate | SIMA | Callao | Peru | For Peruvian Navy |
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| 13 October | Chicago | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 25 October | Matsuyuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy |
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| 27 October | London | Type 22 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 27 October | Theodore Roosevelt | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 28 October | Stena Polonica | Ferry | Stocznia im Lenina | Gdańsk | Poland | For Stena Line [10] |
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| 9 November | Hatakaze | Hatakaze-class destroyer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | | Japan | For Japanese Navy |
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| 11 November | Santa María | Santa María-class frigate | Bazan | Ferrol | Spain | For Spanish Navy |
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| 14 November | Gómez Roca | Espora-class corvette | Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado | Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province | Argentina | For Argentine Navy. |
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| 21 November | Peder Paars | Ferry | Nakskov Skibsværft | Nakskov | Denmark | For DSB Färjedivision |
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| 25 November | Robinson | Espora-class corvette | Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado | Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province | Argentina | For Argentine Navy. |
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| 8 December | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 8 December | Samuel B. Roberts | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 13 December | Shishumar | Type 209 submarine | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | West Germany | For Indian Navy |
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| Unknown date | Benalan | Tug | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [11] |
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| Unknown date | Island Rose | Passenger launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [12] |
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| Unknown date | Melody K | Riverboat | Arkwright | Corby | United Kingdom | For private owner. [13] |
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| Unknown date | Puffin | Workboat | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Commissioners of Irish Lights. [14] |
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| Unknown date | Uskmoor | Buoy tender | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Newport Harbour Commissioners. [15] |
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