| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 12 January | Dolphin Caravelle | cruise ship | Rauma Yards | Rauma | Finland | For Delfin Risteilyt Oy [1] |
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| 26 January | Sendai | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | | | Japan | |
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| 13 February | Renaissance Five | | Nuovi Cantieri Apuania | Marina di Carrara | Italy | [2] |
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| 24 February | Asheville | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| 2 March | Wega | de:Vermessungs-, Wracksuch- und Forschungsschiffe des BSH | Kröger-Werft | Schacht-Audorf | West Germany | For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure |
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| 16 March | Triton | Thetis-class patrol vessel | Svendborg Shipyard | Svendborg | Denmark | |
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| 20 March | Natsushio | Harushio-class submarine | | | Japan | |
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| 29 March | Regal Princess | Cruise ship | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Italy | For Princess Cruises |
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| 9 April | City of Westminster | Dredger | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For United Marine Dredgers Ltd. [3] |
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| 12 April | Lütje Hörn | Nordstand-class tug | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 21 April | John Ericsson | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company | Chester, Pennsylvania | United States | |
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| 28 April | Hoverspeed France | WPC74 class fast ferry | Incat | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | For Hoverspeed |
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| April | Chang Zheng 5 | Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine | Huludao Shipyard | Huludao, Liaoning | China | |
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| 2 May | Álvares Cabral | Vasco da Gama-class frigate | HDW | Kiel | West Germany | |
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| 24 May | Lancaster | Type 23 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
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| 25 May | Golden Odyssey | luxury yacht | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | West Germany | For Chalid ibn Sultan |
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| 31 May | Lady Moura | luxury yacht | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | West Germany | |
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| May | Bell Pioneer | open-top container ship | Teraoka | Nandan | Japan | For Bell Lines IMO 8907668 |
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| 1 June | Hué City | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 12 June | Fort Victoria | Fleet replenishment ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [4] |
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| 17 June | Frontier Spirit | cruise ship | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | Japan | For Frontier Cruises [5] |
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| 23 June | Alexandria | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| June | Shalki | Type 209 submarine | Mazagon Dock Limited | Mumbai | India | For Indian Navy |
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| 7 July | Aethalia | Ferry | Fincantieri-Cantieri Nav. Italiani S.p.A. | Palermo | Italy | For Toremar [6] |
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| 21 July | George Washington | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| 11 August | Kentucky | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| 17 August | Jefferson City | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| 23 August | Scharhörn | Nordstand-class tug | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 4 September | Narwal | submarine | Abeking & Rasmussen | Lemwerder | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 8 September | Shiloh | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | |
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| 22 September | Kanawha | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company | Chester, Pennsylvania | United States | |
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| 27 September | Knechtsand | Nordstand-class tug | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 6 October | Floréal | Floréal-class frigate | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | France | |
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| 6 October | Supply | Supply-class fast combat support ship | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | United States | |
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| 16 October | Regent Sky | ferry | Stocznia im Lenina | Gdańsk | Poland | For Regency Cruises |
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| 2 November | Anzio | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 5 November | Britannia Beaver | Dredger | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For NatWest Leasing (G.B.) Ltd. [7] |
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| 15 November | Silja Symphony | cruiseferry | Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard | Turku | Finland | For Silja Line |
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| 18 December | Toronto | Halifax-class frigate | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Canada | |
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| 21 December | Vædderen | Thetis-class patrol vessel | Svendborg Shipyard | Svendborg | Denmark | |
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| Unknown date | Goldfinder | Fishing trawler | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Graham Perkes. [8] |
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| Unknown date | Maid of the Lakelands | Ferry | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd. [9] |
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| Unknown date | Sun Bright | General cargo ship | | | | |
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| Unknown date | Saint Edmund KL | Buoy tender | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For King's Lynn Conservancy Board. [10] |
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