| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 5 January | Society Adventurer | cruise ship | Rauma-Repola | Rauma | Finland | For Discoverer Reederei [1] |
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| 17 January | Hayashio | Harushio-class submarine | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Kobe | Japan | |
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| 23 January | Frans Suell | Cruiseferry | Brodosplit | Split | Yugoslavia | For Sea-Link Shipping for Euroway traffic |
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| 2 February | Big Horn | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 14 February | Littlehales | Survey vessel | Halter Marine, Inc. | Moss Point, Mississippi | United States | Now Thomas Jefferson |
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| 16 February | Triumph | Trafalgar-class submarine | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom | |
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| 23 February | Essex | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 2 March | Iron Duke | Type 23 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
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| 16 March | Prairial | Floréal-class frigate | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | France | |
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| 23 March | Boise | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| 5 April | Sarfaq Ittuk | Cruise ferry | Ørskov Staalskibsværft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Arctic Umiaq Line [2] |
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| 6 April | Queen of Caopilano | Intermediate-class ferry | Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. | North Vancouver | Canada | [3] |
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| 12 April | Seniority | Coaster | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Scottish Navigation Co. Ltd. [4] |
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| 16 April | Hilligenlei | ferry | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | Germany | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH [5] |
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| 16 May | Ville de Québec | Halifax-class frigate | MIL-Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon, Quebec | Canada | |
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| 18 May | Annapolis | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| May | Seabourn Legend | Cruise ship | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Germany | For Seabourn Cruise Line |
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| 8 June | Barry | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 25 June | Hydra | Hydra-class frigate | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Germany | |
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| 13 July | Lake Erie | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | |
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| 25 July | Sally Albatross | Cruise ship | Finnyards | Rauma | Finland | Constructed utilising parts from the first Sally Albatross that burnt in 1990 |
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| August | Grosa | missile corvettes | Sredne-Newski | Leningrad | Soviet Union | |
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| 1 August | Kosei Maru | Roll-on/roll-off ferry | Kanda Zosencho K.K. | Kawajiri, Japan | Japan | |
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| 10 August | Maryland | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| 11 August | Nivôse | Floréal-class frigate | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | France | |
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| 20 August | ECO | luxury yacht | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Germany | |
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| 22 August | Saqqit Ittuk | cruise ship | Ørskov Staalskibsværft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Umiaq Line [6] |
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| 23 August | Montpelier | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| August | Harbin | Type 052 destroyer | Hudong Shipyard | Shanghai | China | |
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| 7 September | Vicksburg | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 23 September | Tarquin Glen | LNG tanker | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Liquid Gas Shipping Ltd. [7] |
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| 26 September | Kongō | Kongō-class destroyer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | Japan | |
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| 28 September | Rainier | Supply-class fast combat support ship | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | United States | |
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| 5 October | Guadalupe | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 26 October | John Paul Jones | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | |
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| 27 October | Cheng Kung | Cheng Kung-class frigate | China Shipbuilding | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | |
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| 9 November | Sarpik Ittuk | cruise ship | Ørskov Staalskibsværft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Umiaq Line [8] |
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| 15 November | Royal Majesty | Cruise ship | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Turku | Finland | For Majesty Cruise Line |
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| 22 November | Corte-Real | Vasco da Gama-class frigate | HDW | Kiel | Germany | |
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| 23 November | Monmouth | Type 23 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
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| 6 December | Tone | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Tokyo | Japan | |
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| Unknown date | Avon Monarch | Passenger launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [9] |
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| Unknown date | Island Discovery | Ferry | Arklow Marine Services Inc. | Arklow | Ireland | For Paul Concannon & Brian Day. [10] |
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| Unknown date | Knock Allen | Suezmax tanker | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Fred Olsen & Co. [11] |
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| Unknown date | Sea Vigil | Survey ship | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Environment Agency. [12] |
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| Unknown date | Vectis | Buoy tender | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Trinity House. [13] |
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| Unknown date | Yvonne T | Launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Wightlink Ltd. [14] |
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