List of ship launches in 2003

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The list of ship launches in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2003.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Berlin Express	Hamburg-Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd [1]
8 January	Romania	Daewoo Mangalia	Mangalia	Coneste	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Bernd Bartels [2]
18 January	Italy	Cantiere Navale Visentini	Donada	Eurostar Valencia	Ro-pax ferry	For Grimaldi Group
19 January	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Axel Mærsk	Mærsk A-class container ship	For Mærsk Line [3]
4 February	Portugal	Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	Rio Alexander		IMO 9267534
7 February	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Beachy Head	Point-class sealift ship	For British Armed Forces
28 February	Finland	Kvaerner Masa-Yards	Turku	Mariner of the Seas	Voyager-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
3 March	China	Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry	Xiamen	Rickmers New Orleans	type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group [4]
8 March	South Korea	Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Long Beach	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line [5]
21 March	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	St. Nazaire	Queen Mary 2	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
21 March	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Kedah	Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
4 April	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Anna Mærsk	Mærsk A-class container ship	For Mærsk Line [6]
12 April	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Viviana	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Freesia International Corporation [7]
13 April	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Maersk Kalamata	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping [8]
18 April	India	Mazagon Dock Limited	Mumbai	Shivalik	Shivalik-class frigate
19 April	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	Evertsen	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
29 April	People's Republic of China	Jiangnan Shipyard	Shanghai	Lanzhou	Type 052C air defense destroyer
3 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders	Appledore, North Devon	Coruisk	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 May	Australia	Tenix Defence Systems	Williamstown, Victoria	Toowoomba	Anzac-class frigate
16 May	Spain	Navatia	Ferrol	Blas de Lezo	Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate	For Armada Española
23 May	Denmark	Mærsk Line	Kerteminde, Denmark	Olga Mærsk	Olga Mærsk-Class container ship	For Mærsk Line [9]
6 June	Sweden	Terra Nova  [ sv ]	Gothenburg	Götheborg	East Indiaman Replica	For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB
14 June	Great Britain	VT Group	Southampton	HMS Mersey	River-class patrol vessel	For Royal Navy
16 June	China	Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry	Xiamen	Rickmers Jakarta	type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group [10]
20 June	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Serenade of the Seas	Radiance-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International [11]
25 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	James E. Williams	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
3 July	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Arnold Mærsk	Mærsk A-class container ship	For Mærsk Line [12]
12 July	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	San Antonio	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
18 July	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Largs Bay	Bay-class landing ship dock
19 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Momsen	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 July	Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Hessen	Sachsen-class frigate
2 August	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Spioenkop	Valour-class frigate	For South African Navy
16 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Virginia	Virginia-class submarine	For US Navy
16 August	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Adriana Star	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[13]
29 August	Japan			Sazanami	Takanami-class destroyer
31 August	Portugal	Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	Rio Alexander		IMO 9267546
22 September	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Stina	Sietas type 168 container ship	For Jan Breuer [14]
1 October	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Annette	Sietas type 161	For SAL Heavy Lift [15]
1 October	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Maria	Sietas type 161	For SAL Heavy Lift [16]
1 October	Japan			Takashio	Oyashio-class submarine
2 October	Germany	HDW	Kiel	Pahang	Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
2 October	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Marina	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	[17]
8 October	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Arthur Mærsk	Mærsk A-class container ship	For Mærsk Line [18]
16 October	Finland	Aker Finnyards	Rauma, Finland	Victoria I	Cruiseferry	For Tallink
23 October	France	Direction des Constructions Navales	Cherbourg	O’Higgins	Scorpène-class submarine	For Armada de Chile
30 October	People's Republic of China	Jiangnan Shipyard	Shanghai	Haikou	Type 052C air defense destroyer
6 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Muggiano	Salvatore Todaro	Type 212 submarine	For Italian Navy
November	Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	U 32	Type 212 submarine	For German Navy
27 December	South Korea	Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Qingdao	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line [19]
Date unknown	People's Republic of China	Shanhaiguan Shipyard	Qinhuangdao	Mayflower Resolution	Turbine Installation Vessel	For Mayflower Energy Ltd
Date unknown	Japan	Sumitomo Heavy Industries	Yokosuka, Japan	Mastera	Crude oil tanker

References

1. "DNV GL: Berlin Express" . Retrieved 2017-09-10.
2. "DNV GL: Conteste" . Retrieved 2017-10-02.
3. "ABS: Axel Mærsk" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.
4. "DNV GL: Rickmers New Orleans" . Retrieved 2017-08-19.
5. "ABS: Seamax Bridgeport" . Retrieved 2017-09-30.
6. "ABS: Anna Mærsk" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.
7. "DNV GL: MSC Methoni" . Retrieved 2017-08-26.
8. "DNV GL: MSC Kalamata" . Retrieved 2017-08-26.
9. "Vessel overview". www.maerskline.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
10. "DNV GL: Rickmers Jakarta" . Retrieved 2017-08-19.
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
12. "ABS: Arnold Mærsk" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.
13. "DNV GL: HSL Sheffield" . Retrieved 2017-06-08.
14. "DNV GL: Katherine Borchard" . Retrieved 2017-10-02.
15. "DNV GL: Annette" . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
16. "DNV GL: Maria" . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
17. "DNV GL: MSC Marina" . Retrieved 2017-08-26.
18. "ABS: Arthur Mærsk" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.
19. "ABS: OOCL Qingdao" . Retrieved 2017-09-30.

See also

Ship events in 2003
Ship launches:	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Ship commissionings:	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Ship decommissionings:	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Shipwrecks:	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008