List of ship launches in 2013

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The list of ship launches in 2013 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2013.

Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
5 January	APL Temasek	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [1]
12 January	NYK Hercules	OOCL M-class container ship	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Orient Overseas Container Line [2]
13 January	Margaret Norvell	Sentinel-class cutter	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	United States	For   United States Coast Guard
17 January	Vale Korea	Valemax	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo-dong, South Gyeongsang Province	South Korea	For Vale Shipping
25 January	AIDAstella	SPHINX	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Germany	AIDA Crociere
25 January	Reestborg		Ferus Smit	Leer	Germany	For Wagenborg Shipping  [ nl ]
25 January	Shanghai Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hapag Lloyd [3]
6 February	U-36	Type 212 submarine	HDW	Kiel	Germany	For   German Navy
8 February	MOL Quest	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines [4]
11 February	Ludwigshafen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hapag Lloyd [5]
24 February	Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
24 February	OOCL Chongqing	OOCL M-class container ship	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Orient Overseas Container Line [6]
26 February	Norwegian Breakaway	Breakaway-class cruise ship	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Germany	for NCL
1 March	Bergensfjord	Cruise ferry	Stocznia Gdansk	Gdańsk	Poland	For Fjord Line
3 March	Ore Rio de Janeiro	Valemax-class bulk carrier	Jiangsu Rongsheng			[7]
5 March	Volgaborg		Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Wagenborg Shipping  [ nl ]
8 March	Cap San Nicolas	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [8]
17 March	Damavand	Moudge-class frigate	Shahid Tamjidi Marine Industries	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran	Iran	For   Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
22 March	S. Dudka	Fishery protection vessel	ABCO Industries Lunenburg Shipyard	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	Canada	For   Canadian Coast Guard
23 March	APL Raffles	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [9]
26 March	Regal Princess	Royal-class cruise ship	Fincantieri	Monfalcone, Italy.	Italy	For Princess Cruises
26 March	Kiltan	Kamorta-class corvette	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers	Kolkata	India	For   Indian Navy
27 March	Majestic Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
27 March	Maury	Pathfinder-class survey ship	VT Halter Marine	Pascagoula, Mississippi	United States	For   United States Navy
30 March	NYK Hermes	OOCL M-class container ship	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Orient Overseas Container Line [10]
12 April	Antwerpen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hapag Lloyd [11]
12 April	Cap San Marco	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [12]
26 April	MOL Quality	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines [13]
3 May	FSRU Independence	LNG carrier	Hyundai Heavy Industries			For Leif Höegh & Co
3 May	Cap San Lorenzo	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [14]
4 May	Mary Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
4 May	OOCL Bangkok	OOCL M-class container ship	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Orient Overseas Container Line [15]
16 May	Cap San Augustin	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [16]
18 May	Marie Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
29 May	Viking ADCC	Cruiseferry	Astilleros de Sevilla	Seville	Spain	For Viking Line [17]
31 May	Oceanex Connaigra	ConRo-ship	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Germany	For Oceanex Inc. [18]
1 June	APL Vanda	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [19]
5 June	Millinocket	Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport	Austal USA	Blakeley Island Alabama	United States	For   United States Navy
15 June	NYK Hyperion	OOCL M-class container ship	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Orient Overseas Container Line [20]
21 June	Thalassa Hellas	Thalassa Hellas -class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Evergreen Marine [21]
29 June	Virginio Fasan	FREMM multipurpose frigate	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	Italy	For   Italian Navy
6 July	APL Agile	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [22]
13 July	Madison Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
15 July	Ubaldo Diciotti	Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel	Fincantieri	Castellammare di Stabia	Italy	For   Italy Coast Guard
2 August	Turva	Offshore patrol vessel	STX Finland	Rauma, Finland	Finland	For Finnish Border Guard
6 August	Izumo	Izumo-class helicopter destroyer	IHI Corporation	Yokohama	Japan	For   Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
10 August	Hamilton	Legend-class cutter	NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	United States	For   United States Coast Guard
12 August	Vikrant	Aircraft carrier	Cochin Shipyard	Kochi	India	For   Indian Navy
16 August	Leverkusen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hapag Lloyd [23]
17 August	APL Merlion	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [24]
23 August	Judith		GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Netherlands	[25]
29 August	North Dakota	Virginia-class submarine	General Dynamics Electric Boat		United States	For   United States Navy
30 August	Rolldock Star	S-class Heavy lift ship	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg, Germany	Germany	For Rolldock [26]
3 September	Ramform Atlas	Ramform Titan -class research vessel	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.	Nagasaki	Japan	[27]
6 September	Thalassa Patris	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Evergreen Marine [28]
6 September	Ludwigshafen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hapag Lloyd [29]
8 September	Viking Buri	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Germany	For Viking Cruises [30]
8 September	Hyundai Dream	Hyundai Dream-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Hyundai Merchant Marine [31]
15 September	John Glenn	Expeditionary Transfer Dock	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	United States	For Military Sealift Command
18 September	Provence	FREMM multipurpose frigate	DCNS		France	For   French Navy
19 September	Megantic		GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Netherlands	[32]
27 September	Cap San Antonio	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [33]
28 September	MOL Quasar	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines [34]
29 September	Nunavik	Bulk carrier	Japan Marine United	Tsu, Mie	Japan	For Fednav
5 October	Magleby Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
15 October	Vladivostok	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship	STX France	Saint Nazaire	France	For   Russian Navy
17 October	Manito		GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Netherlands	[35]
25 October	Thalassa Pistis	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Evergreen Marine [36]
28 October	Zumwalt	Zumwalt-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States	For   United States Navy
2 November	APL Ascend	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [37]
2 November	Norwegian Getaway	Breakaway-class cruise ship	Meyer Werft	Papenburg, Germany	Germany	for NCL
3 November	Samuel Beckett	Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel	Babcock Marine	North Devon	United Kingdom	For   Irish Naval Service
8 November	Mein Schiff 3	Cruise ship	STX Finland	Turku, Finland	Finland	For TUI Cruises
8 November	Cap San Raphael	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [38]
9 November	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding		United States	for   United States Navy
9 November	Maribo Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
15 November	Costa Diadema	Dream-class cruise ship	Fincantieri	Marghera, Italy	Italy	For Costa Cruises
15 November	Arklow Bank		Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Arklow Shipping
2 December	Shabab Oman II	Sail training ship	Damen Shipyards	Galaţi	Romania	For   Royal Navy of Oman
3 December	Prelude FLNG	Floating liquefied natural gas plant	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Shell
7 December	Marstal Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	Daewoo	Geoje	South Korea	For Maersk Line
10 December	Charles Sexton	Sentinel-class cutter	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	United States	For   United States Coast Guard
12 December	Baltika	Icebreaker	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Finland	For FGI Gosmorspassluzhba
13 December	Cap San Artemissio	Cap San-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	South Korea	For Hamburg Süd [39]
14 December	Jackson	Independence-class littoral combat ship	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	United States	For   United States Navy
14 December	APL Aspire	Temasek-class container ship	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	South Korea	For American President Lines [40]
18 December	Reggeborg		Ferus Smit	Leer	Germany	For Wagenborg Shipping  [ nl ]
18 December	Milwaukee	Freedom-class littoral combat ship	Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin	United States	For   United States Navy
24 December	Vale Tianjin	Valemax-class bulk carrier	Jiangsu Rongsheng			[41]
24 December	Thalassa Elpida	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	South Korea	For Evergreen Marine [42]
Unknown date	Chilembwe	Passenger ship	Mota Engil		Malawi	For Malawi Shipping Company
Unknown date	Dalby Aire	Crew transfer vessel	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. [43]
Unknown date	Gardian 14	Crew transfer vessel	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Gardline Environmental Ltd. [44]
Unknown date	Rix Tiger	Wind farm service vessel	Alnmaritec Ltd	Blyth	United Kingdom	For he Rix Tiger Workboat Ltd. - Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd. [45]
Unknown date	Solway Challenger	Crew transfer vessel	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For E.On Climate & Renewables UK Ltd. [46]
Unknown date	Spirit of Hotton	Crew transfer vessel	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For E.On Climate & Renewables UK Ltd. [47]
Unknown date	Titan Discovery	Workboat	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Titan Environmental Surveys Ltd. [48]

References

1. "DNV GL: APL Temasek" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
2. "ABS: OOCL France" . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
3. "DNV GL: Shanghai Express" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
4. "DNV GL: APL Lion City" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
5. "DNV GL: Essen Express" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
6. "ABS: OOCL Chongqing" . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
7. "DBV GL: Yuan Zhuo Hai" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
8. "DNV GL: Cap San Nicolas" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
9. "DNV GL: APL Raffles" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
10. "ABS: OOCL Egypt" . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
11. "DNV GL: Antwerpen Express" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
12. "DNV GL: Cap San Marco" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
13. "DNV GL: APL Changi" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
14. "DNV GL: Cap San Lorenzo" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
15. "ABS: OOCL Bangkok" . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
16. "DNV GL: Cap San Augustin" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
17. Före detta Viking Line-nybygge sjösatt. Sjöfarts Tidningen, 29 May 2013. Retrieved2013-05-29.
18. "DNV GL: Oceanex Connaigra" . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
19. "DNV GL: APL Vanda" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
20. "ABS: OOCL Malaysia" . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
21. "DNV GL: Thalassa Hellas" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
22. "DNV GL: APL Singapura" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
23. "DNV GL: Leverkusen Express" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
24. "DNV GL: APL Merlion" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
25. "Tewaterlating BN 146 Judith" . Retrieved 3 April 2016.
26. "DNV GL: Rolldock Star" . Retrieved 20 October 2016.
27. "DNV Vessel Register".
28. "DNV GL: Thalassa Patris" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
29. "DNV GL: Ludwigshafen Express" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
30. "DNV GL: Viking Buri" . Retrieved 16 September 2017.
31. "DNV GL: Hyundai Dream" . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
32. "Tewaterlating BN 147 Megantic" . Retrieved 3 April 2016.
33. "DNV GL: Cap San Antonio" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
34. "DNV GL: APL Fullerton" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
35. "Tewaterlating BN 148 Manito" . Retrieved 3 April 2016.
36. "DNV GL: Thalassa Pistis" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
37. "DNV GL: APL Esplanade" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
38. "DNV GL: Cap San Rahpael" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
39. "DNV GL: Cap SAn Artemissio" . Retrieved 12 August 2017.
40. "DNV GL: APL Sentosa" . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
41. "DNV GL: Pacific Merchants" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
42. "DNV GL: Thalassa Elpida" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
43. "Dalby Aire". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
44. "Gardian 14". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
45. "Rix Tiger". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
46. "Solway Challenger". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
47. "Spirit of Hotton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
48. "Titan Discovery". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.