List of ship launches in 2015

The list of ship launches in 2015 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2015.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	Germany	Neptun Werft	Warnemünde	Viking Astrild	River cruise ship	For Viking River Cruises [1]
10 January	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering		MSC Oliver	Olympic-class container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company
16 January	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Marchen Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
16 January	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Mette Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
27 January	People's Republic of China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Atlantic Star	ACL G4 ConRO ship	For Atlantic Container Line
31 January	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Mimir	Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [2]
2 February	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Ami	Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends
14 February	Netherlands	Shipyard De Hoop	Foxhol	Esnaad 221		For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company [3]
14 February	Netherlands	GS Yard	Groningen-Waterhuizen	Lady Adele	Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends [4] [5]
20 February	India	Larsen & Toubro	Hazira	Rolldock Sky	S-class Heavy lift ship	For Rolldock [6]
21 February	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg, Germany	Anthem of the Seas	Quantum-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
21 February	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Nordana Sky	Ferus Smit Ecobox	For Symphony Shipping BV
21 February	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Vili	Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [7]
25 February	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Gabrielle Giffords	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For   United States Navy
26 February	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Barzan	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [8]
27 February	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Linah	UASC A15-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [9]
5 March	Germany	Tamsen Maritim	Rostock	Henrich Wuppesahl	9,5/10,5-meter-class Lifeboat (rescue)	For DGzRS [10]
6 March	Italy	Fincantieri		Koningsdam	Pinnacle-class cruise ship	For Holland America Line
19 March		Saiki Heavy Industries		Maestro Diamond	bulk carrier	For Maestro Shipping
20 March	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Breeze
25 March	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki, Finland	Murmansk	Icebreaker	For Rosmorport
27 March	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Marit Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
28 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	John Finn	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer	For   United States Navy
28 March	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Vilhjalm	Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [11]
6 April	India	Mazagon Dock Ltd.	Mumbai	INS Kalvari	Scorpène-class submarine	For   Indian Navy
9 April	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen	Nordrhein-Westfalen	F125-class frigate	For   German Navy
11 April	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Mathilde Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
11 April	South Korea	Daewoo		MSC Zoe	Olympic-class container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company [12]
14 April	Germany	Fassmer	Bern	Ernst Meier-Hedde	28-meter-class lifeboat	For DGzRS
17 April	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes	Hoogezand	Triton		for Rederij Tasman
18 April	Italy	Rossinavi	Viareggio	Taransay	Luxury yacht
25 April	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen	Project Jupiter	Yacht	[13]
25 April	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Kadlin	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [14]
30 April	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen	Project Orchid	Yacht	[15]
30 April	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft	Flensburg	hull number 6501	Yacht casco	completed at Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder [16] [17] [18]
2 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Groningen-Waterhuizen	Lady Ami	Sea River Liner	For Wijnne Barends [19] [20]
19 May	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Brunswick	Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel	For   United States Navy
22 May	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Rolf	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [21]
23 May	South Korea	Daewoo		MSC Maya	Olympic-class container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company
23 May	Australia			Hobart	Hobart-class destroyer	For   Royal Australian Navy
31 May	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Al Muraykh	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [22]
2 June	Poland	Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej	Gdynia	Ślązak	Gawron-class corvette	For   Polish Navy
6 June	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Tialfi	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [23]
15 June	People's Republic of China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Atlantic Sail	ACL G4 ConRO ship	For Atlantic Container Line
18 June	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.	Nagasaki	Ramform Tethys	Ramform Titan -class research vessel	[24]
19 June	France	STX France	Saint Nazaire, France	Harmony of the Seas	Oasis-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
25 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone, Italy	Carnival Vista	Vista-class cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Lines [25]
25 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona, Italy	Viking Sea	Venice-class cruise ship [26]	For Viking Ocean Cruises [27]
3 July	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Nordana Star	Ferus Smit Ecobox	For Symphony Shipping BV
4 July	Italy	Fincantieri	Muggiano	Romeo Romei	Type 212 submarine	For   Italian Navy
4 July	Netherlands	Shipyard De Hoop	Foxhol	Esnaad 222		For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company [28]
16 July	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Al Nasriyah	UASC A15-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [29]
18 July	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin	Little Rock	Freedom-class littoral combat ship	For   United States Navy
July	Singapore	Singapore Technologies Marine	Singapore	Independence	Littoral Mission Vessel	For Republic of Singapore Navy [30]
15 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Escape	Breakaway-Plus-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line
15 August	South Korea	Daewoo		MSC Sveva	Olympic-class container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company
21 August	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering		MSC Clara	Olympic-class container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company
22 August	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Ariane	Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends [31]
28 August	Spain	Navantia	Ferrol, Galicia	Orgullo Petrolero		For Pemex [32]
28 August	Netherlands	Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw BV	Hoogezand	Sundowner		[33]
28 August	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Egil	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises [34]
2 September	France	DCNS		Auvergne	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For   French Navy
5 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Al Nefud	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [35]
5 September	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Al Zubara	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [36]
8 August	United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	Groton	Illinois	Virginia-class submarine	For   United States Navy
9 September	United States	General Dynamics NASSCO		Lone Star State	ECO-class tanker	For American Petroleum Tankers [37]
10 September	People's Republic of China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Atlantic Sea	ACL G4 ConRO ship	For Atlantic Container Line
12 September	United States	Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Munro	Legend-class cutter	For   United States Coast Guard
18 September	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes	Hoogezand	Arklow Vale	5100 DWAT Bodewes Traders	For Arklow Shipping [38]
29 September	Spain	Barreras de Vigo	Vigo	Reforma Pemex		For Pemex [32]
30 September	Germany	FSG	Flensburg	Helix 1	Well Intervention vessel	For Siem Offshore [39]
1 October	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Archelle		[40]
14 October	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Ariette	Sea River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends [41]
16 October	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Al Dahna	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [42]
30 October	Italy	Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Seven Seas Explorer	Cruise ship	for Regent Seven Seas Cruises
31 October	Netherlands	DeHoop	Foxhol	Esnaad 224		For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
31 October	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Greenland	Cement carrier	For JT cement
31 October	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Al Dhail	UASC A15-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [43]
19 November	Italy	Fincantieri	La Spezia	Itarus	Semi-submersible platform	For RosRAO [44]
20 November	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Omaha	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For   United States Navy
25 November	Netherlands	Shipyard De Hoop	Lobith	Esnaad 223		For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company [45]
27 November	People's Republic of China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Atlantic Sky	ACL G4 ConRO ship	For Atlantic Container Line
27 November	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Al Dahna	UASC A19-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [46]
1 December	People's Republic of China	COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co.	Dalian	Bigroll Bering		For RollDock Shipping B.V. [47]
10 December	Germany	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems	Kiel	S 41	Type 209 submarine	For   Egyptian Navy
11 December	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Nordana Sea	Ferus Smit Ecobox	For Symphony Shipping BV
12 December	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho	Al Mashrab	UASC A15-class container ship	For United Arab Shipping Company [48]
12 December	United States	General Dynamics NASSCO		Independence	ECO-class tanker	For SEA-Vista [49]
16 December	Poland	Crist yard	Gdynia	Windea La Cour [50]	Service operations vessel	For Bernhard Schulte Offshore [51]
17 December	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes	Hoogezand	Arklow View	5100 DWAT Bodewes Traders	For Arklow Shipping [52]
18 December	France	Socarenam	Saint Malo	La Confiance	Patrol Boat	For French Navy [53]
19 December	Italy	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	Alpino	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For   Italian Navy
31 December	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Koje	Triton	Triton-class container ship	For Costamare Shipping Company [54]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Dalby Don	Crew transfer vessel	For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. [55]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aluminium Marine Consultants Ltd.	Cowes	Tempest	Crew transfer vessel	For private owner. [56]
Unknown date	South Korea	Daewoo		Yu Gwan-sun	Type 214 submarine	For   Republic of Korea Navy

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