List of ship commissionings in 1996

The list of ship commissionings in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1996.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
May	People's Liberation Army Navy	Qingdao		Type 052 destroyer	113	date of initial operational capability
20 September	Royal Navy	Somerset		Type 23 frigate	F82
2 November	Royal Navy	Vigilant		Vanguard-class submarine	S30

See also

Ship events in 1996
Ship launches:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Ship commissionings:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Ship decommissionings:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Shipwrecks:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001