List of ship launches in 2012

The list of ship launches in 2012 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2012.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
8 January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Disney Fantasy	Cruise ship	For Disney Cruise Line
12 January	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Seatruck Performance	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
14 Januar	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	USS Coronado	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For US Navy
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Suzuran	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Suisen	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
15 February	Republic of Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo-dong, South Gyeongsang Province	Vale Carajas	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
1 March	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	Meri	Cargo ship	For Gaiamare
2 March	Netherlands	Bodewes shipyard	Hoogezand	UAL Bodewes		[1]
13 March	Germany	Fassmer	Berne	Harro Koebke	36,5-meter-class Lifeboat	For DGzRS
14 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	CSCL Neptune	CSCL Star-class container ship	For China Shipping Container Lines[2]
17 March	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Vikingbank		For Wagenborg[3]
23 March	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Seatruck Precision	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
31 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	Carlo Margottini	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For Italian Navy
3 April	Finland	STX Finland	Rauma	Mirabilis	Research vessel	For Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
7 April	Republic of Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo-dong, South Gyeongsang Province	Vale Minas Gerais	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
11 April	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Fuldaborg		For Wagenborg[4]
15 April	People's Republic of China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian, Liaoning	Vale Espirito Santo	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
29 April	People's Republic of China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		Vale Shandong	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
3 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Georg Burmester	Sunrise-class	[5]
16 June	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette	NOAAS Reuben Lasker		For NOAA
30 June	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Vitus Bering	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
1 July	People's Republic of China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian, Liaoning	Vale Indonesia	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
6 July	France		Rochefort, Charente-Maritime	Hermione	Concorde class frigate	Reproduction of the 1779 French frigate Hermione
13 July	Republic of Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae-gu, Changwon	Vale Fujiyama	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
26 July	People's Republic of China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		Vale Jiangsu	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
3 August	Finland	Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy	Uusikaupunki	Kindral Kurvits	Patrol boat	For Estonian Border Guard[6]
10 August	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	Viking Grace	Cruiseferry	For Viking Line
12 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Celebrity Reflection	Cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
31 August	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Piz Bever	Sunrise-class	[7]
27 September	People's Republic of China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian, Liaoning	Vale Tubarao	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
13 October	United States	Marinette Marine Corporation	Marinette, Wisconsin	Sikuliaq	Research vessel	For National Science Foundation
18 October	France	DCNS	Lorient	Normandie	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For French Navy
3 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding		USS Minnesota	Virginia-class submarine	For US Navy
23 November	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Aleksey Chirikov	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
17 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	Hallaig	Ferry	For Caledonian Macbrayne[8]

See also

Ship events in 2012
Ship launches:	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Ship commissionings:	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Ship decommissionings:	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Shipwrecks:	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

References

1. "Stapellauf UAL BODEWES am 2.3.2012 bei Bodewes Werft" (in German). 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
2. "GNV GL: CSCL Neptune". Retrieved 2016-09-01.
3. "Stapellauf VIKINGBANK am 17.3.2012 bei Ferus Smit" (in German). 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
4. "Stapellauf FULDABORG am 11.4.2012 bei Ferus Smit in Leer" (in German). 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
5. "Eerste SUNRISE schip te water!". Retrieved 2016-04-03.
6. "NB210200 Delivered". Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
7. "Tewaterlating 3e 'Sunrise' schip!". Retrieved 2016-04-03.
8. "'Hybrid' CalMac ferry launched from Port Glasgow". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2012.