The list of ship launches in 2002 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2002.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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25 January | ![]() |
Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Turku | Navigator of the Seas | Voyager-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
28 February | ![]() |
Izar | Ferrol | Almirante Juan de Borbón | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | |
20 March | ![]() |
HDW | Kiel | U 31 | Type 212 submarine | For German Navy |
13 April | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | De Ruyter | De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | ||
26 April | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Soderman | Watson-class vehicle cargo ship | |
2 May | VT Group: Appledore Shipbuilders | Appledore, Devon, England | Enterprise | Echo-class survey vessel | ||
25 May | Tenix Defence Systems | Williamstown, Victoria | Ballarat | Anzac-class frigate | ||
25 May | ![]() |
Jiangnan Shipyard | Shanghai | Guangzhou | Type 052B destroyer | |
25 May | ![]() |
Jiangnan Shipyard | Shanghai | Wuhan | Type 052B destroyer | |
31 May | ![]() |
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Brilliance of the Seas | Radiance-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[1] |
6 June | ![]() |
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg, Germany | Amatola | Valour-class frigate | For South African Navy |
26 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Pinckney | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
8 August | ![]() |
Makinami | Takanami-class destroyer | |||
16 August | ![]() |
HDW | Kiel | Hamburg | Sachsen-class frigate | |
7 September | ![]() |
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Stena Britannica II | Seamaster-RoPax-ferry | For Stena Line[2] |
16 September | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Pride of America | cruise ship | For American Classic Cruises | |
17 October | ![]() |
China Shipbuilding | Kaohsiung | Tian Dan | Cheng Kung-class frigate | |
23 October | ![]() |
Kuroshio | Oyashio-class submarine | |||
27 October | ![]() |
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Norwegian Dawn | Cruise ship | For Norwegian Cruise Line[3] |
31 October | ![]() |
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Stena Adventurer | Seamaster-RoPax-ferry | For Stena Line[4] |
2 November | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Chafee | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
5 December | ![]() |
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel, Germany | Isandlwana | Valour-class frigate | For South African Navy |
15 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chung-Hoon | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Yokosuka, Japan | Tempera | Crude oil tanker | For Neste Oil; first double acting tanker |
References[]
- ↑ Press Ticker
- ↑ "M/S Stena Britannica II". http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_britannica_2003.htm. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ Press Ticker
- ↑ "M/S Stena Adventurer.". http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_adventurer_2003.htm. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
See also[]
Ship events in 2002 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Ship commissionings: | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Shipwrecks: | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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