The list of ship launches in 1989 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1989. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 21 January Type 23 frigate Swan Hunter Wallsend 31 January 2 February Kalkgrund Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Kröger Shipyard Schacht-Audorf For German Navy 24 February Lady Diana yacht Flender Werke Lübeck For NAVTOL 7 March Ferry Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow For Caledonian MacBrayne 11 March Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 17 March Cruise ship Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven For Seabourn Cruise Line 19 March Victory ferry Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe For Higashi Nippon Ferry Co. 7 April Lady Sarah yacht Flender Werke Lübeck 8 April Type 23 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 15 April Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku For SF Line for Viking Line traffic 26 April Mittelgrund Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Elsflether Shipyard Elsflether For German Navy 5 May Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. 5 May AMECON Williamstown, Victoria 6 May Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 26 June Blohm + Voss Hamburg 2 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 3 July Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 8 July Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick 13 July Bant Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Kröger Shipyard Schacht-Audorf For German Navy 19 July Bazan Ferrol 22 July Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 26 July 25 August Nordic Empress Cruise ship Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire For Royal Caribbean International 27 August Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic 1 September Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 11 September 12 September Four-masted Barque Sumitomo Heavy Industries 16 September Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 23 September Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana September Shankul Type 209 submarine Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai For Indian NavySeptemberZ-drive tugNorth American ShipbuildingFor Alpha Marine Services 2 October Breitgrund Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Elsfleth Shipyard Elsfleth For German Navy 14 October Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 27 October Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For United Marine Dredgers Ltd. 31 October RMS St Helena Royal Mail Ship Hall, Russell & Company Aberdeen 6 November Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard Turku For Effoa for Silja Line traffic 11 November Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 19 November Horizon Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 5 December 19 December Unknown date For Republic of Korea Navy Unknown date Corsair Hovercraft Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Blohm + Voss (prototype) Unknown date Ferry Arklow Marine Services Inc. Arklow For Doolin2Aran Ferries. Unknown date Maid of the Islands Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd. Unknown date Melwey Pilot boat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Weymouth Harbour Board. Unknown date Brigantine Brooke Yachts International. Lowestoft For Royal Malaysian Navy. Unknown date Vigilance Survey ship David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Environment Agency.
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