The list of ship launches in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1985. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Mercandian Gigant Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 12 January Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 21 January 1 February Pellworm ferry Husumer Schiffswerft Husum For Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH 6 February 8 February Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 2 March Börde Ohre-class barracks ship VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast For Volksmarine 4 March Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Star Line. 11 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 15 March Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Effoa for Silja Line traffic 19 March Uckermarck Ohre-class Barracks ship VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast For Volksmarine 26 April SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 26 April Mercandian Continent Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 27 April SKR-201 Werft 340 Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy 5 May Nuclear fuel carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. 5 June Mikhail Sholokhov Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin For Far Eastern Shipping 11 June Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Indian Navy 1 July Refrigerate cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blue Star Line. 3 July 4 July Ferry Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd Selby For Caledonian MacBrayne 12 July Icebreaker Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki 20 July Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 9 August Mercandian Arrow Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 22 August Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 31 August Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic 12 September SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 14 September Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 28 September Homeric Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Home Lines 5 October Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 14 October Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 16 October 26 October Jubilee Kockums Malmö For Carnival Cruise Lines 29 October Cruiseferry Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki For Birka Line 2 November Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 7 November Blohm + Voss Hamburg 14 November Survey ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy. 30 November Cruiseferry Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven For TT-Line 14 December Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 14 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 17 December Ore carrier Industrias Verolme Ishibras 20 December Finnpusku pusher vessel Hollming Rauma Unknown date Colliter Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol City Council. Unknown date Bulk carrier Unknown date Island Rose Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Puffin Cruises. Unknown date Leisure Scene Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Blue Funnel Cruises. Unknown date Rebecca Elaine Fishing Vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Hamble Fisheries Ltd. Unknown date Seeker Fishing vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date S.H.M. 5 Barge Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore For Shoreham Harbour Board. Unknown date Unity 2 Fishing vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.
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