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The '''list of ship launches in 1975''' includes a chronological list of [[ship]]s [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in [[1975]].  In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
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!style="text-align: left;"|Date
!style="text-align: left;"|Country
!style="text-align: left;"|Builder
!style="text-align: left;"|Location
!style="text-align: left;"|Ship
!style="text-align: left;"|Class and type
!style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|-----
! 10 January
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Scott-Lithgow]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{ship||Nordic Commander||2}}'''
| [[tank ship|Tanker]]
| For Anglo-Nordic Tankers.<ref name="Rec1">Engineering Officer, Nordic Commander, May 76 - Nov 76</ref>
|-----
! 22 January
| {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}}
| Yantar
| [[Kaliningrad]]
| '''{{ship|Soviet frigate|Druzhnyy||2}}'''
| {{stype|Project 1135|large anti-submarine ship}}
| For [[Soviet Navy]].
|-----
! 25 January 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Blohm+Voss]]
| [[Hamburg]]
| '''{{MV|Adrian Mærsk||2}}'''
| {{sclass2|Mærsk A|container ship}}
| For [[A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S]]
|-----
! 28 January
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Brooke Marine|Brooke Marine Ltd]].
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''{{ship|KNS|Madaraka||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Madaraka|missile boat}}
| For [[Kenyan Navy]].<ref name=Madaraka>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10441&a1Page=13&ref=216637&vessel=MADARAKA |title=Madaraka |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=5 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 January 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{MS|Bore Star||2}}'''
| [[Ferry]]
| For Steamship Company Bore.
|-----
! 1 February
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Appledore Shipbuilders|Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd]].
| [[Appledore, Torridge|Appledore]]
| '''{{MV|Arco Tyne|1975|2}}'''
| [[Dredger]]
| For Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd.<ref name=at>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10455&a1Page=11&ref=213724&vessel=ARCO+TYNE |title=Arco Tyne |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=24 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 February 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| 
| [[Kiel]]
| '''{{TCG|Saldiray||2}}'''
| {{stype|Type 209|submarine}}
| For [[Turkish Navy]].
|-----
! 24 February 
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 
| 
| '''{{JDS|Kumano||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Chikugo|destroyer escort}}
| For [[Japanese Navy]].
|-----
! 7 March 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[VT Group|Vosper Thornycroft]]
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''{{ship|United Arab Emirates patrol craft|Ardhana|1101|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ardhana|patrol craft}}
| For [[United Arab Emirates Navy]].<ref name="jfs76">{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=John E. |title=Jane's Fighting Ships |date=1976 |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |location=London |edition=1976-77}}</ref>
|-----
! 8 March 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[AG Weser]]
| [[Bremen]]
| '''{{MV|Vassiliki Colocotronis||2}}'''
| {{stype|Europatanker|Ultra Large Crude Carrier}}
| For Pansegura Armadora S.A.
|-----
! 14 March
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Brooke Marine|Brooke Marine Ltd]].
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''{{ship|KNS|Jamhuri|dab|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Madaraka|missile boat}}
| For [[Kenyan Navy]].<ref name=Jamhuri>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10441&a1Page=14&ref=216638&vessel=JAMHURI |title=Jamhuri |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=5 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 March
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
| '''{{USS|Arthur W. Radford||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 6 April 
| {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}}
| [[Zalyv Shipbuilding yard|Shipyard No. 532]]
| [[Kerch]]
| '''{{ship|Soviet frigate|Deyatelnyy||2}}'''
| {{stype|Project 1135|large anti-submarine ship}}
| For [[Soviet Navy]].
|-----
! 14 April 
| {{flag|Finland}}
| [[Hietalahti shipyard|Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard]]
| [[Helsinki]]
| '''{{MS|Azerbaihzan|1975|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Belorussiya|cruise ship}}
| [[Black Sea Shipping Company]]<ref name="fof-azerbaihzan">{{cite web |title=M / S AZERBAIHZAN |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/azerbaihzan_1975.htm |website=Fakta om Fartyg |accessdate=30 June 2019 |language=Swedish }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 April 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Swan Hunter]]
| [[Wallsend]]
| '''{{HMS|Newcastle|D87|2}}'''
| [[Type 42 destroyer|Type 42]] destroyer
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd
| Beverley 
| '''''Bishop Burton'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For Mike Burton Ltd.<ref name=BB>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10565&ref=212622&vessel=BISHOP+BURTON |title=Bishop Burton |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 April 
| {{flag|United States}} 
| [[Newport News Shipbuilding]]
| [[Newport News, Virginia]]
| '''{{USS|Baton Rouge||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 9 May 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]]
| [[Scotstoun]]
| '''{{HMS|Ardent|F184|2}}'''
| {{stype|Type 21|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 10 May
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Appledore Shipbuilders|Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd]].
| [[Appledore, Torridge|Appledore]]
| '''{{MV|Risnes|1975|2}}'''
| [[Bulk carrier]]
| For Jebsens (U.K.) Ltd.<ref name=Risnes>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10455&a1Page=11&ref=207122&vessel=RISNES |title=Risnes |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=24 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 May
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Brooke Marine|Brooke Marine Ltd]].
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''{{MV|Fraser Salvator|1975|2}}'''
| [[Offshore supply vessel]]
| For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd. & others.<ref name=FS>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10441&a1Page=14&ref=216640&vessel=FRASER+SALVATOR |title=Fraser Salvator |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=5 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 May 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Scotstoun-Marine]]
| [[Clydebank]]
| '''{{ship| |Loch Maree|1101|2}}'''
| [[reefer ship|Refrigerated cargo vessel]]
| For C. Connell & Co. Ltd.<ref name="Rec2">Engineering Officer, Loch Maree, Feb 77 - June 77 & Sept 79 - March 80</ref>
|-----
! 5 June 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| Kröger
| [[Rendsburg]]
| '''{{ship|German fast attack craft|Falke||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft}}
| For [[German Navy]].
|-----
! 13 June 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[VT Group|Vosper Thornycroft]]
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''{{ship|United Arab Emirates patrol craft|Zurara|1102|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ardhana|patrol craft}}
| For [[United Arab Emirates Navy]].<ref name="jfs76"/>
|-----
! 13 June 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| Kremer-Werft
| [[Elmshorn]]
| '''{{MV|Leiv Viking||2}}'''
| Offshore supply vessel
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shz.de/lokales/elmshorner-nachrichten/kremer-werft-das-aus-nach-1164-schiffen-id1870506.html|title=Kremer-Werft: Das Aus nach 1164 Schiffen|language=German|date=7 December 2011 |accessdate=31 August 2016 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 June 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
| '''{{USS|Peterson|DD-969|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 24 June 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
| '''{{USS|Caron||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 30 June 
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 
| 
| '''{{JDS|Takashio|SS-571|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Uzushio|submarine}}
| For [[Japanese Navy]].
|-----
! 1 July 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]]
| [[San Diego, California]]
| '''{{MV|Worth|1975|2}}'''
| {{sclass|San Clemente|oil tanker}}
| 
|-----
! 1 July 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]]
| [[Kiel]]
| '''''Sabalo'''''
| [[Type 209 submarine]]
| For [[Venezuelan Navy]].
|-----
! 5 July
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Harland & Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Lampas|1975|2}}'''
| [[Supertanker]]
| For [[shell plc|Shell Tankers Ltd]].<ref name=HW1695>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1695 |title=Lampas |publisher=The Yard |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>
|-----
! 19 July 
| {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}}
| Werft 340
| [[Zelenodolsk, Russia|Selenodolsk]]
| '''''Delfin'''''
| {{sclass2|Koni|frigate}}
| For [[Soviet Navy]].
|-----
! 24 July 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Cammell Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''''[[Hudson Cavalier]]'''''
| [[Stat 32 tanker]]
| For John Hudson Fuel & Shipping.
|-----
! 8 August 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[AG Weser]]
| [[Bremen]]
| '''''World Giant'''''
| Type "Europatanker" [[Ultra Large Crude Carrier]]
| For Chesham Shipping Company.
|-----
! 9 August 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Newport News Shipbuilding]]
| [[Newport News, Virginia]]
| '''{{USS|Texas|CGN-39|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginia|cruiser|2}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 23 August
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd
| Beverley 
| '''{{MV|Seaforth Champion|1975|2}}'''
| [[Offshore supply vessel]]
| For Lloyds & Scottish Development Ltd.<ref name=SC>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10565&ref=212621&vessel=SEAFORTH+CHAMPION |title=Seaforth Champion |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 August 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
| '''{{USS|David R. Ray||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|2}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 26 August
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd
| Beverley 
| '''{{MV|Stirling Ash|1975|2}}'''
| [[Offshore supply vessel]]
| For Stirling Shipping Supply Ltd.<ref name=SA>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10565&ref=209498&vessel=STIRLING+ASH |title=Stirling Ash |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 August
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Brooke Marine|Brooke Marine Ltd]].
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''{{ship|HMAV|Ardennes|1975|2}}'''
| [[Landing craft]]
| For [[British Army]].<ref name=Ardennes>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10441&a1Page=14&ref=216647&vessel=ARDENNES |title=Ardennes |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=5 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 August 
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 
| [[Mitsui]]
| '''{{MV|Berge Emperor||2}}'''
| [[Supertanker]]
| For [[Bergesen d.y.]]
|-----
! 15 September 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[VT Group|Vosper Thornycroft]]
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''{{ship|United Arab Emirates patrol craft|Murban|1103|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ardhana|patrol craft}}
| For [[United Arab Emirates Navy]].<ref name="jfs76"/>
|-----
! 16 September 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[VT Group|Vosper Thornycroft]]
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''{{ship|United Arab Emirates patrol craft|Al Ghulian|1104|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ardhana|patrol craft}}
| For [[United Arab Emirates Navy]].<ref name="jfs76"/>
|-----
! 30&nbsp;September
| {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}}
| [[Mykolaiv]]
| '''{{ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Minsk||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|2}}
| For [[Soviet Navy]].
|-----
! 4 October 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Nobiskrug]]
| [[Rendsburg]]
| '''''Kronprins Harald'''''
| [[Ferry]]
| For [[Jahre Line]].<ref name=KH>{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/kronprins_harald_1976.htm|title=M/S Kronprins Harald.|accessdate=3 August 2016 |language=Swedish }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 October
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Harland & Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{MV|Essi Camilla|1975|2}}'''
| [[Bulk carrier]]
| For Ruud Petersen A/S.<ref name=HW1699>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1699 |title=Essi Camilla |publisher=The Yard |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>
|-----
! 11 October 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Newport News Shipbuilding]]
| [[Newport News, Virginia]]
| '''{{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|2}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 17 October 
| {{flag|Finland}}
| [[Hietalahti shipyard|Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard]]
| [[Helsinki]]
| '''{{MS|Kazakhstan||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Belorussiya|cruise ship}}
| For [[Black Sea Shipping Company]].<ref name=Kazakhstan>{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/kazakhstan_1976.htm|title=M/S KAZAKHSTAN.|accessdate=1 December 2016 |language=Swedish }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 October 
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
| '''{{USS|Oldendorf||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 1 November
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Appledore Shipbuilders|Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd]].
| [[Appledore, Torridge|Appledore]]
| '''{{MV|Rocknes|1975|2}}'''
| [[Bulk carrier]]
| For Elco Leasing Ltd.<ref name=Rocknes>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10455&a1Page=11&ref=207124&vessel=ROCKNES |title=Rocknes |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=24 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 November 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Flender-Werke|Flender Werft]]
| [[Rendsburg]]
| '''{{MS|Tor Scandinavia|3=2}}'''
| [[Cruiseferry]]
| For [[Tor Line]].
|-----
! 6 November 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]]
| [[Kiel]]
| '''{{ship|Venezuelan submarine|Caribe||2}}'''
| [[Type 209 submarine]]
| For [[Venezuelan Navy]].
|-----
! 6 November 
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Brooke Marine|Brooke Marine Ltd]].
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''{{MV|Lovat Salvator|1975|2}}'''
| [[Offshore supply vessel]]
| For Yngvar Hvistendahl Shipping Co. Ltd.<ref name=LS>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10441&a1Page=14&ref=207389&vessel=LOVAT+SALVATOR |title=Lovat Salvator |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=5 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 November 
| {{flag|Finland}}
| [[Hietalahti shipyard|Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard]]
| [[Helsinki]]
| '''{{MV|Don Carlos|1975|2}}'''
| Vehicle transporter
| For Rederei AB Soya.
|-----
! 20 November 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]]
| [[Scotstoun]]
| '''{{HMS|Avenger|F185|2}}'''
| [[Type 21 frigate|Type 21]] frigate
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 4 December 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[Lürssen]]
| '''''Greif'''''
| {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}}
| 
| For [[German Navy]].
|-----
! 5 December 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Swan Hunter]]
| [[Wallsend]]
| '''{{MV|Liverpool Bridge||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bridge|OBO carrier}}
| For [[Bibby Line]].
|-----
! 5 December
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd
| Beverley 
| '''''Navena'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For J. Marr & Son Ltd.<ref name=Navena>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10565&ref=212623&vessel=NAVENA |title=Navena |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 December 
| {{flag|West Germany}}
| [[AG Weser]] 
| [[Bremen]]
| '''''Shat-Alarab'''''
| Type "Europatanker" [[Ultra Large Crude Carrier]]
| For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company
|-----
! 15 December 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[VT Group|Vosper Thornycroft]]
| [[Portsmouth]] 
| '''{{ship|United Arab Emirates patrol craft|Radoom|1102|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ardhana|patrol craft}}
| For [[United Arab Emirates Navy]].<ref name="jfs76"/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
| [[Poole, Dorset|Poole]]
| '''''Bournemouth Belle'''''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For Croson Ltd.<ref name=BB2>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10439&a1Page=16&ref=229923&vessel=BOURNEMOUTH+BELLE |title=Bournemouth Belle |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=1 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd
| [[Bideford]]
| '''''Galatea'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For Bogg (Holdings) Ltd.<ref name=Galatea>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11112&ref=226378&vessel=GALATEA |title=Galatea |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd
| [[Bideford]]
| '''''Vision'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For Donald Patience and George Walker & Sons Ltd.<ref name=Vision>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11112&ref=226387&vessel=VISION |title=Vision |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{shipevents|1975}}

[[Category:Lists of ship launches|1975]]
[[Category:1975 ships| Ship launches]]
[[Category:1975 in transport| Ship launches]]
[[Category:1975-related lists|Ship launches]]