List of ship launches in 1981

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The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
28 January Frankfurt Express Container ship Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel West Germany For Hapag-Lloyd
6 February Lev Tolstoy Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Poland For Black Sea Shipping Company.[1]
7 February Mahlon S. Tisdale Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California United States For United States Navy.[2]
10 February Setoshio Yūshio-class submarine Japan For Japanese Navy.
6 March City of Oxford Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Ellerman Lines Ltd.[3]
9 March Arromanches Landing craft Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For British Army.[4]
20 March Harbel Tapper Bulk carrier Koyo Dockyard Mihara, Japan Japan
21 March Houston Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States For United States Navy.[5]
21 March Isomeria LPG carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Shell Tankers Ltd.[6]
28 March Almirante Brown Almirante Brown-class destroyer Blohm + Voss Hamburg West Germany For Argentine Navy.
4 April Stephen W. Groves Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy.[2]
14 April Trident Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For Barbados Defence Force.[7]
17 April Konstantin Simonov Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Poland For Baltic Sea Shipping Company.[8]
25 April City of Corpus Christi Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States For United States Navy.[5]
25 April Ticonderoga Ticonderoga-class cruiser Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States For United States Navy.[9]
30 April SKR-35 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Selenodolsk Soviet Union For Soviet Navy.
14 May Mercandian Merchant II Type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Denmark For Per Henriksen.[10]
16 May Abraham Crijnssen Kortenaer-class frigate Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.
16 May Jan van Brakel Kortenaer-class frigate Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.
19 May Antwerp Landing craft Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For British Army.[11]
19 May Trelleborg Ferry Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Sweden For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift.[12]
19 May Pisagua Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel West Germany For Peruvian Navy.
22 May GV 909 Cruiseferry Götaverken Gothenburg Sweden Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
22 May St. Michaelis Tanker AG Weser Bremen West Germany For Hamburg Süd.[13]
29 May Köln Bremen-class frigate Blohm + Voss Hamburg West Germany For German Navy.
2 June Ark Royal Invincible-class aircraft carrier Swan Hunter Wallsend, England United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
5 June Saint George Stores carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For British Army.[14]
17 June Boxer Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
27 June Reid Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California United States For United States Navy.[2]
1 July Trafalgar Trafalgar-class submarine United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
2 July Crommelin Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington United States For United States Navy.
18 July Willamette Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States For United States Navy.
24 July John L. Hall Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy.[2]
4 August Shirayuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer Japan For Japanese Navy.
22 August Stena Germanica Ferry Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Poland For Stena Line.[15]
23 August Chita Kilo-class submarine Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard Komsomolsk-on-Amur Soviet Union For Soviet Navy.[16]
4 September Mercandian Supplier II type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Denmark For Mercandia rederiet A/S.[17]
25 September La Argentina Almirante Brown-class destroyer Blohm + Voss Hamburg West Germany For Argentine Navy.
10 October Scandinavia Cruiseferry Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes France For Scandinavian World Cruises.
13 October Halyburton Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington United States For United States Navy.[2]
16 October Wimpey Seahorse Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Wimpey Marine Ltd.[18]
17 October Aubrey Fitch Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy.[2]
17 October Jarrett Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California United States For United States Navy.[2]
19 October Blume Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel West Germany For Peruvian Navy.
31 October Norfolk Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States For United States Navy.[5]
14 November Florida Ohio-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States For United States Navy.[19]
17 November Jean de Vienne Georges Leygues-class frigate France For French Navy.
26 November Song of America Cruise ship Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Finland For Royal Caribbean International.
5 December Olau Britannia Cruiseferry AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven West Germany For Olau Line.
22 December Mercandian Importer III Type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Denmark For Per Henriksen.[20]
24 December SKR 481 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Selenodolsk Soviet Union For Soviet Navy.
Date unknown Fashion of Bristol Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[21]
Date unknown Jacqueline D Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[22]
Date unknown Maria Mcloughlin Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[23]
Date unknown Sarah Mcloughlin Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For John McLoughlin & Son (Shipping) Ltd.[24]
Date unknown Steel Princess Fishing vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[25]

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