# List of ship launches in 2023

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2023 worldwide.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 4 January | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | HTMS Chang | Type 071E LSD | For Royal Thai Navy |
| 21 January | France | Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Celebrity Ascent | Edge-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
| 23 January | Finland | Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | SH Diana | Vega-class cruise ship | For Swan Hellenic |
| 24 January | Italy | Fincantieri | Palermo | QENS Al Fulk | San Giorgio-class LPD | For Qatari Emiri Navy |
| 25 January | Thailand | Asian Marine Engineering | Samut Prakan | HMS Tachai | Tugboat | For Royal Thai Navy |
| 26 January | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Seven Seas Grandeur | Cruise ship | For Regent Seven Seas Cruises |
| 28 January | China | Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Ubuntu Empathy | Bulk carrier | For Anglo American |
| 28 January | China | Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Ubuntu Humanity | Bulk carrier | For Anglo American |
| 2 February | Spain | Astilleros Armon Gijon | Barcelona | Haugesund Knutsen | LNG bunker | For Knutsen |
| 7 February | Australia | Austal Australia | Henderson | ADV Cape Woolamai | Cape-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 12 February | Tanzania | GAS Entec, KangNam Corporation | Mwanza | Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu | Passenger/cargo ship | For Marine Services Company |
| 15 February | China | Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation | Shanghai | Mulan Spirit | LNG Carrier | For Jovo |
| 15 February | China | Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation | Shanghai | Gas Jupiter | Gas carrier | For Tianjin Southwest Maritime |
| 24 February | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | | Hagland Progress | Bulk carrier | For Hagland Shipping |
| 1 March | China | New Times Shipbuilding | | Mount Blanc | Bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping |
| 7 March | China | Wuhu Shipbuilding | Wuhu | Baltic Narval | Product tanker | For Continental Bitumen |
| 8 March | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Sun Princess | Sphere-class cruise ship | For Princes Cruises |
| 17 March | China | Jianglong Shipbuilding | Guangdong | Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1 | Passenger catamaran | For Yangtze Power Company |
| 20 March | United States | Austal USA | Mobile | USNS Cody | Spearhead-class EPF | For US Navy |
| 20 March | United States | Austal USA | Mobile | USS Kingsville | Independence-class LCS | For US Navy |
| 21 March | India | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers | Kolkata | INS Androth | Corvette | For Indian Navy |
| 24 March | China | Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering | | Alice Cosulich | LNG tanker | For Fratelli Cosulich |
| 29 March | France | Naval Group | Concarneau | Oostende (M940) | City-class minehunter | For Belgian Navy |
| April | | | | Viking Aton | River Cruise Ship | For Viking River Cruises |
| 6 April | China | China Merchants | Nanjing | Liselotte Essberger | Chemical tanker | For John T. Essberger Group |
| 10 April | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | ROKS Chungnam | Chungnam-class frigate | For South Korean Navy |
| 4 April | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | TBA | Container ship | For Maersk Line |
| 6 April | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Martenshoek | Arklow Rally | Cargo ship | For Arklow Shipping |
| 15 April | United States | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette | USS Cleveland | Freedom-class LCS | For US Navy |
| 19 April | Indonesia | PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati | Batam | KRI Bung Karno | Corvette/presidential yacht | For Indonesian Navy |
| 24 April | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Great Lagos | Ro-Ro | For Grimaldi Group |
| 25 April | Vietnam | Halong Shipbuilding Company | | Emerald Sakara | | For Emerald Cruises |
| 27 April | China | New Times Shipbuilding | | Mount Matterhorn | Bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping |
| 27 April | Russia | United Shipbuilding Corporation | | Mozhaisk | Kilo-II-class submarine | For Russian Navy |
| 28 April | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Silver Nova | Cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises |
| 2 May | France | Piriou | Concarneau | Cayor | OPV 58 S Patrol boat | For Senegalese Navy |
| 4 May | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | | TBA | Changxing series LNG carrier | For CSSC Shipping |
| 8 May | China | Wuhu Shipbuilding | Wuhu | Lovisa | Cargo ship | For Langh Ship |
| May | United States | Bollinger Shipyard | Houma, Louisiana | USNS Navajo | Navajo-class rescue and salvage ship | For the Military Sealift Command |
| 16 May | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | | MA CGM Bahia | Cargo ship | For CMA CGM |
| 22 May | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Axios II | LNG tanker | For Capital Gas |
| 23 May | China | Guangzhou Shipyard International | Guangzhou | Hafnia Larvik. | Oil tanker | For Vista Shipping |
| 24 May | China | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding | Jiangsu | Zim Amber | Container ship | For Zim Shipping |
| 30 May | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | TBA | LNG tanker | For Cosco Shipping and PetroChina |
| 9 June | China | New Times Shipbuilding | | Mount Cook | LNG bulk carrier | For Eastern Pacific Shipping |
| 9 June | China | New Times Shipbuilding | | Mount Neblina | LNG bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping |
| 26 June | China | CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering | Nantong | Paolina Cosulich | LNG bunker | For Fratelli Cosulich |
| 4 July | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho-eup, Yeongam | Energy Endurance | LNG tanker | For Alpha Gas |
| 21 July | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Carnival Jubilee | XL-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Line |
| August | China | CSSC Jiangnan Shipbuilding | | | Car carrier | For SAIC Anji Logistics |
| 17 August | China | Dayang Shipbuilding Company | | ECO Maestro | Container ship | |
| 28 September | France | Naval Group | Lorient | | FDI-frigate | For Greek Navy |
| September | France | | Saint-Nazaire | Utopia of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| September | Zhi Cheng & Zhi Zhen |
| September | France | | Saint-Nazaire | Ilma | Yacht | For Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection |
| 6 October | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Martenshoek | Arklow Ranger | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 7 Oktober | China | Jinling shipyard | Weihai | Saint-Malo | E-Flexer-class ferry | For Stena RoRo |
| October | Italy | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Ruggiero di Lauria | Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (PPA) | For the Italian Navy |
| 27 October | Finland | Rauma Marine Constructions | Rauma | Spirit of Tasmania IV | ferry | |
| 14 November | Japan | Tamano Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | | Yubetsu | Mogami-class frigate | For Japanese Navy |
| 30 November | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Vela | Venice-class cruise ship | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
| November | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Mein Schiff Relax | inTUItion-class cruise ship | For TUI Cruises |
| 1 December | Finland | Meyer Turku | Turku | Mein Schiff 7 | | For TUI Cruises |