# List of ship launches in 2016

The list of ship launches in 2016 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2016.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 3 January | Finland | Arctech Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Polaris | Icebreaker | For Finnish Transport Agency |
| 15 January | Finland | Meyer Turku Shipyard | Turku, Finland | Mein Schiff 5 | Cruise ship | For TUI Cruises |
| 19 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Lobith | Esnaad 225 | Platform Supply Vessel | |
| 21 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Lobith | Amadeus Silver III | river cruise ship | |
| 25 January | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Al Jasrah | UASC A15-class container ship | For United Arab Shipping Company |
| 30 January | United States | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette, Wisconsin | Sioux City | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
| 30 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 226 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company |
| 30 January | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Alida | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
| 8 February | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Majestic Princess | Royal-class cruise ship | For Princess Cruises |
| 12 February | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | MSC Jade | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 18 February | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Ovation of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 23 February | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Diana | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 26 February | Germany | FSG | Flensburg | Helix 2 | Well Intervention vessel | For Siem Offshore |
| 4 March | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Seabourn Encore | cruise ship | For Seabourn Cruise Line |
| 4 March | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Titan | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company |
| 5 March | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Umm Qarn | UASC A15-class container ship | For United Arab Shipping Company |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Babcock Marine Ltd. | Appledore | William Butler Yeats | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel | For Irish Naval Service. |
| 16 March | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Rothensee | | |
| 19 March | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Ireland | cement carrier | For JT Cement |
| 20 March | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | AIDAperla | Hyperion-class cruise ship | For AIDA Cruises |
| 22 March | Germany | Fassmer | Berne | Berlin | 28-meter-class Lifeboat (rescue) | For DGzRS |
| 23 March | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Sky | Venice-class cruise ship | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
| 24 March | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | KRI Nagapasa | Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy |
| 31 March | Netherlands | Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw | Foxhol | greenports 1 | | For bremenports |
| 1 April | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Ditte | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 1 April | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valiant | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 2 April | Netherlands | GS Shipyard | Waterhuizen | Lady Anne-Lynn | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
| 10 April | Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Viking Hild | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | For Viking Cruises |
| 13 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | Washington | Virginia-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 14 April | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Bothnia | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | |
| 15 April | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Atlantic Sun | ACL G4 ConRO ship | For Atlantic Container Line |
| 16 April | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Ingy | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 16 April | Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Project Mistral | yacht | |
| 22 April | Netherlands | De Hoop | Tolkamer | Esnaad 227 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company |
| 29 April | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Symphony Sun | Ferus Smit Ecobox | For Symphony Shipping BV |
| 29 April | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Reef | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| April | India | Mazagon Dock Ltd. | Mumbai | INS Khanderi | Scorpène-class submarine | For Indian Navy |
| 7 May | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | | Garden State | ECO-class tanker | For American Petroleum Tankers |
| 12 May | United States | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | Manchester | Independence-class littoral combat ship | For US Navy |
| 14 May | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Afif | UASC A15-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd |
| 21 May | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 228 | Platform supply vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company |
| 25 May | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. | Nagasaki | Ramform Hyperion | Ramform Titan-class research vessel | |
| 3 June | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Searoad Mersey II | RoRo-ferry | |
| 4 June | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | Maud | Naval replenishment vessel | For the Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 9 June | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Cadet | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 9 June | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | MSC Mirja | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 10 June | Norway | Kleven Yard | Ulsteinvik | Kleven Ulsteinvik 382 | Anchor handling tug supply vessel | For Maersk Supply Services |
| 16 June | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Arktika | Project 22220 icebreaker | For Rosatomflot |
| 17 June | Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Viking Hild | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | For Viking Cruises |
| 17 June | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Anne Beau | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
| 18 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Eloane | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 18 June | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Al Jmeliyah | UASC A15-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd |
| 21 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Michael Monsoor | Zumwalt-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 21 June | Germany | Schiffswerft Bolle | Derben | Griep To II | service vessel | For Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes |
| 25 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Talos | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company |
| 30 June | Finland | Arctech Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Gennadiy Nevelskoy | Platform supply vessel | For Sovcomflot |
| June | Norway | Kleven Yard | | Maersk Starfish | Starfish-type anchor handler | For Mærsk Supply Service |
| 1 July | Italy | Fincantieri | Sestri Ponente | Silver Muse | cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises |
| 1 July | Netherlands | De Hoop | Tolkamer | Esnaad 229 | Platform supply vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company |
| 2 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Taurus | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company |
| 4 July | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Finnland | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | |
| 5 July | Germany | Fassmer | Berne | TB 40 | Ship's boat | For DGzRS, ship's boat of Berlin |
| 9 July | United States | Chesapeake Shipbuilding | Salisbury, Maryland | American Constellation | river cruise ship | For American Cruise Line |
| 15 July | Finland | Meyer Turku Shipyard | Turku, Finland | Megastar | LNG-powered RoRo-ferry | For Tallink |
| 16 July | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | | Bay State | ECO-class tanker | For American Petroleum Tankers |
| 21 July | France | Ocea | Les Sables-d'Olonne | Fouladou | Offshore patrol vessel | For Senegal |
| 21 July | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valley | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 2 August | Russian Navy | Zvezdochka Shipyard | Astrakhan | Vasily Bekh | Project 22870 rescue tug | Sunk during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| 5 August | Turkey | Bogazici | Tuzla | Bogazici 23 | Tug | For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft |
| 8 August | France | Socarenam | Boulogne-sur-Mer | La Confiance | light patrol Guyana | For Frensh Navy |
| 15 August | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Mirjam | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 19 August | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Genting Dream | cruise ship | For Dream Cruises |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Glasgow | Forth | River-class patrol vessel | For Royal Navy |
| 22 August | France | Piriou | Concarneau | Champlain | Bâtiment multi-mission patrol ship | For French Navy |
| 22 August | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Theseus | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company |
| 26 August | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Ares | Sunrise Droge Lading | For Wijnne Barends |
| 26 August | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Erica | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 27 August | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | | Constitution | ECO-class tanker | For SEA-Vista |
| August | Poland | Royal Bodewes | Stettin | Furuvik | | |
| 2 September | France | STX France Cruise SA | Saint-Nazaire | MSC Meraviglia | Project "Vista" cruise ship | For MSC Cruises |
| 3 September | Netherlands | Feadship | Aalsmeer | Aquarius | yacht | |
| 9 September | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Gdańsk | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | |
| 15 September | Germany | Lübeck Yacht Trave Schiff GmbH | Lübeck | Seekuh | | For One Earth - One Ocean |
| 16 September | France | DCNS | | Bretagne | FREMM multipurpose frigate | For French Navy |
| 16 September | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Astrid | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
| 16 September | Germany | German Naval Yards | Kiel | S42 | Type HDW 209/1400 submarine | For Egyptian Navy |
| 16 September | Russia | Nevskiy S&S | Shlisselburg | Zhibek Zholy | Bulk carrier cargo ship | For KTZ Express JSC |
| 17 September | France | DCNS | | Al Fateh | Gowind-class corvette | For Egyptian Navy |
| 17 September | United States | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette, Wisconsin | Wichita | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
| 30 September | United States | Eastern Shipbuilding | Panama City/Allanton | Ellis Island | Hopper Dredge Barge | For Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. |
| 30 September | | Hyundai Heavy Industries | | MSC Anna | Pegasus-class container ship | For MSC |
| September | South Korea | | | | LNG barge | For Gas4Sea |
| September | Poland | | Gdańsk | Coralius | | |
| 1 October | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 230 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company |
| 4 October | Russia | Nobel Brothers Shipyard | | | Project ROB07 oil barge | For JSC Lena United River Shipping Company |
| 6 October | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Rifaya | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 8 October | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | | Valparaíso Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd |
| 8 October | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | | Callao Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd |
| 8 October | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Riga | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | |
| 14 October | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Symphony Performer | Ferus Smit Ecobox | For Symphony Shipping BV |
| 16 October | Japan | Shikoku Dockyard | | Star Spirit | reefer ship | For Star Reefers |
| 18 October | Norway | Ulstein | | Windea TBN | Service operations vessel | For Bernhard Schulte Offshore |
| 19 October | Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Project TIS | yacht | |
| 19 October | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | Asahi | Asahi-class destroyer | For JMSDF |
| 21 October | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Cape | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 24 October | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | KRI Trisula | Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy |
| 12 November | Croatia | | Pula | Siem Cicero | car carrier | For Siem Industries |
| 12 November | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Tina | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 18 November | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Meleq | RoRo-ferry | For Alternative Transport |
| 18 November | China | GSI Shipyard | Guangzhou | Visborg | ferry | For Destination Gotland |
| 18 November | | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. | | MSC Viviana | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 20 November | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Leanne | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 24 November | Russia | Vyborg Shipyard | | Alexander Sannikov | ice breaker | For Gazprom Neft |
| 25 November | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valour | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 25 November | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | MSC Seaside | Seaside-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises |
| November | Turkey | Cemre | | Steigen | Live fish transporter | For Norsk Fisketransport |
| November | Russia | Severnaya Verf Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Vsevelod Bobrov | Elbrus-class logistics support vessel | For Russian Navy |
| 3 December | Netherlands | Royal IHC | Kinderdijk | Minerva | dredger | For DEME |
| 3 December | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | | Cartagena Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd |
| 3 December | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | | Guayaquil Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd |
| 10 December | Republic of Korea | Daewoo | Geoje | Madrid Mærsk | Maersk Triple E class | For Maersk Line |
| 10 December | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | | Liberty | ECO-class tanker | For SEA-Vista |
| 15 December | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Sun | Venice-class cruise ship | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
| 15 December | Australia | ASC shipyard | Osborne, South Australia | HMAS Brisbane | Hobart-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 17 December | United States | NGSS Ingalls | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Kimball | Legend-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard |
| 22 December | Poland | CRIST | Gdynia | L'Astrolabe | Polar Logistics Vessel | For French Navy; outfitting and delivery by Chantiers Piriou in France |
| 29 December | United States | General Dynamics Electric Boat | Groton | Colorado | Virginia-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 31 December | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | | OOCL Hong Kong | G-class container ship | For Orient Overseas Container Line |
| December | France | Couach | Gujan-Mestras | | Type 4400 FAST yacht | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alicat Workboats Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Dalby Ouse | Crew transfer vessel | For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Marine Consultants Ltd. | Cowes | Hurricane Tow | Crew transfer vessel | For CWind Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Marine Consultants Ltd. | Cowes | Tornado | Crew transfer vessel | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Marine Consultants Ltd. | Cowes | Tornado Tow | Crew transfer vessel | For private owner. |