# List of ship launches in 1966

The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 6 January | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Talbot | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 10 January | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Lady Brigid | Offshore supply vessel | For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. |
| 21 January | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Sklinna | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orcoma | Tanker | For Shell International Marine |
| 26 January | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Kronprins Carl Gustav | Ferry | For A/B Bonnierföretagen, |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Lady Claudine | Offshore supply vessel | For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. |
| 4 February | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Stavanger | Oslo-class frigate | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 5 February | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd | Hessle | Sir Winston Churchill | Sail training ship | For Sail Training Association |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Argonaut | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Hopper Barge No. 7 | Hopper barge | For Calcutta Port Commission. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Corella | Research vessel | For Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. |
| 12 February | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Juneau | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
| 25 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Queenfish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 25 February | West Germany | Lübeck | Orenstein & Koppel | Westerwald | Westerwald-class transport ship | For German Navy |
| 26 February | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Sturgeon | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 1 March | Netherlands | Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek P. Smit Jr. | Rotterdam | Texelstroom | | For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming |
| 3 March | Sweden | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Svea | Ferry | for Rederi AB Svea |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Atlanta | Cargo ship | For Atlanta Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Regent | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
| 24 March | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Skolpen | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 26 March | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Niagara Falls | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Goldeneye | Wild Duck-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Lyness | Combat stores ship | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Pen Avon | Dredger | For Seaborne Aggregate Co. Ltd. |
| 4 April | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Richard L. Page | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 7 April | West Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Nordfriesland | Ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH |
| 15 April | West Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Flensburg | Freiburg | Lüneburg-class replenishment ship | For German Navy |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Lady Delia | Offshore supply vessel | For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Elkhound | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 3 May | West Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Flensburg | Glücksburg | Lüneburg-class replenishment ship | For German Navy |
| 5 May | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Brisbane | Perth-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 5 May | West Germany | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | Odenwald | Westerwald-class transport ship | For German Navy |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nairnbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 7 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Cleveland | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
| 14 May | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Samuel Gompers | Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender | For United States Navy |
| 21 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Haddock | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 25 May | Italy | Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. | Genoa | Winston Churchill | Ferry | for DFDS Seaways |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | W.D. Hoyle | Hopper barge | For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd. |
| May | Norway | Trondhjems Mekaniske Verksted | Trondheim | Baden | Coastal trading vessel | For Fred Losen & Co. |
| 10 June | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Stadt | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Maraval | Tug | For Dockyard Investments Ltd. |
| 22 June | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Deerhound | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 22 June | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Ray | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Lady Fiona | Offshore supply vessel | For P&O Offshore Services Ltd. |
| 1 July | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Coronado | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Donax | Tanker | For Shell International Marine. |
| 9 July | West Germany | Lindenau | Kiel | Ammersee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy |
| 15 July | West Germany | HDW | Kiel | U-2 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Labrador | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 21 July | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Will Rogers | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 22 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Julius A. Furer | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 26 July | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | White Plains | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
| 6 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Dubuque | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
| 19 August | Denmark | Aarhus Flydedok | Aarhus | Najaden | Ferry | For Danske Statsbaner. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Herekino | Tug | For Northland Harbour Board. |
| 2 September | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Stord | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Waitangi | Tug | For Northland Harbour Board. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | | Resolution | Resolution-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 16 September | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Puget Sound | Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender | For United States Navy |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Stromness | Combat stores ship | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| 17 September | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Pargo | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | W.D. Hilbre | Hopper barge | For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd. |
| 29 September | Sweden | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Patricia | Ferry | for Swedish Lloyd |
| 7 October | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Stalwart | Destroyer tender | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ulster Prince | Ferry | For Coast Lines. |
| 14 October | United States | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Sunfish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 14 October | United States | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Whale | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | T.P.1 | Barge | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | T.P.2 | Barge | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 20 October | West Germany | HDW | Kiel | U-9 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
| 22 October | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Shreveport | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
| 22 October | West Germany | Lindenau | Kiel | Tegernsee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy |
| October | France | Dubigeon | Nantes | Albacora | Daphné-class submarine | For Portuguese Navy |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lundy Puffin | Fishing trawler | For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
| 12 November | West Germany | Lübecker Flender-Werke | Lübeck | Tor Hollandia | Ferry | For Tor Line |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lady Thelma | Firefighting tug | For J. H. Pigott & Son Ltd. |
| 19 November | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Knox | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Zurmand | Tug | For BP Clyde Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Blyth | Rogate | Coaster | For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. |
| 25 November | Japan | Hitachi Zosen Corporation | Maizuru, Japan | Asagumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy |
| 25 November | Canada | Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon, Quebec | Algocape | Lake freighter | For Canada Steamship Lines |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Otway | Oberon-class submarine | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Marlin | Fishing trawler | For Amalgamated Fisheries Co. Pty. Ltd. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Mastiff | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Redfin | Fishing trawler | For Amalgamated Fisheries Co. Pty. Ltd. |
| 16 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Lapon | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 17 December | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Concord | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | G.W.111 | Barge | For George Wimpey Ltd. |
| 29 December | East Germany | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Shota Rustaveli | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company |
| Date unknown | United States | | | Alice L. Moran | Tug | For Moran Group. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Bantry Puffin | Fishing trawler | For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Beechcroft | Tanker | For Bowker & King Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | LCM 710 | Landing craft | For Royal Navy. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | LCM 711 | Landing craft | For Royal Navy. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lundy Puffin | Tug | For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Zaeedah | Barge | For Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd. |