List of ship launches in 2012

The list of ship launches in 2012 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2012.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
7 January	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Deila	MSC Danit-type container ship	[1]
8 January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Disney Fantasy	Cruise ship	For Disney Cruise Line
12 January	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Seatruck Performance	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
13 January	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	Paul Clark	Sentinel-class cutter	For  United States Coast Guard
14 January	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Coronado	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For  United States Navy
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Suzuran	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
27 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Suisen	Ro-ro ferry	For Shin Nihonkai
4 February	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Santa Barbarra	Santa-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[2]
7 February	Australia	Graeme Wylie	Bushfield	Notorious	Replica caravel
15 February	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	Vale Carajas	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
1 March	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	Meri	Cargo ship	For Gaiamare
2 March	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	Robert Yered	Sentinel-class cutter	For  United States Coast Guard
2 March	Netherlands	Bodewes shipyard	Hoogezand	UAL Bodewes		[3]
3 March	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Valeria	MSC Danit-type container ship	[4]
10 March	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Alexandra	Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends
13 March	Germany	Fassmer	Bern	Harro Koebke	36,5-meter-class Lifeboat	For DGzRS
14 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	CSCL Neptune	CSCL Star-class container ship	For China Shipping Container Lines[5]
17 March	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Vikingbank		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl][6]
23 March	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Seatruck Precision	Ro-ro ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
31 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	Carlo Margottini	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For  Italian Navy
1 April	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	AIDAmar	Sphinx-class cruise ship	For AIDA Cruises
3 April	Finland	STX Finland	Rauma	Mirabilis	Research vessel	For Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
6 April	Spain	Freire Shipyard	Vigo	Discovery	Royal Research Ship	For Natural Environment Research Council
6 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Hamburg Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[7]
7 April	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	Vale Minas Gerais	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
11 April	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Fuldaborg		For Wagenborg[8]
12 April	Poland	Stocznia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Stavangerfjord	Cruise ferry	For Fjord Line
14 April	United States	Avondale Shipyard	New Orleans	Somerset	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock	For  United States Navy
15 April	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	Vale Espirito Santo	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
22 April	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje-Okpo	Santa Ines	Santa-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[9]
29 April	China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		Vale Shandong	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
3 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Georg Burmester	Sunrise-class	[10]
5 May	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego	Cesar Chavez	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship	For  United States Navy
31 May	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Lady Amalia	Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship	For Wijnne Barends
4 June	United States	Huntington Ingalls Industries	Pascagoula, Mississippi	America	America-class amphibious assault ship	For  United States Navy
5 June	Norway	Viking Kings AS	Haugesund	Draken Harald Hårfagre	Viking longship
7 June	Nigeria			Andoni	Andoni-class seaward defence boat	For  Nigerian Navy
16 June	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette	Reuben Lasker		For NOAA
30 June	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Vitus Bering	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
1 July	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	Vale Indonesia	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
6 July	France		Rochefort	Hermione	Concorde-class frigate	Reproduction of the 1779 French frigate Hermione
6 July	France	STX Europe	Saint-Nazaire	Europa 2	Cruise ship	For Hapag-Lloyd
13 July	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae-gu, Changwon	Vale Fujiyama	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
13 July	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	New York Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[11]
26 July	China	Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries		Vale Jiangsu	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
28 July	China			Haixun 01	Patrol ship	For China Maritime Safety Administration
3 August	Finland	Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy	Uusikaupunki	Kindral Kurvits	Patrol boat	For Estonian Border Guard[12]
10 August	Finland	STX Finland	Turku	Viking Grace	Cruiseferry	For Viking Line
12 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Celebrity Reflection	Cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
16 August	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Royal Princess	Royal-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises[13]
26 August	China	Wuchang Shipyard	Wuhan	Durjoy	Durjoy-class patrol craft	For  Bangladesh Navy
29 August	Germany	Fassmer		Nordergründe	Buoy tender
31 August	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Piz Bever	Sunrise class	[14]
1 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Basle Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[15]
12 September	Iran	Iranian Navy's Factories	Bandar Abbas	Sahand	Moudge-class frigate	For  Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[16]
19 September	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	NYK Helios	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[17]
27 September	China	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Dalian	Vale Tubarao	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
27 September	China	Wuchang Shipyard	Wuhan	Nirmul	Durjoy-class patrol craft	For  Bangladesh Navy
1 October	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Choctaw County	Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport	For Military Sealift Command
7 October		Hyundai Heavy Industries		Dockwise Vanguard	Heavy lift ship	For Dockwise
8 October	Bangladesh	Khulna Shipyard	Khulna	Padma	Padma-class patrol vessel	For  Bangladesh Navy
13 October	United States	Marinette Marine Corporation	Marinette, Wisconsin	Sikuliaq	Research vessel	For National Science Foundation
18 October	France	DCNS	Lorient	Normandie	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For French Navy
27 October	Romania	Galați shipyard	Galați	Karel Doorman	Amphibious support ship	For  Royal Netherlands Navy
3 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding		Minnesota	Virginia-class submarine	For  United States Navy
3 November	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Brussels	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[18]
13 November	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego	Montford Point	Montford Point-class expeditionary transfer dock	For  United States Navy
23 November	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Aleksey Chirikov	Platform supply vessel	For Sovcomflot
2 December	United Kingdom	Babcock Marine Ltd.	Appledore	Vava II	Motor yacht	For private owner.[19]
3 December	Russia	Yantar Shipyard	Kaliningrad	Yantar	Intelligence and research ship	For  Russian Navy
5 December	United States	J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma, Washington	Menominee	Valiant-class harbor tug	For  United States Navy
10 December	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Berlin	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[20]
17 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	Hallaig	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne[21]
10 December	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.	Nagasaki	Ramform Titan	Ramform Titan-class research vessel	[22]
19 December	Italy	Fincantieri	Castellammare di Stabia	Luigi Dattilo	Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel	For  Italy Coast Guard[23]
21 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Hong Kong Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[24]
30 December	Russia	Sevmash	Severodvinsk	Vladimir Monomakh	Borei-class submarine	For  Russian Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aluminium Boatbuilding Co. Ltd.	Hayling Island	Channel Chieftain VI	Crew transfer vessel	For Carlin Boat Charter Ltd.[25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Dalby Tees	Crew transfer vessel	For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.[26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Gardian11	Crew transfer vessel	For Gardline Environmental Ltd.[27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alnmaritec Ltd.	Blyth	Rix Panther	Wind farm service vessel	For Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd.[28]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Smeaton Array	Crew transfer vessel	For For Gardline Environmental Ltd.[29]