List of ship launches in 2002

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The list of ship launches in 2002 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2002.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
19 January	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	P&O Nedlloyd Encounter	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[1]
25 January	Finland	Kvaerner Masa-Yards	Turku	Navigator of the Seas	Voyager-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
1 February	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding Corporation	Kaohsiung	Lykes Ranger	Charleston-Express-class container ship	For Lykes Lines[2]
9 February	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Goeje	E.R. India	Samsung 5500-class container ship	[3]
9 February	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Nathalie Ehler	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Ehler[4]
25 February	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Marianna	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[5]
28 February	Spain	Izar	Ferrol	Almirante Juan de Borbón	Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
28 February	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Maersk Kobe	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[6]
3 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	P&O Nedlloyd Botany	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[7]
4 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Echo	Echo-class survey ship	For Royal Navy.[8]
16 March	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Barbara	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[9]
20 March	Germany	HDW	Kiel	U-31	Type 212 submarine	For German Navy
20 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Goeje	E.R. Denmark	Samsung 5500-class container ship	[10]
22 March	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Antje-Helen Wulff	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[11]
5 April	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Michaela	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[12]
12 April	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Cornelia Mærsk	Mærsk C-class container ship	For Maersk Line[13]
13 April	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	De Ruyter	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
19 April	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Hurst Point	Point-class sealift ship	For British Armed Forces
26 April	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Soderman	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
27 April	United Kingdom	VT Group	Southampton	Tyne	River-class patrol vessel	For Royal Navy
2 May	United Kingdom	VT Group: Appledore Shipbuilders	Appledore	Enterprise	Echo-class survey vessel	For Royal Navy.
11 May	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	P&O Nedlloyd Barossa Valley	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[14]
11 May	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	MSC Loretta	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[15]
12 May	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	P&O Nedlloyd Pegasus	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[16]
18 May	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	Contship Aurora	Dublin Express-class container ship	For Contship Containerlines[17]
20 May	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Goeje	E.R. Sweden	Samsung 5500-class container ship	[18]
25 May	Australia	Tenix Defence Systems	Williamstown, Victoria	Ballarat	Anzac-class frigate
25 May	China	Jiangnan Shipyard	Shanghai	Guangzhou	Type 052B destroyer
25 May	China	Jiangnan Shipyard	Shanghai	Wuhan	Type 052B destroyer
25 May	China	Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry	Xiamen	Rickmers Tokyo	Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group[19]
30 May	China	Nanjing Jinling Shipyard	Nanjing	Rickmers Singapore	Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group[20]
31 May	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Brilliance of the Seas	Radiance-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International[21]
6 June	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg, Germany	Amatola	Valour-class frigate	For South African Navy
14 June	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	P&O Nedlloyd Dubai	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[22]
22 June	Scotland	BAE Systems Marine	Scotstoun	Jerambak	Nakhoda-Ragam-class corvette	For Royal Brunei Navy
24 June	China	Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard	Shanghai	Rickmers Shanghai	Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group[23]
25 June	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding Corporation	Kaohsiung	TMM Guanajuato	Charleston-Express-class container ship	For Transportacion Maritima Mexicana[24]
26 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Pinckney	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
28 June	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Columbine Mærsk	Mærsk C-class container ship	For Maersk Line[25]
16 July	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	Hellespont Tara	TI-class supertanker	For Hellespont
1 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Anvil Point	Ferry	For Bank Line.[26]
3 August	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	P&O Nedlloyd Palliser	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[27]
8 August	Japan			Makinami	Takanami-class destroyer
16 August	Germany	HDW	Kiel	Hamburg	Sachsen-class frigate
16 August	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Eddystone	Point-class sealift ship	For British Armed Forces
20 August	China	Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard	Shanghai	Rickmers Seoul	Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group[28]
24 August	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Hong Kong Express	Hamburg-Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[29]
6 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Hartland Point	Ferry	For Bank Line.[30]
7 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Stena Britannica II	Seamaster-RoPax-ferry	For Stena Line[31]
7 September	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Pioneer Ocean	Sietas type 178 container ship	[32]
14 September	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	Columbus New Zealand	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[33]
16 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Pride of America	Cruise ship	For American Classic Cruises
2 October	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Clementine Mærsk	Mærsk C-class container ship	For Maersk Line[34]
17 October	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding	Kaohsiung	Tian Dan	Cheng Kung-class frigate
17 October	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding Corporation	Kaohsiung	Lykes Flyer	Charleston-Express-class container ship	For Lykes Lines[35]
17 October	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding Corporation	Kaohsiung	TMM Yucatán	Charleston-Express-class container ship	For Transportacion Maritima Mexicana[36]
21 Oktober	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	P&O Nedlloyd Mairangi	Santa-R-class container ship	For Offen Group[37]
23 October	Japan			Kuroshio	Oyashio-class submarine
25 October	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Lina	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Heinz-Georg Vöge[38]
26 October	South Korea	Ulsan	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Maersk Kolkata	Sealand-New-York-type container ship	For Costamare Shipping[39]
27 October	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Dawn	Cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line[40]
31 October	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Stena Adventurer	Seamaster-RoPax-ferry	For Stena Line[41]
2 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Chafee	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
4 November	China	Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry	Xiamen	Rickmers Antwerp	Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	For Rickmers Group[42]
8 November	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Longstone	Point-class sealift ship	For British Armed Forces
date	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Toisa Independent	Offshore supply vessel	For Toisa Ltd.[43]
22 November	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Pioneer Lake	Sietas type 178 container ship	[44]
4 December	United Kingdom	VT Group	Southampton	Severn	River-class patrol vessel	For Royal Navy
5 December	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel, Germany	Isandlwana	Valour-class frigate	For South African Navy
15 December	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Chung-Hoon	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 December	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Shenzhen	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[45]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.	Bristol	Faoilean	Workboat	For private owner.[46]
Unknown date	Russia	Watanabe Zosen K. K.	Japan	Grigory Lovtsov	Ro-ro coastal cargo ship	[47]
Unknown date	Netherlands	Stocznia Tczew	Tczew, Poland	RPA 12	Fireboat	For Rotterdam Port Authority
Unknown date	Japan	Sumitomo Heavy Industries	Yokosuka, Japan	Tempera	Crude oil tanker	For Neste Oil; first double acting tanker