List of ship launches in 2021

This is a chronological list of ships launched in 2021.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
6 January	China	AVIC		Salamanca	E-Flexer-class ferry	for Brittany Ferries[1]
12 January	United States	NASSCO	San Diego	John Lewis	John Lewis-class replenishment oiler	For United States Navy
14 January	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Silver Dawn	cruise ship	For Silversea Cruises[2]
14 January	Finland	Meyer Turku	Turku	Costa Toscana	Excellence-class cruise ship	For Costa Crociere[3][4]
26 January	China	Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry	Xiamen	Viking Glory	ferry	For Viking Line[5]
8 February	United States	Huntington Ingalls Industries	Newport News	Montana	Virginia-class submarine	For United States Navy[6]
1 March		Ferus Smit		Thun Equality	E-class tanker	[7][8]
3 March	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Mogami	Mogami-class frigate	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[9]
3 March				Charlie	F-500 vessel	For dship Carriers[10][11]
11 March	Croatia	Brodosplit	Split	Janssonius	cruise ship	For Oceanwide Expeditions[12][13]
18 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Discovery Princess	Royal-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises[14][15]
26 March	Russia	Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Magadan	Kilo-class submarine	For the Russian Navy[16]
31 March	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint Nazaire	Celebrity Beyond	Edge-class cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises[17]
March	China	China Merchants Heavy Industry	Haimen	Sylvia Earle	Infinity-class cruise ship	For SunStone Ships[18]
20 April	United Kingdom	BAE Systems	Barrow-in-Furness	Anson	Astute-class submarine	For Royal Navy[19]
26 April	China	Nanjing Jinling Shipyard		Finneco I	ferry	For Finnlines[20]
30 April	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Artist		[21]
April	Taiwan	CSBC yard		Yushan		For Taiwanese Navy[22]
23 May	China	AVIC		W0270	E-Flexer-Mk II-class ferry	for Stena RoRo[23][24]
22 June	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Noshiro	Mogami-class frigate	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[25]
23 June	Finland	Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	SH Minerva	cruise ship	For Swan Hellenic[26][27]
1 July	Russia	Amur Shipbuilding Plant	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	Rezkiy	Steregushchiy-class corvette	For the Russian Navy[28]
2 July	Italy	Fincantieri	Genoa	Resilient Lady	cruise ship	For Virgin Voyages[29]
10 July	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	AIDAcosma	Helios-class cruise ship	For AIDA Cruises[30][31][32]
15 July	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Viking Mars (ship)	Venice-class cruise ship	For Viking Cruises[33][34]
27 July	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Thun Empower	oil/chemical tanker	For Thun AB from Lidkoping, Sweden[35][36]
30 July	Russia	Sevmash	Severodvinsk	Krasnoyarsk	Yasen-M-class submarine	For Russian Navy[37]
July	China	Jinling Shipyard			Green Ship-class ferry	For TT-Line[38]
July	Romania	VARD		Viking Polaris	expedition ship	For Viking Cruises[39]
12 August	Finland	Raum Marine Constructions		My Star	ferry	For Tallink[40]
August	Italy	Fincantieri	Marghera	Norwegian Prima	Project Leonardo cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line[41]
August	Italy	T. Mariotti	Genova	Seabourn Venture	cruise ship	For Seabourn Cruise Line[42]
August	China			H2664	car carrier	For United European Car Carriers[43]
10 September	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Clipper		[44][45][46]
19 September	Italy	Visentini shipyard	Porto Viro	A Galeotta	RoPax	For Corsica Linea[47]
14 October	Japan	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	Kobe	Hakugei	Taigei-class submarine	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[48]
20 October	Japan	Shin Kurushima Hashihama Dockyard	Hashihama	YOT-01	oil tanker	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[49]
27 October	China	China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI)	Haimen	Ocean Odyssey	Infinity-class cruise ship	For SunStone Ships[50][51]
29 October	United States	Fincantieri	Sturgeon Bay	Mark W. Barker	bulk carrier	For Interlake Steamship Company
18 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	MSC Seascape	Seaside-EVO-class cruise ship	For MSC Cruises[52]
18 November	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Hikoshima	Melchora Aquino	Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessel	For Philippine Coast Guard[53]
November	Netherlands	Holland Shipyards		Friedrichsort	passenger ship	For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel[54]
2 December	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	MSC World Europa	World-class cruise ship	For MSC Cruises[55]
17 December	China	CSSC, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding		Adora Magic City	Vista-class cruise ship	For CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping[56][57]
17 December	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Cloud		[58][59][60]
25 December	Russia	Sevmash	Severodvinsk	Generalissimus Suvorov	Borei-class submarine	For the Russian Navy[61]