List_of_ship_commissionings_in_1969 Knowpia

The list of ship commissionings in 1969 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1969.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
20 January	Trave Lines	*Sveaborg*	Sweden	Ferry		Formerly Finnpartner with Finnlines
22 February	Royal Australian Navy	*Bayonet*		Attack-class patrol boat	P 101
12 March	Argentine Navy	*Veinticinco de Mayo*		Colossus-class aircraft carrier	V-2	Former HNLMS Karel Doorman
22 March	German Navy	*Lütjens*		Lütjens-class destroyer	D185
18 April	Royal Australian Navy	*Ovens*		Oberon-class submarine	S 70
April	Swedish Lloyd	*Hispania*	Sweden	Ferry		Formerly Svea with Rederi AB Svea
2 June	Royal Navy	*Charybdis*		Leander-class frigate	F75	^[1]
11 July	Royal Navy	*Hermione*		Leander-class frigate	F58
9 August	Royal Navy	*Jupiter*		Leander-class frigate	F60
20 September	German Navy	*Mölders*		Lütjens-class destroyer	D186
17 October	Royal Navy	*Bacchante*		Leander-class frigate	F69
14 December	K/S A/S Explorer & Co	*Lindblad Explorer*	Liberia	Expeditionary cruise ship
22 December	Royal Australian Navy	*Onslow*		Oberon-class submarine	S 60
29 December	Soviet Navy	*Kronstadt*		Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship	585

Citations edit

Preston, Antony (1995). "United Kingdom". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 479–543. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.