List_of_ship_commissionings_in_1979 Knowpia

The list of ship commissionings in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1979.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
3 January	SAGA Linjen	*Fennia*	Finland	ferry		Chartered from Svea Line (Finland)
January	Holland Expo	*Tor Scandinavia*	Sweden	Cruiseferry		Chartered from Tor Line
31 January	Royal Navy of Oman	*Al Munassir*		Amphibious warfare ship
17 February	Svea Line (Finland)	*Fennia*	Finland	ferry		Returned from charter; in Silja Line traffic
26 February	Tor Line	*Tor Scandinavia*	Sweden	Cruiseferry		Returned from charter to Holland Expo
3 March	United States Navy	USS New York City		Los Angeles-class submarine	SSN-696
24 March	Italia Crociere	*Galileo Galilei*	Italy	Cruise ship		Formerly with Lloyd Triestino
26 April	Rederi AB Slite	*Botnia Express*	Finland	Ferry		Ex-Diana under charter from Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab in Viking Line traffic
27 April	Indian Navy	INS Bedi		Pondicherry-class minesweeper	M63
27 April	Indian Navy	INS Bhavnagar		Pondicherry-class minesweeper	M64
4 May	Royal Navy	HMS Broadsword		Type 22 frigate	F88
4 June	SF Line	*Turella*	Finland	Cruiseferry		For Viking Line traffic
8 June	Finnish Navy	*Pohjanmaa*		Pohjanmaa-class minelayer
9 June	Rederi AB Slite	*Diana II av Slite*	Sweden	Cruiseferry		For Viking Line traffic
20 June	Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab	*Botnia Express*	Finland	Ferry		Ex-Diana; entered service after charter to Rederi AB Slite
25 June	Peruvian Navy	BAP Villavisencio		Lupo-class frigate	FM-52
26 July	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Callenburgh		Kortenaer-class frigate	F808
31 August	Soviet Navy	*Zadornyy*		Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship	520
25 September	Royal Navy	HMS Cardiff		Type 42 destroyer	D108
September	Rederi AB Slite	*Diana II*	Sweden	Cruiseferry		Ex-Diana II av Slite; in Viking Line traffic
19 November	United States Navy	USS McInerney		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-8
29 November	Irish Naval Service	LÉ Aoife		Deirdre-class offshore patrol vessel	P22
18 December	Royal Navy	HMS Brecon		Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel	M29
23 December	Peruvian Navy	BAP Carvajal		Lupo-class frigate	FM-51
Date unknown	Stena Line	*Stena Saga*	Sweden	Ferry		Rebuilt from Stena Oceanica

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