List of ship commissionings in 1978

The list of ship commissionings in 1978 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1978.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
9 January	Birka Line	Prinsessan	Finland	Ferry		Former Finnhansa with Finnlines
16 January		Fennia	Finland	Ferry		Chartered from Svea Line (Finland)
February			Greece	Ferry		Ex-Manic with
15 March	Imperial Iranian Navy	Khadang		Kaman-class fast attack craft	P223
23 March	Imperial Iranian Navy			Kaman-class fast attack craft	P225
31 March	Imperial Iranian Navy			Kaman-class fast attack craft	P224
31 March	Imperial Iranian Navy	Falakhon		Kaman-class fast attack craft	P226
31 March	Imperial Iranian Navy	Shamshir		Kaman-class fast attack craft	P227
3 April	Minoan Lines		Greece	Ferry		Former Saga with
24 April	Svea Line (Finland)	Fennia	Finland	Ferry		In Silja Line traffic
10 May	Polferries	Rogalin	Poland	Ferry		Ex-Aallotar chartered by Polferries from Effoa
13 May	DFDS Seaways	Dana Anglia	Denmark	Ferry
9 June	P&O Normandy Ferries	nf Tiger	United Kingdom	Ferry		Ex-Katteget with
22 August	Imperial Iranian Navy	Gorz		Kaman-class fast attack craft	P228
1 September	Stena Line		Sweden	Ferry		Former Patricia with . Heavily rebuilt before entered service.
26 October	Royal Netherlands Navy	Kortenaer		Kortenaer-class frigate	F807
11 September	Imperial Iranian Navy	Gardouneh		Kaman-class fast attack craft	P229
9 November	Stena Line		Sweden	Ferry		Former Peer Günt with

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