Category:Shipbuilding ceremonies

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English: Umbrella category for:

Keel-laying ceremony = formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.
Ship christening: when a new built ship is upon launching, a bottle of champagne is smashed against the bow while pronouncing (approximately) the words: "(name of the ship), I baptize you and wish you and your crew a safe journey". Usually this is done by a female. Immediately after the christening there is the:
Ship launching = process of transferring a vessel to the water. After this event ships often require significant additional work once they are in the water. Only when this work is finished, there might be a:
Commissioning ceremony = a separate event that may take place a significant time later than the ship launching. Usually the ship's colors are being raised. Now the ship is ready to sail.

Subcategories

This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

Shipbuilding ceremonies in the Netherlands (2 C, 1 F)

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Ship christenings (6 C, 97 F)
Ship commissioning (9 C)

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Keel-laying ceremonies (6 C, 64 F)

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Ship launchings (9 C, 54 F)

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Shipbuilding ceremonies of the Brazilian Navy (3 C, 34 F)

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Shipbuilding traditions (3 C, 7 F)

Media in category "Shipbuilding ceremonies"

The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.

Admiral Gary T. Blore at the launch ceremony for the USCG's last Marine Protector cutter.jpg 680 × 369; 79 KB
BASA-21-11-68-12-Varna.jpg 739 × 559; 111 KB

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