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

• 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.