List of ship launches in 1898

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The list of ship launches in 1898 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1898.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January  United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness Amphitrite Diadem-class cruiser
24 January  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Argonaut Diadem-class cruiser
10 February  United Kingdom Kingston upon Hull Bullfinch Bullfinch-class destroyer
22 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mermaid Mermaid-class destroyer
26 February  United States Detroit Dry Dock Company Wyandotte, Michigan City of Erie Paddle steamer
7 March  Sweden Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm Thor Oden-class coastal defence ship
21 March  United Kingdom Kingston upon Hull Dove Bullfinch-class destroyer
23 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Goliath Canopus-class battleship
24 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Kearsarge Kearsarge-class battleship
24 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Kentucky Kearsarge-class battleship
30 March  Sweden Lindholmens Shipyard Lindholmen, Gothenburg Niord Oden-class coastal defence ship
31 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Gazelle Gazelle-class cruiser
7 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Hermes Highflyer-class cruiser
7 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast New England Passenger ship For Richard Mills & Co.[1]
7 April  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast New England Ocean liner For the Dominion Line
21 April  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Sampo Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
21 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth William Broadley Steamship For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
22 April  United Kingdom J & G Thompson Clydebank Ariadne Diadem-class cruiser
7 May  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Statendam Ocean liner For the Holland America Line
18 May  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alabama Illinois-class battleship
1 June  Norway Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway Storm 1.-class torpedo boat
4 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bay State Cargo ship For George Warren & Co.[3]
4 June  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Deodoro Deodoro-class coastal defense ship For Brazilian Navy
4 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Highflyer Highflyer-class cruiser
4 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Ultonia Cargo liner For the Cunard Line
21 June  United Kingdom Thames Iron Works London Albion Canopus-class battleship
5 July  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Ocean Canopus-class battleship
4 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast German Passenger ship For Union Steamship Co.[4]
18 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Sigrid Steamship For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft.[5]
1 September  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Iéna Pre-dreadnought battleship
5 September  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Longbenton Steamship For T. & W. Smith.[6]
22 September  Norway Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway Brand 1.-class torpedo boat
4 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia Illinois Illinois-class battleship
14 October  United Kingdom Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Rimu Coaster For Keith Ramsay.[7]
27 October  United Kingdom London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Glasgow Hyacinth Highflyer-class cruiser
27 October  United Kingdom Royal Navy Dockyard Pembroke Dock Spartiate Diadem-class cruiser
October  United Kingdom W Brighton Oulton Broad Albion Norfolk wherry For WD & AE Walker, Bungay
1 November  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks Leamouth, London Shikishima Shikishima-class battleship For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Afric Passenger ship For White Star Line.
15 November  United Kingdom London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Govan Dwarf Bramble-class Gunboat
16 November  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Afric Jubilee-class ocean liner For the White Star Line
17 November  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Formidable Formidable-class battleship
26 November  United Kingdom W.H. Potter & Sons Liverpool Bramble Bramble-class Gunboat
26 November  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Wisconsin Illinois-class battleship
1 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Aphrodite Yacht For Col. O H Payne[8]
15 December  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Irresistible Formidable-class battleship
15 December  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Medic Jubilee-class ocean liner For the White Star Line
Date unknown  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Hope Humber Keel For George Hill.[9]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Kittiwake Lightship For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[10]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co. Wallsend Majestic Tug For private owner.[11]
Date unknown  Germany G. Seebeck AG Bremerhaven Phaedra Cargo ship For Neptun Line.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "New England". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "William Broadley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bay State". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "German". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sigrid". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Longbenton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Rimu". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ↑ Fairburn, William A. (June 1899). "Full Powered Sea-Going Steam Yacht Aphrodite For Col. Oliver H. Payne, Of New York". Marine Engineering. 3 (6). Aldrich & Donaldson: 10–13. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Hope". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Kittiwake". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
  12. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 440–41.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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