List of ship launches in 1898

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

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Amphitrite Diadem-class cruiser Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness  United Kingdom
12 January Torpilleur N° 210 37-Metre type Normand (1896 Tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont  France For the French Navy[1]
24 January Argonaut Diadem-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland  United Kingdom
10 February Bullfinch Bullfinch-class destroyer Kingston upon Hull  United Kingdom
12 February Torpilleur N° 211 37-Metre type Normand (1896 Tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont  France For the French Navy[1]
22 February Mermaid Mermaid-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne  United Kingdom
26 February City of Erie Paddle steamer Detroit Dry Dock Company Wyandotte, Michigan United States
7 March Thor Oden-class coastal defence ship Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm  Sweden
21 March Dove Bullfinch-class destroyer Kingston upon Hull  United Kingdom
23 March Goliath Canopus-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent  United Kingdom
24 March Kearsarge Kearsarge-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia  United States
24 March Kentucky Kearsarge-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia  United States
30 March Niord Oden-class coastal defence ship Lindholmens Shipyard Lindholmen, Gothenburg  Sweden
31 March Gazelle Gazelle-class cruiser Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany
April Torpilleur N° 221 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes  France For the French Navy[1]
April Torpilleur N° 216 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot  France For the French Navy[1]
7 April Hermes Highflyer-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland  United Kingdom
7 April New England Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Richard Mills & Co.[2]
7 April New England Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the Dominion Line
19 April Ernest Siegfried Four-masted barque Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For E.Corblet & Cie.[3]
21 April Torpilleur N° 222 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes  France For the French Navy[1]
21 April Sampo Icebreaker Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Finnish Board of Navigation
21 April William Broadley Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
22 April Ariadne Diadem-class cruiser J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom
May Torpilleur N° 217 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot  France For the French Navy[1]
7 May Statendam Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the Holland America Line
7 May São Gabriel São Gabriel-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For the Portuguese Navy[5]
12 May Châteaurenault Protected cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For the French Navy[1]
18 May Alabama Illinois-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  United States
June Torpilleur N° 218 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot  France For the French Navy[1]
1 June Storm 1.-class torpedo boat Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway  Norway
4 June Bay State Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For George Warren & Co.[6]
4 June Highflyer Highflyer-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland  United Kingdom
4 June Ultonia Cargo liner Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend  United Kingdom For the Cunard Line
18 June Deodoro Deodoro-class coastal defense ship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For the Brazilian Navy[7]
21 June Albion Canopus-class battleship Thames Iron Works London  United Kingdom
July Torpilleur N° 219 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot  France For the French Navy[1]
5 July Ocean Canopus-class battleship Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom
5 July São Rafael São Gabriel-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For the Portuguese Navy[8]
9 July Alcyon Steam ferry Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For: Soc. des bateaux à vapeur La Seyne-Toulon [9]
19 July Sinaï Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For: Cie. des Messageries Maritimes[10]
August Torpilleur N° 220 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot  France For the French Navy[1]
4 August German Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[11]
18 August Sigrid Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft.[12]
19 July Chodoc Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For: Cie. Nationale de Navigation [13]
1 September Iéna Pre-dreadnought battleship Arsenal de Brest Brest  France
5 September Longbenton Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For T. & W. Smith.[14]
17 September Río de la Plata Protected cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Spanish Navy.[15][16]
22 September Brand 1.-class torpedo boat Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway  Norway
4 October Illinois Illinois-class battleship Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia  United States
14 October Rimu Coaster Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Keith Ramsay.[17]
27 October Hyacinth Highflyer-class cruiser London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Glasgow  United Kingdom
27 October Spartiate Diadem-class cruiser Royal Navy Dockyard Pembroke Dock  United Kingdom
October Albion Norfolk wherry W Brighton Oulton Broad  United Kingdom For WD & AE Walker, Bungay
1 November Shikishima Shikishima-class battleship Thames Ironworks Leamouth, London  United Kingdom For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 November Duchess Paddle steamer ferry S. & W. Lawrence Scarborough, Perth  Western Australia For South Perth Ferry Company.
6 November Afric Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line.
15 November Dwarf Bramble-class Gunboat London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Govan  United Kingdom
16 November Afric Jubilee-class ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the White Star Line
17 November Formidable Formidable-class battleship Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom
26 November Bramble Bramble-class Gunboat W.H. Potter & Sons Liverpool  United Kingdom
26 November Wisconsin Illinois-class battleship Union Iron Works San Francisco, California  United States
29 November Emilie Siegfried Four-masted barque Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: E.Corblet & Cie.[18]
1 December Aphrodite Yacht Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For Col. O H Payne[19]
4 December Fulmine Destroyer Cantieri navali Odero Sestri Ponente Kingdom of Italy For Regia Marina
15 December Irresistible Formidable-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
15 December Medic Jubilee-class ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the White Star Line
Date unknown Hope Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For George Hill.[20]
Date unknown Kittiwake Lightship Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[21]
Date unknown Majestic Tug Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co. Wallsend United Kingdom For private owner.[22]
Date unknown Phaedra Cargo ship G. Seebeck AG Bremerhaven  Germany For Neptun Line.[23]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Roberts, Stephen S (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859-1914 Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (1st ed.). Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781526745330.
  2. ↑ "New England". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nouvelles et Faits Nautiques". Le Yacht: journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1050. 23 April 1898. pp. 198–199. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  4. ↑ "William Broadley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Nouvelles et Faits Nautiques {Sao Gabriel]". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1053. 14 May 1898. p. 234-235. Retrieved 9 June 2026 – via Gallica.
  6. ↑ "Bay State". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Gardiner, Robert; Chesnau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905 (1st ed.). Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. p. 440. ISBN 0831703024. Retrieved 1 January 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "Lancement du croiseur Sao Rafael". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 18ᵉ Année, no. 6504. 6 July 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  9. ↑ "Nouvelles & Faits Nautiques". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1062. 16 July 1898. p. 344. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  10. ↑ "Lancement du Cargo Boat de 7.455 TX "Sinai"". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1063. 23 July 1898. p. 356. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  11. ↑ "German". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sigrid". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Nouvelles & Faits Nautiques". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1068. 27 August 1898. p. 416. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  14. ↑ "Longbenton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Conway's, 1860–1905, p. 384.
  16. ↑ "Le « Rio de la Plata »". L'Univers (in French). Vol. 33ᵉ Année, no. 11188. 18 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2026 – via RetroNews.
  17. ↑ "Rimu". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "Marine Marchand". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 21ᵉ Année, no. 1081. 26 November 1898. p. 567. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "Hope". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "Kittiwake". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  22. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
  23. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 440–41.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • 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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