List of ship launches in 1899

The list of ship launches in 1899 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1899.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
11 January Spiteful Spiteful-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
12 January Noémi Schooner Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire  France For Soc. Anonyme des Voliers de St. Nazaire [1][2]
14 January Amiral Courbet Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis[3]
14 January Oceanic Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line
30 January Moorabool Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.[4]
11 February Durandal Durandal-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
13 February Energy Tug Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[6]
February Albany New Orleans-class protected cruiser Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For United States Navy
February Torpilleur N° 233 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Schneider-Creusot Chalon-sur-Saône  France For French Navy[5]
February Torpilleur N° 234 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Schneider-Creusot Chalon-sur-Saône  France For French Navy[5]
11 March Glory Canopus-class battleship Cammell Laird Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
11 March Implacable Formidable-class battleship HMNB Devonport Devonport  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
11 March Winifredian Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For F. Leyland & Co.[7]
13 March Asahi Battleship John Brown & Company Glasgow  United Kingdom For Imperial Japanese Navy
30 March Peterel Spiteful-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
13 April Warwick Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Warwick Steamship Co. Ltd.[8]
18 April Saxonia Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Hamburg America Line
27 April Ville de Mulhouse Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Cie. Havraise Péninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur [9]
May Torpilleur N° 235 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Schneider-Creusot Chalon-sur-Saône  France For French Navy[5]
6 May Torpilleur N° 230 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont  France For French Navy[5]
8 May Gromoboi Armoured cruiser Baltic Works St Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
29 May Dahlgren Torpedo boat Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy
June Torpilleur N° 231 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont  France For French Navy[5]
June Torpilleur N° 232 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont  France For French Navy[5]
1 June Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy
8 June Jeanne d'Arc Armoured cruiser Arsenal de Toulon Toulon France For French Navy
8 June Hallebarde Durandal-class destroyer Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
8 June France Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre France For Cie. des Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest[10]
10 June Stringham Torpedo boat Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware United States For United States Navy
24 June Azuma Armored cruiser Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June Jurien de la Gravière Protected cruiser Arsenal de Lorient Lorient France For French Navy[5]
26 June Gagara Torpedo boat Neva Shipyard St Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
27 June Hatsuse Shikishima-class battleship Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Imperial Japanese Navy
28 June Cobra Destroyer Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 June Pioneer Pelorus-class cruiser HM Dockyard Chatham Chatham, Kent  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 June Somerford Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Speeding & Marshall Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[11]
29 June Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser Gio. Ansaldo & C. Sestri Ponente, Genoa  Italy For Regia Marina
30 June Chesapeake Barque Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy
6 July Floriano Deodoro-class coastal defense ship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For Brazilian Navy[12]
8 July Yakumo Armoured cruiser Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin  Germany For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 July Montezuma Cargo liner Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow  United Kingdom For Elder Dempster Lines
18 July Niobe Gazelle-class cruiser AG Weser Bremen  Germany For Imperial German Navy
22 July Torpilleur N° 227 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
22 July Ville du Havre — Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Cie. Havraise Péninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur [13]
25 July Suffren Pre-dreadnought battleship Arsenal de Brest Brest France For French Navy
25 July Vengeance Canopus-class battleship Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
27 July Awa Maru Ocean liner Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Nagasaki  Japan For Nippon Yusen
29 July Goldsborough Torpedo boat Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works Portland, Maine United States For United States Navy
6 August Varese Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando Livorno  Italy For Regia Marina
21 August Torpilleur N° 228 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
29 August Myg Torpedo boat Navy Yard Karljohansvern Norway For Royal Norwegian Navy
August Pallada Pallada-class cruiser Admiralty Shipyard St Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
6 September Viper Viper-class destroyer R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
7 September Persic Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line.
9 September Habsburg Habsburg-class battleship STT Trieste Austria-Hungary For Austro-Hungarian Navy
16 September Hansa Passenger ship William Lindbergs Verkstads- och Varfs AB Stockholm Sweden For Ångfartygs AB Gotland, Visby
20 September La Lorraine Ocean liner Compagnie Générale Transatlantique St. Nazaire France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
20 September Rhein Ocean liner Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
21 September London London-class battleship Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
23 September Henri IV Pre-dreadnought battleship Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg France For French Navy
25 September Craven Torpedo boat Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For United States Navy
30 September Diana Pallada-class cruiser Admiralty Shipyard St Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
5 October Torpilleur N° 212 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
5 October Michigan Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Atlantic Transport Co.[14]
7 October Ville de Dijon Four-masted barque Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For Cie. des Voiliers Havrais [15]
7 October El Cid Cargo ship Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia United States For Southern Pacific Steamship Company
18 October Bulwark London-class battleship HMNB Devonport Devonport  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
18 October Kaiser Karl der Grosse Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Imperial German Navy
19 October Everingham Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For East Yorkshire Steamship Co. Ltd.[16]
21 October Galeka Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union-Castle Line
21 October Narval Submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg  France For French Navy[5]
31 October Sir Walter Scott Steamship Wm. Denny & Bros. Dumbarton  United Kingdom
31 October Shubrick Torpedo boat William Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia United States For United States Navy
31 October Varyag Cruiser William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Imperial Russian Navy
2 November Venerable London-class battleship HM Dockyard Chatham Chatham, Kent  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
3 November Torpilleur N° 213 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
18 November Minneapolis Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Atlantic Transport Co.[17]
18 November Sutlej Cressy-class cruiser John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
21 November Nymphe Gazelle-class cruiser Germaniawerft Kiel  Germany For Imperial German Navy
25 November Hamburg Barbarossa-class ocean liner AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Hamburg America Line
2 December Grosser Kurfürst Ocean liner F Schichau Danzig  Germany For Norddeutsche Lloyd
4 December Cressy Cressy-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Govan  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
5 December Bailey Torpedo boat Gas Engine & Power Company / Charles L Seabury Company Morris Heights, New York United States For United States Navy
5 December Gelderland Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For N.V. Scheepvaart en Steenkolen Maatschappij.[18]
9 December Claes Uggla Torpedo cruiser Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy
15 December Potsdam Ocean Liner Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Holland-America Line
16 December Torpilleur N° 214 37-Metre type Normand (1897 tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre  France For French Navy[5]
16 December Saxonia Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank  United Kingdom For Cunard Line
20 December Anglia Ferry William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton  United Kingdom For London and North Western Railway
21 December Saxon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[19]
23 December Virginia Yacht Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For Isaac Stern
31 December Tashmoo Paddle steamer Detroit Shipbuilding Company Detroit United States For White Star Line, ~Detroit
Unknown date Albatros Ketch Kalkman Capelle aan den IJssel Netherlands Last commercially trading cargo sailing ship in Europe.
Unknown date Corsair Yacht W. & A. Fletcher Company Hoboken, New Jersey United States For J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Unknown date Eidsvold Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date Eugenia Yacht John Roach and Sons Chester, Pennsylvania United States
Unknown date Florence Barge Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For private owner.[20]
Unknown date Ivernia Ocean liner Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Cunard Line
Unknown date Jack T Scully Tugboat A C Brown Tottenville, New York United States For Neptune Line
Unknown date Köln Ocean Liner Geestemunde  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
Unknown date Korea Passenger liner Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft Flensburg, Germany  Germany for Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
Unknown date Leona Paddle steamer Portland, Oregon United States For Oregon City Transportation Company
Unknown date Luckenbach No. 3 Tugboat Neafie and Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Luckenbach Steamship Company
Unknown date Lykens Tugboat Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For the Reading Company
Unknown date Marie Cargo ship Neptun AG. Rostock  Germany For Flensburger Dampschiff Gesellschaft.[21]
Unknown date Maud Norfolk wherry D S Hall Reedham, Norfolk  United Kingdom For Walter Bunn
Unknown date Mont-Blanc Tramp steamer Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Middlesbrough  United Kingdom For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Unknown date Norge Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date Olive Passenger ship Beeching & Co. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Laura Beeching.[22]
Unknown date Only Son Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For John Charles Raper.[23]
Unknown date Patrol Harbor launch Jersey City, Illinois United States
Unknown date Petschora Paddle steamer Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For private owner.[24]
Unknown date Pioneer Steamboat Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For William Monk Jr.[25]
Unknown date Piscator Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Henry F. Eastick and others.[26]
Unknown date Söderhamn Cargo ship Helsingørs Jernskib-og Maskinbyggeri A/S Helsingør Denmark
Unknown date Stag Destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
Unknown date Toroa Coaster Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Richardson & Co. Ltd.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Constructions Navales". Le Matin (in French). 17 January 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2026 – via RetroNews.
  2. ↑ Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping (1900). Volume II.—Sailing Vessels (1900-01). London: Lloyd's. Retrieved 15 March 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "Nouvelle et Faits Nautiques [Amiral Courbet]". Le Yacht: journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 22nd Année, no. 1088. 14 January 1899. p. 20. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  4. ↑ "Moorabool". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
  6. ↑ "Energy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Winifredian". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Warwick". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Paris et Départments". Le Moniteur Universel (in French). No. 118. 30 April 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via RetroNews.
  10. ↑ "Deux Lancements". Le Petit Marseillais (in French). Vol. 32nd Année, no. 11329. 9 June 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 5 April 2026 – via RetroNews.
  11. ↑ "Somerford". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Nouvelles & Faits Nautiques". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 22ᵉ Année, no. 1116. 29 July 1899. p. 360. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  14. ↑ "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nouvelles & Faits Nautiques". Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance (in French). Vol. 22ᵉ Année, no. 1126. 7 October 1899. p. 480. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Gallica.
  16. ↑ "Everingham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Minneapolis". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Gelderland". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  19. ↑ "Saxon". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Florence". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  21. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 454.
  22. ↑ "Olive". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  23. ↑ "Only Son". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ↑ "Petschora". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  25. ↑ "Pioneer". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  26. ↑ "Piscator". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  27. ↑ "Toroa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

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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