List of ship launches in 1894

The list of ship launches in 1894 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1894.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
20 January Torr Head Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Ulster Steamship Co.[1]
24 January Chanzy Amiral Charner-class cruiser Bordeaux France For Marine Nationale
3 February Pontic Baggage tender Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line.
3 February Wittekind Cargo liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
7 February Corbridge Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Corbridge Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
7 February Decoy Daring-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
10 February Yorktown Passenger ship Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania United States For Old Dominion Steamship Company
14 February Hazard Dryad-class torpedo gunboat Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
20 February Duke of York Passenger ship William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton  United Kingdom For London and North Western Railway
20 February Harrier Dryad-class torpedo gunboat Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
22 February Ikbal Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Edward Bates & Son.[3]
February Peter Jebsen Collier John Readhead & Sons South Shields  United Kingdom For L F Chapman & Co Ltd.
13 March Skate Sturgeon-class destroyer Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
6 April Halcyon Dryad-class torpedo gunboat Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
10 April Prussia Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.[4]
April Iona Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For John Dannatt.[5]
8 May Persia Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.
12 May Ericsson Torpedo boat Iowa Iron Works Dubuque, Iowa United States For United States Navy
17 May Æger Rendel gunboat Karljohansverns Verft Horten Norway For Kongelig Norske Marine
18 May Mersey Sailing ship Charles Connell and Company Glasgow  United Kingdom For Nourse Line
2 June Sissoi Veliky Pre-dreadnought battleship New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
16 June Hasty Charger-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
19 June Aberdeen Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel Fleming & Ferguson Aberdeen  United Kingdom For Canadian Government
21 June Saint Ninian Cargo ship D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow  United Kingdom For Saint Ninian Steamship Co Ltd
26 June Guelph Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[6]
3 July Hussar Dryad-class torpedo gunboat Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
12 July Carnot Pre-dreadnought battleship Arsenal de Toulon Toulon France For Marine Nationale
19 July Eclipse Eclipse-class cruiser Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
19 July Norman Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[7]
21 July Sturgeon Sturgeon-class destroyer Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
25 July Clyde Sailing ship Russell & Co Ltd Port Glasgow  United Kingdom For Nourse Line
2 August Bruix Amiral Charner-class cruiser Rochefort shipyard Rochefort France For Marine Nationale
2 August Turbinia Experimental steamship Brown and Hood Wallsend on Tyne  United Kingdom For Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company
14 August Blairmore Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For William Johnstone.[8]
14 August Rocket Rocket-class destroyer J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
14 August Shark Rocket-class destroyer J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
22 August Admiral Seniavin Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship Baltic Words Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
August Britannia Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For George Hill.[9]
15 September Charger Charger-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 September Kirkwall Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Kirkwall Steamship Co. Ltd.[10]
29 September Lebanon Collier William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia United States For Reading Company
8 October Latouche-Tréville Amiral Charner-class cruiser Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre France For Marine Nationale
15 October Anglo-American Humber Keel George W. Brown & Sons Hull  United Kingdom For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[11]
16 October Ardent Ardent-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
16 October Ulstermore Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For William Johnstone.[12]
18 October Geier Bussard-class cruiser Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Imperial German Navy
1 November Petropavlovsk Petropavlovsk-class battleship Galerniy Yard Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
3 November Odin Odin-class coastal defense ship Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
6 November Poltava Pre-dreadnought battleship New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy
10 November Marino Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Thomas Dixon & Sons.[13]
10 November Surly Rocket-class destroyer J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
12 November St. Louis Ocean liner William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia United States For International Navigation Company
17 November Banshee Banshee-class destroyer Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 November Boxer Ardent-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
29 November Oropesa Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[14]
1 December Contest Banshee-class destroyer Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
9 December Lynx Ferret-class destroyer Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
13 December Conflict Conflict-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
13 December Scotsman Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Richard Mills & Co.[15]
15 December Dragon Banshee-class destroyer Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
15 December Orissa Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[16]
19 December Magnificent Majestic-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Chatham  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
28 December Torch Alert-class sloop Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
Unknown date City of Everett Whaleback Everett Shipyards Everett, Washington United States For Alexander McDougall
Unknown date Derry Barge South Rondout, New York United States For Susquehanna Coal Company
Unknown date Dunhope Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow  United Kingdom For private owner.[17]
Unknown date Forth Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow  United Kingdom For private owner.[17]
Unknown date Geraldine Fishing smack John Newman Atkinson Dublin  United Kingdom For private owner.[18]
Unknown date Gladys Ketch David Banks & Co. Plymouth  United Kingdom For Thomas Mourant.[19]
Unknown date Helen Baughman Schooner Bowns Nanticoke, Maryland United States For Maryland State Conservation Commission
Unknown date Katherine K. Tugboat M D Battomer Baltimore United States For S H Freas, Miami
Unknown date LV-58 Lightship Craig Shipbuilding Company Long Beach, California United States For United States Lighthouse Board
Unknown date Maggie May Drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For John S. Johnston and others.[20]
Unknown date Mersey Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow  United Kingdom For private owner.[17]
Unknown date Princess May Ketch J. Allen & Co. Poole  United Kingdom For Frederick Griffin.[21]
Unknown date Safra El-Bahr Royal yacht A. & J. Inglis Glasgow  United Kingdom For the Khedive of Egypt
Unknown date Solveig Cargo ship Swan & Hunter Wallsend  United Kingdom
Unknown date Westward Ho Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon  United Kingdom For P. & A. Campbell.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Torr Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Corbridge". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Ikbal". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Prussia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Iona". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Guelph". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Norman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Blairmore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Britannia". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Kirkwall". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Anglo-American". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Ulstermore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Marino". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Oropesa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Scotsman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Orissa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  17. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
  18. ^ "Geraldine". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Gladys". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Maggie May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Princess May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.

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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