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
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
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
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.[1]
7 April New England Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the Dominion Line
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.[2]
22 April Ariadne Diadem-class cruiser J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom
7 May Statendam Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For the Holland America Line
18 May Alabama Illinois-class battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  United States
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.[3]
4 June Deodoro Deodoro-class coastal defense ship Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer  France For Brazilian Navy
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
21 June Albion Canopus-class battleship Thames Iron Works London  United Kingdom
5 July Ocean Canopus-class battleship Devonport Dockyard Devonport  United Kingdom
4 August German Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[4]
18 August Sigrid Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft.[5]
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.[6]
17 September Río de la Plata Protected cruiser Société Forger et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer  France For Spanish Navy.[7]
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.[8]
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
1 December Aphrodite Yacht Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For Col. O H Payne[9]
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.[10]
Date unknown Kittiwake Lightship Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[11]
Date unknown Majestic Tug Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co. Wallsend United Kingdom For private owner.[12]
Date unknown Phaedra Cargo ship G. Seebeck AG Bremerhaven  Germany For Neptun Line.[13]

References

Citations

  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. ^ Conway's, 1860–1905, p. 384.
  8. ^ "Rimu". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Hope". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Kittiwake". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 305.
  13. ^ 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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