List of ship launches in 1894

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

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