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

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	Amphitrite	Diadem-class cruiser
24 January	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Argonaut	Diadem-class cruiser
10 February	United Kingdom		Kingston upon Hull	Bullfinch	Bullfinch-class destroyer
22 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Mermaid	Mermaid-class destroyer
26 February	United States	Detroit Dry Dock Company	Wyandotte, Michigan	City of Erie	Paddle steamer
7 March	Sweden	Bergsunds Shipyard	Stockholm	Thor	Oden-class coastal defence ship
21 March	United Kingdom		Kingston upon Hull	Dove	Bullfinch-class destroyer
23 March	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Goliath	Canopus-class battleship
24 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Kearsarge	Kearsarge-class battleship
24 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Kentucky	Kearsarge-class battleship
30 March	Sweden	Lindholmens Shipyard	Lindholmen, Gothenburg	Niord	Oden-class coastal defence ship
31 March	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Gazelle	Gazelle-class cruiser
7 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Hermes	Highflyer-class cruiser
7 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	New England	Passenger ship	For Richard Mills & Co.[1]
7 April	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	New England	Ocean liner	For the Dominion Line
21 April	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne	Sampo	Icebreaker	For Finnish Board of Navigation
21 April	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth	William Broadley	Steamship	For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
22 April	United Kingdom	J & G Thompson	Clydebank	Ariadne	Diadem-class cruiser
7 May	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Statendam	Ocean liner	For the Holland America Line
18 May	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alabama	Illinois-class battleship
1 June	Norway	Karljohansvern naval yard	Horten, Norway	Storm	1.-class torpedo boat
4 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bay State	Cargo ship	For George Warren & Co.[3]
4 June	France	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Deodoro	Deodoro-class coastal defense ship	For Brazilian Navy
4 June	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Highflyer	Highflyer-class cruiser
4 June	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Ultonia	Cargo liner	For the Cunard Line
21 June	United Kingdom	Thames Iron Works	London	Albion	Canopus-class battleship
5 July	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Ocean	Canopus-class battleship
4 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	German	Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Co.[4]
18 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth	Sigrid	Steamship	For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft.[5]
1 September	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Iéna	Pre-dreadnought battleship
5 September	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth	Longbenton	Steamship	For T. & W. Smith.[6]
22 September	Norway	Karljohansvern naval yard	Horten, Norway	Brand	1.-class torpedo boat
4 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Illinois	Illinois-class battleship
14 October	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Rimu	Coaster	For Keith Ramsay.[7]
27 October	United Kingdom	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company	Glasgow	Hyacinth	Highflyer-class cruiser
27 October	United Kingdom	Royal Navy Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	Spartiate	Diadem-class cruiser
October	United Kingdom	W Brighton	Oulton Broad	Albion	Norfolk wherry	For WD & AE Walker, Bungay
1 November	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks	Leamouth, London	Shikishima	Shikishima-class battleship	For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Afric	Passenger ship	For White Star Line.
15 November	United Kingdom	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company	Govan	Dwarf	Bramble-class Gunboat
16 November	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Afric	Jubilee-class ocean liner	For the White Star Line
17 November	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Formidable	Formidable-class battleship
26 November	United Kingdom	W.H. Potter & Sons	Liverpool	Bramble	Bramble-class Gunboat
26 November	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Wisconsin	Illinois-class battleship
1 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Aphrodite	Yacht	For Col. O H Payne[8]
15 December	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Irresistible	Formidable-class battleship
15 December	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Medic	Jubilee-class ocean liner	For the White Star Line
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Hope	Humber Keel	For George Hill.[9]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Kittiwake	Lightship	For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[10]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co.	Wallsend	Majestic	Tug	For private owner.[11]
Date unknown	Germany	G. Seebeck AG	Bremerhaven	Phaedra	Cargo ship	For Neptun Line.[12]

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.