List of ship launches in 1896

The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
28 February  United Kingdom Barclay Curle Glasgow Polycarp Cargo ship For Booth Steamship Company, Liverpool
9 March  Sweden Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm Oden Oden-class coastal defence ship [1]
13 March  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Ebani Cargo ship For African Association Ltd, Liverpool
28 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Iowa Pre-dreadnought battleship
30 March  United Kingdom Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead Mars Majestic-class battleship
9 April  United Kingdom David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow Ibadan Cargo ship For African Steamship Company
27 April  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Bouvet Pre-dreadnought battleship
28 April  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Wales Hannibal Majestic-class battleship
30 April  Russia Baltic Works Saint Petersburg Rossia Armored cruiser
30 April  United Kingdom William Denny & Bros Ltd Dumbarton Sussex Passenger ferry For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 May  France Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg Cassard[2] D'Assas-class cruiser
11 June  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne D'Entrecasteaux[3] First class cruiser
1 July  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Kaiser Friedrich III Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
14 July  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Electra Brazen-class destroyer
14 August  United Kingdom David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow Ilorin Cargo ship For African Steamship Company
2 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Caesar Majestic-class battleship
2 September  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Saint Louis Charlemagne-class battleship
2 September  Russia Nikolayev shipyard Mykolaiv Rostislav Pre-dreadnought battleship
17 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Illustrious Majestic-class battleship
6 October  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Gaulois Charlemagne-class battleship
7 October  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Bat Star-class destroyer [4]
8 October  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne Catinat[5] Catinat-class cruiser
8 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arcadia Seized by USA at Newport News, became US Govt. ship in 1917. Scrapped in 1926.[6][7]
21 October  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Diadem Diadem-class cruiser
17 November  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Dresden Passenger steamer For Great Eastern Railway[8]
3 December  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Furious[9] Arrogant-class cruiser
4 December  United Kingdom Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle upon Tyne New Orleans Protected cruiser Laid down for Brazilian Navy, purchased by United States Navy
5 December  United Kingdom Laird, Son & Co. Birkenhead Locust Earnest-class destroyer [10]
5 December  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness, Kent Proserpine[11] Pelorus-class cruiser
5 December  United States Bath, Maine Newport Gunboat
5 December  United States Bath, Maine Vicksburg Gunboat
8 December  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Gladiator Arrogant-class cruiser
21 December  United Kingdom Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne Pactolus[12] Pelorus-class cruiser
23 December  United States Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey Annapolis Gunboat

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. "Oden class coast defence ships (1897-1899) - Swedish Navy (Sweden)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
  3. The Times (London), Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
  4. Lyon 2001, p. 78
  5. The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
  6. "Arcadia, Hamburg America Line".
  7. "USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605)". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
  8. "The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden"". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 1 September 1897. pp. 206–207.
  9. The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
  10. Lyon 2001, p. 62
  11. The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
  12. The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
  • Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.

See also
Ship events in 1896
Ship launches: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Ship commissionings: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Ship decommissionings: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Shipwrecks: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
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