List of ship launches in 1898

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 [1]
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 [1]
31 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Gazelle Gazelle-class cruiser
7 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Hermes Highflyer-class cruiser
21 April  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Sampo Icebreaker For Finnish Board of Navigation
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  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
21 June  United Kingdom Thames Iron Works London Albion Canopus-class battleship
5 July  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Ocean Canopus-class battleship
1 September  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Iéna Pre-dreadnought battleship
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
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
15 November  United Kingdom London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Govan Dwarf Bramble-class Gunboat
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[2]
15 December  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Irresistible Formidable-class battleship

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. Fairburn, William A. (June 1899). "Full Powered Sea-Going Steam Yacht Aphrodite For Col. Oliver H. Payne, Of New York". Marine Engineering. Aldrich & Donaldson. 3 (6): 10–13. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

See also
Ship events in 1898
Ship launches: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Ship commissionings: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Ship decommissionings: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Shipwrecks: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
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