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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.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Charles Connell & Co Ltd
|
Glasgow
|
Forth
|
Sailing ship
|
For private owner.
|
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.
|
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.
|
- ^ "Torr Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Corbridge". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Ikbal". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Prussia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Iona". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Guelph". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Norman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Blairmore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Britannia". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Kirkwall". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Anglo-American". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Ulstermore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Marino". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Oropesa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Scotsman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Orissa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Geraldine". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Gladys". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Maggie May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Princess May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- 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.