The list of ship launches in 1898 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1898. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder LocationCountry Notes 5 January Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness 12 January Torpilleur N° 210 37-Metre type Normand (1896 Tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont For the French Navy 24 January Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland 10 February Kingston upon Hull 12 February Torpilleur N° 211 37-Metre type Normand (1896 Tranche) Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde Lormont For the French Navy 22 February Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne 26 February Paddle steamerDetroit Dry Dock Company Wyandotte, Michigan 7 MarchBergsunds ShipyardStockholm 21 March Kingston upon Hull 23 MarchChatham DockyardChatham, Kent 24 March Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia 24 March Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia 30 MarchLindholmens ShipyardLindholmen, Gothenburg31 MarchGermaniawerftKiel April Torpilleur N° 221 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes For the French Navy April Torpilleur N° 216 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot For the French Navy7 AprilFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering CompanyGovan, Scotland 7 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Richard Mills & Co.7 AprilNew EnglandOcean linerHarland and WolffBelfastFor the Dominion Line19 AprilErnest Siegfried Four-masted barqueForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLe HavreFor E.Corblet & Cie. 21 April Torpilleur N° 222 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes For the French Navy 21 April Icebreaker Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne For Finnish Board of Navigation 21 April Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd. 22 April J & G Thompson Clydebank May Torpilleur N° 217 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot For the French Navy 7 May Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast For the Holland America Line 7 May São Gabriel São Gabriel-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the Portuguese Navy 12 May Châteaurenault Protected cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For the French Navy 18 May William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June Torpilleur N° 218 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot For the French Navy 1 June 1.-class torpedo boat Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway 4 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For George Warren & Co. 4 June Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland 4 JuneUltoniaCargo linerSwan Hunter & Wigham RichardsonWallsendFor the Cunard Line18 JuneDeodoroDeodoro-class coastal defense shipForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLa SeyneFor the Brazilian Navy21 JuneThames Iron WorksLondon July Torpilleur N° 219 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot For the French Navy5 JulyDevonport DockyardDevonport 5 July São Rafael São Gabriel-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the Portuguese Navy9 JulyAlcyon Steam ferryForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLa SeyneFor: Soc. des bateaux à vapeur La Seyne-Toulon 19 JulySinaï SteamshipForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLa SeyneFor: Cie. des Messageries Maritimes August Torpilleur N° 220 37-Metre type Normand (1897 Tranche) Schneider et Cie. Le Creusot For the French Navy 4 August Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Co. 18 August Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft.19 JulyChodoc SteamshipForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLa SeyneFor: Cie. Nationale de Navigation 1 SeptemberPre-dreadnought battleshipArsenal de BrestBrest 5 September Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For T. & W. Smith. 17 September Protected cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Spanish Navy.Conway's, 1860–1905, p. 384. 22 September 1.-class torpedo boat Karljohansvern naval yard Horten, Norway 4 October Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia 14 October Coaster Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For Keith Ramsay. 27 October London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Glasgow 27 October Royal Navy Dockyard Pembroke Dock October Norfolk wherry W Brighton Oulton Broad For WD & AE Walker, Bungay 1 November Thames Ironworks Leamouth, London For Imperial Japanese Navy3 NovemberDuchessPaddle steamer ferryS. & W. LawrenceScarborough, Perth For South Perth Ferry Company. 6 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 15 November London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Govan 16 NovemberAfricJubilee-class ocean linerHarland and WolffBelfastFor the White Star Line17 NovemberPortsmouth DockyardPortsmouth 26 November W.H. Potter & Sons Liverpool 26 November Union Iron Works San Francisco, California 29 NovemberEmilie Siegfried Four-masted barqueForges et Chantiers de la MéditerranéeLe HavreFor: E.Corblet & Cie. 1 December Yacht Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For Col. O H Payne 4 December Destroyer Cantieri navali Odero Sestri Ponente For Regia Marina15 DecemberChatham DockyardChatham, KentFor Royal Navy15 DecemberMedicJubilee-class ocean linerHarland and WolffBelfastFor the White Star Line Date unknown Hope Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For George Hill. Date unknown Lightship Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For Commissioners of Irish Lights. Date unknown Majestic Tug Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co. Wallsend For private owner. Date unknown Cargo ship G. Seebeck AG Bremerhaven For Neptun Line.
References Citations
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