The list of ship launches in 1902 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1902. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes 11 January Koko Head barquentine W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California for 24 January Korrigan Farfadet-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 1 February Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey for 11 February Yacht Burlee Dry Dock Co Staten Island, New York for William Bateman Leeds 11 February Turbine-powered torpedo-boat destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn for Royal Navy 20 February Ocean liner William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for International Mercantile Marine 22 February Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Prince Line Ltd. 25 February Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne for DDG Hansa 8 March Passenger ship Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company 8 March Devonport Dockyard Devonport for the Royal Navy 22 March Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the United States Navy 22 March AG Weser Bremen for the Imperial German Navy 22 March Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick for the Royal Navy 23 March 4-masted barque Chantiers de France Dunkirk for Ant. Dom. Bordes et Fils 25 March Chatham Dockyard Chatham for the Royal Navy 26 March Passenger ferry Gourlay Bros Dundee for the Great Eastern Railway 10 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 22 April AG Weser Bremen for the Imperial German Navy 22 April Aztec Yacht Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey For: 22 April 4-masted barque Rickmers Schiffbau AG Bremerhaven for: 23 April Venice Naval Arsenal Venice for the Regia Marina 24 April Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware for the United States Navy April 4-masted barque A Rodger & Co Port Glasgow for Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd. April Sternwheeler Alexander Watson Victoria Canada for the Hudson's Bay CompanyAprilHMS KrugerScrew steamerVotkinsk Machine Building PlantVotkinskfor Caucasus and Mercury 7 May Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Cargo ship For Rederi A/B Condor. 7 May Joh. C. Tecklenborg Geestemünde Barque for F. Laeisz 8 May John Brown & Company Clydebank Paddle steamer for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company 9 May Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness for the Royal Navy 10 May W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California Makaweli barquentine 20 May Mykolaiv for the Imperial Russian Navy 22 May Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For White Star Line. 23 May Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness for the Royal Navy 10 June Holland Torpedo Boat Co for the Royal Navy 14 June Union Iron Works San Francisco, California for the United States Navy 18 June Devonport Dockyard Devonport for the Royal Navy 21 June Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the United States Navy 21 June William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ocean liner for the Red Star Line 21 June Blohm + Voss Hamburg for the Imperial German Navy 21 June Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware for the United States Navy 21 June W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California A. H. Payson tugboat 5 July Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Iowa Passenger ship 8 July Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Cargo ship For J. Hall Jr. & Co. 9 July Vickers Barrow in Furness A-class submarine for the Royal Navy 10 July Fore River Shipyard Quincy Schooner for the Coastwise Transportation Co, Boston 19 July Galerniy Island yard Saint Petersburg for the Imperial Russian Navy 23 July Gnôme Farfadet-class submarine Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 31 July Union Iron Works San Francisco, California sponsored by Mrs. Marley F. Hay 6 August Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Ocean liner Cunard Line 7 August Laënnec Full-rigged ship Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire for Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais 9 August Germaniawerft Kiel for the Imperial German Navy. 12 August AG Vulcan Stettin Ocean liner for Norddeutscher Lloyd 20 August Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Cargo ship For G. de Zaldo. 21 August Harland & Wolff Belfast Ocean liner for the White Star Line 21 August Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinen Fabrik Bremen-Vegesack Ocean liner for the Hamburg America Line 4 September Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Govan for the Royal Navy 4 September A. & J. Inglis Glasgow Passenger ship for the British India Steam Navigation Company 4 SeptemberArsenal de Brest Brest for the French Navy 10 September Schichau-Werke Elbing for the Imperial German Navy. 18 September Haudaudine Full-rigged ship Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire for Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais 20 September William Beardmore and Company for the Royal Navy 22 September Naïade Naïade-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg for the French Navy 20 September Fore River Ship and Engine Company Quincy, Massachusetts for the United States Navy September Baltic Works Saint Petersburg for the Imperial Russian Navy 2 October Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Tug For London and India Docks Company 4 OctoberStabilimento Tecnico Triestino Triestefor the Austro-Hungarian Navy 11 October Spedden Company Baltimore, Maryland Patrol boat for the United States Revenue Cutter Service 11 October Spedden Company Baltimore, Maryland Tugboat for the United States Revenue Cutter Service 14 October Schichau-Werke Elbing for the Imperial German Navy. 18 October W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California Puako barquentine 22 October Giovanni Ansaldo & Compagnia for the Imperial Japanese Navy 29 October Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke for the Royal Navy 11 November Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Tug For London & India Docks Co. 15 November Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy 15 November Harland & Wolff Belfast Passenger ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 15 November Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd Sunderland, County Durham Passenger ship for the British India Steam Navigation Company 28 November Gourlay Bros Dundee Passenger ship for the Batavier Line, Rotterdam 11 December Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel for the Imperial German Navy 16 December London & Glasgow Co Ltd Govan for the Royal Navy 15 December Kure Naval Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy 18 December Harland and Wolff Belfast Ocean liner for White Star Line 20 December Germaniawerft Kiel for the Imperial German Navy Unknown date Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Cargo ship For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Unknown date Rickmers AG Cargo ship For Norddeutscher Lloyd. Unknown date Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Cargo ship For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Unknown date Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Steamship For Swedish owners. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Boy Ernest Steam drifter For Henry Eastick. Unknown date J. Blumer & Co. Sunderland Cargo ship For Fenwick Shipping Co Ltd. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Bure Steam drifter For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. Unknown date Wyandotte, Michigan Passenger ship For private owner. Unknown date Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Tug For King's Lynn Conservancy Board. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Coronation Steam drifter For Robert T. Moore. Unknown date Baltic Plant Saint Petersburg Submarine For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Burlee Dry Dock Company Staten Island, New York Steam yacht For W. W. Dwyer.. Unknown date Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury and Sons Company Morris Heights, New York Motorboat For . Unknown date Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware Ferry For John E Moore & Co. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Girl Kathleen Steam drifter For Frederick Salmon. Unknown date Greenport Yacht & Basin Company Long Island, New York Yacht For private owner. Unknown date New York Shipbuilding Company Camden, New Jersey Tanker For Gulf Refining Company. Unknown date Jenks Shipbuilding Co. Bulk freighter For Cowle Transportation Co. Unknown date Thames Iron Works Leamouth Louisa Heartwell Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Unknown date New Orleans, Louisiana Nahma Motor boat For private owner. Unknown date George L Welt Waldoboro, Maine Schooner For William H Palmer. Unknown date Menhaden Products Company Newport, Rhode Island Tug For Menhaden Products Company. Unknown date Neptun Werft Rostock Cargo liner For Hamburg-Amerika Line. Unknown date Furness Withy West Hartlepool Cargo ship For Holland-Amerika Line. Unknown date Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Swift Humber Keel For Henry Oldridge. Unknown date Wigham Richardson & Co Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Cargo ship For Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company. Unknown date New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Passenger ship For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Unknown date Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Venus Humber Keel For George Hill. Unknown date F. W. McCullough Norfolk, Virginia Schooner For W. M. Holland. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Waveney Steam drifter For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Wensum Steam drifter For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. Unknown date Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Yare Steam drifter For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.
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