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The list of ship launches in 1899 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1899.
| Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
| 11 January
|
 United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
|
Jarrow
|
Spiteful
|
Spiteful-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 14 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Oceanic
|
Ocean liner
|
For White Star Line
|
| February
|
United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Albany
|
New Orleans-class protected cruiser
|
For United States Navy
|
| 11 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird
|
Birkenhead
|
Glory
|
Canopus-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 11 March
|
United Kingdom
|
HMNB Devonport
|
Devonport
|
Implacable
|
Formidable-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 11 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Winifredian
|
Passenger ship
|
For F. Leyland & Co.[1]
|
| 13 March
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Glasgow
|
Asahi
|
Battleship
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| 30 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
|
Jarrow
|
Peterel
|
Spiteful-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 18 April
|
 Germany
|
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
|
Flensburg
|
Saxonia
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hamburg America Line
|
| 8 May
|
 Russia
|
Baltic Works
|
St Petersburg
|
Gromoboi
|
Armoured cruiser
|
For Imperial Russian Navy
|
| 29 May
|
 United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Dahlgren
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 1 June
|
Germany
|
Germaniawerft
|
Kiel
|
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
|
Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 8 June
|
 France
|
Arsenal de Toulon
|
Toulon
|
Jeanne d'Arc
|
Armoured cruiser
|
For French Navy
|
| 10 June
|
United States
|
Harlan & Hollingsworth
|
Wilmington, Delaware
|
Stringham
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 24 June
|
France
|
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
|
Saint-Nazaire
|
Azuma
|
Armored cruiser
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| 26 June
|
Russia
|
Neva Shipyard
|
St Petersburg
|
Gagara
|
Torpedo boat
|
For Imperial Russian Navy
|
| 27 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Hatsuse
|
Shikishima-class battleship
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| 28 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Cobra
|
Destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 28 June
|
United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard Chatham
|
Chatham, Kent
|
Pioneer
|
Pelorus-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 29 June
|
 Italy
|
Gio. Ansaldo & C.
|
Sestri Ponente, Genoa
|
Giuseppe Garibaldi
|
Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser
|
For Regia Marina
|
| 30 June
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Chesapeake
|
Barque
|
For United States Navy
|
| 8 July
|
Germany
|
Stettiner Vulcan AG
|
Stettin
|
Yakumo
|
Armoured cruiser
|
For Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| 11 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons
|
Glasgow
|
Montezuma
|
Cargo liner
|
For Elder Dempster Lines
|
| 18 July
|
Germany
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
Niobe
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 25 July
|
France
|
Arsenal de Brest
|
Brest
|
Suffren
|
Pre-dreadnought battleship
|
For French Navy
|
| 25 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers
|
Barrow in Furness
|
Vengeance
|
Canopus-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 27 July
|
 Japan
|
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
|
Nagasaki
|
Awa Maru
|
Ocean liner
|
For Nippon Yusen
|
| 29 July
|
United States
|
Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works
|
Portland, Maine
|
Goldsborough
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 6 August
|
Italy
|
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando
|
Livorno
|
Varese
|
Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser
|
For Regia Marina
|
| 29 August
|
 Norway
|
Navy Yard
|
Karljohansvern
|
Myg
|
Torpedo boat
|
For Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| August
|
Russia
|
Admiralty Shipyard
|
St Petersburg
|
Pallada
|
Pallada-class cruiser
|
For Imperial Russian Navy
|
| 6 September
|
United Kingdom
|
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Viper
|
Viper-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 7 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Persic
|
Passenger ship
|
For White Star Line.
|
| 9 September
|
 Austria-Hungary
|
STT
|
Trieste
|
Habsburg
|
Habsburg-class battleship
|
For Austro-Hungarian Navy
|
| 16 September
|
 Sweden
|
William Lindbergs Verkstads- och Varfs AB
|
Stockholm
|
Hansa
|
Passenger ship
|
For Ångfartygs AB Gotland, Visby
|
| 20 September
|
France
|
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
|
St. Nazaire
|
La Lorraine
|
Ocean liner
|
For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
|
| 20 September
|
Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Rhein
|
Ocean liner
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
| 21 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
London
|
London-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 23 September
|
France
|
Arsenal de Cherbourg
|
Cherbourg
|
Henri IV
|
Pre-dreadnought battleship
|
For French Navy
|
| 25 September
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Craven
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 30 September
|
Russia
|
Admiralty Shipyard
|
St Petersburg
|
Diana
|
Pallada-class cruiser
|
For Imperial Russian Navy
|
| 5 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Michigan
|
Passenger ship
|
For Atlantic Transport Co.[2]
|
| 7 October
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
El Cid
|
Cargo ship
|
For Southern Pacific Steamship Company
|
| 18 October
|
United Kingdom
|
HMNB Devonport
|
Devonport
|
Bulwark
|
London-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 18 October
|
Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Kaiser Karl der Grosse
|
Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 21 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Galeka
|
Ocean liner
|
For Union-Castle Line
|
| 31 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Wm. Denny & Bros.
|
Dumbarton
|
Sir Walter Scott
|
Steamship
|
|
| 31 October
|
United States
|
William Trigg Company
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
Shubrick
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 31 October
|
United States
|
William Cramp & Sons
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Varyag
|
Cruiser
|
For Imperial Russian Navy
|
| 2 November
|
United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard Chatham
|
Chatham, Kent
|
Venerable
|
London-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 18 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Minneapolis
|
Passenger ship
|
For Atlantic Transport Co.[3]
|
| 18 November
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Sutlej
|
Cressy-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 21 November
|
Germany
|
Germaniawerft
|
Kiel
|
Nymphe
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 25 November
|
Germany
|
AG Vulcan
|
Stettin
|
Hamburg
|
Barbarossa-class ocean liner
|
For Hamburg America Line
|
| 2 December
|
Germany
|
F Schichau
|
Danzig
|
Grosser Kurfürst
|
Ocean liner
|
For Norddeutsche Lloyd
|
| 4 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
|
Govan
|
Cressy
|
Cressy-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 5 December
|
United States
|
Gas Engine & Power Company / Charles L Seabury Company
|
Morris Heights, New York
|
Bailey
|
Torpedo boat
|
For United States Navy
|
| 9 December
|
Sweden
|
Bergsunds Shipyard
|
Stockholm
|
Claes Uggla
|
Torpedo cruiser
|
For Royal Swedish Navy
|
| 15 December
|
Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Potsdam
|
Ocean Liner
|
For Holland-America Line
|
| 16 December
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Saxonia
|
Ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line
|
| 20 December
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers
|
Dumbarton
|
Anglia
|
Ferry
|
For London and North Western Railway
|
| 21 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Saxon
|
Passenger ship
|
For Union Steamship Co.[4]
|
| 23 December
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Virginia
|
Yacht
|
For Isaac Stern
|
| 31 December
|
United States
|
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
|
Detroit
|
Tashmoo
|
Paddle steamer
|
For White Star Line, ~Detroit
|
| Unknown date
|
 Netherlands
|
Kalkman
|
Capelle aan den IJssel
|
Albatros
|
Ketch
|
Last commercially trading cargo sailing ship in Europe.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
W. & A. Fletcher Company
|
Hoboken, New Jersey
|
Corsair
|
Yacht
|
For J. P. Morgan, Jr.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Eidsvold
|
Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship
|
For Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
John Roach and Sons
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Eugenia
|
Yacht
|
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Ivernia
|
Ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
A C Brown
|
Tottenville, New York
|
Jack T Scully
|
Tugboat
|
For Neptune Line
|
| Unknown date
|
Germany
|
|
Geestemunde
|
Köln
|
Ocean Liner
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Portland, Oregon
|
Leona
|
Paddle steamer
|
For Oregon City Transportation Company
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
Neafie and Levy
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Luckenbach No. 3
|
Tugboat
|
For Luckenbach Steamship Company
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Lykens
|
Tugboat
|
For the Reading Company
|
| Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Neptun AG.
|
Rostock
|
Marie
|
Cargo ship
|
For Flensburger Dampschiff Gesellschaft.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
D S Hall
|
Reedham, Norfolk
|
Maud
|
Norfolk wherry
|
For Walter Bunn
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir Raylton Dixon & Co
|
Middlesbrough
|
Mont-Blanc
|
Tramp steamer
|
For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Norge
|
Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship
|
For Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Jersey City, Illinois
|
Patrol
|
Harbor launch
|
|
| Unknown date
|
 Denmark
|
Helsingørs Jernskib-og Maskinbyggeri A/S
|
Helsingør
|
Söderhamn
|
Cargo ship
|
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Woolston, Hampshire
|
Stag
|
Destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
| Unknown date
|
Germany
|
Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft
|
Flensburg, Germany
|
Korea
|
Passenger liner
|
for Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
|
References[edit]
- 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.
