List of ship launches in 1892

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The list of ship launches in 1892 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1892. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
7 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Manitoba	Passenger ship	For Baltimore Lighterage Co. [1]
15 January	Germany	SMAG Germania	Kiel	Kaiserin Augusta	Protected cruiser	For #imperial German Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	Esmeralda	Barque	For F. C. Wehrhahn. [2]
30 January	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	Grafton	Edgar-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
2 February	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	Seeadler	Cruiser	For Imperial German Navy.
11 February	United States	City Point Iron Works	Boston, Massachusetts	Narkeeta	Tug	For United States Navy.
22 February	Germany	Joh. C. Tecklenborg	Bremerhaven	Placilla	Barque	For F. Laeisz.
23 February	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Condor	Bussard-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy.
25 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Mohawk	Passenger ship	For Elder Dempster. [3]
27 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lord Templemore	Barque	For Irish Shipowners Co. [4]
27 February	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	Repulse	Royal Sovereign-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
1 March	United Kingdom	J. & G. Thomson Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard	Greenock	Ramillies	Royal Sovereign-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
3 March	United States	City Point Iron Works	Boston, Massachusetts	Wahneta	Tug	For United States Navy.
9 March	Russia	Sevastopol Shipyard	Sevastopol	Georgii Pobedonosets	Ekaterina II-class battleship	For Imperial Russian Navy.
29 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lord Erne	Cargo ship	For Irish Shipowners Ltd. [5]
30 March	United Kingdom		Portsmouth	Crescent	Edgar-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
31 March	United States	Norfolk Naval Shipyard	Portsmouth, Virginia	Raleigh	Protected cruiser	For United States Navy.
12 April	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	Birkdale	Barque	For Dale Line. [6]
27 April	United Kingdom	Napier	Glasgow	Gibraltar	Edgar-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
30 April	United States	Samuel L. Moore & Sons	Elizabethport, New Jersey	Bancroft	Gunboat	For United States Navy.
30 April	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	William Tillie	Full-rigged ship	For Foyle Line. [7]
4 May	Canada			City of Ainsworth	Paddle steamer	For private owner.
11 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Castine	Gunboat	For United States Navy.
17 May	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig	Cormoran	Bussard-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy.
26 May	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Govan	Naronic	Steamship	For White Star Line.
28 May	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Resolution	Royal Sovereign-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
31 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	El Cid	Steamship	For Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
22 June	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	William Mitchell	Full-rigged ship	For Foyle Line. [8]
23 June	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	St George	Edgar-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Bovic	Steamship	For White Star Line.
28 June	United States	Norfolk Naval Shipyard	Portsmouth, Virginia	Texas	Battleship	For United States Navy.
6 July	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Akitsushima	Protected cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
9 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nurani	Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steamship Co. [9]
23 July	United States	American Steel Barge Company	Superior, Wisconsin	Sagamore	Steamship	For Huron Barge Company.
26 July	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia	Columbia-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
26 July	United Kingdom	W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston	Unnamed	Chain ferry	Gosport-Portsmouth chain ferry. [10]
27 July	Germany	Königliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Heimdall	Siegfried-class coastal defense ship	For Imperial German Navy.
3 August	United Kingdom		Portsmouth	Centurion	Centurion-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
6 August	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Hildebrand	Siegfried-class coastal defense ship	For Imperial German Navy.
6 August	Germany	SMAG Germania	Kiel	Wörth	Brandenburg-class battleship	For Imperial German Navy.
10 August	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Barfleur	Centurion-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
11 August	United States	City Point Iron Works	Boston, Massachusetts	Marblehead	Cruiser	For United States Navy.
24 August	United Kingdom	Caledon Shipbuilding	Dundee	Lawhill	Barque	For Charles Barrie.
8 September	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Campania	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line.
8 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sagamore	Passenger ship	For George Warren & Co. [11]
8 September	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	Theseus	Edgar-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
23 September	Germany	Joh. C. Tecklenborg	Bremerhaven	Pisagua	Barque	For F. Laeisz.
6 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Nairung	Cargo ship	For Asiatic Steamship Co. [12]
22 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Islam	Cargo ship	For Edward Bates & Co. [13]
22 October	Russia	Baltic Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Rurik	Cruiser	For Imperial Russian Navy.
22 October	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam	Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden	Protected cruiser	For Royal Netherlands Navy.
3 November	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Revenge	Royal Sovereign-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
5 November	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Olympia	Protected cruiser	For United States Navy.
5 November	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Royal Oak	Royal Sovereign-class battleship	For Royal Navy.
9 November	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	George N. Wilcox	Full-rigged ship	For H. Hackfield & Co. [14]
10 November	United States	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	Cincinnati	Protected cruiser	For United States Navy.
17 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Mobile	Cargo ship	For African Steamship Co. [9]
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Damson Hill	Barque	For W. J. Myers & Co. [15]
3 December	United States	American Steel Barge Company	Superior, Wisconsin	Christopher Columbus	Passenger ship	For Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company.
7 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Orellana	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [16]
19 December	United Kingdom	Charles Joseph Bigger	Londonderry	John Cooke	Full-rigged ship	For Foyle Line. [17]
20 December	United Kingdom	Armstrong Mitchell	Newcastle upon Tyne	Yoshino	Cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
22 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Antisana	Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [18]
Unknown date	United States		Jennings, Montana	Annerly	Sternwheeler	For Dupuy & Jones.
Unknown date	United States		Chelsea, Massachusetts	City of Taunton	Paddle steamer	For Fall River Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Edwards Shipbuilding Company	Newcastle upon Tyne	Abarenda	Collier	For private owner. [19]
Unknown date	United States	Globe Iron Works	Cleveland, Ohio	Comanche	Yacht	For H. M. Hanna.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Duke of Clarence	Passenger ship	Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways.
Unknown date	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	El Sud	Steamship	For Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
Unknown date	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Fearless	Tug	For J. D. Spreckles Brothers & Co.
Unknown date	Norway	Colin Archer	Larvik	Fram	Steam schooner	For Fridtjof Nansen.
Unknown date	Norway	Akers mekaniske Verksted	Kristiania	Heimdal	Royal yacht	For Oscar II.
Unknown date	Canada		Golden	Hyak	Sternwheeler	For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston	Ilma	Steam yacht	For George W. Anderson. [20]
Unknown date	United States	Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		P H Wise	Tug	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States	Maryland Steel Company	Baltimore, Maryland	Penwood	Tug	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Aldous & Son	Brightlingsea	Primrose	Oyster dredger	For private owner. [21]
Unknown date	United States		Portland, Oregon	Ramona	Sternwheeler	For Graham Steamboat Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Bell	Grimsby	Regina	Fishing trawler	For John Bell and others. [22]
Unknown date	United States	Harlan and Hollingsworth	Wilmington, Delaware	Richard Peck		For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Pickersgill & Sons	Sunderland	Yarrowdale	Cargo ship	For Robert Mackill & Co.

References

1. "Manitoba". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. "Esmeralda". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
3. "Mohawk". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
4. "Lord Templemore". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
5. "Lord Erne". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
6. "Birkdale". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
7. "William Tillie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
8. "William Mitchell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
9. "Nurani". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
10. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
11. "Sagamore". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
12. "Nairung". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
13. "Islam". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
14. "George N. Wilcox". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
15. "Damson Hill". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
16. "Orellana". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
17. "John Cooke". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
18. "Antisana". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
19. Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abarenda I (Collier No. 13)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 July 2019. The first Abarenda (Collier No. 13), a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle, England, by the Edwards Shipbuilding Co.
20. "Ilma". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
21. "Primrose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
22. "Regina". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.