List of ship launches in 1894

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. [17]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Co Ltd	Glasgow	Forth	Sailing ship	For private owner. [17]
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. [17]
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. [22]

References

1. "Torr Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. "Corbridge". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
3. "Ikbal". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
4. "Prussia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
5. "Iona". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
6. "Guelph". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
7. "Norman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
8. "Blairmore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
9. "Britannia". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
10. "Kirkwall". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
11. "Anglo-American". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
12. "Ulstermore". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
13. "Marino". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
14. "Oropesa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
15. "Scotsman". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
16. "Orissa". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
17. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
18. "Geraldine". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
19. "Gladys". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
20. "Maggie May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
21. "Princess May". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
22. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.

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.