List of ship launches in 1896

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The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
28 February	United Kingdom	Barclay Curle	Glasgow	Polycarp	Cargo ship	For Booth Steamship Company
29 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Iran	Cargo ship	For Edward Bates & Son. [1]
9 March	Sweden	Bergsunds Shipyard	Stockholm	Oden	Oden-class coastal defence ship
13 March	United Kingdom	William Gray & Company	West Hartlepool	Ebani	Cargo ship	For African Association Ltd
14 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Istrar	Cargo ship	For Edward Bates & Son. [2]
28 March	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Iowa	Pre-dreadnought battleship
30 March	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co	Birkenhead	Mars	Majestic-class battleship
9 April	United Kingdom	David J. Dunlop & Co.	Port Glasgow	Ibadan	Cargo ship	For African Steamship Company
27 April	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Bouvet	Pre-dreadnought battleship
27 April	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Perseverance	Tug	For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston. [3]
28 April	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dock	Wales	Hannibal	Majestic-class battleship
30 April	Russia	Baltic Works	Saint Petersburg	Rossia	Armored cruiser
30 April	United Kingdom	William Denny & Bros Ltd	Dumbarton	Sussex	Passenger ferry	For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
14 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Canada	Passenger ship	For Dominion Line. [4]
27 May	France	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	Cassard	D'Assas-class cruiser	For French Navy. [5]
9 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Comic	Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co. [6]
	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For
11 June	France	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne	D'Entrecasteaux	First class cruiser	For French Navy. [7]
13 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	China	Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [8]
1 July	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Kaiser Friedrich III	Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
9 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	European	Cargo liner	For West India & Pacific Steamship Company
14 July	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Electra	Brazen-class destroyer
14 August	United Kingdom	David J. Dunlop & Co.	Port Glasgow	Ilorin	Cargo ship	For African Steamship Company
25 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gascon	Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Line. [9]
2 September	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Caesar	Majestic-class battleship
2 September	France	Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient	Saint Louis	Charlemagne-class battleship
2 September	Russia	Nikolayev shipyard	Mykolaiv	Rostislav	Pre-dreadnought battleship
10 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Pennsylvania	Passenger ship	For Holland America Line
17 September	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Illustrious	Majestic-class battleship
22 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gaika	Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Line. [10]
6 October	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Gaulois	Charlemagne-class battleship
7 October	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Bat	Star-class destroyer	[11]
8 October	France	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne	Catinat	Catinat-class cruiser	For French Navy. [12]
8 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Arcadia	Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line. [13] [14]
21 October	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Diadem	Diadem-class cruiser
17 November	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Dresden	Passenger steamer	For Great Eastern Railway [15]
21 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Arabia	Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line. [16]
3 December	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Furious [17]	Arrogant-class cruiser
4 December	United Kingdom	Armstrong, Mitchell and Company	Newcastle upon Tyne	New Orleans	Protected cruiser	Laid down for Brazilian Navy, purchased by United States Navy
5 December	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co.	Birkenhead	Locust	Earnest-class destroyer	[18]
5 December	United States		Bath, Maine	Newport	Gunboat
5 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oravia	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [19]
5 December	United Kingdom	Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness, Kent	Proserpine [20]	Pelorus-class cruiser
5 December	United States		Bath, Maine	Vicksburg	Gunboat
8 December	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Gladiator	Arrogant-class cruiser
21 December	United Kingdom	Armstrong, Mitchell and Company	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Pactolus [21]	Pelorus-class cruiser
23 December	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Annapolis	Gunboat
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon	Britannia	Paddle steamer	For P. & A. Campbell. [22]
Unknown date	Germany			Alesia	steamship	Given to the United Kingdom after World War I
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Lord Nelson	Paddle steamer	For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd. [23]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Milton	Steam drifter	For Horatio Fenner Ltd. [24]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Stella	Merchantman	For private owner. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Vixen	Tug	For T. W. Fox. [26]

References

1. "Iran". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. "Istrar". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
3. "Perseverance". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
4. "Canada". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
5. The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
6. "Comic". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
7. The Times (London), Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
8. "China". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
9. "Gascon". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
10. "Gaika". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
11. Lyon 2001, p. 78.
12. The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
13. "Arcadia, Hamburg America Line".
14. "USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605)". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
15. "The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden"". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 1 September 1897. pp. 206–207.
16. "Arabia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
17. The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
18. Lyon 2001, p. 62.
19. "Oravia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
20. The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
21. The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
22. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
23. "Lord Nelson". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
24. "Milton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
25. "Stella". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
26. "Vixen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

Sources

• Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN   1-84067-3648.
• 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.