List of ship launches in 1899

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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
13 February	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Energy	Tug	For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [4]
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. [5]
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	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Florence	Barge	For private owner. [6]
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	Germany	Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft	Flensburg, Germany	Korea	Passenger liner	for Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
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. [7]
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 Kingdom	Beeching & Co.	Great Yarmouth	Olive	Passenger ship	For Laura Beeching. [8]
Unknown date	United States		Jersey City, Illinois	Patrol	Harbor launch
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Petschora	Paddle steamer	For private owner. [9]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Pioneer	Steamboat	For William Monk Jr. [10]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Piscator	Steam drifter	For Henry F. Eastick and others. [11]
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	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Toroa	Coaster	For Richardson & Co. Ltd. [12]

References

1. "Energy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
2. "Winifredian". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
3. "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
4. "Minneapolis". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
5. "Saxon". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
6. "Florence". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
7. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 454.
8. "Olive". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
9. "Petschora". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
10. "Pioneer". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
11. "Piscator". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
12. "Toroa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

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.