List of ship launches in 1902

The list of ship launches in 1902 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1902. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
11 January	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Koko Head	barquentine
1 February	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport, New Jersey	Plunger	Plunger-class submarine
11 February	United States	Burlee Dry Dock Co	Staten Island, New York	Noma	Yacht	for William Bateman Leeds
11 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Velox	Turbine-powered torpedo-boat destroyer	for Royal Navy [1]
20 February	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Kroonland	Ocean liner	for International Mercantile Marine
22 February	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Egyptian Prince	Cargo ship	For Prince Line Ltd. [2]
25 February	United Kingdom	Wigham Richardson	Newcastle upon Tyne	Strahl  [ de ]		for DDG Hansa
8 March	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Panama	Passenger ship	for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company
8 March	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Queen	London-class battleship	for the Royal Navy
22 March	United States	Neafie & Levy	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Barry	Bainbridge-class destroyer	for the United States Navy
22 March	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Frauenlob	Gazelle-class cruiser	for the Imperial German Navy
22 March	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth,	Elswick	Lancaster	Monmouth-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
23 March	France	Chantiers de France	Dunquerque	Adolphe	4-masted barque	for Ant. Dom. Bordes et Fils
25 March	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Prince of Wales	London-class battleship	for the Royal Navy
26 March	United Kingdom	Gourlay Bros	Dundee	Brussels	Passenger ferry	for the Great Eastern Railway
10 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Corinthic	Passenger ship	For White Star Line.
22 April	Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Arcona	Gazelle-class cruiser	for the Imperial German Navy
22 April	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Aztec	Yacht	[3]
22 April	Germany	Rickmers Schiffbau AG	Bremerhaven	Herzogin Cecilie	4-masted barque
23 April	Italy	Venice Naval Arsenal	Venice	Francesco Ferruccio	Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser	for the Regia Marina
24 April	United States	Harlan and Hollingsworth	Wilmington, Delaware	Hopkins	Bainbridge-class destroyer	for the United States Navy
April	United Kingdom	A Rodger & Co	Port Glasgow	Arrow	4-masted barque	for Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd.
April	Canada	Alexander Watson	Victoria	Mount Royal	Sternwheeler	for the Hudson's Bay Company
April	Russia	Votkinsk Machine Building Plant	Votkinsk	HMS Kruger	Screw steamer	for Caucasus and Mercury
7 May	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Gamen	Cargo ship	For Rederi A/B Condor. [4]
7 May	Germany	Joh. C. Tecklenborg	Geestemünde	Preußen	Barque	for F. Laeisz
8 May	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of Montrose	Paddle steamer	for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company
9 May	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow in Furness	Holland 3	Holland-class submarine	for the Royal Navy
10 May	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Makaweli	barquentine
20 May	Russia		Mykolaiv	Pamiat Merkuria	Bogatyr-class cruiser	for the Imperial Russian Navy
22 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ionic	Passenger ship	For White Star Line.
23 May	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow in Furness	Holland 4	Holland-class submarine	for the Royal Navy
10 June	United Kingdom	Holland Torpedo Boat Co		Holland 5	Holland-class submarine	for the Royal Navy
14 June	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Paul Jones	Bainbridge-class destroyer	for the United States Navy
18 June	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Encounter	Challenger-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
21 June	United States	Neafie & Levy	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Denver	Denver-class cruiser	for the United States Navy
21 June	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Finland	Ocean liner	for the Red Star Line
21 June	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Friedrich Carl	Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser	for the Imperial German Navy
21 June	United States	Harlan and Hollingsworth	Wilmington, Delaware	Hull	Bainbridge-class destroyer	for the United States Navy
21 June	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	A. H. Payson	tugboat
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Belfast	Iowa	Passenger ship
8 July	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Lusitania	Cargo ship	For J. Hall Jr. & Co. [5]
9 July	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow in Furness	A1	A-class submarine	for the Royal Navy
10 July	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy	Thomas W. Lawson	Schooner	for the Coastwise Transportation Co, Boston
19 July	Russia	Galerniy Island yard	Saint Petersburg	Oryol	Borodino-class battleship	for the Imperial Russian Navy
31 July	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Grampus	Plunger-class submarine	sponsored by Mrs. Marley F. Hay [6]
6 August	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Carpathia	Ocean liner	Cunard Line
7 August	France	Chantiers de Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Laënnec	Full-rigged ship	Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais
9 August	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	G113	S90-class torpedo boat	for the Imperial German Navy. [7]
12 August	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Kaiser Wilhelm II	Ocean liner	for Norddeutscher Lloyd
20 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	Yumuri	Cargo ship	For G. de Zaldo. [8]
21 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cedric	Ocean liner	for the White Star Line
21 August	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinen Fabrik	Bremen-Vegesack	Prinz Adalbert	Ocean liner	for the Hamburg America Line
4 September	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd	Govan	Donegal	Monmouth-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
4 September	United Kingdom	A. & J. Inglis	Glasgow	Bangala	Passenger ship	for the British India Steam Navigation Company
4 September	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	République	République-class battleship	for the French Navy
10 September	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S115	S90-class torpedo boat	for the Imperial German Navy. [7]
18 September	France	Chantiers de Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Haudaudine	Full-rigged ship	for Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais
20 September	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company		Berwick	Monmouth-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
20 September	United States	Fore River Ship and Engine Company	Quincy, Massachusetts	Des Moines	Denver-class cruiser	for the United States Navy
September	Russia	Baltic Works	Saint Petersburg	Knyaz Suvorov	Borodino-class battleship	for the Imperial Russian Navy
2 October	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Scott	Tug	For London & India Docks Co. [9]
4 October	Austria-Hungary	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Babenberg	Habsburg-class battleship	for the Austro-Hungarian Navy
11 October	United States	Spedden Company	Baltimore, Maryland	Mackinac	Patrol boat	for the United States Revenue Cutter Service
11 October	United States	Spedden Company	Baltimore, Maryland	Winnisimmet	Tugboat	for the United States Revenue Cutter Service
14 October	Germany	Schichau-Werke	Elbing	S116	S90-class torpedo boat	for the Imperial German Navy. [7]
18 October	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Puako	barquentine
22 October	Italy	Giovanni Ansaldo & Compagnia		Kasuga	Kasuga-class cruiser	for the Imperial Japanese Navy
29 October	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard,	Pembroke	Cornwall	Monmouth-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
11 November	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Holland	Tug	For London & India Docks Co. [10]
15 November	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal		Niitaka	Niitaka-class cruiser	for the Imperial Japanese Navy
15 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Orita	Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [11]
15 November	United Kingdom	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd	Sunderland, County Durham	Yamuna	Passenger ship	for the British India Steam Navigation Company
28 November	United Kingdom	Gourlay Bros	Dundee	Batavier V	Passenger ship	for the Batavier Line, Rotterdam
11 December	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Undine	Gazelle-class cruiser	for the Imperial German Navy
16 December	United Kingdom	London & Glasgow Co Ltd	Govan	Cumberland	Monmouth-class cruiser	for the Royal Navy
15 December	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal		Tsushima	Niitaka-class cruiser	for the Imperial Japanese Navy
18 December	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Arabic	Ocean liner	for White Star Line
20 December	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Braunschweig	Braunschweig-class battleship	for the Imperial German Navy
Unknown date	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Alaskan	Cargo ship	For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
Unknown date	Germany	Rickmers AG		Andree Rickmers	Cargo ship	For Norddeutscher Lloyd.
Unknown date	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Arizonan	Cargo ship	For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.	Goole	Bia	Steamship	For Swedish owners. [12]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Boy Ernest	Steam drifter	For Henry Eastick. [13]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Blumer & Co.	Sunderland	Burbo Bank	Cargo ship	For Fenwick Shipping Co Ltd.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Bure	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. [14]
Unknown date	United States		Wyandotte, Michigan	Columbia	Passenger ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Conservator	Tug	For King's Lynn Conservancy Board. [15]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Coronation	Steam drifter	For Robert T. Moore. [16]
Unknown date	Russia	Baltic Plant	Saint Petersburg	Delfin	Submarine	For Imperial Russian Navy.
Unknown date	United States	Burlee Dry Dock Company	Staten Island, New York	Druid	Steam yacht	For W. W. Dwyer..
Unknown date	United States	Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury and Sons Company	Morris Heights, New York	Fantana	Motorboat	For .
Unknown date	United States	Pusey & Jones	Wilmington, Delaware	General Putnam	Ferry	For John E Moore & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Girl Kathleen	Steam drifter	For Frederick Salmon. [17]
Unknown date	United States	Greenport Yacht & Basin Company	Long Island, New York	Heather	Yacht	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States	New York Shipbuilding Company	Camden, New Jersey	J. M. Guffey	Tanker	For Gulf Refining Company.
Unknown date	United States	Jenks Shipbuilding Co.		John B. Cowle	Bulk freighter	For Cowle Transportation Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Thames Iron Works	Leamouth	Louisa Heartwell	Lifeboat	For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Unknown date	United States		New Orleans, Louisiana	Nahma	Motor boat	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States	George L Welt	Waldoboro, Maine	Paul Palmer	Schooner	For William H Palmer.
Unknown date	United States	Menhaden Products Company	Newport, Rhode Island	Pocomoke	Tug	For Menhaden Products Company.
Unknown date	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock	Prinz Sigismund	Cargo liner	For Hamburg-Amerika Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Furness Withy	West Hartlepool	Rapallo	Cargo ship	For Holland-Amerika Line.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Swift	Humber Keel	For Henry Oldridge. [18]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Wigham Richardson & Co Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Szell Kalman	Cargo ship	For Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company.
Unknown date	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Texan	Passenger ship	For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Venus	Humber Keel	For George Hill. [19]
Unknown date	United States	F. W. McCullough	Norfolk, Virginia	Virginia	Schooner	For W. M. Holland.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Waveney	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. [20]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Wensum	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. [21]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Yare	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd. [22]

References

1. Friedman 2009, p. 304.
2. "Egyptian Prince". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. "Aztec". Forest and Stream. Vol. 58. May 3, 1902. p. 352. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
4. "Gamen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Lusitania". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
6. "A-3 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 4)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019. originally laid down as Grampus (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 4) on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co. of New York; launched on 31 July 1902; sponsored by Mrs. Marley F. Hay, wife of the Superintendent of Construction at Union Iron Works
7. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 44.
8. "Yumuri". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
9. "Scott". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
10. "Holland". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
11. "Orita". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
12. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
13. "Boy Ernest". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
14. "Bure". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
15. "Conservator". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
16. "Coronation". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
17. "Girl Kathleen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
18. "Swift". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
19. "Venus". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
20. "Waveney". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
21. "Wensum". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
22. "Yare". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

Sources

• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN   3-7637-4801-6.
• 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.