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The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.
Date
|
Country
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Builder
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Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
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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
|
|
8 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Arcadia
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hamburg America Line.[12][13]
|
8 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth
|
Ardova
|
Steamship
|
For Ardova Steamship Co. Ltd.[14]
|
8 October
|
France
|
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
|
La Seyne
|
Catinat
|
Catinat-class cruiser
|
For French Navy.[15]
|
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[16]
|
21 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Arabia
|
Cargo ship
|
For Hamburg America Line.[17]
|
3 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
Furious[18]
|
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
|
|
5 December
|
United States
|
|
Bath, Maine
|
Newport
|
Gunboat
|
5 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Oravia
|
Passenger ship
|
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[20]
|
5 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Sheerness Dockyard
|
Sheerness, Kent
|
Proserpine[21]
|
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[22]
|
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.
|
Unknown date
|
Germany
|
|
|
Alesia
|
steamship
|
Given to the United Kingdom after World War I
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brown & Clapson
|
Barton-upon-Humber
|
Fortuna
|
Lighter
|
For A. Willoughby.[24]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brown & Clapson
|
Barton-upon-Humber
|
Juno
|
Sloop
|
For George Hill.[25]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brown & Clapson
|
Barton-upon-Humber
|
Lilian
|
Sloop
|
For William Aaron.[26]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Allsup & Co. Ltd.
|
Preston
|
Lord Nelson
|
Paddle steamer
|
For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd.[27]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Beeching Brothers Ltd.
|
Great Yarmouth
|
Milton
|
Steam drifter
|
For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[28]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Brown & Clapson
|
Barton-upon-Humber
|
Sarah Ellen
|
Sloop
|
For Benjamin Barraclough & William Barraclough.[29]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Allsup & Co. Ltd.
|
Preston
|
Stella
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.[30]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Allsup & Co. Ltd.
|
Preston
|
Vixen
|
Tug
|
For T. W. Fox.[31]
|
- ^ "Iran". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Istrar". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Perseverance". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Canada". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
- ^ "Comic". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ The Times (London), Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
- ^ "China". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Gascon". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Gaika". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Arcadia, Hamburg America Line".
- ^ "USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605)". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
- ^ "Ardova". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
- ^ "The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden"". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 1 September 1897. pp. 206–207.
- ^ "Arabia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
- ^ "Oravia". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
- ^ The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
- ^ "Fortuna". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Juno". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Lilian". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Lord Nelson". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Milton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Ellen". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Stella". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "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.