List of ship launches in 1896
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 |
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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 | |
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.[3] |
27 May | France | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | Cassard | D'Assas-class cruiser | For French Navy.[4] |
9 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Comic | Ferry | For Belfast Steamship Co.[5] |
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.[6] |
13 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | China | Passenger ship | For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[7] |
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.[8] |
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.[9] |
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 | [10] |
8 October | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | Catinat | Catinat-class cruiser | For French Navy.[11] |
8 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Arcadia | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line.[12][13] |
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[14] |
21 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Arabia | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line.[15] |
3 December | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Furious[16] | 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 | [17] |
5 December | United States | Bath, Maine | Newport | Gunboat | ||
5 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oravia | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[18] |
5 December | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness, Kent | Proserpine[19] | 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[20] | 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.[21] |
Unknown date | Germany | Alesia | steamship | Given to the United Kingdom after World War I |
References
- ^ "Iran". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Istrar". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 78.
- ^ The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
- ^ "Arcadia, Hamburg America Line".
- ^ "USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605)". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
- ^ "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
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 62.
- ^ "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
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
- 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.