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 Cargo ship For
9 March  Sweden Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm Oden-class coastal defence ship [1][verification needed]
13 March  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Cargo ship For
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 Port Glasgow 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
27 May  France Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg Cassard[2] D'Assas-class cruiser
11 June  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne D'Entrecasteaux[3] First class cruiser
1 July  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Kaiser Friedrich III Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
14 July  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Electra Brazen-class destroyer
14 August  United Kingdom Port Glasgow Cargo ship For African Steamship Company
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
17 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Illustrious Majestic-class battleship
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 [4]
8 October  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne Catinat[5] Catinat-class cruiser
8 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Seized by USA at Newport News, became US Govt. ship in 1917. Scrapped in 1926.[6][7]
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[8]
3 December  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth [9] 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 [10]
5 December  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness, Kent Proserpine[11] Pelorus-class cruiser
5 December  United States Bath, Maine Newport Gunboat
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[12] Pelorus-class cruiser
23 December  United States Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey Annapolis Gunboat

References[]

  1. ^ "Oden class coast defence ships (1897-1899) - Swedish Navy (Sweden)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ^ The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
  3. ^ The Times (London), Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
  4. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 78
  5. ^ The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
  6. ^ "Arcadia, Hamburg America Line".
  7. ^ "USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605)". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
  8. ^ "The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden"". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 1 September 1897. pp. 206–207.
  9. ^ The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
  10. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 62
  11. ^ The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
  12. ^ The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
  • Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.

See also[]

Ship events in 1896
Ship launches: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Ship commissionings: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Ship decommissionings: 1898 1899
Shipwrecks: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
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