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The list of ship launches in 1900 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1900.
| Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class
|
Notes
|
| 22 March
|
 Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
|
Kiel
|
Prinz Heinrich
|
Armored cruiser
|
|
| 23 March
|
 United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
|
Govan, Scotland
|
Ostrich
|
Destroyer
|
Later designated as part of C class
|
| 29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
Vixen
|
Avon-class destroyer
|
|
| 2 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Devonian
|
Passenger ship
|
For F. Leyland & Co.[1]
|
| 3 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Runic
|
Passenger ship
|
For White Star Line.
|
| 21 April
|
Germany
|
Schichau
|
Danzig
|
Kaiser Barbarossa
|
Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
|
|
| 28 April
|
 Sweden
|
Lindholmens Shipyard
|
Lindholmen, Gothenburg
|
Dristigheten
|
Dristigheten-class coastal defence ship
|
|
| 15 May
|
 United States
|
William R. Trigg Company
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
Thornton
|
Blakely-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 16 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
|
Govan, Scotland
|
Aboukir
|
Cressy-class cruiser
|
|
| 26 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
|
Jarrow, England
|
Myrmidon
|
Myrmidon-class destroyer
|
|
| 31 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
|
Greenock
|
Ajax
|
Cargo Liner
|
For Ocean Steamship Co.
|
| 31 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Commonwealth
|
Passenger ship
|
For Richard Mills & Co.
|
| 3 July
|
Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
|
Danzig
|
Thetis
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
|
| 3 July
|
Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
Wittelsbach
|
Wittelsbach-class battleship
|
|
| 7 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Minnehaha
|
Passenger ship
|
For Atlantic Transport Co.
|
| 24 July
|
United States
|
William R. Trigg Company
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
Dale
|
Bainbridge-class destroyer
|
|
| 28 July
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Barney
|
Bagley-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 10 August
|
Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
Ariadne
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
|
| 13 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers Limited
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
Hogue
|
Cressy-class cruiser
|
|
| 8 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
|
Jarrow, England
|
Kangaroo
|
Destroyer
|
Later classified as part of B class
|
| 8 September
|
United States
|
Union Iron Works
|
San Francisco, California
|
Wyoming
|
Monitor
|
|
| 9 September
|
 Austria-Hungary
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
|
Trieste, Austria
|
Habsburg
|
Habsburg-class battleship
|
|
| 20 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Galician
|
Passenger ship
|
For Union Steamship Co.
|
| 24 September
|
United States
|
Lewis Nixon
|
Elizabeth, New Jersey
|
O'Brien
|
Blakely-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 25 September
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Bagley
|
Bagley-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 26 September
|
United States
|
William R. Trigg Company
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
Decatur
|
Bainbridge-class destroyer
|
|
| 6 October
|
Germany
|
Germaniawerft
|
Kiel
|
Amazone
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
|
| 6 October
|
United Kingdom
|
R. & L. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company
|
Hebburn-on-Tyne
|
Greyhound
|
Greyhound-class destroyer
|
|
| 27 October
|
United States
|
Union Iron Works
|
San Francisco, California
|
Perry
|
Bainbridge-class destroyer
|
|
| 7 November
|
United States
|
Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company
|
Weymouth, Massachusetts
|
Lawrence
|
Bainbridge-class destroyer
|
|
| 8 November
|
United Kingdom
|
R. & L. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company
|
Hebburn-on-Tyne
|
Racehorse
|
Greyhound-class destroyer
|
|
| 10 November
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Arkansas
|
Monitor
|
|
| 22 November
|
United States
|
George Lawley & Sons
|
South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
|
Blakely
|
Blakely-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 23 November
|
United States
|
George Lawley & Sons
|
South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
|
DeLong
|
Blakely-class torpedo boat
|
|
| 24 November
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Nevada
|
Monitor
|
|
| 5 December
|
Germany
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
Medusa
|
Gazelle-class cruiser
|
|
| 6 December
|
United Kingdom
|
W Denny & Bros
|
Dumbarton
|
Canterbury
|
Passenger ferry
|
For South Eastern and Chatham Railway
|
| 8 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Suevic
|
Passenger ship
|
For White Star Line.
|
| 22 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.
|
Sunderland
|
Barotse
|
Cargo Ship
|
For Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd.
|
| 24 December
|
United States
|
Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company
|
Weymouth, Massachusetts
|
Macdonough
|
Bainbridge-class destroyer
|
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
McKnights.
|
Ayr
|
Balmoral
|
Paddle steamer
|
For P. & A. Campbell.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.
|
Troon
|
Killoran
|
Barque
|
For J. Hardie.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
White
|
Conyer
|
Westmoreland
|
Thames barge
|
|
References[edit]
- 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.
