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List of ship launches in 1900

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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
16 February  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Rosario Steamship For Orders & Handford Steamship Co. Ltd.[1]
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.[2]
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.
May  United Kingdom C. Burt & Sons Falmouth Sunshine Ketch For Lewis Nurse.[3]
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.
13 July  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Hartburn Steamship For Tyne & Blyth Steamship Owning Co. Ltd.[4]
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
10 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Woodburn Steamship For Tye & Blyth Steamship Co. Ltd.[5]
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
9 November  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth Hilda Steamship For W. B. Niven.[6]
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 Joseph Barnard Gloucester Abbey Barge For private owner.[7]
Unknown date  United Kingdom McKnights. Ayr Balmoral Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell.[8]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Blossom Steam drifter For George Reid, W. Reid and others.[9]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Boy Fred Steam drifter For William Holker.[10]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Girl Daisy Steam drifter For Frederick J. W. Salmon and others.[11]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Glen Rosa Steam drifter For John Johnson.[12]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Killoran Barque For J. Hardie.[8]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Lily Steam drifter For Robert H. Brown and others.[13]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston Lord Roberts Paddle tug For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd.[14]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Mafeking Sloop For James Barraclough.[15]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Mishie Nahma Steam drifter For William Crome Jr.[16]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Petunia Steam drifter For Charles F. Johnson.[17]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Bowden Porthleven Pretoria Steam drifter For private owner.[18]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth Viking Steam drifter For Pitchers Ltd.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom White Conyer Westmoreland Thames barge

References

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  1. ^ "Rosario". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Devonian". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sunshine". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Hartburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Woodburn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Hilda". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Abbey". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  9. ^ "Blossom". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Boy Fred". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Girl Daisy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Glen Rosa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Lily". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Lord Roberts". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Mafeking". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Mishie Nahma". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Petunia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Pretoria". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Viking". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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.