List of ship launches in 1898

The list of ship launches in 1898 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1898.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow-in-Furness	Amphitrite	Diadem-class cruiser
24 January	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Argonaut	Diadem-class cruiser
10 February	United Kingdom		Kingston upon Hull	Bullfinch	Bullfinch-class destroyer
22 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Mermaid	Mermaid-class destroyer
26 February	United States	Detroit Dry Dock Company	Wyandotte, Michigan	City of Erie	Paddle steamer
7 March	Sweden	Bergsunds Shipyard	Stockholm	Thor	Oden-class coastal defence ship	[1]
21 March	United Kingdom		Kingston upon Hull	Dove	Bullfinch-class destroyer
23 March	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Goliath	Canopus-class battleship
24 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Kearsarge	Kearsarge-class battleship
24 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Kentucky	Kearsarge-class battleship
30 March	Sweden	Lindholmens Shipyard	Lindholmen, Gothenburg	Niord	Oden-class coastal defence ship	[1]
31 March	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Gazelle	Gazelle-class cruiser
7 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Hermes	Highflyer-class cruiser
21 April	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne	Sampo	Icebreaker	For Finnish Board of Navigation
22 April	United Kingdom	J & G Thompson	Clydebank	Ariadne	Diadem-class cruiser
7 May	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Statendam	Ocean liner	For the Holland America Line
18 May	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alabama	Illinois-class battleship
1 June	Norway	Karljohansvern naval yard	Horten, Norway	Storm	1. class torpedo boat
4 June	France	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Deodoro	Deodoro-class coastal defense ship	For Brazilian Navy
4 June	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland	Highflyer	Highflyer-class cruiser
21 June	United Kingdom	Thames Iron Works	London	Albion	Canopus-class battleship
5 July	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Ocean	Canopus-class battleship
1 September	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Iéna	Pre-dreadnought battleship
22 September	Norway	Karljohansvern naval yard	Horten, Norway	Brand	1. class torpedo boat
4 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company	Newport News, Virginia	Illinois	Illinois-class battleship
27 October	United Kingdom	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company	Glasgow	Hyacinth	Highflyer-class cruiser
27 October	United Kingdom	Royal Navy Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	Spartiate	Diadem-class cruiser
October	United Kingdom	W Brighton	Oulton Broad	Albion	Norfolk wherry	For WD & AE Walker, Bungay
1 November	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks	Leamouth, London	Shikishima	Shikishima-class battleship	For Imperial Japanese Navy
17 November	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Formidable	Formidable-class battleship
26 November	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Wisconsin	Illinois-class battleship
15 December	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Irresistible	Formidable-class battleship

References

1. "Oden class coast defence ships (1897-1899) - Swedish Navy (Sweden)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

See also

Ship events in 1898
Ship launches:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Ship commissionings:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Ship decommissionings:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Shipwrecks:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903