The list of ship launches in 1892 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1892.
Warships[]
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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15 January | Germania | Kiel | Kaiserin Augusta | Protected cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
30 January | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Grafton | Edgar-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
2 February | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Seeadler | Cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
27 February | Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock | Repulse | Royal Sovereign-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
1 March | J & G Thomson | Greenock | Ramillies | Royal Sovereign-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
9 March | Sevastopol Shipyard | Sevastopol | Georgii Pobedonosets | Ekaterina II-class battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
30 March | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Crescent | Edgar-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
31 March | ![]() |
Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | Raleigh | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy |
27 April | Napier | Glasgow | Gibraltar | Edgar-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
30 April | ![]() |
Moore & Sons | Bancroft | Gunboat | For United States Navy | |
11 May | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Castine | Gunboat | For United States Navy |
28 May | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Resolution | Royal Sovereign-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
23 June | Earle's Shipbuilding | Kingston upon Hull | St George | Edgar-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
28 June | ![]() |
Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | Texas | Battleship | For United States Navy |
6 July | ![]() |
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | Akitsushima | Protected cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
26 July | ![]() |
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Columbia | Columbia-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
27 July | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | Heimdall | Siegfried-class coastal defense ship | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
3 August | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Centurion | Centurion-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
6 August | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Hildebrand | Siegfried-class coastal defense ship | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
10 August | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Barfleur | Centurion-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
11 August | ![]() |
City Point Works | Boston | Marblehead | Unprotected cruiser | For United States Navy |
8 September | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Theseus | Edgar-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
22 October | Baltic Works | Saint Petersburg | Rurik | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
22 October | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden | Protected cruiser | For Royal Netherlands Navy | |
3 November | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Revenge | Royal Sovereign-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
5 November | ![]() |
Union Iron Works | San Francisco | Olympia | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy |
5 November | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Royal Oak | Royal Sovereign-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
10 November | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn | Cincinnati | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy |
20 December | Armstrong Whitworth | Elswick | Yoshino | Protected cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Buffalo | Auxiliary cruiser | For United States Navy |
Other ships[]
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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11 February | ![]() |
City Point Iron Works | Boston | Narkeeta | Tugboat | For United States Navy |
22 February | Joh. C. Tecklenborg | Geestemünde | Placilla | Barque | For F. Laeisz | |
3 March | ![]() |
City Point Iron Works | Boston | Wahneta | Tugboat | For United States Navy |
4 May | ![]() |
City of Ainsworth | Paddle steamer | |||
26 May | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Naronic | Steamship | For White Star Line | |
23 July | ![]() |
American Steel Barge Company | Superior, Wisconsin | Sagamore | Steamship | For Huron Barge Company |
24 August | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Lawhill | Barque | For Charles Barrie | |
8 September | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Campania | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
23 September | Joh. C. Tecklenborg | Geestemünde | Pisagua | Barque | For F. Laeisz | |
3 December | ![]() |
American Steel Barge Company | Superior, Wisconsin | Christopher Columbus | Passenger ship | For Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Jennings, Montana | Annerly | Paddle steamer | For Dupuy & Jones | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Chelsea, Massachusetts | City of Taunton | Paddle steamer | for Fall River Line | |
Exact date unknown | Edwards Shipbuilding Company | Newcastle upon Tyne | Collier No.13 | Collier | ||
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Globe Iron Works | Cleveland, Ohio | Comanche | Yacht | |
Exact date unknown | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Duke of Clarence | Passenger ship | For Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | Newport News, Virginia | El Sud | Steamship | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Union Iron Works | San Francisco | Fearless | Tugboat | |
Exact date unknown | Colin Archer | Larvik | Fram | steam schooner | For Fridtjof Nansen | |
Exact date unknown | Akers mekaniske verksted | Kristiania | Heimdal | Royal yacht | For Oscar II | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Golden, British Columbia | Hyak | Paddle steamer | For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia | P H Wise | Tugboat | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Maryland Steel Company | Baltimore, Maryland | Penwood | Tugboat | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Portland, Oregon | Ramona | Paddle steamer | For Graham Steamboat Line | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Harlan and Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | Richard Peck | ||
Exact date unknown | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Yarrowdale | Cargo ship |
See also[]
Ship events in 1892 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
Ship commissionings: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
Shipwrecks: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
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