The list of ship launches in 1898 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1898.
| Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January |  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Vickers Limited | Barrow-in-Furness | Amphitrite | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 24 January | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan Scotland | Argonaut | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 10 February | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Kingston upon Hull | Bullfinch | Bullfinch-class destroyer | ||
| 22 February | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
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 | |
| 21 March | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Kingston upon Hull | Dove | Bullfinch-class destroyer | ||
| 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 | |
| 7 April | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan Scotland | Hermes | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 21 April | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sampo | Icebreaker | For Finnish Board of Navigation |
| 22 April | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
J & G Thompson | Clydebank | Ariadne | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 7 May | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Statendam | Ocean liner | For the Holland America Line |
| 18 May | United States | William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Alabama | Illinois-class battleship | |
| 1 June |  Norway
|
Karljohansvern naval yard | Horten, Norway | Storm | 1. class torpedo boat | |
| 4 June | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Scotland | Highflyer | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 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 of Great Britain and Ireland
|
London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Hyacinth | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 27 October | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Royal Navy Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | Spartiate | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| October | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
W Brighton | Oulton Broad | Albion | Norfolk wherry | For WD & AE Walker, Bungay |
| 1 November | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Thames Ironworks | Leamouth, London | Shikishima | Shikishima-class battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 26 November | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Wisconsin | Illinois-class battleship |
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 |
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