The list of ship launches in 1899 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1899.
110 ft. x19ft. | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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14 January | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Oceanic | Ocean liner | For White Star Line | |
February | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Albany | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy | |
11 March | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Glory | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
11 March | HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Implacable | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
13 March | John Brown & Company | Glasgow | Asahi | Battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
18 April | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Saxonia | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line | |
8 May | Baltic Works | St Petersburg | Gromoboi | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
29 May | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Dahlgren | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
1 June | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
8 June | Jeanne d'Arc | Armoured cruiser | For Marine Nationale | |||
10 June | ![]() |
Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | Stringham | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
24 June | Saint-Nazaire Shipyards | Saint-Nazaire | Azuma | Armored cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
26 June | Neva Shipyard | St Petersburg | Gagara | Torpedo boat | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
27 June | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hatsuse | Shikishima-class battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
28 June | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cobra | Destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
28 June | HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Pioneer | Pelorus-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
29 June | ![]() |
Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina | ||
30 June | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Chesapeake | Barque | For United States Navy |
8 July | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Yakumo | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
11 July | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Montezuma | Cargo liner | For Elder Dempster Lines | |
18 July | A G Weser | Bremen | Niobe | Gazelle-class cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
25 July | Brest | Suffren | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Marine Nationale | ||
25 July | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | Vengeance | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
27 July | ![]() |
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co | Nagasaki | Awa Maru | Ocean liner | For Nippon Yusen |
29 July | ![]() |
Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works | Portland, Maine | Goldsborough | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
6 August | ![]() |
Varese | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina | ||
29 August | Navy Yard | Karljohansvern | Myg | Torpedo boat | For Royal Norwegian Navy | |
August | Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Pallada | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
9 September | ![]() |
STT | Habsburg | Habsburg-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy | |
16 September | ![]() |
William Lindbergs Verkstads- och Varfs AB | Stockholm | Hansa | Passenger ship | For Ångfartygs AB Gotland, Visby |
20 September | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Rhein | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |
21 September | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | London | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
23 September | Cherbourg | Henri IV | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Marine Nationale | ||
25 September | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Craven | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
30 September | Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Diana | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy | |
7 October | ![]() |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | El Cid | Cargo ship | For Southern Pacific Steamship Company |
18 October | HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Bulwark | Formidable-class battleship | ||
18 October | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Kaiser Karl der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
18 October | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Wörth | Brandenburg-class battleship | For Kaiserliche Marine | |
21 October | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Galeka | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line | |
31 October | ![]() |
Wm. Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | SS Sir Walter Scott | Steamship | |
31 October | ![]() |
William Trigg Company | Richmond, Virginia | Shubrick | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
31 October | ![]() |
William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Varyag | Cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
2 November | HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Venerable | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy | |
18 November | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Sutlej | Cressy-class cruiser | For Royal Navy | |
25 November | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Hamburg | Barbarossa-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line | |
2 December | F Schichau | Danzig | Grosser Kurfürst | Ocean liner | For Norddeutsche Lloyd | |
4 December | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | Govan | Cressy | Cressy-class cruiser | ||
5 December | ![]() |
Gas Engine & Power Company / Charles L Seabury Company | Morris Heights, New York | Bailey | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
9 December | ![]() |
Claes Uggla | Torpedo cruiser | For Swedish Navy | ||
16 December | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Saxonia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
20 December | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Anglia | Ferry | For London and North Western Railway | |
23 December | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Virginia | Yacht | For Isaac Stern |
31 December | ![]() |
Detroit Shipbuilding Company | Detroit | Tashmoo | Paddle steamer | For White Star Line, ~Detroit |
Exact date unknown | Kalkman | Capelle aan den IJssel | Albatros | Ketch | Last commercially trading cargo sailing ship in Europe. | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Aphrodite | Yacht | For Col. O H Payne |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
W. & A. Fletcher Company | Hoboken, New Jersey | Corsair | Yacht | For J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
Exact date unknown | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eidsvold | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
John Roach and Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Eugenia | Yacht | |
Exact date unknown | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ivernia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
A C Brown | Tottenville, New York | Jack T Scully | Tugboat | For Neptune Line |
Exact date unknown | Geestemunde | Köln | Ocean Liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd | ||
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Portland, Oregon | Leona | Paddle steamer | For Oregon City Transportation Company | |
Exact date unknown | Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luckenbach No. 3 | Tugboat | For Luckenbach Steamship Company | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lykens | Tugboat | For the Reading Company |
Exact date unknown | D S Hall | Reedham, Norfolk | Maud | Norfolk wherry | For Walter Bunn | |
Exact date unknown | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co | Middlesbrough | Mont-Blanc | Tramp steamer | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique | |
Exact date unknown | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Norge | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Jersey City, Illinois | Patrol | Harbor launch | ||
Exact date unknown | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Peterel | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() |
Helsingørs Jernskib-og Maskinbyggeri A/S | Helsingør | Söderhamn | Cargo ship | |
Exact date unknown | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Spiteful | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
Exact date unknown | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Stag | Destroyer | For Royal Navy | |
Exact data unknown | flagcountry Germany | Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft | Flensburg, Germany | Korea | Passenger liner | for Russian East Asiatic S.S. co. |
See also[]
Ship events in 1899 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
Ship commissionings: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
Shipwrecks: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
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