List of ship launches in 1898

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 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
21 March  United Kingdom 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 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
18 May  United States William Cramp and Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alabama Illinois class battleship
4 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Scotland Highflyer Highflyer class cruiser
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
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