List of ship launches in 1897

The list of ship launches in 1897 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1897.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
4 January Harald Haarfagre Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship Armstrong Whitworth Elswick  United Kingdom For Kongelig Norske Marine
5 January Delphic Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line
21 January Panther Earnest-class destroyer Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
23 January Goorkha Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Co.[1]
1 February Bittern Avon-class destroyer Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
14 February Nahma Steam yacht Clydebank Engine and Shipbuilding Company Clydebank  United Kingdom For Robert Walton Goelet
18 February Rotterdam Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Holland America Line
20 February Niobe Diadem-class cruiser Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
4 March Flying Fish Star-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
4 March Pegasus Pelorus-class cruiser Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
4 March Empress Queen Passenger paddle steamer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company[3]
6 March Seal Earnest-class destroyer Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
9 March Gipsy Gipsy-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
18 March Coblenz Cargo liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
18 March Marietta Gunboat Union Iron Works San Francisco, California United States For United States Navy
18 March Tordenskjold Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship Armstrong Whitworth Elswick  United Kingdom For Kongelig Norske Marine
19 March Cardenal Cisneros Princesa de Asturias-class armored cruiser Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol  Spain For Spanish Navy
20 March Europa Diadem-class cruiser J & G Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
20 March Leopard Avon-class destroyer Vickers Barrow in Furness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
20 March Maylands Collier Furness, Withy and Company West Hartlepool  United Kingdom For J F Wilson & Co
30 March Du Pont Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island United States For United States Navy
7 April Osprey Gipsy-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
14 April Hertha Victoria Louise-class cruiser AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
27 April Freya Victoria Louise-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
29 April Ammiraglio di Saint Bon Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship Venetian Arsenal Venice Kingdom of Italy For Regia Marina
3 May Violet Violet-class destroyer William Doxford and Sons Sunderland  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
4 May Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Ocean liner AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
8 May Winslow Torpedo boat Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co. Baltimore, Maryland United States For United States Navy
15 May Flirt Star-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
15 May Atlas Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford  United Kingdom For Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd.[4]
15 May Pyramus Pelorus-class cruiser Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
17 May Holland Submarine Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey United States For United States Navy
17 May Montcalm Cargo liner Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company
18 May Dauntless Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Steamship Dauntless Co. Ltd.[5]
18 May Takasago Protected cruiser Armstrong Whitworth Elswick  United Kingdom For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 May Fairy Gipsy-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
29 May Kenthales Steam yacht Ramage and Ferguson Leith  United Kingdom For William Johnston
2 June Wolf Earnest-class destroyer Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
3 June Princeton Gunboat J. H. Dialogue and Son Camden, New Jersey United States For United States Navy
5 June Briton Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Line.[6]
14 June Active sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Henry Oldridge.[7]
17 June Montrose Ocean Liner Sir Raylton Dixon and Company Middlesbrough  United Kingdom For Elder Dempster Line
3 July Sylvia Violet-class destroyer William Doxford and Sons Sunderland  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
14 July Cheerful Mermaid-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn  United Kingdom For Royal Navy[2]
15 July Perseus Pelorus-class cruiser Earle's Shipbuilding Kingston upon Hull  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
21 July Derbyshire Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Bibby Steamship Co.[8]
7 August Plunger Submarine Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co. Baltimore, Maryland United States For United States Navy (not commissioned)
8 August Creole Passenger ship Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News, Virginia United States For Cromwell Steamship Lines
13 August Craigneuk Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Craig Line Steamship Co. Ltd.[9]
17 August Batavier II Passenger ship Gourlay Brothers Dundee  United Kingdom For Batavier Line
18 August Zenta Zenta-class cruiser Pola Naval Arsenal Pola Austria-Hungary For Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine
31 August Presidente Sarmiento Training ship Laird & Company Birkenhead  United Kingdom For Armada de la República Argentina
11 September Winifreda Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For F. Leyland & Co.[10]
12 September Leinster Passenger ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead  United Kingdom For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
14 September Kaiser Wilhelm II Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
23 September Westralia Cargo liner Sir J Laing and Sons Sunderland  United Kingdom For Huddart Parker
25 September Fürst Bismarck Armoured cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
29 September Emanuele Filiberto Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship Castellammare Royal Dockyard Castellammare di Stabia Kingdom of Italy For Regia Marina
9 October Pretoria Ocean liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg  Germany For Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG
12 October Cymric Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For White Star Line
13 October Canopus Canopus-class battleship Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
24 October Duchess Steamship Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Cuthbert J. Pyke.[11]
27 October D'Estrées D'Estrées-class cruiser Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort France For Marine Nationale
1 November Fuji Fuji-class battleship Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth, London  United Kingdom For Imperial Japanese Navy
4 November Plutón Audaz-class destroyer Thompson Clydebank  United Kingdom For Armada Española
10 November Arabia Ocean liner Caird & Co Greenock  United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
14 November Talbot Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island United States For United States Navy
15 November Gwin Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island United States For United States Navy
18 November Rossland Paddle steamer Thomas J Bulger Naksup, British Columbia Canada Canada For Canadian Pacific Railway
25 November Pomone Pelorus-class cruiser Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
27 November Brasilia Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.[12]
9 December Vindictive Protected cruiser Chatham Dockyard Chatham  United Kingdom For Royal Navy
9 December Vineta Victoria Louise-class cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig  Germany For Kaiserliche Marine
11 December Knight Errant Cargo ship Charles Connell and Company Scotstoun  United Kingdom For Knight Steamship Company
18 December Akashi Suma-class cruiser Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
Unknown date Bernice Steam yacht Brooklyn, New York United States
Unknown date Coyote Motorboat United States For Sylvester Sparling
Unknown date Hai Yung Protected cruiser AG Vulcan Stettin  Germany For Chinese Navy
Unknown date J.D. Farrell Paddle steamer Jennings, Montana United States For Kootenay River Navigation Company
Unknown date Keenora Passenger ship Canada Canada
Unknown date Mayflower Lighthouse tender Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For U.S. Lighthouse Service
Unknown date North Star Paddle steamer Louis Pacquet Jennings, Montana United States For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co.
Unknown date Olive Merchantman Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For private owner.[13]
Unknown date Vigilant Steamboat Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For private owner.[14]
Unknown date White Cross Steamship Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe  United Kingdom For Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District.[15]
Unknown date Wilmot Tug F. W. Wheeler Company Bay City, Michigan United States For Ocean Towing and Wrecking Company
Unknown date Winthrop Tug Charles Hillman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Staples Coal Co

References

  1. ^ "Goorkha". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Friedman 2009, p. 303.
  3. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch: Empress Queen". The Marine Engineer. 1 April 1897. p. 30.
  4. ^ "Atlas". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Dauntless". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Briton". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Active". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Derbyshire". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Craigneuk". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Winifreda". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Duchess". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Brasilia". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Olive". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Vigilant". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  15. ^ "White Cross". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

Sources

  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
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