Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
7 January |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Garfield |
Sailing ship |
For North Western Shipping Co.[1] |
4 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
British Prince |
Passenger ship |
For British Shipowners Ltd.[2] |
4 February |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Treneglos |
Steamship |
For Edward Hain and Son.[3] |
21 February |
United Kingdom |
Schlesinger Davis & Co. |
Wallsend |
Boskenna Bay |
Steamship |
For Mount's Bay Steam Ship Company. |
11 March |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Valencia |
Steamship |
For Red D Line. |
18 March |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke |
Edinburgh |
Colossus-class battleship |
For Royal Navy. |
18 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Lord Downshire |
Sailing ship |
For Thomas Dixon & Sons.[4] |
21 March |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth |
Colossus |
Colossus-class battleship |
For Royal Navy |
25 March |
United Kingdom |
Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd |
Sunderland |
Ganges |
Barque |
For Nourse Line. |
20 April |
Canada |
Alexander Watson |
Victoria |
R P Rithet |
Sternwheeler |
For John Irving. |
27 April |
France |
|
|
Courbet |
Ironclad |
For French Navy. |
3 May |
Netherlands |
Fijenoord |
Schiedam |
Zaandam |
Passenger ship |
For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij.[5] |
4 May |
Canada |
Andrew Onderdonk |
Spuzzum |
Skuzzy |
Sternwheeler |
For Andrew Onderdonk. |
19 May |
United Kingdom |
William Denny and Brothers |
Dumbarton |
Wairarapa |
Steamship |
For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. |
15 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Yucatan |
Cargo ship |
For West India Shipping Co.[6] |
June |
United Kingdom |
Thomas Royden and Sons |
Liverpool |
Alesia |
Ocean liner |
For Fabre Line. |
June |
United States |
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
San Juan |
Ocean liner |
For Pacific Mail Steamship Company. |
6 July |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Walter H. Wilson |
Barque |
For S Lawther & Co.[7] |
July |
United Kingdom |
Aitken & Mansel |
Whiteinch |
Hilda |
Steamship |
For London and South Western Railway. |
9 August |
United States |
Pusey & Jones |
Wilmington, Delaware |
Albatross |
Research vessel |
For United States Navy. |
29 August |
United Kingdom |
Strand Ship-building Yard |
Sunderland |
Eureka |
|
For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.[8] |
August |
United Kingdom |
Sunderland Shipbuilding Company |
Sunderland |
Glenorchy |
Sailing ship |
For private owner.[9] |
10 October |
United Kingdom |
Short Brothers |
Sunderland |
Britannia |
Steamship |
For United Kingdom Steamship Company.[10] |
22 October |
Russia |
Baltic Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
Vladimir Monomakh |
Armoured cruiser |
For Imperial Russian Navy. |
26 October |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Trevose |
Steamship |
For Edward Hain and Son.[11] |
28 October |
United Kingdom |
Napier |
Glasgow |
Leander |
Cruiser |
For Royal Navy. |
11 November |
United Kingdom |
Schlesinger, Davis and Co. |
Wallsend |
Carbis Bay |
Steamship |
For Carbis Bay Steamship Company.[12] |
22 November |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke |
Collingwood |
Admiral-class battleship |
For Royal Navy.[13] |
28 November |
Germany |
AG Vulcan Stettin |
Stettin |
Zhenyuan |
Turret ship |
For Beiyang Fleet. |
November |
United Kingdom |
Deptford Ship-building Yard |
Sunderland, County Durham |
Dolcoath |
Steamship |
For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.[14] |
6 December |
United States |
John Roach & Son |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Puritan |
Puritan-class monitor |
For United States Navy. |
14 December |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
British Princess |
Passenger ship |
For British Shipowners Ltd. |
23 December |
United Kingdom |
Napier |
Glasgow |
Arethusa |
Leander-class cruiser |
For Royal Navy. |
26 December |
United Kingdom |
J. & G. Thomson & Co. |
Glasgow |
Aurania |
Ocean liner |
For Cunard Line. |
Date unknown |
United Kingdom |
Hall, Russel & Co. Ltd. |
Aberdeen |
Dabulamanzi |
Steamship |
For John T. Rennie & Co. |
Date unknown |
Denmark) |
Burmeister & Wain |
Copenhagen |
Georg Stage |
Sailing ship |
For private owner. |
Date unknown |
United States |
Morely & Hill |
Marine City, Michigan |
John M. Osborn |
Steamboat |
For George F. Cleveland and Cleveland Mining Ore Company. |
Date unknown |
Norway |
|
|
Lyn |
Torpedo boat |
For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
Date unknown |
United Kingdom |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. |
Hull |
Precursor |
Steam fishing smack |
For private owner. |
Date unknown |
Norway |
Nylands Verksted |
Kristiania |
Viking |
Steamship |
For private owner. |
Date unknown |
United States |
A Sewall & Co. |
Bath, Maine |
W. F. Babcock |
Schooner |
For private owner. |