The list of ship launches in 1892 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1892. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 7 January Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Baltimore Lighterage Co. 15 January Protected cruiser SMAG Germania Kiel For #imperial German Navy. 23 January Esmeralda Barque Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For F. C. Wehrhahn. 29 January Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Oriental Steamship Co. Ltd. 30 January Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth For Royal Navy. 5 FebruaryTorpilleur N° 166 36-metre type Normand (1890 tranche), (Type 126 Modifié) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 2 February Cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig For Imperial German Navy. 11 February Tug City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 13 FebruaryGrondeur Véloce-class seagoing torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 22 February Barque Joh. C. Tecklenborg Bremerhaven For F. Laeisz. 23 February Blohm & Voss Hamburg For Imperial German Navy. 25 February Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 27 February Barque Harland & Wolff Belfast For Irish Shipowners Co. Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke For Royal Navy. 1 March J. & G. Thomson Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard Greenock For Royal Navy. 3 March Tug City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 9 March Sevastopol Shipyard Sevastopol For Imperial Russian Navy. 29 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Irish Shipowners Ltd. 30 March Portsmouth For Royal Navy. 31 March Protected cruiser Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia For United States Navy. 12 April Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Alston Steamship Co. Ltd. Birkdale Barque Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For Dale Line. 27 April Napier Glasgow For Royal Navy. Jemmapes Jemmapes-class coast defence ship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire For French Navy 30 April Gunboat Samuel L. Moore & Sons Elizabethport, New Jersey For United States Navy. William Tillie Full-rigged ship Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For Foyle Line. 4 May Paddle steamer Canada For private owner. 11 May Gunboat Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 17 May Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig For Imperial German Navy. 26 May Steamship Harland and Wolff Govan For White Star Line. 28 May Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy. 31 May Steamship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For Southern Pacific Transportation Company. 22 June William Mitchell Full-rigged ship Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For Foyle Line. 23 June Earle's Shipbuilding Hull For Royal Navy. 28 June Steamship Harland and Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. Battleship Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia For United States Navy. 6 July Protected cruiser Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka For Imperial Japanese Navy. 9 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Asiatic Steamship Co. 23 July Steamship American Steel Barge Company Superior, Wisconsin For Huron Barge Company. 26 July William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. Unnamed Chain ferry W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Gosport-Portsmouth chain ferry. 27 July Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven For Imperial German Navy. 3 August Portsmouth For Royal Navy. 6 August Kaiserliche Werft Kiel For Imperial German Navy. SMAG Germania Kiel 8 AugustMousquetaire Seagoing torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy 10 August Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy. Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Gondola Steamship Co. Ltd. 11 August Cruiser City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 24 August Lawhill Barque Caledon Shipbuilding Dundee For Charles Barrie. 8 September Ocean liner Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Cunard Line. Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For George Warren & Co. Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth For Royal Navy. 23 September Barque Joh. C. Tecklenborg Bremerhaven For F. Laeisz. Bouvines Coastal defence ship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For the French Navy 6 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Asiatic Steamship Co. Valmy Jemmapes-class coast defence ship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire For French Navy 11 October Benjamin Constant Protected cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For the Brazilian Navy 20 October Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Stephens, Mawson & Goss. 22 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Edward Bates & Co. Cruiser Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. Protected cruiser Rijkswerf Amsterdam For Royal Netherlands Navy. 3 November Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy. 4 November La Navarre Ocean liner Chantiers et Ateliers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire For:Cie. Générale Transatlantique 5 November Latouche-Tréville Amiral Charner-class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For the French Navy Protected cruiser Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For United States Navy. Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 9 November George N. Wilcox Full-rigged ship Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For H. Hackfield & Co. 10 November Protected cruiser New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York For United States Navy. 17 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For African Steamship Co. 24 November Barque Harland & Wolff Belfast For W. J. Myers & Co. 3 December Passenger ship American Steel Barge Company Superior, Wisconsin For Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company. 7 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 19 December John Cooke Full-rigged ship Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry For Foyle Line. 20 December Cruiser Armstrong Mitchell Newcastle upon Tyne For Imperial Japanese Navy. 22 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Unknown date Sternwheeler Jennings, Montana For Dupuy & Jones. Unknown date Paddle steamer Chelsea, Massachusetts For Fall River Line. Collier Edwards Shipbuilding Company Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. Comanche Yacht Globe Iron Works Cleveland, Ohio For H. M. Hanna. Passenger ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways. El Sud Steamship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Fearless Tug Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For J. D. Spreckles Brothers & Co. Steam schooner Colin Archer Larvik For Fridtjof Nansen. Royal yacht Akers mekaniske Verksted Kristiania For Oscar II. Sternwheeler Golden Canada For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co. Ilma Steam yacht W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston For George W. Anderson. P H Wise Tug Neafie & LevyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Penwood Maryland Steel Company Baltimore, Maryland Primrose Oyster dredger Aldous & Son Brightlingsea For private owner. Sternwheeler Portland, Oregon For Graham Steamboat Line. Regina Fishing trawler John Bell Grimsby For John Bell and others. Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware For private owner. Cargo ship William Pickersgill & Sons Sunderland For Robert Mackill & Co.
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