The list of ship launches in 1897 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1897. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Armstrong WhitworthElswick For Kongelig Norske Marine5 JanuaryDelphicOcean linerHarland and WolffBelfastFor White Star Line21 JanuaryLaird, Son & CoBirkenheadFor Royal Navy 23 January Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Co. 1 February Vickers Barrow in Furness For Royal NavyFriedman 2009, p. 303. 6 February Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company Clydebank For Spanish Navy14 FebruarySteam yachtClydebank Engine and Shipbuilding CompanyClydebankFor Robert Walton Goelet 18 February Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line 20 February Vickers Barrow in Furness For Royal Navy 4 March Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy 4 March Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy4 March Passenger paddle steamer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company6 MarchLaird, Son & CoBirkenheadFor Royal Navy 9 March Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy18 MarchCargo linerBlohm & VossHamburgFor Norddeutscher Lloyd 18 March Gunboat Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For United States Navy 18 March Armstrong WhitworthElswick For Kongelig Norske Marine 19 March armored cruiserReales Astilleros de EsteiroFerrol For Spanish Navy 20 March J & G Thompson Clydebank For Royal Navy 20 March Vickers Barrow in Furness For Royal Navy20 MarchMaylandsCollierFurness, Withy and CompanyWest HartlepoolFor J F Wilson & Co 30 March Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island For United States Navy 7 April Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy 14 April AG Vulcan Stettin For Kaiserliche Marine 27 April Kaiserliche Werft Danzig For Kaiserliche Marine29 AprilVenetian ArsenalVeniceFor Regia Marina 3 May William Doxford and Sons Sunderland For Royal Navy 4 May Ocean liner AG Vulcan Stettin For Norddeutscher Lloyd 6 May Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company Clydebank For Spanish Navy 8 May Torpedo boat Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co. Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy15 MayPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron CompanyJarrowFor Royal Navy 15 May Atlas Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. 15 May Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Royal Navy 17 May Submarine Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey For United States Navy 17 May Cargo liner Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For African Steamship Company 18 May Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Steamship Dauntless Co. Ltd. 18 May Protected cruiser Armstrong Whitworth Elswick For Imperial Japanese Navy29 MayFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering CompanyGovanFor Royal Navy29 MayKenthalesSteam yachtRamage and FergusonLeithFor William Johnston2 JuneLaird, Son & CoBirkenheadFor Royal Navy 3 June Gunboat J. H. Dialogue and Son Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 5 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Line. 14 June Active sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For Henry Oldridge. 17 June Ocean Liner Sir Raylton Dixon and Company Middlesbrough For Elder Dempster Line 3 July William Doxford and Sons Sunderland For Royal Navy 13 July Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company Clydebank For Spanish Navy 14 July Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn For Royal Navy 15 July Earle's Shipbuilding Kingston upon Hull For Royal Navy 21 July Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bibby Steamship Co. 7 August Submarine Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co. Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy (not commissioned)8 AugustCreolePassenger shipNewport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.Newport News, VirginiaFor Cromwell Steamship Lines 13 August Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Craig Line Steamship Co. Ltd. 17 August Passenger ship Gourlay Brothers Dundee For Batavier Line 18 August Pola Naval ArsenalPola For Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine31 AugustTraining shipLaird & CompanyBirkenheadFor Armada de la República Argentina 11 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For F. Leyland & Co. 12 September Passenger ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company 14 September Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven For Kaiserliche Marine23 SeptemberCargo linerSir J Laing and SonsSunderlandFor Huddart Parker 25 September Armoured cruiser Kaiserliche Werft Kiel For Kaiserliche Marine29 SeptemberCastellammare Royal DockyardCastellammare di StabiaFor Regia Marina9 OctoberOcean linerBlohm & VossHamburgFor Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG12 OctoberOcean linerHarland and WolffBelfastFor White Star Line 13 October Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth For Royal Navy 23 October Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company Clydebank For Spanish Navy 24 October Steamship Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For Cuthbert J. Pyke. 26 October Guichen Cruiser Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire For French Navy 27 October Arsenal de RochefortRochefort For Marine Nationale 1 November Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth, London For Imperial Japanese Navy 4 November Thompson Clydebank For Armada Española 10 November Ocean liner Caird & Co Greenock For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 14 November Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island For United States Navy 15 November Torpedo boat Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island For United States Navy 18 November Paddle steamer Thomas J Bulger Naksup, British Columbia Canada For Canadian Pacific Railway 25 November Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness For Royal Navy 27 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hamburg America Line. 9 December Protected cruiser Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy9 DecemberKaiserliche WerftDanzigFor Kaiserliche Marine 11 December Knight Errant Cargo ship Charles Connell and Company Scotstoun For Knight Steamship Company 18 December Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa For Imperial Japanese Navy Unknown date Bernice Steam yacht Brooklyn, New York Unknown date Motorboat For Sylvester Sparling Unknown date Protected cruiser AG Vulcan Stettin For Chinese Navy Unknown date Paddle steamer Jennings, Montana For Kootenay River Navigation Company Unknown date Passenger ship Canada Unknown dateLighthouse tenderBath Iron WorksBath, MaineFor U.S. Lighthouse Service Unknown date Paddle steamer Louis Pacquet Jennings, Montana For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co. Unknown date Olive Merchantman Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For private owner. Unknown date Vigilant Steamboat Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For private owner. Unknown date Steamship Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe For Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District. Unknown date Wilmot Tug F. W. Wheeler Company Bay City, Michigan For Ocean Towing and Wrecking Company Unknown date Winthrop Tug Charles Hillman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Staples Coal Co
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