The list of ship launches in 1894 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1894. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 20 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co.24 January Ateliers et Chantiers de la GirondeLormontFor French Navy3 FebruaryPonticBaggage tenderHarland & WolffBelfastFor White Star Line. 3 February Cargo liner Blohm & Voss Hamburg For Norddeutscher Lloyd 7 February Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Corbridge Steamship Co. Ltd. 7 February destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick For Royal Navy 10 February Passenger ship Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania For Old Dominion Steamship Company 14 February Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke For Royal Navy 20 February Passenger ship William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For London and North Western Railway 20 February Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy 22 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Edward Bates & Son.FebruaryPeter JebsenCollierJohn Readhead & SonsSouth ShieldsFor L F Chapman & Co Ltd.13 MarchVickersBarrow in FurnessFor Royal Navy 6 April Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy 10 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hamburg America Line. April Iona Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For John Dannatt.8 MayOcean linerHarland & WolffBelfastFor Hamburg America Line. 12 May Torpedo boat Iowa Iron Works Dubuque, Iowa For United States Navy 17 May Rendel gunboat Karljohansverns Verft Horten For Kongelig Norske Marine 18 May Sailing ship Charles Connell and Company Glasgow For Nourse Line 2 June Pre-dreadnought battleship New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy 16 June Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar For Royal Navy19 JuneLighthouse supply and buoy vesselFleming & FergusonAberdeenFor Canadian Government 21 June Cargo ship D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow For Saint Ninian Steamship Co Ltd 26 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Co. 3 July Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy 12 July Pre-dreadnought battleshipArsenal de Toulon Toulon For Marine Nationale 19 July Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth For Royal Navy 19 July Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Co. 21 July Vickers Barrow in Furness For Royal Navy 25 July Sailing ship Russell & Co Ltd Port Glasgow For Nourse Line 2 August Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy2 AugustTurbiniaExperimental steamshipBrown and HoodWallsend on TyneFor Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company 14 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For William Johnstone.14 AugustJ & G ThompsonClydebankFor Royal Navy14 AugustJ & G ThompsonClydebankFor Royal Navy 22 August Baltic Words Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy August Britannia Humber Keel Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For George Hill. 15 September Yarrow Shipbuilders Poplar For Royal Navy 17 September Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Kirkwall Steamship Co. Ltd.29 SeptemberCollierWilliam Cramp & SonsPhiladelphiaFor Reading Company 8 October Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Marine Nationale 15 October Anglo-American Humber Keel George W. Brown & Sons Hull For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 16 October John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick For Royal Navy 16 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For William Johnstone. 18 October Bussard-class cruiser Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven For Imperial German Navy 1 November Galerniy Yard Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy 3 November Kaiserliche Werft Danzig For Kaiserliche Marine 6 November Pre-dreadnought battleship New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy 10 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Thomas Dixon & Sons.10 NovemberJ & G ThompsonClydebankFor Royal Navy 12 November Ocean liner William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia For International Navigation Company 17 November Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 28 November John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick For Royal Navy 29 November Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 1 December Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 9 December Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 13 December J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy 13 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Richard Mills & Co. 15 December Laird, Son and Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 15 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 19 December Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy 28 December Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness For Royal Navy Unknown date Whaleback Everett Shipyards Everett, Washington For Alexander McDougall Unknown date Barge South Rondout, New York For Susquehanna Coal Company Unknown date Dunhope Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For private owner. Unknown date Forth Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For private owner. Unknown date Geraldine Fishing smack John Newman Atkinson Dublin For private owner. Unknown date Gladys Ketch David Banks & Co. Plymouth For Thomas Mourant. Unknown date Schooner Bowns Nanticoke, Maryland For Maryland State Conservation Commission Unknown date Tugboat M D Battomer Baltimore For S H Freas, Miami Unknown dateLightshipCraig Shipbuilding CompanyLong Beach, CaliforniaFor United States Lighthouse Board Unknown date Maggie May Drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For John S. Johnston and others. Unknown date Mersey Sailing ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For private owner. Unknown date Princess May Ketch J. Allen & Co. Poole For Frederick Griffin. Unknown dateRoyal yachtA. & J. InglisGlasgowFor the Khedive of Egypt Unknown date Cargo ship Swan & Hunter Wallsend Unknown date Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon For P. & A. Campbell.
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