The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 28 February Cargo ship Barclay Curle Glasgow For Booth Steamship Company 29 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Edward Bates & Son.9 MarchBergsunds ShipyardStockholm 13 March Cargo ship William Gray & Company West Hartlepool For African Association Ltd 14 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Edward Bates & Son. 28 March Pre-dreadnought battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30 March Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead 9 April Cargo ship David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For African Steamship Company27 AprilPre-dreadnought battleshipArsenal de LorientLorient 27 April Tug Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston. 28 April Pembroke Dock Wales 30 April Armored cruiser Baltic Works Saint Petersburg 30 April Passenger ferry William Denny & Bros Ltd Dumbarton For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 14 May Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Dominion Line. 27 May Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy.The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12 9 June Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Belfast Steamship Co. Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For 12 June First class cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 13 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.1 JulyKaiserliche WerftWilhelmshaven9 JulyEuropeanCargo linerHarland & WolffBelfastFor West India & Pacific Steamship Company 14 July John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland 7 August James and George Thomson Clydebank For Spanish Navy 10 August James and George Thomson Clydebank For Spanish Navy 14 August Cargo ship David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For African Steamship Company 25 August Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Line. 2 September Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 2 SeptemberArsenal de LorientLorient 2 September Pre-dreadnought battleship Nikolayev shipyard Mykolaiv 10 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Holland America Line 17 September Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 22 September Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Line.6 OctoberArsenal de BrestBrest 7 October Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow 8 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hamburg America Line. 8 October Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Ardova Steamship Co. Ltd. 8 October Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy.The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11 17 October armored cruiser Arsenal de La Carraca San Fernando For Spanish Navy. 21 October Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland For Royal Navy. 17 November Passenger steamerEarle's Shipbuilding Hull For Great Eastern Railway 21 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hamburg America Line. 3 December The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7 Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 4 December Protected cruiser Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Laid down for Brazilian Navy, purchased by United States Navy 5 December Laird, Son & Co. Birkenhead 5 December Gunboat Bath, Maine 5 December Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 5 December The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12 Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness, Kent 5 December Gunboat Bath, Maine 8 December Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 17 December City of York Trawler Mackie & Thomson Govan For Hagerup Doughty & Co. Ltd 17 December City of Glasgow Trawler Mackie & Thomson Govan For Hagerup Doughty & Co. Ltd 21 December The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8 Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 December Gunboat Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey Unknown date Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon For P. & A. Campbell. Unknown date steamship Given to the United Kingdom after World War I Unknown date Fortuna Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For A. Willoughby. Unknown date Juno Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For George Hill. Unknown date Lilian Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For William Aaron. Unknown date Paddle steamer Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Unknown date Milton Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Horatio Fenner Ltd. Unknown date Sarah Ellen Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber For Benjamin Barraclough & William Barraclough. Unknown date Stella Merchantman Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For private owner. Unknown date Tug Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston For T. W. Fox.
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