List of ship launches in 1896

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The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
28 February Polycarp Cargo ship Barclay Curle Glasgow  United Kingdom For Booth Steamship Company
29 February Iran Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Edward Bates & Son.[1]
9 March Oden Oden-class coastal defence ship Bergsunds Shipyard Stockholm Sweden
13 March Ebani Cargo ship William Gray & Company West Hartlepool  United Kingdom For African Association Ltd
14 March Istrar Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Edward Bates & Son.[2]
28 March Iowa Pre-dreadnought battleship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  United States
30 March Mars Majestic-class battleship Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead  United Kingdom
9 April Ibadan Cargo ship David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company
27 April Bouvet Pre-dreadnought battleship Arsenal de Lorient Lorient  France
27 April Perseverance Tug Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[3]
28 April Hannibal Majestic-class battleship Pembroke Dock Wales  United Kingdom
30 April Rossia Armored cruiser Baltic Works Saint Petersburg  Russia
30 April Sussex Passenger ferry William Denny & Bros Ltd Dumbarton  United Kingdom For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
14 May Canada Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Dominion Line.[4]
27 May Cassard D'Assas-class cruiser Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg  France For French Navy.[5]
9 June Comic Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Belfast Steamship Co.[6]
Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For
11 June D'Entrecasteaux First class cruiser Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For French Navy.[7]
13 June China Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[8]
1 July Kaiser Friedrich III Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Germany
9 July European Cargo liner Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For West India & Pacific Steamship Company
14 July Electra Brazen-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland  United Kingdom
14 August Ilorin Cargo ship David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow  United Kingdom For African Steamship Company
25 August Gascon Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Line.[9]
2 September Caesar Majestic-class battleship Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom
2 September Saint Louis Charlemagne-class battleship Arsenal de Lorient Lorient  France
2 September Rostislav Pre-dreadnought battleship Nikolayev shipyard Mykolaiv  Russia
10 September Pennsylvania Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Holland America Line
17 September Illustrious Majestic-class battleship Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent  United Kingdom
22 September Gaika Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Union Steamship Line.[10]
6 October Gaulois Charlemagne-class battleship Arsenal de Brest Brest  France
7 October Bat Star-class destroyer Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow  United Kingdom [11]
8 October Arcadia Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.[12][13]
8 October Ardova Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth  United Kingdom For Ardova Steamship Co. Ltd.[14]
8 October Catinat Catinat-class cruiser Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne  France For French Navy.[15]
17 October Princesa de Asturias Princesa de Asturias-class armored cruiser Arsenal de La Carraca San Fernando  Spain For Spanish Navy.
21 October Diadem Diadem-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
17 November Dresden Passenger steamer Earle's Shipbuilding Hull  United Kingdom For Great Eastern Railway[16]
21 November Arabia Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Hamburg America Line.[17]
3 December Furious[18] Arrogant-class cruiser Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom
4 December New Orleans Protected cruiser Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom Laid down for Brazilian Navy, purchased by United States Navy
5 December Locust Earnest-class destroyer Laird, Son & Co. Birkenhead  United Kingdom [19]
5 December Newport Gunboat Bath, Maine  United States
5 December Oravia Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast  United Kingdom For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[20]
5 December Proserpine[21] Pelorus-class cruiser Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness, Kent  United Kingdom
5 December Vicksburg Gunboat Bath, Maine  United States
8 December Gladiator Arrogant-class cruiser Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth  United Kingdom
21 December Pactolus[22] Pelorus-class cruiser Armstrong, Mitchell and Company Newcastle-upon-Tyne  United Kingdom
23 December Annapolis Gunboat Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey  United States
Unknown date Britannia Paddle steamer Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon United Kingdom For P. & A. Campbell.[23]
Unknown date Alesia steamship Germany Given to the United Kingdom after World War I
Unknown date Fortuna Lighter Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For A. Willoughby.[24]
Unknown date Juno Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For George Hill.[25]
Unknown date Lilian Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For William Aaron.[26]
Unknown date Lord Nelson Paddle steamer Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd.[27]
Unknown date Milton Steam drifter Beeching Brothers Ltd. Great Yarmouth  United Kingdom For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[28]
Unknown date Sarah Ellen Sloop Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber  United Kingdom For Benjamin Barraclough & William Barraclough.[29]
Unknown date Stella Merchantman Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For private owner.[30]
Unknown date Vixen Tug Allsup & Co. Ltd. Preston  United Kingdom For T. W. Fox.[31]

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