List of ship launches in 1908

The list of ship launches in 1908 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1908.

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Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
4 January	Papin	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	France	For French Navy^[1]
22 January	Hornby	Tugboat	John Cran & Co.	Leith	United Kingdom
23 January	Memphian	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For F. Leyland & Co.^[2]
6 February	Saphir	Émeraude-class submarine	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	France	For French Navy^[1]
15 February	Hache	Claymore-class destroyer	Toulon Dockyard	Toulon	France	^[3]
26 February	Senator Schröder	Fishing trawler	Eider werke AG	Tönning	Germany	For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG
3 March	Rathmore	Passenger steamer	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	United Kingdom	For London and North Western Railway^[4]
3 March	Rotterdam	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Holland America Line.^[5]
7 March	Nassau	Nassau-class battleship	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Germany	^[6]
18 March	Seneca	Revenue cutter	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
23 March	Ben-my-Chree	Passenger steamer	Vickers	Barrow-in-Furness	United Kingdom	For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company^[7]
25 March	Mogami	Yodo-class cruiser	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Japan
31 March	Hilary	Passenger/Mail liner	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Dundee	United Kingdom	For Booth Steamship Company^[8]
31 March	Verona	Passenger liner	Workman, Clark & Co	Belfast	United Kingdom	^[9]
11 April	Blücher	Unique armored cruiser	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Germany	^[10]
14 April	Odland	Cargo ship	Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Sunderland	United Kingdom	^[11]
16 April	Mercian	Cargo ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Furness Leyland Line.^[12]
18 April	Floréal	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	France	For French Navy^[1]
30 April	Föhr-Amrum	ferry	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Germany	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH
5 May	Amalfi	Pisa-class cruiser	Cantieri navali Odero	Sestri Ponente	Italy
14 May	Boadicea	Boadicea-class cruiser	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembrokeshire, Wales	United Kingdom
19 May	Vestal	Collier	Brooklyn Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	United States
26 May	Michigan	South Carolina-class battleship	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	United States
26 May	Emden	Dresden-class cruiser	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	Germany
May	Alexandra	steamboat	Janssen & Schmilinsky	Hamburg	Germany	For Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder und Sonderburger Dampfschiffsgesellschaft^{[citation needed]}
16 June	Fresnel	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	France	For French Navy^[1]
27 June	Lapland	Ocean liner	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, County Antrim	United Kingdom	For Red Star Line
1 July	Westfalen	Nassau-class battleship	AG Weser	Bremen	Germany	^[6]
2 July	Topaze	Émeraude-class submarine	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	France	For French Navy^[1]
11 July	South Carolina	South Carolina-class battleship	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
15n July	Sir Walter Scott	Cargo ship	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	United Kingdom	For Sir Walter Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.^[13]
3 August	Turquoise	Émeraude-class submarine	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	France	For French Navy^[1]
13 August	Léopoldville	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo.^[14]
8 September	Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand	Radetzky-class battleship	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Austria-Hungary	For Austro-Hungarian Navy
10 September	Laurentic	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For White Star Line.
10 September	Minas Geraes	Minas Geraes-class battleship	Armstrong Whitworth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	United Kingdom	For Brazilian Navy
10 September	St Vincent	St Vincent-class battleship	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	United Kingdom
19 September	Massue	Claymore-class destroyer	Toulon Dockyard	Toulon	France	^[3]
26 September	Rheinland	Nassau-class battleship	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Germany	^[6]
26 September	Prairial	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	France	For French Navy^[1]
29 September	Duca d'Aosta	Ocean liner	Cantieri Navale Siciliani	Palermo	Italy	For Navigazione Generale Italiana
26 October	Werribee	Cargo ship	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	United Kingdom	For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.^[15]
7 November	Collingwood	St Vincent-class battleship	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport, England	United Kingdom
7 November	Harvey Scott	Cargo ship	Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	United Kingdom	For Harvey Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.^[16]
10 November	North Dakota	Delaware-class battleship	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	United States
10 November	George Washington	Ocean liner	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Germany	For North German Lloyd
12 November	Minnewaska	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Atlantic Transport Co.^[17]
14 November	Kolberg	Kolberg-class cruiser	Schichau-Werke	Danzig	Germany	For Imperial German Navy
5 December	Ontario	Collier	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	United States
10 December	Megantic	Passenger ship	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For White Star Line.
12 December	Posen	Nassau-class battleship	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft	Kiel	Germany	^[6]
24 December	Messidor	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg	France	For French Navy^[1]
31 December	Monge	Pluviôse-class submarine	Arsenal de Toulon	Toulon	France	For French Navy^[1]
Unknown date	Bono	Steam drifter	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For William Holker.^[18]
Unknown date	Bournemouth Queen	Paddle steamer	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon	United Kingdom	For P. & A. Campbell.^[19]
Unknown date	Ever Ready	Sloop	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	United Kingdom	For William Stamp.^[20]
Unknown date	Girl Rhoda	Steam drifter	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Richard Sutton.^[21]
Unknown date	Gladys & Rose	Steam drifter	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Thomas Moore.^[22]
Unknown date	J.C.P.	Steam drifter	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For Pitchers Ltd.^[23]
Unknown date	Laura	Coaster	Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft	Copenhagen	Denmark	For A/S Dampskibs Selskap Vesterhavet
Unknown date	Lerwick	Steam drifter	Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For John H. Waite.^[24]
Unknown date	Mary Ann	Lighter	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	United Kingdom	For private owner.^[25]
Unknown date	Mispah	Sloop	Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	United Kingdom	For Walter Oldridge.^[26]
Unknown date	Morea	Ocean liner	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[27]
Unknown date	Ottar	Cargo ship	Fevigs Jernskibbyg	Fevig	Norway	For private owner.^[28]
Unknown date	Tainui	Cargo ship	Workman, Clarke & Co. Ltd.	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd.^[29]

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