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The list of ship launches in 1892 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1892. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
7 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Manitoba Passenger ship For Baltimore Lighterage Co. [1]
15 January   Germany SMAG Germania Kiel Kaiserin Augusta Protected cruiser For #imperial German Navy.
30 January   United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth Grafton Edgar-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
2 February   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Seeadler Cruiser For Imperial German Navy.
11 February   United States City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts Narkeeta Tug For United States Navy.
22 February   Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg Bremerhaven Placilla Barque For F. Laeisz.
23 February   Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Condor Bussard-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy.
25 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mohawk Passenger ship For Elder Dempster. [2]
27 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Templemore Barque For Irish Shipowners Co. [3]
27 February   United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Repulse Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy.
1 March   United Kingdom J. & G. Thomson Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard Greenock Ramillies Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy.
3 March   United States City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts Wahneta Tug For United States Navy.
9 March   Russia Sevastopol Shipyard Sevastopol Georgii Pobedonosets Ekaterina II-class battleship For Imperial Russian Navy.
29 March   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Erne Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd. [4]
30 March   United Kingdom Portsmouth Crescent Edgar-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
31 March   United States Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia Raleigh Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
27 April   United Kingdom Napier Glasgow Gibraltar Edgar-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
30 April   United States Samuel L. Moore & Sons Elizabethport, New Jersey Bancroft Gunboat For United States Navy.
4 May Canada Canada City of Ainsworth Paddle steamer For privte owner.
11 May   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Castine Gunboat For United States Navy.
17 May   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Cormoran Bussard-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy.
26 May   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Govan Naronic Steamship For White Star Line.
28 May   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Resolution Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy.
31 May   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia El Cid Steamship For Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
23 June   United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull St George Edgar-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
28 June   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Bovic Steamship For White Star Line.
28 June   United States Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia Texas Battleship For United States Navy.
6 July   Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Akitsushima Protected cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy.
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nurani Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co. [5]
23 July   United States American Steel Barge Company Superior, Wisconsin Sagamore Steamship For Huron Barge Company.
26 July   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia Columbia-class cruiser For United States Navy.
27 July   Germany Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Heimdall Siegfried-class coastal defense ship For Imperial German Navy.
3 August   United Kingdom Portsmouth Centurion Centurion-class battleship For Royal Navy.
6 August   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Hildebrand Siegfried-class coastal defense ship For Imperial German Navy.
6 August   Germany SMAG Germania Kiel Wörth Brandenburg-class battleship For Imperial German Navy.
10 August   United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Barfleur Centurion-class battleship For Royal Navy.
11 August   United States City Point Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts Marblehead Cruiser For United States Navy.
24 August   United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding Dundee Lawhill Barque For Charles Barrie.
8 September   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Campania Ocean liner For Cunard Line.
8 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sagamore Passenger ship For George Warren & Co. [6]
8 September   United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth Theseus Edgar-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
23 September   Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg Bremerhaven Pisagua Barque For F. Laeisz.
6 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nairung Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co. [7]
22 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Islam Cargo ship For Edward Bates & Co. [8]
22 October   Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Rurik Cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy.
22 October   Netherlands Rijkswerf Amsterdam Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden Protected cruiser For Royal Netherlands Navy.
3 November   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Revenge Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy.
5 November   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Olympia Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
5 November   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Royal Oak Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy.
10 November   United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Cincinnati Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
17 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mobile Cargo ship For African Steamship Co. [5]
24 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Damson Hill Barque For W. J. Myers & Co. [9]
3 December   United States American Steel Barge Company Superior, Wisconsin Christopher Columbus Passenger ship For Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company.
7 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orellana Passenger ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [10]
20 December   United Kingdom Armstrong Mitchell Newcastle upon Tyne Yoshino Cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy.
22 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Antisana Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [11]
Unknown date   United States Jennings, Montana Annerly Sternwheeler For Dupuy & Jones.
Unknown date   United States Chelsea, Massachusetts City of Taunton Paddle steamer For Fall River Line.
Unknown date   United Kingdom Edwards Shipbuilding Company Newcastle upon Tyne Abarenda Collier For private owner. [12]
Unknown date   United States Globe Iron Works Cleveland, Ohio Comanche Yacht For H. M. Hanna.
Unknown date   United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Duke of Clarence Passenger ship Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways.
Unknown date   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia El Sud Steamship For Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
Unknown date   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Fearless Tug For J. D. Spreckles Brothers & Co.
Unknown date   Norway Colin Archer Larvik Fram Steam schooner For Fridtjof Nansen.
Unknown date   Norway Akers mekaniske Verksted Kristiania Heimdal Royal yacht For Oscar II.
Unknown date Canada Canada Golden Hyak Sternwheeler For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co.
Unknown date   United States Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P H Wise Tug For private owner.
Unknown date   United States Maryland Steel Company Baltimore, Maryland Penwood Tug For private owner.
Unknown date   United States Portland, Oregon Ramona Sternwheeler For Graham Steamboat Line.
Unknown date   United States Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Richard Peck For private owner.
Unknown date   United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Sunderland Yarrowdale Cargo ship For Robert Mackill & Co.

References

  1. ^ "Manitoba". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Mohawk". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Lord Templemore". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Lord Erne". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Nurani". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Sagamore". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Nairung". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Islam". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Damson Hill". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Orellana". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Antisana". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ^ Cressman, Robert J. (8 February 2016). "Abarenda I (Collier No. 13)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 July 2019. The first Abarenda (Collier No. 13), a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle, England, by the Edwards Shipbuilding Co.