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The list of ship launches in 1900 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1900.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
22 March   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Kiel Prinz Heinrich Armored cruiser
23 March   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Ostrich Destroyer Later designated as part of C class
29 March   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow-in-Furness Vixen Avon-class destroyer
2 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Devonian Passenger ship For F. Leyland & Co. [1]
3 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Runic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
21 April   Germany Schichau Danzig Kaiser Barbarossa Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship
28 April   Sweden Lindholmens Shipyard Lindholmen, Gothenburg Dristigheten Dristigheten-class coastal defence ship
15 May   United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Thornton Blakely-class torpedo boat
16 May   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan, Scotland Aboukir Cressy-class cruiser
26 May   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow, England Myrmidon Myrmidon-class destroyer
31 May   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Ajax Cargo Liner For Ocean Steamship Co.
31 May   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Commonwealth Passenger ship For Richard Mills & Co.
3 July   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Thetis Gazelle-class cruiser
3 July   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Wittelsbach Wittelsbach-class battleship
7 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnehaha Passenger ship For Atlantic Transport Co.
24 July   United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Dale Bainbridge-class destroyer
28 July   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Barney Bagley-class torpedo boat
10 August   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Ariadne Gazelle-class cruiser
13 August   United Kingdom Vickers Limited Barrow-in-Furness Hogue Cressy-class cruiser
8 September   United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow, England Kangaroo Destroyer Later classified as part of B class
8 September   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Wyoming Monitor
9 September   Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste, Austria Habsburg Habsburg-class battleship
20 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Galician Passenger ship For Union Steamship Co.
24 September   United States Lewis Nixon Elizabeth, New Jersey O'Brien Blakely-class torpedo boat
25 September   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Bagley Bagley-class torpedo boat
26 September   United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Decatur Bainbridge-class destroyer
6 October   Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Amazone Gazelle-class cruiser
6 October   United Kingdom R. & L. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Greyhound Greyhound-class destroyer
27 October   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Perry Bainbridge-class destroyer
7 November   United States Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company Weymouth, Massachusetts Lawrence Bainbridge-class destroyer
8 November   United Kingdom R. & L. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Racehorse Greyhound-class destroyer
10 November   United States Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia Arkansas Monitor
22 November   United States George Lawley & Sons South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Blakely Blakely-class torpedo boat
23 November   United States George Lawley & Sons South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts DeLong Blakely-class torpedo boat
24 November   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Nevada Monitor
5 December   Germany AG Weser Bremen Medusa Gazelle-class cruiser
6 December   United Kingdom W Denny & Bros Dumbarton Canterbury Passenger ferry For South Eastern and Chatham Railway
8 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Suevic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
22 December   United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Barotse Cargo Ship For Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd.
24 December   United States Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company Weymouth, Massachusetts Macdonough Bainbridge-class destroyer
Unknown date   United Kingdom McKnights. Ayr Balmoral Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell. [2]
Unknown date   United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Killoran Barque For J. Hardie. [2]
Unknown date   United Kingdom White Conyer Westmoreland Thames barge

References

  1. ^ "Devonian". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN  1-85044-275-4.