Global InformationList of ship launches in 1899 information
The list of ship launches in 1899 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1899.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January |  United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Spiteful | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 14 January | United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Oceanic | Ocean liner | For White Star Line |
| February | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Albany | New Orleans-class protected cruiser | For United States Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Glory | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom
|
HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Implacable | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Winifredian | Passenger ship | For F. Leyland & Co.[1] |
| 13 March | United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company | Glasgow | Asahi | Battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 30 March | United Kingdom
|
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Peterel | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 18 April |  Germany
|
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Saxonia | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line |
| 8 May |  Russia
|
Baltic Works | St Petersburg | Gromoboi | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 29 May |  United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Dahlgren | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 1 June | Germany
|
Germaniawerft | Kiel | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 8 June |  France
|
Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Jeanne d'Arc | Armoured cruiser | For French Navy |
| 10 June | United States
|
Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | Stringham | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 24 June | France
|
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Azuma | Armored cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 26 June | Russia
|
Neva Shipyard | St Petersburg | Gagara | Torpedo boat | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 27 June | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hatsuse | Shikishima-class battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 28 June | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cobra | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 28 June | United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Pioneer | Pelorus-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 29 June |  Italy
|
Gio. Ansaldo & C. | Sestri Ponente, Genoa | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 30 June | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Chesapeake | Barque | For United States Navy |
| 8 July | Germany
|
Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Yakumo | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 11 July | United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Montezuma | Cargo liner | For Elder Dempster Lines |
| 18 July | Germany
|
AG Weser | Bremen | Niobe | Gazelle-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 25 July | France
|
Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Suffren | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For French Navy |
| 25 July | United Kingdom
|
Vickers | Barrow in Furness | Vengeance | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 27 July |  Japan
|
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co | Nagasaki | Awa Maru | Ocean liner | For Nippon Yusen |
| 29 July | United States
|
Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works | Portland, Maine | Goldsborough | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 6 August | Italy
|
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | Livorno | Varese | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 29 August |  Norway
|
Navy Yard | Karljohansvern | Myg | Torpedo boat | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| August | Russia
|
Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Pallada | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 6 September | United Kingdom
|
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Viper | Viper-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Persic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| 9 September |  Austria-Hungary
|
STT | Trieste | Habsburg | Habsburg-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 16 September |  Sweden
|
William Lindbergs Verkstads- och Varfs AB | Stockholm | Hansa | Passenger ship | For Ångfartygs AB Gotland, Visby |
| 20 September | France
|
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique | St. Nazaire | La Lorraine | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| 20 September | Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Rhein | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 21 September | United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | London | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 23 September | France
|
Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | Henri IV | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For French Navy |
| 25 September | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Craven | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 30 September | Russia
|
Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Diana | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 5 October | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Michigan | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[2] |
| 7 October | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | El Cid | Cargo ship | For Southern Pacific Steamship Company |
| 18 October | United Kingdom
|
HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Bulwark | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 18 October | Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Kaiser Karl der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 21 October | United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Galeka | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 31 October | United Kingdom
|
Wm. Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Sir Walter Scott | Steamship | |
| 31 October | United States
|
William Trigg Company | Richmond, Virginia | Shubrick | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 31 October | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Varyag | Cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 2 November | United Kingdom
|
HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Venerable | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 18 November | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minneapolis | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[3] |
| 18 November | United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Sutlej | Cressy-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 21 November | Germany
|
Germaniawerft | Kiel | Nymphe | Gazelle-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 25 November | Germany
|
AG Vulcan | Stettin | Hamburg | Barbarossa-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line |
| 2 December | Germany
|
F Schichau | Danzig | Grosser Kurfürst | Ocean liner | For Norddeutsche Lloyd |
| 4 December | United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | Govan | Cressy | Cressy-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 5 December | United States
|
Gas Engine & Power Company / Charles L Seabury Company | Morris Heights, New York | Bailey | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 9 December | Sweden
|
Bergsunds Shipyard | Stockholm | Claes Uggla | Torpedo cruiser | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 15 December | Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Potsdam | Ocean Liner | For Holland-America Line |
| 16 December | United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Saxonia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
| 20 December | United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Anglia | Ferry | For London and North Western Railway |
| 21 December | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Saxon | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co.[4] |
| 23 December | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Virginia | Yacht | For Isaac Stern |
| 31 December | United States
|
Detroit Shipbuilding Company | Detroit | Tashmoo | Paddle steamer | For White Star Line, ~Detroit |
| Unknown date |  Netherlands
|
Kalkman | Capelle aan den IJssel | Albatros | Ketch | Last commercially trading cargo sailing ship in Europe. |
| Unknown date | United States
|
W. & A. Fletcher Company | Hoboken, New Jersey | Corsair | Yacht | For J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eidsvold | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Unknown date | United States
|
John Roach and Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Eugenia | Yacht | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ivernia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
| Unknown date | United States
|
A C Brown | Tottenville, New York | Jack T Scully | Tugboat | For Neptune Line |
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Geestemunde | Köln | Ocean Liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Portland, Oregon | Leona | Paddle steamer | For Oregon City Transportation Company | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luckenbach No. 3 | Tugboat | For Luckenbach Steamship Company |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lykens | Tugboat | For the Reading Company |
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Neptun AG. | Rostock | Marie | Cargo ship | For Flensburger Dampschiff Gesellschaft.[5] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
D S Hall | Reedham, Norfolk | Maud | Norfolk wherry | For Walter Bunn |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Sir Raylton Dixon & Co | Middlesbrough | Mont-Blanc | Tramp steamer | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Norge | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Jersey City, Illinois | Patrol | Harbor launch | ||
| Unknown date |  Denmark
|
Helsingørs Jernskib-og Maskinbyggeri A/S | Helsingør | Söderhamn | Cargo ship | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Stag | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date | Germany
|
Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft | Flensburg, Germany | Korea | Passenger liner | for Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company |
- ^ "Winifredian". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Minneapolis". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Saxon". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 454.