List of ship launches in 1894
The list of ship launches in 1894 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1894.
| Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| January |
 France |
|
|
Chanzy |
Amiral Charner-class cruiser |
For Marine Nationale |
| 3 February |
 Germany |
Blohm & Voss |
Hamburg |
Wittekind |
Cargo liner |
For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 7 February |
 United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Chiswick |
Decoy |
Daring-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 10 February |
 United States |
Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Yorktown |
Passenger ship |
For Old Dominion Steamship Company |
| 14 February |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke |
Hazard |
Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
For Royal Navy |
| 20 February |
United Kingdom |
William Denny and Brothers |
Dumbarton |
Duke of York |
Passenger ship |
For London and North Western Railway |
| 20 February |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Harrier |
Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
For Royal Navy |
| 6 April |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Halcyon |
Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
For Royal Navy |
| 12 May |
United States |
Iowa Iron Works |
Dubuque, Iowa |
Ericsson |
Torpedo boat |
For United States Navy |
| 17 May |
 Norway |
Karljohansverns Verft |
Horten |
Æger |
Rendel gunboat |
For Kongelig Norske Marine |
| 18 May |
United Kingdom |
Charles Connell and Company |
Glasgow |
Mersey |
Sailing ship |
For Nourse Line |
| 2 June |
 Russia |
New Admiralty Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
Sissoi Veliky |
Pre-dreadnought battleship |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 16 June |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Poplar |
Hasty |
Charger-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 21 June |
United Kingdom |
D. and W. Henderson and Company, |
Glasgow |
Saint Ninian |
Cargo ship |
For Saint Ninian Steamship Co Ltd |
| 3 July |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Hussar |
Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
For Royal Navy |
| 12 July |
France |
Toulon shipyard |
Toulon |
Carnot |
Ironclad battleship |
For Marine Nationale |
| 19 July |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth |
Eclipse |
Eclipse-class cruiser |
For Royal Navy |
| 21 July |
United Kingdom |
Vickers |
Barrow in Furness |
Sturgeon |
Sturgeon-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 25 July |
United Kingdom |
Russell & Co Ltd |
Port Glasgow |
Clyde |
Sailing ship |
For Nourse Line |
| 2 August |
France |
Rochefort shipyard |
Rochefort |
Bruix |
Amiral Charner-class cruiser |
For Marine Nationale |
| 22 August |
Russia |
Baltic Words |
Saint Petersburg |
Admiral Seniavin |
Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 15 September |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Poplar |
Charger |
Charger-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 8 October |
France |
Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée |
Le Havre |
Latouche-Tréville |
Armoured cruiser |
For Marine Nationale |
| 16 October |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Chiswick |
Ardent |
Ardent-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 18 October |
Germany |
Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard |
Wilhelmshaven |
SMS Geier |
Bussard-class cruiser |
For Imperial German Navy |
| 1 November |
Russia |
Galerniy Yard |
Saint Petersburg |
Petropavlovsk |
Petropavlovsk-class battleship |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 3 November |
Germany |
Kaiserliche Werft |
Danzig |
Odin |
Odin-class coastal defense ship |
For Kaiserliche Marine |
| 6 November |
Russia |
New Admiralty Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
Poltava |
Pre-dreadnought battleship |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 12 November |
United States |
William Cramp and Sons |
Philadelphia |
St. Louis |
Ocean liner |
For International Navigation Company |
| 17 November |
United Kingdom |
Laird, Son and Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Banshee |
Banshee-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 28 November |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Chiswick |
Boxer |
Ardent-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 1 December |
United Kingdom |
Laird, Son and Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Contest |
Banshee-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 9 December |
United Kingdom |
Laird, Son and Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Lynx |
Ferret-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 13 December |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes |
Conflict |
Conflict-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 15 December |
United Kingdom |
Laird, Son and Co Ltd |
Birkenhead |
Dragon |
Banshee-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| 19 December |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Magnificent |
Majestic-class battleship |
For Royal Navy |
| 28 December |
United Kingdom |
Sheerness Dockyard |
Sheerness |
Torch |
Alert-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Fleming & Ferguson |
Aberdeen |
Aberdeen |
Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel |
For Canadian Government |
| Unknown date |
United States |
Everett Shipyards |
Everett, Washington |
City of Everett |
Whaleback |
For Alexander McDougall |
| Unknown date |
United States |
|
South Roundout, New York |
Derry |
Barge |
For Susquehanna Coal Company |
| Unknown date |
United States |
Bowns |
Nanticoke, Maryland |
Helen Baughman |
Schooner |
For Maryland State Conservation Commission |
| Unknown date |
United States |
M D Battomer |
Baltimore |
Katherine K. |
Tugboat |
For S H Freas, Miami |
| Unknown date |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia |
Lebanon |
Collier |
For Reading Company |
| Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
LV-58 |
Lightship |
For United States Lighthouse Board |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Persia |
Ocean liner |
For Hamburg America Line |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Peter Jebsen |
Collier |
For L F Chapman & Co Ltd. |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Clydebank |
Rocket |
Rocket-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
A. & J. Inglis |
Glasgow |
Safra El-Bahr |
Royal yacht |
For the Khedive of Egypt |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Clydebank |
Shark |
Rocket-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Vickers |
Barrow in Furness |
Skate |
Sturgeon-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Swan & Hunter |
Wallsend |
Solveig |
Cargo ship |
|
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Clydebank |
Surly |
Rocket-class destroyer |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Brown and Hood |
Wallsend on Tyne |
Turbinia |
Experimental steamship |
For Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company |
See also