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The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
28 March
United States
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Iowa
Battleship
30 March
United Kingdom
Laird, Son & Co
Birkenhead
Mars
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28 April
United Kingdom
Pembroke Dock
Wales
Hannibal
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30 April
Russia
Baltic Works
Saint Petersburg
Rossia
Armoured cruiser
30 April
United Kingdom
William Denny & Bros Ltd
Dumbarton
Sussex
Passenger ferry
For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 May
France
Cherbourg
Cassard [ 1]
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11 June
France
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne
D'Entrecasteaux [ 2]
First class cruiser
14 July
United Kingdom
John Brown & Company
Clydebank , Scotland
Electra
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2 September
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth
Caesar
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2 September
Russia
Nikolayev shipyard
Mykolaiv
Rostislav
Pre-dreadnought battleship
17 September
United Kingdom
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, Kent
Illustrious
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7 October
United Kingdom
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Bat
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8 October
France
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne
Catinat [ 3]
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8 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Arcadia
Seized by USA at Newport News, became US Govt. ship in 1917. Scrapped in 1926.[ 4] [ 5]
21 October
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan , Scotland
Diadem
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17 November
United Kingdom
Earle's Shipbuilding
Hull
Dresden
Passenger steamer
For Great Eastern Railway [ 6]
3 December
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth
Furious [ 7]
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4 December
United Kingdom
Armstrong, Mitchell and Company
Newcastle upon Tyne
New Orleans
Protected cruiser
laid down for Brazilian Navy , purchased by United States Navy
5 December
United Kingdom
Laird, Son & Co.
Birkenhead
Locust
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5 December
United Kingdom
Sheerness Dockyard
Sheerness , Kent
Proserpine [ 8]
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5 December
United States
Bath, Maine
Newport
Gunboat
5 December
United States
Bath, Maine
Vicksburg
Gunboat
8 December
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth
Gladiator
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21 December
United Kingdom
Armstrong, Mitchell and Company
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Pactolus [ 9]
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23 December
United States
Crescent Shipyard
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Annapolis
Gunboat
References
^ The Times (London) , Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
^ The Times (London) , Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
^ The Times (London) , Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
^ http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=arcad
^ http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/id1605.htm
^ "The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden" ". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 1 September 1897. pp. 206–207.
^ The Times (London) , Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
^ The Times (London) , Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
^ The Times (London) , Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
See also