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The list of ship launches in 1898 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1898.
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
5 January
United Kingdom
Vickers Limited
Barrow-in-Furness
Amphitrite
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24 January
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan Scotland
Argonaut
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10 February
United Kingdom
Kingston upon Hull
Bullfinch
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22 February
United Kingdom
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mermaid
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26 February
United States
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Wyandotte, Michigan
City of Erie
Paddle steamer
21 March
United Kingdom
Kingston upon Hull
Dove
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24 March
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Kearsarge
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24 March
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Kentucky
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7 April
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan Scotland
Hermes
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21 April
United Kingdom
Armstrong Whitworth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Sampo
Icebreaker
For Finnish Board of Navigation
22 April
United Kingdom
J & G Thompson
Clydebank
Ariadne
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7 May
United Kingdom
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Statendam
Ocean liner
For the Holland America Line
18 May
United States
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alabama
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1 June
Norway
Karljohansvern naval yard
Horten , Norway
Storm
1. class torpedo boat
4 June
United Kingdom
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan , Scotland
Highflyer
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4 June
France
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne-sur-Mer
Deodoro
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For Brazilian Navy
22 September
Norway
Karljohansvern naval yard
Horten , Norway
Brand
1. class torpedo boat
4 October
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Illinois
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27 October
United Kingdom
London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company
Glasgow
Hyacinth
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27 October
United Kingdom
Royal Navy Dockyard
Pembroke Dock
Spartiate
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October
United Kingdom
W Brighton
Oulton Broad
Albion
Norfolk wherry
For WD & AE Walker, Bungay
1 November
United Kingdom
Thames Ironworks
Leamouth , London
Shikishima
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For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 November
United States
Union Iron Works
San Francisco, California
Wisconsin
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See also