List of ship launches in 1902

The list of ship launches in 1902 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1902.

February

1 February

• USS Plunger ( United States Navy): Plunger-class submarine by Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey

20 February

• Kroonland ( United States): Ocean liner by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia for International Mercantile Marine.

25 February

• Strahl ( England: Built by Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne for DDG Hansa

March

8 March

• Panama ( United Kingdom): Passenger ship by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan for Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
• HMS Queen ( Royal Navy): Formidable-class battleship by Devonport Dockyard for Royal Navy.

22 March

• USS Barry ( United States Navy): Bainbridge-class destroyer by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia for United States Navy
• SMS Frauenlob ( Kaiserliche Marine): Gazelle-class cruiser by AG Weser, Bremen for Kaiserliche Marine.
• HMS Lancaster ( Royal Navy): Monmouth-class cruiser by Armstrong for Royal Navy.

23 March

• Adolphe ( France): 4-masted barque by Chantiers de France, Dunquerque for Ant. Dom. Bordes et Fils.

25 March

• HMS Prince of Wales ( Royal Navy): Formidable-class battleship by Chatham Dockyard for Royal Navy.

26 March

• Brussels ( United Kingdom): Passenger ferry for the Great Eastern Railway by Gourlay Bros, Dundee.

April

• Arrow ( United Kingdom) 4-masted barque by A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow for Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd.
• Mount Royal ( Canada): Sternwheeler by Alexander Watson, Victoria, British Columbia for Hudson's Bay Company.

22 April

• SMS Arcona ( Kaiserliche Marine): Gazelle-class cruiser by AG Weser, Bremen for Kaiserliche Marine.
• Herzogin Cecilie ( German Empire) 4-masted barque by Rickmers Schiffbau AG, Bremerhaven.

23 April

• Francesco Ferruccio ( Regia Marina): Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser by Venice Naval Arsenal, Venice for Regia Marina.

24 April

• USS Hopkins ( United States Navy): Bainbridge-class destroyer by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware for United States Navy.

May

8 May

• Duchess of Montrose ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer by John Brown & Company, Clydebank for Caledonian Steam Packet Company.

7 May

• Preußen ( German Empire): Barque by Johan C Tecklenborg, Geestemünde for F. Laeisz.

9 May

• HMS Holland 3 ( Royal Navy): Holland-class submarine by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness for Royal Navy.

20 May

• Pamiat Merkuria ( Imperial Russian Navy): Bogatyr-class cruiser at Mykolaiv for Imperial Russian Navy.

23 May

• HMS Holland 4 ( Royal Navy): Holland-class submarine by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness for Royal Navy.

June

10 June

• HMS Holland 5 ( Royal Navy): Holland-class submarine by Holland Torpedo Boat Co for Royal Navy.

14 June

• USS Paul Jones ( United States Navy): Bainbridge-class destroyer by Union Iron Works, San Francisco for United States Navy.

18 June

• HMAS Encounter ( Royal Navy): Challenger-class cruiser by Devonport Dockyard for Royal Navy.

21 June

• USS Denver ( United States Navy): Denver-class cruiser by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia for United States Navy.
• Finland ( United States): Ocean liner by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia for Red Star Line.
• SMS Friedrich Carl ( Kaiserliche Marine): Armoured cruiser by Blohm + Voss, Hamburg for Kaiserliche Marine.
• USS Hull ( United States Navy): Bainbridge-class destroyer by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware for United States Navy.

July

5 July

• Iowa ( United States Navy): Passenger ship by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast, Ireland.

9 July

• HMS A1 ( Royal Navy): A-class submarine by Vickers, Barrow in Furness for the Royal Navy

10 July

• Thomas W. Lawson ( United States): Schooner by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts for Coastwise Transportation Co, Boston.

19 July

• Oryol ( Imperial Russian Navy): Borodino-class battleship by Galerniy Island yard for Imperial Russian Navy.

31 July

• USS Grampus ( United States Navy): Plunger-class submarine by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California

August

6 August

• Carpathia ( United Kingdom): Ocean liner by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend for Cunard Line.

7 August

• Laënnec ( France): Full rigged ship by Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, for Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais.

12 August

• Kaiser Wilhelm II ( German Empire): Ocean liner by AG Vulcan, Stettin for Norddeutscher Lloyd.

21 August

• Cedric ( United Kingdom): Ocean liner by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for White Star Line.
• Prinz Adalbert ( German Empire): Ocean liner by Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinen Fabrik, Bremen-Vegesack for Hamburg America Line.

September

• Knyaz Suvorov ( Imperial Russian Navy): Borodino-class battleship by Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg for Imperial Russian Navy.

4 September

• HMS Donegal ( Royal Navy): Monmouth-class cruiser by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd for Royal Navy.

18 September

• Haudaudine ( France): Full rigged ship by Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, for Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais.

20 September

• HMS Berwick ( Royal Navy): Monmouth-class cruiser by William Beardmore and Company for Royal Navy.
• USS Des Moines ( United States Navy): Denver-class cruiser by Fore River Ship and Engine Company, Quincy, Massachusetts for United States Navy

October

11 October

• USRC Mackinac ( United States): Patrol boat by Spedden Company, Baltimore, Maryland for United States Revenue Cutter Service.
• USRC Winnisimmet ( United States): Tugboat by Spedden Co, Baltimore, Maryland for United States Revenue Cutter Service.

22 October

• Kasuga ( Imperial Japanese Navy): Kasuga-class cruiser by Giovanni Ansaldo & Compagnia for Imperial Japanese Navy.

29 October

• HMS Cornwall ( Royal Navy): Monmouth-class cruiser by Pembroke Dockyard for Royal Navy

November

15 November

• Niitaka ( Imperial Japanese Navy): Niitaka-class cruiser by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for Imperial Japanese Navy.
• Yamuna ( United Kingdom: Passenger ship by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, County Durham for British India Line.

28 November

• Batavier V ( United Kingdom): Passenger ship by Gourlay Bros, Dundee for Batavier Line, Rotterdam.

December

16 December

• HMS Cumberland ( Royal Navy): Monmouth-class cruiser by London & Glasgow Co Ltd for Royal Navy.

15 December

• Tsushima ( Imperial Japanese Navy): Niitaka-class cruiser by Kure Naval Arsenal for Imperial Japanese Navy.

18 December

• Arabic ( United Kingdom): Ocean liner by Harland and Wolff, Belfast for White Star Line.

20 December

• SMS Braunschweig ( Kaiserliche Marine): Braunschweig-class battleship by Germaniawerft, Kiel for Kaiserliche Marine.

Unknown date

• Alaskan ( United States Navy): Cargo ship by Union Iron Works, San Francisco for American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
• Andree Rickmers ( German Empire): Cargo ship by Rickmers AG for Norddeutscher Lloyd.
• Arizonan ( United States Navy): Cargo ship by Union Iron Works, San Francisco for American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
• Aztec ( United States): Yacht by Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
• Burbo Bank ( United Kingdom): Cargo ship by J Blumer & Co, Sunderland for Fenwick Shipping Co Ltd.
• Columbia ( United States): Passenger ship built at Wyandotte, Michigan
• Delfin ( Imperial Russian Navy): Submarine by Krupp AG, Saint Petersburg for Imperial Russian Navy.
• Druid ( United States Navy): Steam yacht by Burlee Dry Dock Company, Staten Island, New York for W W Dwyer.
• Fantana ( United States Navy): Motorboat by Gas Engine and Power Company; and Charles L. Seabury and Sons Company, Morris Heights, New York.
• General Putnam ( United States Navy): Ferry by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware for John E Moore & Co, New York City.
• Heather ( United States): Yacht by Greenport Yacht & Basin Company, Long Island, New York.
• J. M. Guffey ( United States Navy): Tanker by New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey for Gulf Refining Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• John B. Cowle ( United States): Bulk freighter by Jenks Shipbuilding Co for Cowle Transportation Co.
• Louisa Heartwell ( United Kingdom): Lifeboat by Thames Iron Works, Leamouth, London for Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
• Nahma ( United States Navy): Motor boat.
• Noma ( United States): Yacht by Burlee Dry Dock Co, Staten Island, New York for Vincent Astor.
• Paul Palmer ( United States): Schooner by George L Welt, Waldoboro, Maine for William H Palmer.
• Pocomoke ( United States Navy): Tugboat for Menhaden Products Company, Newport, Rhode Island.
• Prinz Sigismund ( Germany): Cargo liner by Neptun Werft, Rostock for Hamburg-Amerika Line.
• Rapallo ( United Kingdom): Cargo ship by Furness Withy, West Hartlepool for Holland-Amerika Line, Rotterdam.
• Szell Kalman ( United Kingdom): Cargo ship by Wigham Richardson & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne for Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company.
• Texan ( United States Navy): Passenger ship by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey for American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
• SMS Undine ( Kaiserliche Marine): Gazelle-class cruiser at Kiel for Kaiserliche Marine.
• Virginia ( United States Navy): Schooner by F W McCullough, Norfolk, Virginia for W M Holland.

See also

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Ship events in 1902
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