List of ship launches in 1903

The list of ship launches in 1903 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1903.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
12 January  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Constitución Centurion-class battleship For Armada de Chile, sold to Royal Navy before delivery.
14 January  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Pike Plunger-class submarine For United States Navy
15 January  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk Monmouth-class cruiser For Royal Navy
4 February  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S117 S90-class torpedo boat For German Imperial Navy[1]
13 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Eden River-class destroyer For Royal Navy
9 February  Italy Ansaldo Genoa Nishin Kasuga-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
14 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Derwent River-class destroyer For Royal Navy
19 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Servian Passenger ship For Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line
February  United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut Dakota Passenger ship For Great Northern Steamship Company
February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Republic Ocean liner For White Star Line
3 March  German Empire Blohm + Voss Hamburg Petschili Barque For F. Laeisz
7 March  United States Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey Chattanooga Denver-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 March  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A3 A-class submarine For Royal Navy
18 March  United Kingdom Gourlay Brothers Dundee Yarmouth Cargo ship For Great Eastern Railway
21 March  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S118 S90-class torpedo boat For German Imperial Navy[1]
4 April  United Kingdom William Denny & Bros Dumbarton The Queen Passenger ship For South Eastern and Chatham Railway
15 April  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A2 A-class submarine For Royal Navy
16 April  United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut SS Minnesota Passenger ship For Great Northern Steamship Company
18 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania-class cruiser For United States Navy
25 April  United States William Cramp and Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colorado Pennsylvania-class cruiser For United States Navy
6 May  United States Jenks Shipbuilding Company Eastland Passenger ship For Michigan Steamship Company
13 May  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Commonwealth King Edward VII-class battleship For Royal Navy
20 May  Russian Empire Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Almaz Cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy
22 May  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ionic Athenic-class ocean liner For White Star Line
26 May  German Empire Schichau Danzig Elsass Braunschweig-class battleship For Kaiserliche Marine
2 June  United States Union Iron Works Mare Island, California Tacoma Denver-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 June  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A4 A-class submarine For Royal Navy
13 June  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Brighton Passenger ship For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 June  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Kiel SMS Roon Roon-class armored cruiser For German Imperial Navy
June  German Empire Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Roon Armoured cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
8 July  German Empire Schichau-Werke Elbing S119 S90-class torpedo boat For German Imperial Navy[1]
23 July  United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Galveston Denver-class cruiser For United States Navy
23 July  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport King Edward VII King Edward VII-class battleship For Royal Navy
25 July Mecidiye Protected cruiser For Ottoman Navy
25 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Mongolia Cargo liner For Pacific Mail Steamship Company
July  Italy Società Esercizio Baccini Genoa Regina Elena Barque For Pietro Milesi, Genoa
1 August  Russian Empire Nevski Yard Zhemchug Protected cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy
11 August  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Govan Armadale Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line
22 August  United States William Cramp and Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania-class cruiser For United States Navy
25 August  United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness Dominion King Edward VII-class battleship For Royal Navy
August  Russian Empire Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Slava Borodino-class battleship For Imperial Russian Navy
September  Denmark Burmeister and Wain Copenhagen CS Pacific Cable ship For Great Northern Telegraph Company
12 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania-class cruiser For United States Navy
18 September  German Empire Germaniawerft Kiel Hessen Braunschweig-class battleship For Kaiserliche Marine
24 September  United Kingdom Armstrong-Whitworth Elswick Hampshire Devonshire-class cruiser For Royal Navy
1 October  Russian Empire Nevski Yard Izumrud Cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy
7 October  United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Clydebank Carnarvon Devonshire-class cruiser For Royal Navy
8 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Antrim Devonshire-class cruiser For Royal Navy
10 October  Australia Bellingen, New South Wales Alma Doepel Schooner
30 October  German Empire AG Vulkan Stettin Stettin Preussen Braunschweig-class battleship For Kaiserliche Marine
2 November  United States New York Shipbuilding Co. Camden, New Jersey Manchuria Ocean liner For Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
2 November  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa Otowa Cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
21 November  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Baltic Ocean liner For White Star Line
17 December  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Durham Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
19 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Hindustan King Edward VII-class battleship For Royal Navy
December Sankt Georg Armoured cruiser For Austro-Hungarian Navy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gröner 1983, p. 44
Ship events in 1903
Ship launches: 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Ship commissionings: 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Ship decommissionings: 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Shipwrecks: 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
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