List of ship launches in 1893 explained

The list of ship launches in 1893 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1893.

Date	Country	Location	Builder	Ship	Class / type	Notes
2 February		Govan	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Lucania	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
4 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co.[1]
16 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Co.[2]
28 February	United States	Philadelphia	William Cramp & Sons
7 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[3]
16 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Co.[4]
20 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co.[5]
15 May		Wallsend	Swan & Hunter	Westmeath	Cargo ship	For Shaw, Savill and Albion Line
18 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Co.[6]
May	United States	Cleveland	F.W. Wheeler & Co.	L.R. Doty	Wooden-hulled bulk carrier steamship	Sunk in storm October 25, 1898 on Lake Michigan
10 June	United States	Philadelphia	William Cramp & Sons
17 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[7]
28 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ocean Liner	For White Star Line.
29 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For George Warren & Co.
3 July		Saint Petersburg	New Admiralty Shipyard		Coastal defense ship
3 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[8]
11 August		Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth		Steamship	For W. C. A. Holzapfel.[9]
29 August		Brest	Arsenal de Brest		Pre-dreadnought battleship
8 September		W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston		Lighthouse tender	For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[10]
23 September		Belfast	Harland & Wolff	Cevic	Livestock carrier	For White Star Line.
12 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[11]
26 October	United States	San Francisco, California	Union Iron Works
27 October		La Seyne-sur-Mer	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée		Pre-dreadnought battleship
27 October		W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston		Lightship	For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[12]
1 November		Saint Petersburg	New Admiralty Shipyard
9 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For William Johnstone.[13]
12 November		Nikolayev	Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard		Pre-dreadnought battleship
24 November		W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston		Lightship	For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[14]
7 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Bibby Steamship Co.[15]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth		lifeboat	For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[16]
Unknown date		J. Branford	Knottingley		Steamship	For J. Branford.[17]
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Mystery	Sloop	For James Barraclough & Henry Oldridge.[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mystic . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
2. Web site: Gaul . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
3. Web site: Orcana . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
4. Web site: Goth . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
5. Web site: Magic . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
6. Web site: Greek . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
7. Web site: Sarmiento . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
8. Web site: Magellan . The Yard . 19 February 2017.
9. Web site: Lemgo . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
10. Web site: Tearaght . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
11. Web site: Inca . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
12. Web site: Shearwater . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
13. Web site: Templemore . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
14. Web site: Guillemot . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
15. Web site: Staffordshire . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
16. Web site: Alfred Corry . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 27 September 2024 .
17. Web site: Message . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 4 October 2024 .
18. Web site: Mystery . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .