The list of ship launches in 1894 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1894.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co.[1] | |||
| 24 January |  France | Bordeaux | For Marine Nationale | ||||
| 3 February | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pontic | Baggage tender | For White Star Line. | ||
| 3 February | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Cargo liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |||
| 7 February | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Steamship | For Corbridge Steamship Co. Ltd.[2] | |||
| 7 February | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | destroyer | For Royal Navy | |||
| 10 February |  United States | Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | Passenger ship | For Old Dominion Steamship Company | ||
| 14 February | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 20 February | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Passenger ship | For London and North Western Railway | |||
| 20 February | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 22 February | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Edward Bates & Son.[3] | |||
| February | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Peter Jebsen | Collier | For L F Chapman & Co Ltd. | ||
| 13 March | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 6 April | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 10 April | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Hamburg America Line.[4] | |||
| April | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Iona | Humber Keel | For John Dannatt.[5] | ||
| 8 May | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line. | |||
| 12 May | United States | Iowa Iron Works | Dubuque, Iowa | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy | ||
| 17 May | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Rendel gunboat | For Kongelig Norske Marine | |||
| 18 May | Charles Connell and Company | Glasgow | Sailing ship | For Nourse Line | |||
| 2 June | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy | |||
| 16 June | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Poplar | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 19 June | Fleming & Ferguson | Aberdeen | Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel | For Canadian Government | |||
| 21 June | D. and W. Henderson and Company, | Glasgow | Cargo ship | For Saint Ninian Steamship Co Ltd | |||
| 26 June | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co.[6] | |||
| 3 July | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 12 July | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Marine Nationale | ||
| 19 July | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 19 July | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co.[7] | |||
| 21 July | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 25 July | Russell & Co Ltd | Port Glasgow | Sailing ship | For Nourse Line | |||
| 2 August | France | Rochefort shipyard | Rochefort | For Marine Nationale | |||
| 2 August | Brown and Hood | Wallsend on Tyne | Turbinia | Experimental steamship | For Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company | ||
| 14 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For William Johnstone.[8] | |||
| 14 August | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 14 August | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 22 August | Baltic Words | Saint Petersburg | For Imperial Russian Navy | ||||
| August | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Britannia | Humber Keel | For George Hill.[9] | ||
| 15 September | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Poplar | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 17 September | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Steamship | For Kirkwall Steamship Co. Ltd.[10] | |||
| 29 September | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Collier | For Reading Company | ||
| 8 October | France | Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | For Marine Nationale | |||
| 15 October | George W. Brown & Sons | Hull | Anglo-American | Humber Keel | For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.[11] | ||
| 16 October | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 16 October | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For William Johnstone.[12] | |||
| 18 October | Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard | Wilhelmshaven | Bussard-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy | |||
| 1 November | Galerniy Yard | Saint Petersburg | For Imperial Russian Navy | ||||
| 3 November | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | For Kaiserliche Marine | ||||
| 6 November | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy | |||
| 10 November | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Thomas Dixon & Sons.[13] | |||
| 10 November | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 12 November | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Ocean liner | For International Navigation Company | ||
| 17 November | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 28 November | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 29 November | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[14] | |||
| 1 December | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 9 December | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 13 December | J. Samuel White | Cowes | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 13 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Richard Mills & Co.[15] | |||
| 15 December | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 15 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[16] | |||
| 19 December | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | For Royal Navy | ||||
| 28 December | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | For Royal Navy | ||||
| Unknown date | United States | Everett Shipyards | Everett, Washington | Whaleback | For Alexander McDougall | ||
| Unknown date | United States | South Rondout, New York | Barge | For Susquehanna Coal Company | |||
| Unknown date | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Dunhope | Sailing ship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Forth | Sailing ship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | John Newman Atkinson | Dublin | Geraldine | Fishing smack | For private owner.[17] | ||
| Unknown date | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Gladys | Ketch | For Thomas Mourant.[18] | ||
| Unknown date | United States | Bowns | Nanticoke, Maryland | Schooner | For Maryland State Conservation Commission | ||
| Unknown date | United States | M D Battomer | Baltimore | Tugboat | For S H Freas, Miami | ||
| Unknown date | United States | Craig Shipbuilding Company | Long Beach, California | Lightship | For United States Lighthouse Board | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Maggie May | Drifter | For John S. Johnston and others.[19] | ||
| Unknown date | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Mersey | Sailing ship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | J. Allen & Co. | Poole | Princess May | Ketch | For Frederick Griffin.[20] | ||
| Unknown date | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | Royal yacht | For the Khedive of Egypt | |||
| Unknown date | Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Cargo ship | ||||
| Unknown date | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell. |