List of ship launches in 1903 explained

The list of ship launches in 1903 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1903. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
12 January		Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick			for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
14 January		Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California			for the United States Navy, sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm[1]
15 January		Vickers, Sons & Maxim	Barrow-in-Furness			for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
15 January		Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth			for the Royal Navy
31 January	United States	W. A. Boole & Son	Oakland, California	Lagunitas	stern wheel ferry
4 February		Schichau-Werke	Elbing			for the Imperial German Navy
13 February		Hawthorn Leslie	Newcastle upon Tyne			for the Royal Navy
9 February		Ansaldo	Genoa			for the Imperial Japanese Navy
14 February		Hawthorn Leslie	Newcastle upon Tyne			for the Royal Navy
19 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Servian	Passenger ship	for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line
26 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Columbus	Passenger ship	For Dominion Line
28 February		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Swan Line Ltd.[2]
February	United States	Eastern Shipbuilding Company	Groton, Connecticut		Passenger ship	for the Great Northern Steamship Company
3 March		Blohm+Voss	Hamburg	Petschili	Barque	for F. Laeisz
7 March		Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport, New Jersey			for the United States Navy
9 March		Vickers	Barrow in Furness			for the Royal Navy
18 March		Archibald McMillan & Son	Dumbarton	Clan Macalister	Cargo ship	For Clan Line
18 March		Gourlay Brothers	Dundee		Cargo ship	For the Great Eastern Railway
21 March		Schichau-Werke	Elbing			for the Imperial German Navy
26 March		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Coaster	For F. B. Cameron.[3]
4 April		William Denny & Bros	Dumbarton	The Queen	Passenger ship	for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
9 April		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[4]
15 April		Vickers	Barrow in Furness			for the Royal Navy
16 April		Eastern Shipbuilding Company	Groton, Connecticut		Passenger ship	for the Great Northern Steamship Company
18 April		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia			for the United States Navy
25 April	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			for the United States Navy
6 May	United States	Jenks Shipbuilding Company			Passenger ship	for the Michigan Steamship Company
13 May		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan			for the Royal Navy
13 May		William Doxford & Sons	Pallion		Turret type Cargo ship	for Clan Line[5]
14 May		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		cargo ship	For Tyneside Line Ltd.[6]
20 May		Baltic Shipyard	Saint Petersburg		Cruiser	for the Imperial Russian Navy
22 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast
26 May		Schichau	Danzig			for the Imperial German Navy
2 June	United States	Union Iron Works	Mare Island, California			for the United States Navy
9 June		Vickers	Barrow in Furness			for the Royal Navy
13 June		William Denny & Brothers	Dumbarton		Passenger ship	for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 June		Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel		Roon-class armored cruiser	for the Imperial German Navy
2 July		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	B.H.C. High Ferry No. 1	Chain Ferry	For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[7]
8 July		Schichau-Werke	Elbing			for the Imperial German Navy[8]
9 July		AG Weser	Bremen			for the Imperial German Navy
9 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[9]
23 July	United States	William R. Trigg Company	Richmond, Virginia			for the United States Navy
23 July		Devonport Dockyard	Devonport			for the Royal Navy
25 July		AG Vulcan	Stettin			for the Imperial German Navy
25 July		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Protected cruiser	for the Ottoman Navy
25 July	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey		Cargo liner	for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
July		Società Esercizio Baccini	Genoa		Barque	for Pietro Milesi, Genoa
1 August		Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard	Saint Petersburg		Protected cruiser	for the Imperial Russian Navy
8 August		Chantier Naval Anversois	Antwerp		Passenger ship	For Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget
11 August		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering	Govan		Passenger ship	For the Union-Castle Line
22 August	United States	William Cramp & Sons,	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			For the United States Navy
25 August		Vickers	Barrow in Furness			for the Royal Navy
August		Baltic Shipyard	Saint Petersburg			for the Imperial Russian Navy
12 September		Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia			for the United States Navy
18 September		Germaniawerft	Kiel			for the Imperial German Navy
22 September		Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	Danzig			For the Imperial German Navy
23 September		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth		Cargo ship	For Tyneside Line Ltd.[10]
24 September		Armstrong-Whitworth	Elswick		cruiser	for the Royal Navy
September		Burmeister and Wain	Copenhagen	Pacific	Cable ship	for the Great Northern Telegraph Company
1 October		Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard	Saint Petersburg		Cruiser	for the Imperial Russian Navy
4 October		Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste			For the Austro-Hungarian Navy
7 October		William Beardmore and Company	Clydebank		cruiser	for the Royal Navy
8 October		John Brown & Company	Clydebank		cruiser	for the Royal Navy
8 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line.[11]
10 October	Australia		Bellingen		Schooner
30 October		AG Vulkan	Stettin			for the Imperial German Navy
2 November		New York Shipbuilding Co.	Camden, New Jersey		Ocean liner	for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
2 November		Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka, Kanagawa		Cruiser	for the Imperial Japanese Navy
7 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Yacht	For Admiralty
21 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ocean liner	for the White Star Line
1 December		Kockums Shipyard	Malmö	Manligheten	Äran-class coastal defence ship	for the Royal Swedish Navy
15 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line.[12]
17 December		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan		Ocean liner	for the Union-Castle Line
17 December		FCM	La Seyne			for the French Navy
19 December		John Brown & Company	Clydebank			for the Royal Navy
19 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line.[13]
December			Pola		Armoured cruiser	for the Austro-Hungarian Navy
2nd Quarter		Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd	Blyth	W.B.C. No. 1	Hopper barge	For Wallsend Borough Council.[14]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Atalanta	Steam drifter	For Lewis Duthie.[15]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Ant	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.[16]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Boy George	Steam drifter	For Charles A. Webster.[17]
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Faith	Lighter	For John Charles Raper.[18]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Isabella Ferguson	Steam drifter	For Catherine McLaren.[19]
Unknown date		Chicago Shipbuilding Company.	Chicago, Illinois		Cargo ship	For private owner.
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Lively Hope	Steam drifter	For William Gardiner.[20]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Magnet	Steam drifter	For James Farquhar.[21]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Rubicon	Steam drifter	For Alexander Clark.[22]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Thurne	Steam drifter	For Great Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd.[23]

References

Sources

• Book: Sawyer . LA . Mitchell . WH . 1990 . The Empire Ships . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd . 1-85044-275-4 . Second .

Notes and References

1. Web site: A-5 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 6 June 2019 . 31 August 2016 . The submarine torpedo boat A-5 was originally laid down as Pike (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6) on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co., of New York; launched on 14 January 1903; sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm, the wife of the naval constructor at Union Iron Works.
2. Web site: White Swan . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
3. Web site: Cameronian . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Marmora . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
5. June 1, 1903 . Launches & Trial Trips . The Marine Engineer . 25 . 109 .
6. Web site: Greenwood . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
7. Web site: B.H.C. High Ferry No. 1 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
8. Book: Gröner, Erich. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnelleboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote. 1983. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. Koblenz, Germany. 3-7637-4801-6. 44.
9. Web site: Macedonia . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
10. Web site: Redwood . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
11. Web site: President Lincoln . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
12. Web site: Kenilworth Castle . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
13. Web site: President Grant . The Yard . 21 February 2017.
14. Web site: W.B.C. No. 1 . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 30 September 2024 .
15. Web site: Atalanta . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
16. Web site: Ant . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
17. Web site: Boy George . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
18. Web site: Faith . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
19. Web site: Isabella Ferguson . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
20. Web site: Lively Hope . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
21. Web site: Magnet . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
22. Web site: Rubicon . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .
23. Web site: Thurne . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 28 September 2024 .