The list of ship launches in 1908 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1908.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January | John Cran & Co. | Leith | Tugboat | ||||
| 23 January | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For F. Leyland & Co.[1] | |||
| 15 February | Toulon Dockyard | Toulon | |||||
| 26 February | Eider werke AG | Tönning | Fishing trawler | For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG | |||
| 3 March | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | Passenger steamer | For London and North Western Railway[2] | |||
| 3 March | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line.[3] | |||
| 7 March | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | |||||
| 18 March |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Revenue cutter | |||
| 23 March | Vickers | Barrow-in-Furness | Passenger steamer | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company[4] | |||
| 25 March | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | |||||
| 31 March | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Passenger/Mail liner | For Booth Steamship Company[5] | |||
| 31 March | Workman, Clark & Co | Belfast | Passenger liner | [6] | |||
| 11 April | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Unique armored cruiser | ||||
| 14 April | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Sunderland | Odland | Cargo ship | [7] | ||
| 16 April | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Furness Leyland Line.[8] | |||
| 30 April | Howaldtswerke AG | Kiel | Föhr-Amrum | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH | ||
| 5 May | Odero | Sestri Ponente | |||||
| 14 May | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembrokeshire, Wales | |||||
| 19 May | United States | Brooklyn Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Collier | |||
| 26 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | ||||
| 26 May | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | |||||
| May | Janssen & Schmilinsky | Hamburg | Alexandra | steamboat | For Vereinigte Flensburg-Ekensunder und Sonderburger Dampfschiffsgesellschaft | ||
| 27 June | Harland and Wolff | Belfast, County Antrim | Ocean liner | For Red Star Line | |||
| 1 July | AG Weser | Bremen | |||||
| 11 July | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
| 15n July | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Sir Walter Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.[9] | |||
| 13 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo.[10] | |||
| 8 September | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | For Austro-Hungarian Navy | ||||
| 10 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. | |||
| 10 September | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | For Brazilian Navy | ||||
| 10 September | HM Dockyard | Portsmouth | |||||
| 19 September | Toulon Dockyard | Toulon | |||||
| 26 September | AG Vulcan | Stettin | |||||
| 29 September | Cantieri Navale Siciliani | Palermo | Ocean liner | For Navigazione Generale Italiana | |||
| 26 October | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.[11] | |||
| 7 November | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, England | |||||
| 7 November | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Harvey Scott Steamship Co. Ltd.[12] | |||
| 10 November | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | ||||
| 10 November | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Ocean liner | For North German Lloyd | |||
| 12 November | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[13] | |||
| 14 November | Schichau-Werke | Danzig | Kolberg-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy | |||
| 5 December | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Ontario | Collier | ||
| 10 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. | |||
| 12 December | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Kiel | |||||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Bono | Steam drifter | For William Holker.[14] | ||
| Unknown date | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell. | |||
| Unknown date | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Ever Ready | Sloop | For William Stamp.[15] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Girl Rhoda | Steam drifter | For Richard Sutton.[16] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Gladys & Rose | Steam drifter | For Thomas Moore.[17] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | J.C.P. | Steam drifter | For Pitchers Ltd.[18] | ||
| Unknown date |  Denmark | Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft | Copenhagen | Coaster | For A/S Dampskibs Selskap Vesterhavet | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Lerwick | Steam drifter | For John H. Waite.[19] | ||
| Unknown date | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Mary Ann | Lighter | For private owner.[20] | ||
| Unknown date | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Mispah | Sloop | For Walter Oldridge.[21] | ||
| Unknown date | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Ocean liner | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | |||
| Unknown date | Fevigs Jernskibbyg | Fevig | Cargo ship | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | Workman, Clarke & Co. Ltd. | Belfast | Cargo ship | For Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd. |