Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
1 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Callao | Barque | For White Star Line.[1] |
3 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belgic | Cargo liner | For White Star Line. |
17 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Santiago | Sailing ship | For White Star Line.[2] |
19 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Teneriffe | Cargo ship | For British & Africa Steamship Co.[3] |
26 February | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Sirius | Cargo liner | For Bergen Steamship Company. |
28 February | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Alacrity | Surprise-class cruiser | For Royal Navy.[4] |
28 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Gaelic | Cargo liner | For White Star Line.[5] |
18 March | United Kingdom | W G Armstrong | Newcastle upon Tyne | Naniwa | Naniwa-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
31 March | Japan | Yokohama Naval Arsenal | Yokohama | Katsuragi | Corvette | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
31 March | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Mersey | Protected cruiser | For Royal Navy.[6] |
16 April | France | | Lorient | Formidable | Amiral Baudin-class battleship | For French Navy |
18 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Shipbuilding Co. | Barrow-in-Furness | Mona's Queen | Paddle steamer | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.[7] |
23 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Elmina | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co.[8] |
28 April | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard. | Pembroke | Howe | Battleship | For Royal Navy.[9] |
1 May | Japan | Onohama Naval Arsenal | Onohama | Yamato | Corvette | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
16 May | United Kingdom | W G Armstrong | Newcastle upon Tyne | Takachiho | Naniwa-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
26 May | United States | George Lawley & Son | Boston, Massachusetts | Puritan | Yacht | For private owner. |
May | United Kingdom | John Beavor-Webb | | Galatea | Yacht | For private owner. |
May | United Kingdom | Russel & Co | Port Glasgow | Moy | Sailing ship | For private owner |
13 June | United Kingdom | W G Armstrong | Newcastle upon Tyne | Panther | Cruiser | For Austro-Hungarian Navy.[10] |
15 June | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Leamouth | Benbow | Admiral-class battleship | For Royal Navy.[11] |
16 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Costa Rican | Cargo ship | For West India Steam Navigation Co.[12] |
26 June | Spain | | Cádiz | Infanta Isabel | Cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
30 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Zemindar | Sailing ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[13] |
10 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Irene | Ferry | For London and North Western Railway. |
22 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Talookdar | Sailing ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[14] |
10 September | United Kingdom | W G Armstrong | Newcastle upon Tyne | Leopard | Torpedo cruiser | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
22 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Queen's Island | Barque | For S Lawler.[15] |
10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Caloric | Ferry | For Belfast Steamship Co.[16] |
21 October | Russia | Baltic Works | Saint Petersburg | Admiral Nakhimov | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
24 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Eblana | Hopper barge | For Dublin Harbour Board.[17] |
27 October | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Hero | Battleship | For Royal Navy. |
7 November | United Kingdom | Workman, Clark & Co | Belfast | Polly Woodside | Barque | For private owner. |
12 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Optic | Ferry | For Belfast Steamship Co.[18] |
24 November | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Camperdown | Battleship | For Royal Navy.[19] |
3 December | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | Thames | Mersey-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
5 December | United States | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | Chicago | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy. |
10 December | United Kingdom | Russel & Co | Port Glasgow | Rhine | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
23 December | United Kingdom | J & G Thomson | Clydebank | Archer | Archer-class torpedo cruiser | For Royal Navy.[20] |
Date Unknown | United States | William Scott & Sons/ Converted and relaunched 1885 by Sam Paegnall | Charleston, South Carolina | Bellfield (1823) | Tug | For Swansea to Bristol Service /private owner |
Date unknown | United States | East Portland, Oregon | | Multnomah | Sternwheeler | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United States | | Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | Pioneer | Sloop | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Andrew Leslie & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Port Victor | Cargo liner | For William Milburn & Co. |
Date unknown | Germany | H Hespe | Brake | Rheinland | Cargo ship | For Rabien & Statlander. |
Date unknown | United States | Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. | Bristol, Rhode Island | Stiletto | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |