Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
28 January | Spain | Carraca Arsenal | Cádiz | Elcano | Gunboat | For Spanish Navy. |
29 January | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Warspite | Imperieuse-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
28 February | United Kingdom | Messrs Redhead and Co | South Shields | Trelaske | Steamship | For Messrs Hain and Son.[1] |
28 February | United Kingdom | Scotts | Greenock | Hekla | Steamship | For private owner.[2] |
1 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Horn Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co.[3] |
12 April | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | USS Dolphin | Gunboat | For United States Navy |
12 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Floridian | Cargo ship | For West India Shipping Co.[4] |
17 April | United Kingdom | Charles Connell | Glasgow | Dunolly | Sailing ship | For John Brown. |
7 May | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Gor | Gor-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
13 May | United Kingdom | Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company | Elswick | Gayundah | Flat-iron gunboat | For Queensland Maritime Defence Force. |
17 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lord O'Neill | Cargo ship | For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[5] |
29 May | Canada | Hilaire P. Boudreau | Belliveau's Cove | County of Yarmouth | Full-rigged ship | For William D. Lovitt. |
7 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Benin | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co.[6] |
23 June | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Calliope | Calypso-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
23 June | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Mariner | Mariner-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
25 June | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co | Glasgow | Umbria | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line. |
16 July | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Cheswick | Mosquito | Torpedo boat | For Queensland Maritime Defence Force. |
19 July | United Kingdom | Ramage and Ferguson | Leith | Otter | Patrol vessel | For Queensland Maritime Defence Force. |
26 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lord Lansdowne | Cargo ship | For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[7] |
6 August | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Racer | Mariner-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy.[8] |
9 August | Italy | Castellammare Shipyard | Castellammare di Stabia | Ruggiero di Lauria | Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad | For Regia Marina. |
23 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nurjahan | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steamship Co.[9] |
August | United Kingdom | William Hamilton and Company | Port Glasgow | Belgrave | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. At launch, the largest sailing ship in the world.[10] |
20 September | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Glasgow | Etruria | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line. |
September | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co | Glasgow | Mackay-Bennett | Cable layer | For Commercial Cable Company.[11] |
7 October | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Lucinda | Paddle steamer | For Queensland Government. |
8 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kohinur | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steamship Co.[12] |
8 October | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | HMS Rodney | Admiral-class battleship | For Royal Navy. |
9 October | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Atlanta | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy. |
29 October | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Persepolis | Cruiser | For Royal Persian Navy. |
5 November | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Pylades | Satellite-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
16 November | United Kingdom | Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company | Elswick | Protector | Flat-iron gunboat | For South Australian Government. |
4 December | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Boston | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy. |
20 December | Germany | A.G. Vulcan | Stettin | Oldenburg | Coastal defence ship | For Imperial German Navy. |
Date unknown | United States | | City Island, New York | Addie and Carrie | Barge | For private owner. |
Date unknown | Victoria | | Williamstown | Advance | Tug | For private owners. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company | Elswick | Albert | Gunboat | For Victorian Naval Forces. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Andrew Cochrane | Selby | Albion | steam lighter | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Thames Iron Works | Leamouth | Afonso de Albuquerque | Sloop | For Portuguese Navy. |
Date unknown | New South Wales | | Newcastle, New South Wales | Bee | Ferry | For Eustace Robert Hayles. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | James Beeching & Brothers | Great Yarmouth | Benjamin Bond Cabbell II | Lifeboat | For Royal National Lifeboat Institution. |
Date unknown | United States | American Shipbuilding Co. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Chatham | Steamship | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Cheswick | Childers | Torpedo boat | For Victorian Naval Forces. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Gordon | Torpedo boat | For Victorian Naval Forces. |
Date unknown | United States | Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Governor R. M. McLane | Steamboat | For Maryland State Oyster Police. |
Date unknown | United States | | Benicia, California | Karluk | Brigantine | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United States | Detroit Dry Dock Company | Detroit, Michigan | Lansdowne | Train ferry | For private owner. |
Date unknown | Norway | Christian Brinch Jørgensen | Svelvik | Patria | Whaler | For Johan Christian Jakobsen. |
Date unknown | United States | David Clark | Kennebunkport, Maine | Priscilla | Schooner | For private owner. |
Date unknown | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Susa | Patrol boat | For Royal Persian Navy. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd | Dundee | Terra Nova | Barque | For private owner. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company | Elswick | Victoria | Flat-iron gunboat | For Victorian Naval Forces. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | Zafiro | Collier | For private owner. |