List of ship launches in 1897

The list of ship launches in 1897 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1897.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Harald Haarfagre	Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship	For Kongelig Norske Marine
5 January	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Delphic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line
21 January	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co	Birkenhead	Panther	Earnest-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
23 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Goorkha	Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Co.[1]
1 February	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow in Furness	Bittern	Avon-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
14 February	United Kingdom	Clydebank Engine and Shipbuilding Company	Clydebank	Nahma	Steam yacht	For Robert Walton Goelet
18 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rotterdam	Ocean liner	For Holland America Line
20 February	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow in Furness	Niobe	Diadem-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
4 March	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Flying Fish	Star-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
4 March	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Pegasus	Pelorus-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
4 March	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Empress Queen	Passenger paddle steamer	For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company[3]
6 March	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co	Birkenhead	Seal	Earnest-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
9 March	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Gipsy	Gipsy-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
18 March	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Coblenz	Cargo liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
18 March	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Marietta	Gunboat	For United States Navy
18 March	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Tordenskjold	Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship	For Kongelig Norske Marine
20 March	United Kingdom	J & G Thompson	Clydebank	Europa	Diadem-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
20 March	United Kingdom	Vickers	Barrow in Furness	Leopard	Avon-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
20 March	United Kingdom	Furness, Withy and Company	West Hartlepool	Maylands	Collier	For J F Wilson & Co
30 March	United States	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.	Bristol, Rhode Island	Du Pont	Torpedo boat	For United States Navy
7 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Osprey	Gipsy-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
14 April	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Hertha	Victoria Louise-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
27 April	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	Freya	Victoria Louise-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
29 April	Kingdom of Italy	Venetian Arsenal	Venice	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship	For Regia Marina
3 May	United Kingdom	William Doxford and Sons	Sunderland	Violet	Violet-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
4 May	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
8 May	United States	Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co.	Baltimore, Maryland	Winslow	Torpedo boat	For United States Navy
15 May	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Flirt	Star-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
15 May	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Pyramus	Pelorus-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
17 May	United States	Crescent Shipyard	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Holland	Submarine	For United States Navy
17 May	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Montcalm	Cargo liner	For African Steamship Company
18 May	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth	Elswick	Takasago	Protected cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Fairy	Gipsy-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Ramage and Ferguson	Leith	Kenthales	Steam yacht	For William Johnston
2 June	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co	Birkenhead	Wolf	Earnest-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
3 June	United States	J. H. Dialogue and Son	Camden, New Jersey	Princeton	Gunboat	For United States Navy
5 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Briton	Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Line.[4]
17 June	United Kingdom	Sir Raylton Dixon and Company	Middlesbrough	Montrose	Ocean Liner	For Elder Dempster Line
3 July	United Kingdom	William Doxford and Sons	Sunderland	Sylvia	Violet-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
14 July	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Cheerful	Mermaid-class destroyer	For Royal Navy[2]
15 July	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Kingston upon Hull	Perseus	Pelorus-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
21 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Derbyshire	Passenger ship	For Bibby Steamship Co.[5]
7 August	United States	Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co.	Baltimore, Maryland	Plunger	Submarine	For United States Navy (not commissioned)
8 August	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News, Virginia	Creole	Passenger ship	For Cromwell Steamship Lines
17 August	United Kingdom	Gourlay Brothers	Dundee	Batavier II	Passenger ship	For Batavier Line
18 August	Austria-Hungary	Pola Naval Arsenal	Pola	Zenta	Zenta-class protected cruiser	For Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine
31 August	United Kingdom	Laird & Company	Birkenhead	Presidente Sarmiento	Training ship	For Armada de la República Argentina
11 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Winifreda	Passenger ship	For F. Leyland & Co.[6]
12 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Leinster	Passenger ship	For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
14 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven	Kaiser Wilhelm II	Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship	For Kaiserliche Marine
23 September	United Kingdom	Sir J Laing and Sons	Sunderland	Westralia	Cargo liner	For Huddart Parker
25 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Fürst Bismarck	Armoured cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
29 September	Kingdom of Italy	Castellammare Royal Dockyard	Castellammare di Stabia	Emanuele Filiberto	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship	For Regia Marina
9 October	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Pretoria	Ocean liner	For Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG
12 October	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Cymric	Ocean liner	For White Star Line
13 October	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Canopus	Canopus-class battleship	For Royal Navy
27 October	France	Arsenal de Rochefort	Rochefort	D'Estrées	D'Estrées-class cruiser	For Marine Nationale
1 November	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth, London	Fuji	Fuji-class battleship	For Imperial Japanese Navy
4 November	United Kingdom	Thompson	Clydebank	Plutón	Audaz-class destroyer	For Armada Española
10 November	United Kingdom	Caird & Co	Greenock	Arabia	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
14 November	United States	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.	Bristol, Rhode Island	Talbot	Torpedo boat	For United States Navy
15 November	United States	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.	Bristol, Rhode Island	Gwin	Torpedo boat	For United States Navy
18 November	Canada	Thomas J Bulger	Naksup, British Columbia	Rossland	Paddle steamer	For Canadian Pacific Railway
25 November	United Kingdom	Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness	Pomone	Pelorus-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
27 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Brasilia	Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line.[7]
9 December	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Vindictive	Protected cruiser	For Royal Navy
9 December	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Danzig	Vineta	Victoria Louise-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
11 December	United Kingdom	Charles Connell and Company	Scotstoun	Knight Errant	Cargo ship	For Knight Steamship Company
18 December	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Akashi	Suma-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
Unknown date	United States		Brooklyn, New York	Bernice	Steam yacht
Unknown date	United States			Coyote	Motorboat	For Sylvester Sparling
Unknown date	Germany	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Hai Yung	Protected cruiser	For Chinese Navy
Unknown date	United States		Jennings, Montana	J.D. Farrell	Paddle steamer	For Kootenay River Navigation Company
Unknown date	Canada			Keenora	Passenger ship
Unknown date	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Mayflower	Lighthouse tender	For U.S. Lighthouse Service
Unknown date	United States	Louis Pacquet	Jennings, Montana	North Star	Paddle steamer	For Upper Colombia Navigation & Tramway Co.
Unknown date	United States	F. W. Wheeler Company	Bay City, Michigan	Wilmot	Tug	For Ocean Towing and Wrecking Company
Unknown date	United States	Charles Hillman	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Winthrop	Tug	For Staples Coal Co

References

Sources

• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
  ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9
  .