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The list of ship launches in 1904 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1904.
| Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class
|
Notes
|
| 4 February
|
 United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
New Zealand
|
King Edward VII-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 7 February
|
 United States
|
W. A. Boole & Son
|
Oakland, California
|
Expansion
|
twin-screw schooner
|
|
| 3 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Worcestershire
|
Passenger ship
|
For Bibby Line.[1]
|
| 26 March
|
 Germany
|
AG Vulcan Stettin
|
Stettin
|
Lübeck
|
Bremen-class cruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 31 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Dunluce Castle
|
Passenger ship
|
For Union-Castle Line.
|
| 6 April
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Virginia
|
Virginia-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 18 April
|
United Kingdom
|
William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.
|
Port Glasgow
|
Kurt
|
Barque
|
For G. H. J. Siemers & Co.
|
| 30 April
|
 Austria-Hungary
|
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
|
Trieste
|
Erzherzog Friedrich
|
Erzherzog Karl-class battleship
|
For Austro-Hungarian Navy
|
| 30 April
|
 France
|
Arsenal de Brest
|
Brest
|
Démocratie
|
Liberté-class battleship
|
For French Navy
|
| 30 April
|
Germany
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
München
|
Bremen-class cruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 14 May
|
Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Yorck
|
Roon-class cruiser
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 17 May
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Rhode Island
|
Virginia-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 17 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Slievemore
|
Ferry
|
For London and North Western Railway
|
| 27 May
|
Germany
|
Schichau-Werke
|
Danzig
|
Lothringen
|
Braunschweig-class battleship
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 15 June
|
 Netherlands
|
Rijkswerf
|
Amsterdam
|
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp
|
Coastal defence ship
|
For Royal Netherlands Navy
|
| 19 June
|
 Italy
|
La Spezia Naval Base
|
La Spezia
|
Regina Elena
|
Regina Elena-class battleship
|
For Regia Marina
|
| 30 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Pardo
|
Cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[2]
|
| 27 August
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Louisiana
|
Connecticut-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 10 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Potaro
|
Cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[3]
|
| 24 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Mamari
|
Passenger ship
|
For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.[4]
|
| 29 September
|
United States
|
New York Naval Yard
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Connecticut
|
Connecticut-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 7 October
|
United States
|
Moran Brothers
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Nebraska
|
Virginia-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 11 October
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Georgia
|
Virginia-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 12 October
|
Italy
|
Castellammare Royal Dockyard
|
Castellammare di Stabia
|
Vittorio Emanuele
|
Regina Elena-class battleship
|
For Regia Marina
|
| 27 October
|
France
|
FCM
|
La Seyne
|
Justice
|
Liberté-class battleship
|
For French Navy
|
| October
|
Germany
|
Blohm & Voss
|
|
Craigronald
|
Merchant ship
|
Later named Glyndwr
|
| 8 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks
|
Leamouth, London
|
Black Prince
|
Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy
|
| 10 November
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
New Jersey
|
Virginia-class battleship
|
For United States Navy
|
| 19 November
|
Germany
|
Germaniawerft
|
Kiel
|
Deutschland
|
Deutschland-class battleship
|
For Imperial German Navy
|
| 10 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
Britannia
|
King Edward VII-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy
|
| Unknown date
|
Netherlands
|
Bonn & Mees
|
Rotterdam
|
Alcyon
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
|
Glasgow
|
Dover Castle
|
Ocean Liner
|
For Union Castle Line.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.
|
Aberdeen
|
Freya
|
Steam trawler
|
For Fishing Board of Scotland.
|
| Unknown date
|
 Canada
|
Bertram Engine Works Co. Ltd
|
Toronto
|
Haddington
|
Cargo ship
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.
|
Port Glasgow
|
Hans
|
Barque
|
For a German owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. P. Rennoldson & Sons
|
South Shields
|
Kingfisher
|
Tug
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
Netherlands
|
M. van der Kuijl
|
Rotterdam
|
Silvain
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Stoomvisserij Maatschappij Mercurius
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
W 24
|
Hopper barge
|
For Admiralty.
|
References[edit]
- Sources
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
