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The list of ship launches in 1903 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1903. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
12 January   United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Constitución Swiftsure-class battleship for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
14 January   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Pike Plunger-class submarine for the United States Navy, sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm [1]
15 January   United Kingdom Vickers, Sons & Maxim Barrow-in-Furness Libertad Swiftsure-class battleship for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
15 January   United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk Monmouth-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
31 January   United States W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California Lagunitas stern wheel ferry
4 February   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S117 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
13 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Eden River-class destroyer for the Royal Navy
9 February   Italy Ansaldo Genoa Nishin Kasuga-class cruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy
14 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Derwent River-class destroyer for the Royal Navy
19 February   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Servian Passenger ship for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line
26 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Columbus Passenger ship For Dominion Line
February   United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut Dakota Passenger ship for the Great Northern Steamship Company
3 March   Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Petschili Barque for F. Laeisz
7 March   United States Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey Chattanooga Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
9 March   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A3 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
18 March   United Kingdom Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton Clan Macalister Cargo ship For Clan Line
18 March   United Kingdom Gourlay Brothers Dundee Yarmouth Cargo ship For the Great Eastern Railway
21 March   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S118 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
4 April   United Kingdom William Denny & Bros Dumbarton The Queen Passenger ship for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
9 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Marmora Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [3]
15 April   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A2 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
16 April   United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut Minnesota Passenger ship for the Great Northern Steamship Company
18 April   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
25 April   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colorado Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
6 May   United States Jenks Shipbuilding Company Eastland Passenger ship for the Michigan Steamship Company
13 May   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Commonwealth King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
13 May   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Pallion Clan Macneil Turret type Cargo ship for Clan Line [4]
20 May   Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Almaz Cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
22 May   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ionic Athenic-class ocean liner for the White Star Line
26 May   Germany Schichau Danzig Elsass Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
2 June   United States Union Iron Works Mare Island, California Tacoma Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
9 June   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A4 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
13 June   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Brighton Passenger ship for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 June   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Roon Roon-class armored cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
8 July   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S119 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
9 July   Germany AG Weser Bremen Bremen Bremen-class cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Macedonia Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [5]
23 July   United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Galveston Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
23 July   United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport King Edward VII King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
25 July   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Hamburg Bremen-class cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
25 July   Ottoman Empire William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mecidiye Protected cruiser for the Ottoman Navy
25 July   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Mongolia Cargo liner for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
July   Italy Società Esercizio Baccini Genoa Regina Elena Barque for Pietro Milesi, Genoa
1 August   Russia Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Saint Petersburg Zhemchug Protected cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
8 August   Belgium Chantier Naval Anversois Antwerp Helsingfors Passenger ship For Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget
11 August   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Govan Armadale Castle Passenger ship For the Union-Castle Line
22 August   United States William Cramp & Sons,| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania-class cruiser For the United States Navy
25 August   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness Dominion King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
August   Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Slava Borodino-class battleship for the Imperial Russian Navy
12 September   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
18 September   Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Hessen Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
22 September   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Berlin Bremen-class cruiser For the Imperial German Navy
24 September   United Kingdom Armstrong-Whitworth Elswick Hampshire Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
September   Denmark Burmeister and Wain Copenhagen Pacific Cable ship for the Great Northern Telegraph Company
1 October   Russia Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Saint Petersburg Izumrud Cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
4 October   Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Erzherzog Karl Erzherzog Karl-class battleship For the Austro-Hungarian Navy
7 October   United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Clydebank Carnarvon Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
8 October   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Antrim Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
8 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast President Lincoln Passenger ship For Hamburg America Line. [6]
10 October   Australia Bellingen Alma Doepel Schooner
30 October   Germany AG Vulkan Stettin Preussen Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
2 November   United States New York Shipbuilding Co. Camden, New Jersey Manchuria Ocean liner for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
2 November   Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa Otowa Cruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy
7 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Enchantress Yacht For Admiralty
21 November   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Baltic Ocean liner for the White Star Line
1 December   Sweden Kockums Shipyard Malmö Manligheten Äran-class coastal defence ship for the Royal Swedish Navy
15 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kenilworth Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line. [7]
17 December   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Durham Castle Ocean liner for the Union-Castle Line
17 December   France FCM La Seyne Patrie République-class battleship for the French Navy
19 December   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Hindustan King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
19 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Servian Passenger ship For Hamburg America Line. [8]
December   Austria-Hungary Pola Sankt Georg Armoured cruiser for the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Date unknown   United States Chicago Shipbuilding Company. Chicago, Illinois John Crerar Cargo ship For private owner. [9]

References

  1. ^ "A-5 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-5 was originally laid down as Pike (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6) on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co., of New York; launched on 14 January 1903; sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm, the wife of the naval constructor at Union Iron Works
  2. ^ a b c Gröner, Erich (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnelleboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. p. 44. ISBN  3-7637-4801-6.
  3. ^ "Marmora". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Launches & Trial Trips". The Marine Engineer. 25: 109. June 1, 1903.
  5. ^ "Macedonia". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ "President Lincoln". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Kenilworth Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ^ "President Grant". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of ship launches in 1903 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1903. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
12 January   United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Constitución Swiftsure-class battleship for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
14 January   United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Pike Plunger-class submarine for the United States Navy, sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm [1]
15 January   United Kingdom Vickers, Sons & Maxim Barrow-in-Furness Libertad Swiftsure-class battleship for the Chilean Navy, sold to the Royal Navy before delivery.
15 January   United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Suffolk Monmouth-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
31 January   United States W. A. Boole & Son Oakland, California Lagunitas stern wheel ferry
4 February   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S117 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
13 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Eden River-class destroyer for the Royal Navy
9 February   Italy Ansaldo Genoa Nishin Kasuga-class cruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy
14 February   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Newcastle upon Tyne Derwent River-class destroyer for the Royal Navy
19 February   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Servian Passenger ship for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line
26 February   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Columbus Passenger ship For Dominion Line
February   United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut Dakota Passenger ship for the Great Northern Steamship Company
3 March   Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Petschili Barque for F. Laeisz
7 March   United States Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport, New Jersey Chattanooga Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
9 March   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A3 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
18 March   United Kingdom Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton Clan Macalister Cargo ship For Clan Line
18 March   United Kingdom Gourlay Brothers Dundee Yarmouth Cargo ship For the Great Eastern Railway
21 March   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S118 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
4 April   United Kingdom William Denny & Bros Dumbarton The Queen Passenger ship for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
9 April   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Marmora Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [3]
15 April   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A2 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
16 April   United States Eastern Shipbuilding Company Groton, Connecticut Minnesota Passenger ship for the Great Northern Steamship Company
18 April   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
25 April   United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colorado Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
6 May   United States Jenks Shipbuilding Company Eastland Passenger ship for the Michigan Steamship Company
13 May   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Commonwealth King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
13 May   United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Pallion Clan Macneil Turret type Cargo ship for Clan Line [4]
20 May   Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Almaz Cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
22 May   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Ionic Athenic-class ocean liner for the White Star Line
26 May   Germany Schichau Danzig Elsass Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
2 June   United States Union Iron Works Mare Island, California Tacoma Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
9 June   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness A4 A-class submarine for the Royal Navy
13 June   United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Brighton Passenger ship for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
27 June   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Roon Roon-class armored cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
8 July   Germany Schichau-Werke Elbing S119 S90-class torpedo boat for the Imperial German Navy [2]
9 July   Germany AG Weser Bremen Bremen Bremen-class cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
9 July   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Macedonia Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [5]
23 July   United States William R. Trigg Company Richmond, Virginia Galveston Denver-class cruiser for the United States Navy
23 July   United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport King Edward VII King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
25 July   Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Hamburg Bremen-class cruiser for the Imperial German Navy
25 July   Ottoman Empire William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mecidiye Protected cruiser for the Ottoman Navy
25 July   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Mongolia Cargo liner for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
July   Italy Società Esercizio Baccini Genoa Regina Elena Barque for Pietro Milesi, Genoa
1 August   Russia Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Saint Petersburg Zhemchug Protected cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
8 August   Belgium Chantier Naval Anversois Antwerp Helsingfors Passenger ship For Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget
11 August   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Govan Armadale Castle Passenger ship For the Union-Castle Line
22 August   United States William Cramp & Sons,| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania-class cruiser For the United States Navy
25 August   United Kingdom Vickers Barrow in Furness Dominion King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
August   Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Slava Borodino-class battleship for the Imperial Russian Navy
12 September   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania-class cruiser for the United States Navy
18 September   Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Hessen Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
22 September   Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Danzig Berlin Bremen-class cruiser For the Imperial German Navy
24 September   United Kingdom Armstrong-Whitworth Elswick Hampshire Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
September   Denmark Burmeister and Wain Copenhagen Pacific Cable ship for the Great Northern Telegraph Company
1 October   Russia Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Saint Petersburg Izumrud Cruiser for the Imperial Russian Navy
4 October   Austria-Hungary Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Erzherzog Karl Erzherzog Karl-class battleship For the Austro-Hungarian Navy
7 October   United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Clydebank Carnarvon Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
8 October   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Antrim Devonshire-class cruiser for the Royal Navy
8 October   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast President Lincoln Passenger ship For Hamburg America Line. [6]
10 October   Australia Bellingen Alma Doepel Schooner
30 October   Germany AG Vulkan Stettin Preussen Braunschweig-class battleship for the Imperial German Navy
2 November   United States New York Shipbuilding Co. Camden, New Jersey Manchuria Ocean liner for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
2 November   Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Kanagawa Otowa Cruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy
7 November   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Enchantress Yacht For Admiralty
21 November   United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Baltic Ocean liner for the White Star Line
1 December   Sweden Kockums Shipyard Malmö Manligheten Äran-class coastal defence ship for the Royal Swedish Navy
15 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kenilworth Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line. [7]
17 December   United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Durham Castle Ocean liner for the Union-Castle Line
17 December   France FCM La Seyne Patrie République-class battleship for the French Navy
19 December   United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Hindustan King Edward VII-class battleship for the Royal Navy
19 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Servian Passenger ship For Hamburg America Line. [8]
December   Austria-Hungary Pola Sankt Georg Armoured cruiser for the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Date unknown   United States Chicago Shipbuilding Company. Chicago, Illinois John Crerar Cargo ship For private owner. [9]

References

  1. ^ "A-5 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019. The submarine torpedo boat A-5 was originally laid down as Pike (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6) on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Co., of New York; launched on 14 January 1903; sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baker Zahm, the wife of the naval constructor at Union Iron Works
  2. ^ a b c Gröner, Erich (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnelleboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. p. 44. ISBN  3-7637-4801-6.
  3. ^ "Marmora". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Launches & Trial Trips". The Marine Engineer. 25: 109. June 1, 1903.
  5. ^ "Macedonia". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ "President Lincoln". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Kenilworth Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ^ "President Grant". The Yard. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 392.
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.

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