# List of ship launches in 1905

The list of ship launches in 1905 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1905.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | | Middlesbrough, England | Irma | Passenger ship | |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Iberia | Cargo liner | For J. Hall Jr. & Co Ltd. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson Ltd. | Clydebank | Carmania | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Aragon | Passenger ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bologna | Passenger ship | For Hamburg America Line. |
| 21 March | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Leipzig | Bremen-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Dieppe | Passenger ferry | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| 8 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | Minnesota | Connecticut-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 19 April | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Liberté | Liberté-class battleship | |
| 20 April | Germany | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Amerika | Ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse | Karina | Passenger liner | For African Steamship Company |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Gillingham/Chatham | Africa | King Edward VII-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 21 May | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Erzherzog Ferdinand Max | Erzherzog Karl-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 10 June | Sweden | Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen, Gothenburg | Oscar II | unique coastal defence ship | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyards | Devonport, Plymouth | Hibernia | King Edward VII-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maharonda | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| 6 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Slieve Bawn | Ferry | For London & North Western Railway. |
| 18 July | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Ravenstone | Cargo ship | For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 22 July | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | J.M.H. No. 1 | Lighter | For John M. Hamilton & Co. Ltd. |
| 29 July | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Pamir | Barque | For F. Laeisz |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Elleray | Cargo ship | For Elleray Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Thornycroft | Chiswick, London | Magne | Torpedo boat destroyer | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 12 August | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Kansas | Connecticut-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Herefordshire | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co. |
| 31 August | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Vermont | Connecticut-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 10 September | Italy | Castellammare Royal Dockyard | Castellammare di Stabia | Napoli | Regina Elena-class battleship | For Regia Marina |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Whiteinch | Dongola | Ocean liner | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| 23 September | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Danzig | Bremen-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nieuw Amsterdam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
| 29 September | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | Hannover | Deutschland-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Aleksandr Kamburov | Cargo ship | For Northern Steamship Co. |
| 30 September | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Mississippi | Mississippi-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Malakand | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| 14 November | Germany | Joh. C. Tecklenborg | | Westfalen | Merchant | |
| November | United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson | | Oswestry | Merchant | |
| 2 December | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Pommern | Deutschland-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 9 December | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Idaho | Mississippi-class battleship | For United States Navy |
| 12 December | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Königsberg | Königsberg-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Manipur | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| 26 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Medomsley | Cargo ship | For Medomsley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Alice | Sloop | For Joseph Oldridge. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Archibald Russell | Barque | For J. Hardie & Company. |
| Date unknown | Italy | Fratelli Orlando & Co. | Livorno | Bronte | Tanker | For Regia Marina. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Marie | Steam drifter | For Horatio Fenner Ltd. |
| Date unknown | Canada | Government Shipyard | Sorel | W. S. Fielding | Dredger | For private owner. |