# List of ship launches in 1898

The list of ship launches in 1898 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1898.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | Vickers Limited | Barrow-in-Furness | Amphitrite | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Scotland | Argonaut | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | | Kingston upon Hull | Bullfinch | Bullfinch-class destroyer | |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Mermaid | Mermaid-class destroyer | |
| 26 February | United States | Detroit Dry Dock Company | Wyandotte, Michigan | City of Erie | Paddle steamer | |
| 7 March | Sweden | Bergsunds Shipyard | Stockholm | Thor | Oden-class coastal defence ship | |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | | Kingston upon Hull | Dove | Bullfinch-class destroyer | |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Goliath | Canopus-class battleship | |
| 24 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Kearsarge | Kearsarge-class battleship | |
| 24 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Kentucky | Kearsarge-class battleship | |
| 30 March | Sweden | Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen, Gothenburg | Niord | Oden-class coastal defence ship | |
| 31 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Gazelle | Gazelle-class cruiser | |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Scotland | Hermes | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | New England | Passenger ship | For Richard Mills & Co. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | New England | Ocean liner | For the Dominion Line |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sampo | Icebreaker | For Finnish Board of Navigation |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | William Broadley | Steamship | For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | Ariadne | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Statendam | Ocean liner | For the Holland America Line |
| 18 May | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Alabama | Illinois-class battleship | |
| 1 June | Norway | Karljohansvern naval yard | Horten, Norway | Storm | 1.-class torpedo boat | |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bay State | Cargo ship | For George Warren & Co. |
| 4 June | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Deodoro | Deodoro-class coastal defense ship | For Brazilian Navy |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan, Scotland | Highflyer | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Ultonia | Cargo liner | For the Cunard Line |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Thames Iron Works | London | Albion | Canopus-class battleship | |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Ocean | Canopus-class battleship | |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | German | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Sigrid | Steamship | For Russische Baltische Dampfschffahrts Gessellschaft. |
| 1 September | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Iéna | Pre-dreadnought battleship | |
| 5 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Longbenton | Steamship | For T. & W. Smith. |
| 22 September | Norway | Karljohansvern naval yard | Horten, Norway | Brand | 1.-class torpedo boat | |
| 4 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Illinois | Illinois-class battleship | |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Rimu | Coaster | For Keith Ramsay. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Hyacinth | Highflyer-class cruiser | |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Royal Navy Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | Spartiate | Diadem-class cruiser | |
| October | United Kingdom | W Brighton | Oulton Broad | Albion | Norfolk wherry | For WD & AE Walker, Bungay |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth, London | Shikishima | Shikishima-class battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 6 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Afric | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Dwarf | Bramble-class Gunboat | |
| 16 November | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Afric | Jubilee-class ocean liner | For the White Star Line |
| 17 November | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Formidable | Formidable-class battleship | |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | W.H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | Bramble | Bramble-class Gunboat | |
| 26 November | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Wisconsin | Illinois-class battleship | |
| 1 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Aphrodite | Yacht | For Col. O H Payne |
| 4 December | Kingdom of Italy | Cantieri navali Odero | Sestri Ponente | Fulmine | Destroyer | For Regia Marina |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Irresistible | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Medic | Jubilee-class ocean liner | For the White Star Line |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Hope | Humber Keel | For George Hill. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Kittiwake | Lightship | For Commissioners of Irish Lights. |
| Date unknown | United Kingdom | Cleland Graving Dock & Slipway Co. | Wallsend | Majestic | Tug | For private owner. |
| Date unknown | Germany | G. Seebeck AG | Bremerhaven | Phaedra | Cargo ship | For Neptun Line. |