# List of ship launches in 1888

The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 2 January | United Kingdom | Pearce Bros. | Dundee | Anshin Maru | Steamship | For J. J. Pearson. |
| 2 January | United Kingdom | Workman, Clarke & Co. | Belfast | City of Dublin | Steamship | For George Smith & Son. |
| 2 January | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | Scottish Prince | Steamship | For James Knott. |
| 3 January | United States | J. H. Steffen | Portland, Oregon | Undine | Sternwheeler | For Jacob Kamm. |
| 4 January | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | Lady Ailsa | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & A. Wyllie. |
| 7 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co | Dundee | Retriever | Tug | For Retriever Steamship Co. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Lizzie | Steamship | For Lewis & Co. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Alberta | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Clandeboye | Steamship | For Messrs. Carlisle & Co. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Wood, Skinner & Co. | Bill Quay-on-Tyne | Gabalva | Steamship | For J. H. Wilson. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Joseph Eltringham & Co. | South Shields | Not named | Steamship | For Wexford Harbour Commissioners. |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Godmunding | Steamship | For T. B. Williams, or W. Lamplough. |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Stephenson & Co. | Hebburn | Endeavour | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Intyre, Bros. & Co. |
| 14 January | France | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | Forbin | Forbin-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepoool | Kittle | Steamship | For J. Coverdale. |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | T. Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Not named | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Sutlej | Merchantman | For Messrs. Foley, Aikman & Co. |
| 17 January | United States | H. A. Ramsey & Son | Baltimore, Maryland | Zizania | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Service. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Ocean | Tanker | For Messrs. Hermann, Stursberg & Co. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | Amber | Cable ship | For Eastern Telegraph Company. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | C. A. Bade | Steamship | For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Diligent | Steamship | For James Westoll. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan and Co. | Port Glasgow | Flying Cormorant | Tug | For Clyde Shipping Company. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Lippe | Steamship | For Adolf Deppe. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Workman, Clark, & Co. | Belfast | Macgregor | Steamship | For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Port Caroline | Steamship | For W. Milburn & Co. |
| 29 January | China | Foochow Arsenal | Mawei | Pingyuan | Ironclad | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Unnamed | Steamship | For Imperial Chinese Government. |
| 30 January | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Trelawny | Steamship | For Messrs. Edward Hain and Son. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Chia Shih | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | Rufford Hall | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Alexander & Co. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Taroba | Steamship | For British and India Associated Steamers. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Urania | Steamship | For Messrs. Gladstone & Cornforth. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | Vanguard | Steam yawl | For Charles Hellyer. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Ladyweld | Steamship | For Nederlandsche Indische Stoomboot Maatschappij. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Chaloupe XXXVI | Steam barge | For Panama Canal Company. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Chaloupe XXXVII | Steam barge | For Panama Canal Company. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Chaloupe XXXVIII | Steam barge | For Panama Canal Company. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Netiche | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| January | Spanish East Indies | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | Paragua | Arayat-class gunboat | For Spanish Navy. |
| 1 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Strathearn | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons. |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Merida | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Bucknall & Sons. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Choy Sang | Steamship | For Indian and China Steam Navigation Company. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Holkar | Sailing ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| 13 February | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Southwick | Miike Maru | Steamship | For Nippon Yusen KK. |
| 13 February | United Kingdom | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Pallas | Steamship | For Rathbone Bros. & Co. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Tropic | Steamship | For E. C. Thin. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | James Laing | Deptford | Ville de Belfort | Steamship | For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompsonn & Sons | Monkwearmouth | Beethoven | Steamship | For Jennison, Taylor & Co. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Ben Clune | Steamship | For J. Morrison & Sons. |
| 28 February | | Whitehaven Shipping Company | Whitehaven | Dunboyne | Full-rigged ship | For Charles E. Martin & Co. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Charters Towers | Cargo ship | For private owner. Collided with the Russian steamship Keetpoma on being launched. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Evelyn | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Hailoong | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | Knight Companion | Steamship | For Messrs. Greenfields, Cowie & Co. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mei Shik | Steamship | For Formosa Trading Corporation. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. S. Edwards & Sons | Howdon-on-Tyne | Mimosa | Steamship | For Messrs. Stephens & Sons. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Pallas | Barque | For Martin G. Amsinck. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | Tulford | Steamship | For J. M. Lennard & Sons. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. J. M. Leathard & Co. |
| 29 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Chaseley | Steamship | For Messrs. Murdoch & Murray. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Nil | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| February | Spanish East Indies | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | Pampanga | Arayat-class gunboat | For Spanish Navy. |
| February | United Kingdom | R. Rodger | Port Glasgow | Unnamed | Tug | For private owner. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Sons | Middlesbrough | Fulford | Steamship | For Messrs. J. M. Lennard & Sons. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | General Roberts | Steam yawl | For Pickering and Haldane. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | C. Connell & Co. | Glasgow | Olymp | Steamship | For H. Wenche Sohne. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Crathorne | Steamship | For R. Ropner & Co. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineerinhg Co. | Hull | Samson | Tug | For Earle3's Shipbuildin & Engineering Co. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | M'Ilwaine, Lewis & Co. | Belfast | Titanic | Steamship | For H. J. Scott & Co. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Hull | Virgo | Steam ketch | For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Company (Limited). |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Hampton | Steamship | For Commercial Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Conscript | Steamship | For Messrs. Harvey & Co. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Nith | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Remus | Steam ketch / fishing vessel | For Francis W. Leybourne Popham. |
| 12 March | United Kingdom | J. M'Arthur | Paisley | Brunner | Steamship | For Martin Kennedy. |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Tynesider | Steamship | For Tyne Steam Shipping Co. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Algonquin | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Marks & Co. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bostonian | Cargo ship | For White Star Line. |
| 14 March | Italy | Arsenale di La Spezia | La Spezia | Montebello | Goito-class cruiser | For Regia Marina. |
| 14 March | Italy | Arsenale di La Spezia | La Spezia | Monzambano | Goito-class cruiser | For Regia Marina. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Princesse Henriette | Paddle steamer | For Belgian Government. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Saikyō Maru | Steamship | For Nippon Yusen KK. |
| 14 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Seafarer | Barque | For private owner. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | City of New York | Ocean liner | For Inman Line. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | Palmers & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Loch Lomond | Steamship | For Dundee Loch Line Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | D. & W. Henderson | Glasgow | Princess Louise | Steamship | For M. Langlands & Sons. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Rio Tinto | Steamship | For John Tully. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Birchfield | Steamship | For Joseph Brown. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | Phyllis | Merchantman | For Charles Hill & Sons. |
| 20 March | Malta | Malta Dockyard | Malta | Melita | Mariner-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | W. Dobson & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | Candia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | R. Napier & Sons | Port Glasgow | Bio Bio | Steamship | For Compania Sud Americana de Vapores. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | A. Stephen & Sons | Glasow | Domira | Steamship | For Maclay & M'Intyre. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Orkla | Steamship | For C. Salvesen & Co. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Virginia | Steamship | For Frederick Woods. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Chanzy | Steamship | For P. Allainguillaume. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Neptune | Steamship | For Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Falshaw | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Baxter & Co. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Julio | Steamship | For Compania Bilbaina de Navegaçion. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire | Nile | Trafalgar-class ironclad | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Romulus | Steam ketch / Fishing vessel | For Francis W. Leybourne Popham. |
| 28 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephens & Sons | Linthouse | Demira | Steamship | For Messrs. Maclay & M'Intyre. |
| 28 March | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Resolution | Steamship | For Rowland & Marwood. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Ltd. | Low Walker | Alfonso XII | Steamship | For Compania Transatlantica. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Engineer | Steamship | For Tatham, Bromage & Co. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | Moss Rose | Schooner | For Coppack, Carter & Co. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | R. Williamson & Sons | Workington | Silver Crag | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Red Eagle | Steam yacht | For Sir G. S. Stucley. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Sapphire | Steamship | For Messrs. Christie & Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Page & Chambers | Lowestoft | Benefactor | Smack | For G. Long. |
| March | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Earl of Dunraven | Paddle steamer | For H. B. Marguand. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Fairfield | Lady Torfrida | Steam yacht | For Sir William Pearce. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Charles J. Bigger | Londonderry | Cupica | Barque | For W. H. Ross & Co. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Guy Colin | Steamship | For G. E. Bowring. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | No. 11 | Sailing barge | For R. Singlehurst. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | No. 12 | Sailing barge | For R. Singlehurst. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | W. H. Halford | Gloucester | Rosini | Steamship | For R. G. Foster. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend | Gellivara | Steamship | For Anglo-Scandinavian Steamship Co. (Ltd.). |
| 7 April | United States | Elisha Saxton | Patchogue River | Priscilla | Sloop | For George Rhinehart. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | W. S. Cumming | Glasgow | Luath | Steam yacht | For John Henry. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Pheasant | Pygmy-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | H. S. Edwards & Sons | Howdon | Shearwater | Steamship | For Sharp & Co. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Adderley | Barque | For Messrs. C. W. Kellock & Co. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Dobson & Co. | Low Walker-on-Tyne | Benmore | Steamship | For Grampian Steamship Company Limited. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Camphill | Steamship | For Messrs. Macbeth & Gray. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | J. Readhead & Co. | South Shields | Haperley | Steamship | For W. Wright. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Harrow | Steamship | For Messrs. Galbraith, Pembroke & Co. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Fairfield | Rouen | Paddle steamer | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Lowlands | Steamship | For Hardy, Wilson & Co. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Palmers & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cairnryan | Steamship | For R. & D. Cairns. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. M'Arthur & Co. | Paisley | Fusilier | Paddle steamer | For David MacBrayne. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Idar | Cargo ship | For F Leyland & Co., or Messrs. Edward Bates & Sons. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. | Belfast | Lorton | Barque | For Messrs. P. Iredale & Son. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Macassa | Steamship | For Hamilton Steamboat Co. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Volunteer | Steamship | For Government of Newfoundland. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Naval Construction & Armaments Co. | Barrow-in-Furness | Edith and Annie | Lifeboat | For Royal National Lifeboat Institution. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Bowling | Ruby | Steamship | For William Robertson. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Meadowside | Marion Lightbody | Full-rigged ship | For Rogers & Co. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Grenville | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Holman & Son. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | Hereward | Tug | For T. Gray & Co (Ltd.). |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Zeta | Steamship | For Turner, Brightman & Co. |
| 25 April | United Kingdom | Robert Cock | Bideford | Florrie | Ketch | For R. Cock. |
| 25 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Spindrift | Steamship | For J. Y. Barwick. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Palmers Co. (Limited) | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Ferrando | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Kingston | Madagascar | Full-rigged ship | For J. Boyd. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | William Geddie | Banff | Mary Nish | Schooner | For David Shaw. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Russell & Co. | Greenock | Trieste C. | Steamship | For M. Cesari. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Unnamed | Steam yacht | For Mrs. Yorke. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Unnamed | Hopper Dredger | For private owne. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Brenner | Steamship | For Cay, Hall & Co. Ltd. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. | Grangemouth | Britannia | Steamship | For Morecambe Steamboat Company (Limited). |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Harold | Barque | For W. A. Stephens. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Inverallen | Steamship | For John Mair. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Quito | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Newall & Co. | Bristol | Tavistock | Tug | For Messrs. D. Radford & Co. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. M'Knight & Co. | Ayr | The Rose | Tug | For Messrs. Barnes, Guthrie & Co. |
| 28 April | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Vesuvius | Dynamite gun cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. | Troon | Vreda | Cutter | For Thomas Hodgens. |
| 28 April | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | USS Yorktown | Gunboat | For United States Navy. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Rapel | Steamship | For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Sung Kiang | Steamship | For China Navigation Company. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co | Paisley | Wild Rose | Steamship | For Messrs. Richard Hughes & Co. |
| April | United Kingdom | David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Yauara | Yacht | For Paul Ralli. |
| 1 May | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Nymphe | Nymphe-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 May | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Rosedale | Bulk carrier | For Hagarty & Co. |
| 3 May | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Amiral Cécille | Cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend | Unnamed | Steamship | For Anglo-Scandinavian Steamship Company, Limited. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Jessmore | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Johnston & Co. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Inanda | Steamship | For Messrs. George & Alexander Rennie. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | Unnamed | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Cousens. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Cayor | Steamship | For Messrs. Deves & Chaumet. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Endora | Barque | For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Frankfort | Steamship | For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Partridge | Pygmy-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Magda | Steamship | For Otto Trechmann. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Duke of Cornwall | Steamship | For Cornwall Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Magicienne | Marathon-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Othon Stathatos | Steamship | For Messrs. Stathatos Bros. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Shin-Sheng | Steamship | For China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | Willington Quay | Wileysike | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. (Limited). | Glasgow | Benledi | Steamship | For Messrs. William Thomson & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Lundy | Steamship | For Messrs. Farrar, Groves & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Wylam | Merchantman | For Atkinson Bros. |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son | Linthouse | Baltimore City | Steamship | For Christopher Furness. |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Banklands | Barque | For Messrs. William Just & Co. |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Cato | Steam yacht | For Sir Edward Cecil Guinness. |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | Rangoon | Steam yawl | For G. Beeching. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | W. S. Cumming | Monkland Canal | Lucille | Steam yacht | For John S. M'Andrew. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | R. W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Alberta | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | W. Jarvis | Anstruther | Barbaris | Steam ketch | For private owner. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Crest | Steamship | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd., or Dent & Co. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Drumburlie | Steamship | For Gillison & Chadwick. |
| 24 May | Austria-Hungary | | Trieste | Imperatrix | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Lucy Ashton | Paddle steamer | For North British Railway. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Maple Branch | Steamship | For L. Hinrichsen. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Greenock | Mavis | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Princess of Wales | Paddle steamer | For Southampton and Isle of Wight Royal Mail Packet Co. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William White & Co. | Greenock | Unnamed | Steam launch | For Mr. Hale. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Ibis | Steamship | For Cork Steam Shipping Company (Limited). |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | North Hylton | Kathleen | Steamship | For Pyman, Bell & Co. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Northgate | Steamship | For Messrs. Turnbull, Scott & Son. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Oswestry | Steamship | For Messrs. Sivewright, Bacon & Co. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Sea Mew | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Sultana | Steamship | For Bailey & Leetham. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Legislator | Steamship | For Messrs. T. & J. Harrison. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Goole No. 7 | Tug | For private owner. |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | Asiatic Prince | Steamship | For James Knott & partners. |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Daphne | Nymphe-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 May | United States | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | Portland, Oregon | T. J. Potter | Paddle steamer | For Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | The Naval Construction & Armament Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Freda | Steamship | For Argentine Steam Lighter Co. Ltd. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Hull | Gotha | Steamship | For Yorkshire Coal and Steam Shipping Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Kirkcaldy | Clacton | Paddle steamer | For J. Scott & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | Dorothy | Yacht | For John Tennant. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | Nellietoo | Yacht | For K. M. Clark. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | Puffin | Yacht | For S. A. Hermon. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Sakkarah | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Sane | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | Unnamed | Steam launch | For James Stevenson. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Aldborough | Steamship | For Frederick Woods. |
| 1 June | Russia | Baltic Works | Saint Petersburg | Pamiat Azova | Cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Discovery | Steamship | For Rowland & Marwood. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Callisto | Steamship | For Hudig & Veder. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Glenavon | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. R. de Wolf & Co. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Medea | Marathon-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Lindula | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | William Dobson and Company | Walker | Derwent | Cargo liner | For Goole Steam Shipping Company. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port-Glasgow | Firth of Cromarty | Merchantman | For Messrs. James Spencer & Co.. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Kaiphong | Steamship | For China Navigation Company. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Kobe Maru | Steamship | For Nippon Yusen KK. |
| 13 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thorneycroft & Co. | Chiswick | Courer | Torpedo boat | For French Navy. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. | Troon | Kistna | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. | Port Glasgow | Leon-y-Castillo | Steamship | For Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | Ivy | Steamship | For Glasgow, Dublin & Londonderry Steam Packet Co. |
| 22 June | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Peacock | Pygmy-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. | Preston | Alexandra | Paddle steamer | For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd. |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Knight | Ayr | Alexandra | Tug | For Alexandra Towing Company (Limited). |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Kirkcaldy | Oriole | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 23 June | United States | American Steel Barge Company | Duluth, Minnesota | 101 | Barge | For Alexander McDougall. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Ancona | Steamship | For Messrs. James Currie & Co. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Gulf of Corcovado | Cargo liner | For Greenock Steamship Co. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Mr. Kinloch | Kingston | Moray Chief | Barquentine or schooner | For Mr. Kinloch. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | North Sea | Fishing trawler | For William Pyper and others. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. | Chepstow | 'Unnamed | Paddle steamer | For Sir William Thomas Lewis. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Kelvinhaugh | Lady Gordon | Steamship | For Ceylon Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson | Merksworth | Skeandhu | Steam yacht | For Sholto D. C. Douglas. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Kaifong | Steamship | For China Navigation Company. |
| June | Isle of Man | Mr. Watspon | Peel | Mermaid | Steamship | For The Peel and North of Ireland Steam Packet Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Fairfield, Glasgow | Paris | Paddle steamer | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Sinai | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & James Thomson | Glasgow | Traveller | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas & James Harrison. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Zagazic | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Arthur & Co. | Paisley | Three unnamed vessels | Paddle steamers | For Thomas Cook & Sons. |
| 3 July | United States | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | Ambrose Snow | Schooner | For New York Pilots. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Equity | Cargo ship | For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Islander | Steamship | For Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Gerent | Steamship | For James Westoll Line. |
| 18 July | United States | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | William H. Bateman | Schooner | For John Handran. |
| 19 July | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Charleston | Protected Cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Trewarvas | Cargo ship | For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall |
| 24 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Palmas | Cargo ship | For Sir A. L. Jones. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Pigmy | Pygmy-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 August | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Active | Tug | For private owner. |
| 7 August | Japan | Onohama Shipyards | Kobe | Akagi | Gunboat | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 9 August | United Kingdom | Robert Duncan and Company | Port Glasgow | Pass of Balmaha | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Gibson & Clark. |
| 9 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | William Morphy | Steamship | For Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 11 Augusgt | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Medusa | Marathon-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 August | Spain | | Cartagena | Conde del Venadito | Velasco-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| 16 August | United States | F. W. Wheeler & Co. | West Bay City, Michigan | John V. Moran | Steamship | For Crescent Transportation Company. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Fairfields | Govan | Marathon | Marathon-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Piemonte | Cruiser | For Regia Marina. |
| 23 August | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Sperber | Cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 24 August | United States | Robinson & Waterhouse | City Island, New York | Elbridge T. Gerry | Schooner | For Edward Earl, Charles Foster, B. J. Guiness, William Hurrell, John Reardon and Hiram Treat. |
| 25 August | United Kingdom | William Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Gut Heil | Tanker | For private owner. |
| 30 August | Italy | Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | Livorno | Ettore Fieramosca | Etna-class protected cruiser | For Regia Marina. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Ceylon | Steamship | For Harloff & Bloe. |
| 8 September | Spain | Arsenal de la Carraca | San Fernando | Peral | Submarine | For Spanish Navy. |
| 8 September | Denmark | Orlogsværftet | Copenhagen | Valkyrien | Cruiser | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| 20 September | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Melpomene | Marathon-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Atrato | Ocean liner | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company |
| 24 September | France | Dupuy de Lôme, Gustave Zédé and Gaston Romazzotti | Toulon | Gymnote | Submarine | For French Navy. |
| 5 October | New Zealand | Robert Logan Sr. | Auckland | Akarana | Yacht | For Robert Logan Sr. |
| 6 October | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Baltimore | Protected cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Peninsular | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 7 October | United States | | Norwalk, Florida | Alligator | Paddle steamer | For C. W. Howard. |
| 9 October | France | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | Surcouf | Forbin-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cufic | Livestock carrier | For White Star Line. |
| 13 October | United States | Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Company | Baltimore, Maryland | Petrel | Gunboat | For United States Navy. |
| 15 October | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Takao | Cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering | Fairfield | Stanley | Icebreaker | For Canadian Government. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | Castellamare di Stabia | Re Umberto | Re Umberto-class ironclad | For Regia Marina. |
| 19 October | United Kingdom | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | Paul Isenburg | Barque | For J. C. Pfluger & Co. |
| 20 October | United Kingdom | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | City of Paris | Ocean liner | For Inman Line. |
| 22 October | France | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde | Lormont | Troude | Troude-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Oldham | Cargo liner | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
| 3 November | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Croatia | Steamship | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft. |
| 3 November | United States | | Noank, Connecticut | James Stafford | Schooner | For Charles Anderson, James Mitchell, Joseph Nelson, Frederick Ryerson and Oscar Stoffrelden. |
| 3 November | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Unnamed | Barque | For private owner. |
| 17 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lord Londonderry | Cargo ship | For Irish Shipowners Ltd. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | Cupica | Barque | For W. H. Ross & Co. |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Sharpshooter | Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| November | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Britannic | Steamship | For Britannic Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 1 December | Germany | Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan | Stettin | Augusta Victoria | Ocean liner | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft . |
| 1 December | United States | Leavitt-Storer | Waldoboro, Maine | Governor Ames | Schooner | For Atlantic Shipping Company. |
| 3 December | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | Coëtlogon | Forbin-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 4 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Missouri | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 4 December | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Research | Paddle survey ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Grimsby | Paddle steamer | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Alert | Humber Keel | For William Bayley Jr. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Amy Gordon | Steamship | For R. Gordon & Co. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | | Athabasca River | Athabasca | Sternwheeler | For Hudson's Bay Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford | Sunderland | Banan | Steamship | For Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskab. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. J. Bridgman | Brentford | Bard | Tug | For Hugh Hughes. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Beatrice | Merchantman | For C. Howard & Son. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Bishopsgate | Steamship | For Bishopsgate Steam Ship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | British Prince | Steamship | For James Knott. |
| Unknown date | Spanish East Indies | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | Callao | Samar-class gunboat | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Carl Hirschberg | Merchantman | For C. Hirschberg. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cass | Steamship | For Formosa Trading Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxfore & Sons | Sunderland | Chamois | Merchantman | For Jackson Bros. & Cory. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Charlton | Merchantman | For W. & E. S. Lamplough. |
| Unknown date | United States | John Steffan | Portland, Oregon | City of Seattle | Paddle steamer | For West Seattle Land and Improvement Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Cyrene | Merchantman | For Lumsdon, Byers & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Daniel | Merchantman | For O. Joffre. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Drumfell | Merchantman | For Gillison & Chadwick. |
| Unknown date | United States | F. W. Wheeler & Co. | West Bay City, Michigan | Eber Ward | Steamship | For Detroit & Lake Superior Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Edendale | Merchantman | For P. H. Laing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Elena Oms | Merchantman | For Demetrio Cuetara & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | George Lawley & Son | South Boston, Massachusetts | Elf | Yacht | For William H. Wilkinson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Enterprize | Merchantman | For Rowland & Marwood. |
| Unknown date | United States | Mathew Turner | Benica, California | Equator | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Priestman & Co. | Sunderland | Gemini | Merchantman | For J. G. Hill. |
| Unknown date | United States | Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | George H. Dyer | Bulk carrier | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | George W. Pride | tug | For John D. Spreckels Brothers' Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Hamburg | Merchantman | For Svenska Lloyd Fornyäde A/B. |
| Unknown date | Washington Territory | | Tacoma | Henry Bailey | Sternwheeler | For Pacific Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | Horizon | Barque | For Estier Frères. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Junio | Merchantman | For Compania Bilbaina de Navegaçion. |
| Unknown date | Washington Territory | T. W. Lake | Lake Washington | Kirkland | Paddle steamer | For Jackson Street Cable Railway Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Kong Frode | Steamship | For Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskab. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Lyndhurst | Merchantman | For Morel Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Macassa | Steamship | For Hamilton Steamboat Company. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | Alexander Watson | Golden | Marion | Sternwheeler | For Frank P. Armstrong. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mechanics Dry Dock Company | Grand Haven, Michigan | Mark Hopkins | Lumber hooker | For Harris Baker. |
| Unknown date | United States | Milwaukee Shipyard Company | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | May Durr | Lumber hooker | For John Spry Lumber Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Nether Holme | Merchantman | For Hine Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Northumbria | Collier | For International Line Steam Ship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Ohio | Steamship | For Neptune Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United States | Hacketts | Bayonne, New Jersey | Onset | Motorboat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | Oporto | Steamship | For S.S. Oporto Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Patapsco | Merchantman | For Harrison & Dixon. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Plover | Pygmy-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Portslade | Merchantman | For Stephenson, Clarke & Co. |
| Unknown date | Grand Duchy of Finland | William Crichton & Co. | Turku | Relandersgrund | Lightship | For Finnish Maritime Administration. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Ruysdael | Steamship | For Bolton & Kenneth. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin | Sea Wing | Sternwheeler | For Diamond Jo Line. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Boston, Massachusetts | Seneca | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | Serica | Steamship | For R. Gordon & Co. |
| Unknown date | Russia | Kolomna Locomotive Works | Kolomna | Sidor Shibaev | Tanker | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | Casa de Forges et Chantiers de la Méditeranée | Havre de Grâce | Smeul | Torpedo boat | For Romanian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Sneaton | Steamship | For Robinson Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Tangier | Merchantman | For Angier Line (1887) Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United States | James T. Chatterton | Oneatta, Oregon | T. M. Richardson | Steamboat | For James T. Chatterton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | Trifels | Steamship | For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa. |
| Unknown date | United States | John H. Dialogue | Camden, New Jersey | Triton | Tug | For P. Dougherty & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Umlazi | Merchantman | For Bullard, King & Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | Unionist | Steamship | For Angier Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Vedra | Steamship | For J. S. Barwick & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | William Branfoot | Steamship | For Tyzack & Branfoot Steam Shipping Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Sedgwick, Maine | Wyer G. Sargent | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | John H. Dialogue | Camden, New Jersey | Not named | Tug | For United States Navy. Subsequently sold to P. Dougherty Sons, & Co and named Douglas H. Thomas. |