# List of ship launches in 1894

The list of ship launches in 1894 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1894.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Torr Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co. |
| 24 January | France | | Bordeaux | Chanzy | Amiral Charner-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pontic | Baggage tender | For White Star Line. |
| 3 February | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Wittekind | Cargo liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Corbridge | Steamship | For Corbridge Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | Decoy | Daring-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 10 February | United States | Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | Yorktown | Passenger ship | For Old Dominion Steamship Company |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | Hazard | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat | For Royal Navy |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Duke of York | Passenger ship | For London and North Western Railway |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Harrier | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat | For Royal Navy |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ikbal | Cargo ship | For Edward Bates & Son. |
| February | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Peter Jebsen | Collier | For L F Chapman & Co Ltd. |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | Skate | Sturgeon-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Halcyon | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat | For Royal Navy |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Prussia | Passenger ship | For Hamburg America Line. |
| April | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Iona | Humber Keel | For John Dannatt. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Persia | Ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line. |
| 12 May | United States | Iowa Iron Works | Dubuque, Iowa | Ericsson | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 17 May | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Æger | Rendel gunboat | For Kongelig Norske Marine |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Charles Connell and Company | Glasgow | Mersey | Sailing ship | For Nourse Line |
| 2 June | Russia | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Sissoi Veliky | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Poplar | Hasty | Charger-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Fleming & Ferguson | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel | For Canadian Government |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | D. and W. Henderson and Company, | Glasgow | Saint Ninian | Cargo ship | For Saint Ninian Steamship Co Ltd |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Guelph | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Hussar | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat | For Royal Navy |
| 12 July | France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Carnot | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Marine Nationale |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | Eclipse | Eclipse-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Norman | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | Sturgeon | Sturgeon-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Russell & Co Ltd | Port Glasgow | Clyde | Sailing ship | For Nourse Line |
| 2 August | France | Rochefort shipyard | Rochefort | Bruix | Amiral Charner-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Brown and Hood | Wallsend on Tyne | Turbinia | Experimental steamship | For Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blairmore | Cargo ship | For William Johnstone. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | Rocket | Rocket-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | Shark | Rocket-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 22 August | Russia | Baltic Words | Saint Petersburg | Admiral Seniavin | Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| August | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Britannia | Humber Keel | For George Hill. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Poplar | Charger | Charger-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Kirkwall | Steamship | For Kirkwall Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 29 September | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Lebanon | Collier | For Reading Company |
| 8 October | France | Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | Latouche-Tréville | Amiral Charner-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | George W. Brown & Sons | Hull | Anglo-American | Humber Keel | For Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | Ardent | Ardent-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ulstermore | Cargo ship | For William Johnstone. |
| 18 October | Germany | Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard | Wilhelmshaven | Geier | Bussard-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 1 November | Russia | Galerniy Yard | Saint Petersburg | Petropavlovsk | Petropavlovsk-class battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 3 November | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Odin | Odin-class coastal defense ship | For Kaiserliche Marine |
| 6 November | Russia | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Poltava | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Marino | Cargo ship | For Thomas Dixon & Sons. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | Surly | Rocket-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 12 November | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | St. Louis | Ocean liner | For International Navigation Company |
| 17 November | United Kingdom | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Banshee | Banshee-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 28 November | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | Boxer | Ardent-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oropesa | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 1 December | United Kingdom | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Contest | Banshee-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Lynx | Ferret-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Conflict | Conflict-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Scotsman | Passenger ship | For Richard Mills & Co. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Laird, Son and Co Ltd | Birkenhead | Dragon | Banshee-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orissa | Passenger ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Magnificent | Majestic-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Torch | Alert-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date | United States | Everett Shipyards | Everett, Washington | City of Everett | Whaleback | For Alexander McDougall |
| Unknown date | United States | | South Rondout, New York | Derry | Barge | For Susquehanna Coal Company |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Dunhope | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Forth | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Newman Atkinson | Dublin | Geraldine | Fishing smack | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Gladys | Ketch | For Thomas Mourant. |
| Unknown date | United States | Bowns | Nanticoke, Maryland | Helen Baughman | Schooner | For Maryland State Conservation Commission |
| Unknown date | United States | M D Battomer | Baltimore | Katherine K. | Tugboat | For S H Freas, Miami |
| Unknown date | United States | Craig Shipbuilding Company | Long Beach, California | LV-58 | Lightship | For United States Lighthouse Board |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Maggie May | Drifter | For John S. Johnston and others. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Mersey | Sailing ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Allen & Co. | Poole | Princess May | Ketch | For Frederick Griffin. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | Safra El-Bahr | Royal yacht | For the Khedive of Egypt |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Solveig | Cargo ship | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Westward Ho | Paddle steamer | For P. & A. Campbell. |