List of ship launches in 1890

The list of ship launches in 1890 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1890.

22 January

 * 🇫🇷 Matsushima launched by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer.

23 January

 * 🇺🇸 USS Cushing (TB-1) launched by Herreshof Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island.

February

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SS Oakland launched by Murray Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland.

8 March

 * 🇺🇸 USS Concord (PG-3) launched by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania.

19 March

 * 🇺🇸 USS Newark (C-1) launched by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia.

21 March

 * 🇫🇷 SS La Touraine launched by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, St Nazaire.

25 March

 * RMS Empress of China (1891) launched by Naval Construction & Armament Co, Barrow in Furness

23 April

 * 🇳🇴 Skomvær launched by J. C. & G. Knudsen, Porsgrunn, Telemark.

17 May

 * Spree, launched by AG Vulcan, Stettin.

2 June

 * 🇨🇦 Kings County launched by William Thompson, Saint John, New Brunswick.

3 June

 * Chiyoda launched by John Brown & Company, Clydebank.

14 June

 * 🇺🇸 USS Bennington (PG-4) launched by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania.

28 June

 * 🇺🇸 Hesper launched by Bradley Transportation Co, Cleveland, Ohio.

5 July

 * 🇬🇧 HMS Blenheim (1890) launched by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth.

13 August

 * Stubbenhuk launche by Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun.

14 August

 * HMS Andromache (1890) launched at Chatham Dockyard.
 * HMS Apollo (1891) launched at Chatham Dockyard.

28 August

 * HMS Philomel (1890) launched at Chatham Dockyard.

30 August

 * RMS Empress of India (1891) launched by Naval Construction & Armament Co, Barrow in Furness
 * 🇪🇸 Infanta Maria Teresa launched at Bilbao.

September

 * Dvenadsat Apostolov launched at Nikolayev Dockyard.

16 September

 * SS Stella (1890) launched by J & G Thomson, Clydebank.

25 September

 * SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth launched at Seearsenal Pola.

27 October

 * HMS Sirius (1892) launched by Armstrong's, Elswick.

24 November

 * HMS Edgar (1890) launched at Devonport Dockyard.

26 November

 * 🇫🇷 Chishima launched by Chantiers de la Loire.

13 December

 * RMS Empress of Japan (1891) launched by Naval Construction & Armament Co, Barrow in Furness
 * HMS Thetis (1890) was launched.

23 December

 * 🇸🇪 Murtaja launched at Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads in Stockholm.

Unknown date

 * 🇺🇸 Altona launched at David Stephenson's yard, Portland, Oregon.
 * 🇺🇸 Bailey Gatzert launched at J J Holland's yard, Ballard, Washington.
 * RMS Dunottar Castle launched by Fairfield Ship Building & Engineering Co, Govan.
 * 🇺🇸 USS Eagle (1898) launched by Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware.
 * SS Fazilka launched by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland.
 * 🇩🇪 SS Fürst Bismarck (1890) launched by AG Vulkan, Stettin.
 * 🇺🇸 USS Gypsum Queen (SP-430) launched by Dialogue & Co, Camden, New Jersey.
 * 🇺🇸 Marigold launched (in Detroit?).
 * Norse King launched by James Laing, Sunderland.
 * 🇫🇷 Psara launched by Havre Shipyards, Le Havre.
 * 🇺🇸 USS Saturn (AG-4) launched by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Delaware.
 * Scindia launched at D & W Henderson's yard, Glasgow.
 * 🇺🇸 USS Walter Adams (SP-400) launched by Rober Palmer & Son, Noank, Connecticut.