The list of ship launches in 1890 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1890.
Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 1 January Unnamed Steamship Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 6 January Rappahannock Full-rigged ship Bath, Maine For private owner. 8 January Steamship Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For P. H. Dixon & Harrison. 8 January Steamship Caird & Co. Greenock For Sun Shipping Company. 9 January Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 January Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 January Paddle steamer A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For British India Steam Navigation Company. 13 January Steamship Earle's Shipbuilding Hull For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. 20 January Steamship Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool For Steel, Young & Co. 20 January Brig Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 21 January Steamship Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Burdick & Cook. 21 January Steamship Hall, Russell & Co. Aberdeen For J. T. Rennie & Sons. 21 January Steamship William Gray & Company Hartlepool For Natal Direct Line. 22 January Steamship Russell & Co. Greenock For Stursberg & Co. 22 January Steamship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Bombay London Steamship Co. Ltd. 22 January Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Imperial Japanese Navy. 22 January Steamship Edwards Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Howdon-on-Tyne For Caw, Prentice, Clapperton & Co. 22 January Steamship Day, Summers & Co. Southampton For Union Steamship Company. 23 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 23 January Kaiserliche Werft Danzig For Kaiserliche Marine. 23 January Torpedo boat Herreshof Manufacturing Company Bristol, Rhode Island For United States Navy. 23 January Fascadale Full-rigged ship Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For J. & A. Roxburgh. 23 January Steamship Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Evan Thomas, Radcliff & Co. 23 January Paddle steamer William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton For Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Joint Committee). 23 January Unnamed Steamship John Fullerton & Co. Merksworth For Newry & Kilkeel Steamship Company (Limited). 24 January Steamship David J. Dunlope & Co. Port Glasgow For Vincente, Martinez & Co. 29 January Unnamed Torpedo boat Bristol, Rhode Island For United States Navy. 30 January Unnamed Corvette Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 30 January Unnamed Gunboat Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 30 January Unnamed Torpedo boat Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 30 January Unnamed Lightship Constantinople For Ottoman Government. 30 January Unnamed Type unknown Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 5 February Armstron Mitchell Elswick For Royal Navy. 5 February Strathgryfe Barque Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For J. & W. Stewart. 6 February Steamship R. Irvine & Co. West Hartlepool For Sivewright, Bacon & Co. 6 February Lake Fisher Schooner MacIlwaine & MacColl Belfast For Fisher & Sons. 6 February Steamship A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For British India Steam Navigation Company. 6 February Whaleback barge American Steel Barge Company Duluth, Minnesota For American Steel Barge Company. 6 February Unnamed Steam fishing boat Mare Bros. Leith For T. R. Redhead. 8 February Steamship John Blumer & Co. Sunderland For John Blumer & Co. 8 February Steamship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Rankin, Gilman & Co. 9 February Ocean liner Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. 10 February Torpedo gunboat Laird Bros. Birkenhead For Chilean Navy. 12 February Coaster London and Glasgow Engineerng and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Glasgow For John Swire and Sons. 17 February Steamship Caird & Co. Greenock For R. Alexander & Son. 17 February Steamship Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For private owner. 18 February Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For W. Ross & Co. 18 February Trevalgan Steamer John Readhead & Sons South Shields This is the 19th vessel built by the firm for Messrs Hains and Sons of St Ives. 18 February Steamship W. Gray & Co. (Limited) West Hartlepool For Watts, Ward & Co. 19 February Steamship Gourlay Bros Dundee For Paquet et Compagnie. 19 February Steamship G. & H. Morton & Co. Leith For Charles Salveson & Co. 19 February Steamship Craig, Taylor & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 20 February Steamship Ropner & Sons Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 20 February Steamship Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For "Hamburg-Calcutta Line". 20 February Mayhill Barque Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For W. J. Myles, Son & Co. 20 February Steamship MacIlwaine & MacColl Belfast For William Hinde. 20 February Cargo liner Murray Brothers Dumbarton For William T. Yeager. 20 February Steamship W. Gray & Co. (Limited) West Hartlepool For private owner. 20 February Psara (Ψαρά) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Royal Hellenic Navy. 21 February Bankburn Barque Grangemouth Dockyard Company Alloa For Just & Co. 21 February Steamship David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For Compagnie Fraissinet. 22 February Steamship Kellybank Shipbuilding Alloa For Harloff & Boe. 22 February Barque Harland & Wolff Belfast For North Western Shipping, or Ismay, Imrie & Co. 22 February Steamship Workman, Clark & Co. Belfast For William R. Rea. 22 February Steamship Naval Construction & Armaments Company Barrow-in-Furness For Elder, Dempster & Co. 22 February Steamship Scott & Co. Bowling For William Robertson. 22 February Steamship Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamship Company. 22 February Steamship Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon For British India Steam Navigation Company. 22 February Steamship Russell & Co. Greenock For Burrell & Sons. 24 February Steamship Earle's Shipbuilding Company Hull For Wilson Line. 26 February Paddle steamer William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For London, Woolwich and Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Company. 26 February Steamship Charles Hill & Sons Bristol For private owner. February Steamship Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Jacob Christensen. February Almendra Steam launch Davie & M'Kendrick Govan For private owner. February Steamship D. & W. Henderson & Co. Partick For Bell Bros. & M'Lelland. February Coaster A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For M. Paul & Co. February Steamship Grangemouth Shipbuilding Company Grangemouth For private owner. February Tong Shan Spar-deck ship Harvey and Co Hayle For private owner. February Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For P. G. Pettersen. February Steamship Scott & Co. Greenock For China Navigation Company. February Unnamed Steam fishing boat Marr Bros. Leith For T. R. Readhead. 4 March Simla Barque Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For G. M. Steeves. 5 March Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrougg For Elder, Dempster & Co. 5 March Cruiser Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Argentine Navy. 6 March Edenballymore Barque Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Thomson, Dickie & Co. 6 March Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For Taylor & Sanderson. 6 March Steamship T. Turnbull & Sons Whitby For T. Turnbull & Sons. 6 March Steamship R. Irvine & Co. West Hartlepool For J. S. Allison & Co. 6 March Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Limited. 6 March Steamship W. B. Thompson & Co. Dundee For Cork Steamship Company. 8 March Torpedo gunboat Laird Bros. Birkenhead For Chilean Navy. 8 March Steamship W. Gray & Co. (Limited) West Hartlepool For Thomas Appleby. 8 March Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. 8 March Tanker Craig, Taylor & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Alfred Suart. 8 March Norseman Steam yacht Laird Bros. Birkenhead For S. R. Platt. 8 March Steamship Strand Slipway Company Sunderland For Oxus Steamship Co Ltd. 8 March Steamship Robert Thompson & Sons Sunderland For J. R. France. 8 March Steamship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For W. Ross & Co. 8 March Steamship Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Willington Quay-on-Tyne For Kinghorn Bros. 8 March Unnamed Paddle steamer William Thomas & Sons Amlwch For P. & H. Lewis. 10 March Tanker Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For R. Stewart & Co. 10 March Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company, Limited Govan For Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Limited. 10 March Steamship Grangemouth Dockyard Company Grangemouth For Johann C. Giertsen. 10 March Unnamed Steamship R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Hebburn For private owner. 12 March Steamship J. & G. Thomson Clydebank For Brazilian Steam Navigation Company. 12 March Steamship Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Morton & Williamson. 13 March Melete full-rigged ship Charles Connell & Co. Whiteinch For private owner. 19 March Protected cruiser William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. 20 March Protected cruiser Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro For Brazilian Navy. 20 March Cargo ship W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston For Adolph Halvorsen. 20 March Steamship Robert Thompson & Sons Sunderland For W. S. Bailey. 21 March C.C. Calkins Steamboat W. C. Peterson Seattle, Washington For Lake Washington Land & Improvement Co. 21 March Ocean liner Chantiers de Penhoët Saint-Nazaire For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. 21 March Steamship John Blumer & Co. Sunderland For Trinidad Steamship Co. Ltd. 22 March Steamship John Jones & Sons Liverpool For Frederick Leyland & Co. 22 March Steamship Day, Summers & Co. Northam For Union Steamship Company (Limited). 22 March Tug and salvage vessel Newall and Company Bristol For Vladikavkas Railway Company. 22 March Steamship William Thomas & Son Amlwch For Richards, Mills & Co. 22 March Steamship Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 23 March Steamship S. M'Knight & Co Ayr For Macgregor Steamship Company (Limited). 24 March Steamship Sunderlad Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland For Puglia Steam Navigation Co. 24 March Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For G. M. Premuda di Marittima. 24 March Steamship John Priestman & Co. Southwick For Russel & Spence. 25 March Ocean liner Naval Construction & Armaments Co Barrow in Furness For Canadian Pacific Steamships. 25 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Edward Bates & Son. 27 March Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Arthur Holland & Co. 28 March Steamship Caird & Co. Greenock For Greenock Steamship Company. March Steamship Napier, Shanks & Bell Yoker For Claus Spreckels. March Steamship Mackie & Thomson Govan For J. Macfarlane & Co. March Elmbank Barque Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Andrew Weir & Co. March Steamship Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For James Nelson & Son. March Steamship T. B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For Hutson & Corbett. March Steamship James Laing Sunderland For Compagnie Maritime du Pacifique. March Simla Barque Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For G. M. Steeves. March Steamship William Hamilton & Co. Port Glasgow For Maurel & H. Prom. March Unnamed Tug Hawthorns & Co. Leith For Admiralty. 2 April Tug S. M'Knight & Co. Ayr For Alexandra Towing Company (Limited). 3 April Steamship D. & W. Henderson & Co. Partick For Allan Line. 3 April Steamship Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 3 April Steamship William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited). 5 April Steamship Robert Napier & Sons Gova For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. 5 April Steamship Hall, Russell & Co. Aberdeen For Aberdeen Lime Company. 5 April Collier William Doxford & Sons Pallion For John McIlwraith. 5 April Steamship A. Hall & Co. Aberdeen For Companhia de Navigacão de Pernambuco. 5 April Fireboat For Government of New York City. 7 April Steamship Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Gunnar Knudsen. 7 April Steamship Scott & Co. Greenock For Ocean Steam Ship Company. 8 April Collier Fleming and Fergu