| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 11 January |  United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Spiteful | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Oceanic | Ocean liner | For White Star Line |
| 30 January | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Moorabool | Steamship | For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.[1] |
| 13 February | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Energy | Tug | For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[2] |
| February | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Albany | New Orleans-class protected cruiser | For United States Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Glory | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Implacable | Formidable-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Winifredian | Passenger ship | For F. Leyland & Co.[3] |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Glasgow | Asahi | Battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Peterel | Spiteful-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Warwick | Steamship | For Warwick Steamship Co. Ltd.[4] |
| 18 April | .svg.png) Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Saxonia | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line |
| 8 May |  Russia | Baltic Works | St Petersburg | Gromoboi | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 29 May |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Dahlgren | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 1 June | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 8 June |  France | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | Jeanne d'Arc | Armoured cruiser | For French Navy |
| 10 June | United States | Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | Stringham | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 24 June | France | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | Saint-Nazaire | Azuma | Armored cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 26 June | Russia | Neva Shipyard | St Petersburg | Gagara | Torpedo boat | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hatsuse | Shikishima-class battleship | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cobra | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Pioneer | Pelorus-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Somerford | Steamship | For Speeding & Marshall Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[5] |
| 29 June | _crowned.svg.png) Italy | Gio. Ansaldo & C. | Sestri Ponente, Genoa | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 30 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Chesapeake | Barque | For United States Navy |
| 8 July | Germany | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Yakumo | Armoured cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Montezuma | Cargo liner | For Elder Dempster Lines |
| 18 July | Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Niobe | Gazelle-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 25 July | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Suffren | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For French Navy |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Vickers | Barrow in Furness | Vengeance | Canopus-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 27 July | .svg.png) Japan | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co | Nagasaki | Awa Maru | Ocean liner | For Nippon Yusen |
| 29 July | United States | Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works | Portland, Maine | Goldsborough | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 6 August | Italy | Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | Livorno | Varese | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser | For Regia Marina |
| 29 August |  Norway | Navy Yard | Karljohansvern | Myg | Torpedo boat | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| August | Russia | Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Pallada | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Viper | Viper-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Persic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| 9 September | .svg.png) Austria-Hungary | STT | Trieste | Habsburg | Habsburg-class battleship | For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 16 September | .svg.png) Sweden | William Lindbergs Verkstads- och Varfs AB | Stockholm | Hansa | Passenger ship | For Ångfartygs AB Gotland, Visby |
| 20 September | France | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique | St. Nazaire | La Lorraine | Ocean liner | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| 20 September | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Rhein | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | London | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 23 September | France | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | Henri IV | Pre-dreadnought battleship | For French Navy |
| 25 September | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Craven | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 30 September | Russia | Admiralty Shipyard | St Petersburg | Diana | Pallada-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Michigan | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[6] |
| 7 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | El Cid | Cargo ship | For Southern Pacific Steamship Company |
| 18 October | United Kingdom | HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Bulwark | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 18 October | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Kaiser Karl der Grosse | Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship | For Imperial German Navy |
| 19 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Everingham | Steamship | For East Yorkshire Steamship Co. Ltd.[7] |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Galeka | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | Wm. Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Sir Walter Scott | Steamship | |
| 31 October | United States | William Trigg Company | Richmond, Virginia | Shubrick | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 31 October | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Varyag | Cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy |
| 2 November | United Kingdom | HM Dockyard Chatham | Chatham, Kent | Venerable | London-class battleship | For Royal Navy |
| 18 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minneapolis | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[8] |
| 18 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Sutlej | Cressy-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 21 November | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Nymphe | Gazelle-class cruiser | For Imperial German Navy |
| 25 November | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Hamburg | Barbarossa-class ocean liner | For Hamburg America Line |
| 2 December | Germany | F Schichau | Danzig | Grosser Kurfürst | Ocean liner | For Norddeutsche Lloyd |
| 4 December | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | Govan | Cressy | Cressy-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 5 December | United States | Gas Engine & Power Company / Charles L Seabury Company | Morris Heights, New York | Bailey | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Gelderland | Steamship | For N.V. Scheepvaart en Steenkolen Maatschappij.[9] |
| 9 December | Sweden | Bergsunds Shipyard | Stockholm | Claes Uggla | Torpedo cruiser | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 15 December | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Potsdam | Ocean Liner | For Holland-America Line |
| 16 December | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Saxonia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Anglia | Ferry | For London and North Western Railway |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Saxon | Passenger ship | For Union Steamship Co.[10] |
| 23 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Virginia | Yacht | For Isaac Stern |
| 31 December | United States | Detroit Shipbuilding Company | Detroit | Tashmoo | Paddle steamer | For White Star Line, ~Detroit |
| Unknown date |  Netherlands | Kalkman | Capelle aan den IJssel | Albatros | Ketch | Last commercially trading cargo sailing ship in Europe. |
| Unknown date | United States | W. & A. Fletcher Company | Hoboken, New Jersey | Corsair | Yacht | For J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eidsvold | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Unknown date | United States | John Roach and Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Eugenia | Yacht | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Florence | Barge | For private owner.[11] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ivernia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
| Unknown date | United States | A C Brown | Tottenville, New York | Jack T Scully | Tugboat | For Neptune Line |
| Unknown date | Germany | | Geestemunde | Köln | Ocean Liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft | Flensburg, Germany | Korea | Passenger liner | for Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company |
| Unknown date | United States | | Portland, Oregon | Leona | Paddle steamer | For Oregon City Transportation Company |
| Unknown date | United States | Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luckenbach No. 3 | Tugboat | For Luckenbach Steamship Company |
| Unknown date | United States | Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lykens | Tugboat | For the Reading Company |
| Unknown date | Germany | Neptun AG. | Rostock | Marie | Cargo ship | For Flensburger Dampschiff Gesellschaft. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | D S Hall | Reedham, Norfolk | Maud | Norfolk wherry | For Walter Bunn |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co | Middlesbrough | Mont-Blanc | Tramp steamer | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Norge | Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching & Co. | Great Yarmouth | Olive | Passenger ship | For Laura Beeching.[13] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown & Clapson | Barton-upon-Humber | Only Son | Humber Keel | For John Charles Raper.[14] |
| Unknown date | United States | | Jersey City, Illinois | Patrol | Harbor launch | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Petschora | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[15] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Pioneer | Steamboat | For William Monk Jr.[16] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Piscator | Steam drifter | For Henry F. Eastick and others.[17] |
| Unknown date |  Denmark | Helsingørs Jernskib-og Maskinbyggeri A/S | Helsingør | Söderhamn | Cargo ship | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Stag | Destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Toroa | Coaster | For Richardson & Co. Ltd.[18] |