The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February | Palmers | Jarrow | |||||
| 5 March | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | |||||
| 5 March | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | |||||
| 21 March | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | |||||
| 22 March | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.[1] | |||
| 30 March | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Passenger ship | ||||
| 4 April | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ocean liner; one of the "Big Four" | For White Star Line. | |||
| 16 April | Napier & Miller | Yoker | Cargo ship | ||||
| 18 May | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. | |||
| 18 May |  United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | ||||
| 18 May | United States | W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Lahaina | barquentine | yard's first | |
| 29 May | Bergsunds Shipyard, | Stockholm | For the Royal Swedish Navy | ||||
| 30 May | La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | For the Regia Marina | ||||
| 6 June | Lake Nyasa | Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled | |||||
| 6 June | Schichau-Werke | Danzig | |||||
| 7 June | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Wisbech Steamship Co. Ltd.[2] | |||
| 12 June | Germaniawerft | Kiel | |||||
| 22 June | Kaiserliche Werft Kiel | Kiel | |||||
| 24 June[3] | George Brown and Company | Greenock | Steam cutter | For Bantry Bay Steamship Co. The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company | |||
| 6 July | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[4] | |||
| 13 July | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | |||||
| 16 July | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cargo ship | Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd | |||
| 16 July | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Lightship | For Commissioners of Irish Lights.[5] | |||
| 22 July | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | [6] | |||
| 27 July | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
| 14 August | Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen | For the Royal Swedish Navy | ||||
| 15 August | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Lombard Steamship Co. Ltd.[7] | |||
| 17 August | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For White Star Line | |||
| 19 August | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | |||||
| 20 August | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Sponsored by Mrs. Rice [8] | |||
| 31 August | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | |||||
| 11 September | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | For the Austro-Hungarian Navy | ||||
| 23 September | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost [9] | |||
| 25 September |  Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | 1.-class torpedo boat | |||
| 28 September | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. | |||
| 30 September | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Passenger ship | For the British-India Steam Navigation Company | |||
| 19 October | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport | For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin [10] | |||
| 7 November | Kockums Shipyard | Malmö | For the Royal Swedish Navy | ||||
| 7 November | Castellammare Royal Dockyard | Castellammare di Stabia | For the Regia Marina | ||||
| 9 November | AG Vulcan | Stettin | |||||
| 14 November | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Cargo ship | For Exchange Steamship Co. Ltd.[11] | |||
| 28 November | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co.[12] | |||
| 12 December | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co.[13] | |||
| 23 December | United States | Maryland Steel Company | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Cargo ship | For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed .[14] | ||
| 28 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | ||||
| Unknown date | John Bowden | Porthleven | Ada | Steam drifter | For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd.[15] | ||
| Unknown date | John Bowden | Porthleven | Clara | Steam drifter | For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd.[16] | ||
| Unknown date | John Bowden | Porthleven | Glentana | Steam drifter | For Steam Herring Fleet Ltd.[17] | ||
| Unknown date | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Passenger ship | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | King Edward | Steam drifter | For John Moore.[18] | ||
| Unknown date | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Lord Kitchener | Steamboat | For David & William Monk.[19] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Queen Alexandra | Steam drifter | For William Clowes.[20] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Snowdrop | Steam drifter | For Pitchers Ltd.[21] | ||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Star of the Sea | Steam drifter | For James Murray.[22] | ||
| Unknown date | T. Scott & Company | Goole | Steamship | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Sunflower | Steam drifter | For John Salmon.[23] | ||
| Unknown date | United States | J. M. Bayles and Sons | Port Jefferson, New York | Armed yacht | Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919. |