List of ship launches in 1884

The list of ship launches in 1884 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1884.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
12 January  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Iolantha Steamship For Nielsen, Andersen & Co.[1]
15 January  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Bedlington Steamship For Mountstewart Steamship Co. Ltd.[2]
28 January  Spain Carraca Arsenal Cádiz Elcano Gunboat For Spanish Navy.
29 January  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Warspite Imperieuse-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
30 January  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Borderer Steamship For J. Glyn & Son.[3]
15 February  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Norham Steamship For J. Lohden & Co.[4]
28 February  United Kingdom Messrs Redhead and Co South Shields Trelaske Steamship For Messrs Hain and Son.[5]
28 February  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Hekla Steamship For private owner.[6]
1 March  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Dollie Coaster For Steamship Dollie Co. Ltd.[7]
1 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Horn Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[8]
15 March  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Euterpe Barque For B. Wencke & Sons.[9]
20 March  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness County of Salop Steamship For Taylor, Abrahams & Co.[10]
March  United Kingdom James Bremner & Co. Hull Cutch Steamship For Hajeebhoy Abdoolabhoy & Joomabhoy Lalljee.[11]
12 April  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania USS Dolphin Gunboat For United States Navy
12 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Floridian Cargo ship For West India Shipping Co.[12]
17 April  United Kingdom Charles Connell Glasgow Dunolly Sailing ship For John Brown.
28 April  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Preston Slaney Steamship For John Bacon.[13]
April  United Kingdom R. A. Ayles Weymouth Galatea Brigantine For Edwin J. Duder.[14]
7 May  Norway Karljohansverns Verft Horten Gor Gor-class gunboat For Royal Norwegian Navy.
13 May  United Kingdom Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company Elswick Gayundah Flat-iron gunboat For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
17 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord O'Neill Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[15]
24 May  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Peveril Steamship For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.[16]
24 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Rothiemay Steamship For Red 'R' Steamship Co. Ltd.[17]
29 May Canada Canada Hilaire P. Boudreau Belliveau's Cove County of Yarmouth Full-rigged ship For William D. Lovitt.
May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth South Cambria Steamship For South Cambria Steamship Co. Ltd.[18]
7 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Benin Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[19]
23 June  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Calliope Calypso-class corvette For Royal Navy.
23 June  United Kingdom Brundrit & Co. Runcorn Elizabeth Bennett Pram For Allan Green & Co.[20]
23 June  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Mariner Mariner-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.
25 June  United Kingdom John Elder & Co Glasgow Umbria Ocean liner For Cunard Line.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Richard T. Blackmore. Appledore R.T.B. Ketch For Richard T. Blackmore.[21]
16 July  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Cheswick Mosquito Torpedo boat For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
19 July  United Kingdom Ramage and Ferguson Leith Otter Patrol vessel For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
24 July  United Kingdom Bainbridge & Beckwith Shoreham-by-Sea Dankali Tug For J. Mesnier.[22]
26 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Lansdowne Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[23]
6 August  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Racer Mariner-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.[24]
7 August  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Dredger No. 123 Dredger For private owner.[25]
9 August  Italy Castellammare Shipyard Castellammare di Stabia Ruggiero di Lauria Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad For Regia Marina.
9 August  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Sobralense Steamship For R. Singlehurst & Co.[26]
23 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nurjahan Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[27]
August  United Kingdom William Hamilton and Company Port Glasgow Belgrave Full-rigged ship For private owner. At launch, the largest sailing ship in the world.[28]
6 September  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Gannet Paddle tug For Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners.[29]
20 September  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness County of York Steamship For Taylor, Abrahams & Co.[30]
20 September  United Kingdom John Elder & Co. Glasgow Etruria Ocean liner For Cunard Line.
September  United Kingdom John Elder & Co Glasgow Mackay-Bennett Cable layer For Commercial Cable Company.[31]
6 October  United Kingdom C. Burt & Sons Falmouth Jasper Schooner For Arthur Jenkyns.[32]
7 October  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Lucinda Paddle steamer For Queensland Government.
8 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kohinur Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[33]
8 October  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham HMS Rodney Admiral-class battleship For Royal Navy.
9 October  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania Atlanta Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
20 October  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Preston Stuart Coaster For John Bacon.[34]
29 October  Germany AG Weser Bremen Persepolis Cruiser For Royal Persian Navy.
3 November  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Preston Violet Paddle ferry For Wallasey Local Board.[35]
5 November  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Pylades Satellite-class sloop For Royal Navy.
16 November  United Kingdom Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company Elswick Protector Flat-iron gunboat For South Australian Government.
19 November  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Aberdeen Steamship For private owner.[36]
20 November  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Earl of Chatham Steamship For D. Brown & Sons Ltd.[37]
4 December  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania Boston Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
20 December  Germany A.G. Vulcan Stettin Oldenburg Coastal defence ship For Imperial German Navy.
Date unknown  United States City Island, New York Addie and Carrie Barge For private owner.
Date unknown  Victoria Williamstown Advance Tug For private owners.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company Elswick Albert Gunboat For Victorian Naval Forces.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Andrew Cochrane Selby Albion steam lighter For private owner.[38]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Thames Iron Works Leamouth Afonso de Albuquerque Sloop For Portuguese Navy.
Date unknown  New South Wales Newcastle, New South Wales Bee Ferry For Eustace Robert Hayles.
Date unknown  United Kingdom James Beeching & Brothers Great Yarmouth Benjamin Bond Cabbell II Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Date unknown  United States American Shipbuilding Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chatham Steamship For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Cheswick Childers Torpedo boat For Victorian Naval Forces.
Date unknown  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Preston Cockchafer Tug For Board of Trade.[39]
Date unknown  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Preston Defiance Paddle tug For East & West India Dock Co.[40]
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Empress of India Fishing trawler For Charles Forester.[41]
Date unknown  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Gordon Torpedo boat For Victorian Naval Forces.
Date unknown  United States Neafie and Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Governor R. M. McLane Steamboat For Maryland State Oyster Police.
Date unknown  United Kingdom David Banks & Co. Plymouth Herbert Tug For John Westcott.[42]
Date unknown  United Kingdom William Ashburner Barrow-in-Furness J. & M. Garratt Schooner For private owner.[43]
Date unknown  United States Benicia, California Karluk Brigantine For private owner.
Date unknown  United States Detroit Dry Dock Company Detroit, Michigan Lansdowne Train ferry For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom R. Aldous & Co. Brightlingsea Majestic Fishing vessel For Robert Cross.[44]
Date unknown  United Kingdom William Bayley & Sons Ipswich Moss Rose Ketch For Richard Cox.[45]
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Pandora Fishing trawler For Charles Forester.[46]
Date unknown  Norway Christian Brinch Jørgensen Svelvik Patria Whaler For Johan Christian Jakobsen.
Date unknown  United States David Clark Kennebunkport, Maine Priscilla Schooner For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Professor Huxley Fishing trawler For George L. Alward & J. A. Alward.[47]
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Salacia Fishing trawler For Walter C. Brown.[48]
Date unknown  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Silent Wave Fishing trawler For George Finch.[49]
Date unknown  Germany AG Weser Bremen Susa Patrol boat For Royal Persian Navy.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd Dundee Terra Nova Barque For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company Elswick Victoria Flat-iron gunboat For Victorian Naval Forces.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Company Aberdeen Zafiro Collier For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Unnamed Hopper barge For private owner.[50]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Unnamed Hopper barge For private owner.[51]

References

  1. ^ "Iolantha". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Bedlington". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Borderer". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Norham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 295. 6 March 1884. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31069. London. 29 February 1884. col E, p. 11.
  7. ^ "Dollie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Horn Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Euterpe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  10. ^ "County of Salop". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Cutch". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Floridian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Slaney". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Galatea". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Lord O'Neill". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Peveril". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Rothiemay". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  18. ^ "South Cambria". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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  20. ^ "Elizabeth Bennett". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  30. ^ "County of York". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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  32. ^ "Jasper". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  33. ^ "Kohinur". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  34. ^ "Stuart". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Violet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  36. ^ "Aberdeen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  37. ^ "Earl of Chatham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  38. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 250.
  39. ^ "Cockchafer". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  40. ^ "Defiance". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Empress of India". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  42. ^ "Herbert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  43. ^ "J. & M. Garratt". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  44. ^ "Majestic". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  45. ^ "Moss Rose". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  46. ^ "Pandora". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  47. ^ "Profr. Huxley". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  48. ^ "Salacia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  49. ^ "Silent Wave". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  50. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  51. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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