List of ship launches in 1879

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The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar, London Orion Belleisle-class ironclad
29 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shahzada Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[1]
10 March  United Kingdom John Elder and Co Govan Arizona Passenger ship For Guion Line.[2][3]Blue Riband holder 1879–1882.
26 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maharaja Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[4]
26 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maharani Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[5]
20 May  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Fijenoord Screw ship For NSBM line to London, named after an earlier Fijenoord[6]
24 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fair Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[7]
5 June  United Kingdom John Elder and Co Govan Orient Steamer Orient Steam Navigation Company[8][9]
21 June  United Kingdom Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Willington Quay, England Rosalind Steam schooner [10]
June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Galgorm Castle Cargo ship For A. McMullan.[11]
2 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Crown Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[12]
4 September  Germany Schichauwerft Danzig Gneisenau Three-masted full-rigged ship
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Gripper Gadfly-class gunboat [13]
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Tickler Gadfly-class gunboat
16 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon Phoenix Doterel-class sloop [14]
17 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Agamemnon Ajax-class ironclad
1 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Dufferin Sailing ship For Thomas Dixon & Co.[15]
2 October  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton Buenos Ayrean Steamer For Messrs James and Alexander Allan[16]
October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Turenne Bayard-class ironclad
5 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Holmhurst Cargo ship For J. H. Thursley & Co.[17]
16 December  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Kingfisher Sloop
Date unknown  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Derwent Steamship For Royal Mail Line.[18]
Date unknown  United Kingdom James & John Hay Kirkintilloch Helena Steam lighter For private owner.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shahzada". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Next to the Largest Steamer in the World". The Cornishman. No. 35. 13 March 1879. p. 8.
  3. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 371.
  4. ^ "Maharaja". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Maharani". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Binnenland". Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 24 May 1879.
  7. ^ "Fair Head". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "A Monster Steamship". The Cornishman. No. 47. 12 June 1879. p. 7.
  9. ^ "A View Of A Monster Of The Deep". The Cornishman. No. 65. 9 October 1879. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Galgorm Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ^ "British Crown". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Tickler and the Gripper". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Penzance". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 4.
  15. ^ "Lord Dufferin". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Miscellaneous". The Cornishman (Saturday edition). No. 65. 11 October 1879. p. 6.
  17. ^ "Holmhurst". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  18. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 268.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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