List of ship launches in 1882

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The list of ship launches in 1882 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1882.

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Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
7 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Garfield Sailing ship For North Western Shipping Co.[1]
4 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Prince Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[2]
4 February  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Treneglos Steamship For Edward Hain and Son.[3]
21 February  United Kingdom Schlesinger Davis & Co. Wallsend Boskenna Bay Steamship For Mount's Bay Steam Ship Company.
11 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Valencia Steamship For Red D Line.
18 March  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Edinburgh Colossus-class battleship For Royal Navy.
18 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Downshire Sailing ship For Thomas Dixon & Sons.[4]
21 March  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Colossus Colossus-class battleship For Royal Navy
25 March  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd Sunderland Ganges Barque For Nourse Line.
20 April Canada Canada Alexander Watson Victoria R P Rithet Sternwheeler For John Irving.
27 April  France Courbet Ironclad For French Navy.
3 May  Netherlands Fijenoord Schiedam Zaandam Passenger ship For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij.[5]
4 May Canada Canada Andrew Onderdonk Spuzzum Skuzzy Sternwheeler For Andrew Onderdonk.
19 May  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Wairarapa Steamship For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
15 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Yucatan Cargo ship For West India Shipping Co.[6]
June  United Kingdom Thomas Royden and Sons Liverpool Alesia Ocean liner For Fabre Line.
June  United States Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works Chester, Pennsylvania San Juan Ocean liner For Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
6 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Walter H. Wilson Barque For S Lawther & Co.[7]
July  United Kingdom Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch Hilda Steamship For London and South Western Railway.
9 August  United States Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware Albatross Research vessel For United States Navy.
29 August  United Kingdom Strand Ship-building Yard Sunderland Eureka For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.[8]
August  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Company Sunderland Glenorchy Sailing ship For private owner.[9]
10 October  United Kingdom Short Brothers Sunderland Britannia Steamship For United Kingdom Steamship Company.[10]
22 October  Russia Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg Vladimir Monomakh Armoured cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy.
26 October  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trevose Steamship For Edward Hain and Son.[11]
28 October  United Kingdom Napier Glasgow Leander Cruiser For Royal Navy.
11 November  United Kingdom Schlesinger, Davis and Co. Wallsend Carbis Bay Steamship For Carbis Bay Steamship Company.[12]
22 November  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Collingwood Admiral-class battleship For Royal Navy.[13]
28 November  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Stettin Zhenyuan Turret ship For Beiyang Fleet.
November  United Kingdom Deptford Ship-building Yard Sunderland, County Durham Dolcoath Steamship For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.[14]
6 December  United States John Roach & Son Chester, Pennsylvania Puritan Puritan-class monitor For United States Navy.
14 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Princess Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.
23 December  United Kingdom Napier Glasgow Arethusa Leander-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
26 December  United Kingdom J. & G. Thomson & Co. Glasgow Aurania Ocean liner For Cunard Line.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Hall, Russel & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Dabulamanzi Steamship For John T. Rennie & Co.[15]
Date unknown  Denmark) Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Georg Stage Sailing ship For private owner.
Date unknown  United States Morely & Hill Marine City, Michigan John M. Osborn Steamboat For George F. Cleveland and Cleveland Mining Ore Company.
Date unknown  Norway Lyn Torpedo boat For Royal Norwegian Navy.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Hull Precursor Steam fishing smack For private owner.[16]
Date unknown  Norway Nylands Verksted Kristiania Viking Steamship For private owner.
Date unknown  United States A Sewall & Co. Bath, Maine W. F. Babcock Schooner For private owner.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Garfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "British Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For The Messrs. Hain". The Cornishman. No. 187. 9 February 1882. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Lord Downshire". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Laatste Niewstijdingen" [Latest News]. Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 May 1882.
  6. ^ "Yucatan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Walter H. Wilson". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Launch Of A New Streamer". The Cornishman. No. 217. 7 September 1882. p. 6.
  9. ^ "The Largest Sailing Ship". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Launch of a new Steamer for Messrs Short and Dunn". The Cornishman. No. 223. 19 October 1882.
  11. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Messrs Hain, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 224. 26 October 1882. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Launch Of The Carbis Bay". The Cornishman. No. 227. 16 November 1882. p. 7.
  13. ^ "Launch Of A War-Ship". The Cornishman. No. 229. 23 November 1882. p. 6.
  14. ^ "Launch Of A New Screw Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 6.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.
  16. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
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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