List of ship launches in 1884

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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
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.
28 February  United Kingdom Messrs Redhead and Co South Shields Trelaske Steamship For Messrs Hain and Son.[1]
28 February  United Kingdom Scotts Greenock Hekla Steamship For private owner.[2]
1 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Horn Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[3]
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.[4]
17 April  United Kingdom Charles Connell Glasgow Dunolly Sailing ship For John Brown.
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.[5]
29 May Canada Canada Hilaire P. Boudreau Belliveau's Cove County of Yarmouth Full-rigged ship For William D. Lovitt.
7 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Benin Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[6]
23 June  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Calliope Calypso-class corvette For Royal Navy.
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.
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.
26 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Lansdowne Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[7]
6 August  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Racer Mariner-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.[8]
9 August  Italy Castellammare Shipyard Castellammare di Stabia Ruggiero di Lauria Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad For Regia Marina.
23 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nurjahan Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
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.
29 October  Germany AG Weser Bremen Persepolis Cruiser For Royal Persian Navy.
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.
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.[13]
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 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 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  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  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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 295. 6 March 1884. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31069. London. 29 February 1884. col E, p. 11.
  3. ^ "Horn Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Floridian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Lord O'Neill". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Benin". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Lord Lansdowne". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ^ "HMS Racer". The Cornishman. No. 317. 14 August 1884. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Nurjahan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Launch Of The Largest Sailing Ship In The World". The Cornishman. No. 317. 14 August 1884. p. 7.
  11. ^ "A New Cable Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 323. 25 September 1884. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Kohinur". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 250.
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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