List of ship launches in 1888

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The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.


Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
13 January  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Godmunding Steamship For T. B. Williams.[1]
30 January  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trelawny Steel steamship For Messrs Edward Hain and Son.[2]
11 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Holkar Sailing ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[3]
29 February  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Charters Towers Cargo ship For private owner.
February United Kingdom Whitehaven Shipping Company Whitehaven Dunboyne Full-rigged ship For Charles E. Martin & Co.
14 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bostonian Cargo ship For White Star Line.[4]
15 March  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank City of New York Ocean liner For Inman Line.[5]
20 March  Malta Malta Dockyard Malta Melita Mariner-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.
27 March  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Pembrokeshire Nile Trafalgar-class ironclad For Royal Navy.[6]
14 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idar Cargo ship For F Leyland & Co.[7]
28 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Yorktown Gunboat For United States Navy.[8]
30 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Rapel Steamship For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores.[9]
1 May  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Nymphe Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.[10]
26 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Sultana Steamship For Bailey & Leetham.[11]
29 May  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Daphne Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.[12]
12 June  United Kingdom William Dobson and Company Walker Derwent Cargo liner For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
19 June  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Ivy Steamship For Glasgow, Dublin & Londonderry Steam Packet Co.[13]
23 June  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Alexandra Paddle steamer For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd.[14]
25 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Gulf of Corcovado Cargo liner For Greenock Steamship Co.[15]
7 July  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Equity Cargo ship For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited.
19 July  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Charleston Protected Cruiser For United States Navy.[16]
23 July  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trewarvas Cargo ship For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall[17]
24 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Palmas Cargo ship For Sir A. L. Jones.[18]
4 August  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Active Tug For private owner.[19][20]
7 August  Japan Onohama Shipyards Kobe Akagi Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.[21]
9 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth William Morphy Steamship For Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd.[22]
18 August  United Kingdom Fairfields Govan Marathon Marathon-class cruiser For Royal Navy[23]
22 September  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Govan Atrato Ocean liner For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
6 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Baltimore Protected cruiser For United States Navy.[16]
6 October  United Kingdom Greenock Peninsular For P&O[24]
10 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cufic Livestock carrier For White Star Line.
15 October  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Takao Cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy.[25]
19 October  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Paul Isenburg Barque For J. C. Pfluger & Co.[26]
20 October  United Kingdom J & G Thompson Clydebank City of Paris Ocean liner For Inman Line.
1 November  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Oldham Cargo liner For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
17 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Londonderry Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[27]
23 November  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Cupica Barque For W. H. Ross & Co.[28]
4 December  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Missouri Steamship For private owner.[29][30]
8 December  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Grimsby Cargo liner For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Bayley & Sons Ipswich Alert Humber Keel For William Bayley Jr.[31]
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. J. Bridgman Brentford Bard Tug For Hugh Hughes.[32]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Horizon Barque For Estier Frères.[33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Oporto Steamship For S.S. Oporto Co. Ltd.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Godmunding". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 500. 2 February 1888. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Holkar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Bostonian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
  6. ^ "Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
  7. ^ "Idar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 163.
  9. ^ "Rapel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 58.
  11. ^ "Sultana". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ^ "The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–36.
  13. ^ "Ivy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Gulf of Corcovado". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  16. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 151.
  17. ^ "Launch of a New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 525. 26 July 1888. p. 5.
  18. ^ "Palmas". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  19. ^ Naval History And Heritage Command (19 January 2017). "Active III (Tug)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  21. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 236.
  22. ^ "William Morphy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Princess Beatrice Launches a Man-of-War". The Cornishman. No. 530. 30 August 1888. p. 6.
  24. ^ "Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 536. 11 October 1888. p. 7.
  25. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 233.
  26. ^ "Paul Isenburg". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Lord Londonderry". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Cupica". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches — English, Missouri". The Marine Engineer. 1 January 1889. pp. 356–357. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  30. ^ Burden, Tom (1 March 2017). "An Overview of US Navy Hospital Ships". Naval Order of the United States. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Alert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Bard". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  33. ^ "Horizon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Oporto". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
Sources
  • Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.

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