The list of ship launches in 1882 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1882.
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 | 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 | 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. |
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. |
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]
- ^ "Garfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "British Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For The Messrs. Hain". The Cornishman. No. 187. 9 February 1882. p. 8.
- ^ "Lord Downshire". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Laatste Niewstijdingen" [Latest News]. Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 May 1882.
- ^ "Yucatan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Walter H. Wilson". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Streamer". The Cornishman. No. 217. 7 September 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "The Largest Sailing Ship". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch of a new Steamer for Messrs Short and Dunn". The Cornishman. No. 223. 19 October 1882.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Messrs Hain, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 224. 26 October 1882. p. 8.
- ^ "Launch Of The Carbis Bay". The Cornishman. No. 227. 16 November 1882. p. 7.
- ^ "Launch Of A War-Ship". The Cornishman. No. 229. 23 November 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Screw Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 6.
- 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.