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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
30 January  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trelawny Steel steamship For Messrs Edward Hain and Son.[1]
11 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Holkar Sailing ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2]
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.[3]
15 March  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank City of New York Ocean liner For Inman Line.[4]
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.[5]
14 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idar Cargo ship For F Leyland & Co.[6]
28 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Yorktown Gunboat For United States Navy.[7]
1 May  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Nymphe Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.[8]
29 May  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Daphne Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
12 June  United Kingdom William Dobson and Company Walker Derwent Cargo liner For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
23 June  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Alexandra Paddle steamer For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd.[10]
25 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Gulf of Corcovado Cargo liner For Greenock Steamship Co.[11]
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.[12]
23 July  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trewarvas Cargo ship For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall[13]
24 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Palmas Cargo ship For Sir A. L. Jones.[14]
4 August  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Active Tug For private owner.[15][16]
7 August  Japan Onohama Shipyards Kobe Akagi Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.[17]
18 August  United Kingdom Fairfields Govan Marathon Marathon-class cruiser For Royal Navy[18]
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.[12]
6 October  United Kingdom Greenock Peninsular For P&O[19]
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.[20]
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.[21]
4 December  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Missouri Steamship For private owner.[22][23]
8 December  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Grimsby Cargo liner For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

References

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  1. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 500. 2 February 1888. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Holkar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Bostonian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
  5. ^ "Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
  6. ^ "Idar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 163.
  8. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 58.
  9. ^ "The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–36.
  10. ^ "Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Gulf of Corcovado". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  12. ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 151.
  13. ^ "Launch of a New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 525. 26 July 1888. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Palmas". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  17. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 236.
  18. ^ "Princess Beatrice Launches a Man-of-War". The Cornishman. No. 530. 30 August 1888. p. 6.
  19. ^ "Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 536. 11 October 1888. p. 7.
  20. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 233.
  21. ^ "Lord Londonderry". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches — English, Missouri". The Marine Engineer. 1 January 1889. pp. 356–357. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  23. ^ Burden, Tom (1 March 2017). "An Overview of US Navy Hospital Ships". Naval Order of the United States. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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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