Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
1 January |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Encounter |
Amethyst-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
14 January |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast |
Belgic |
Passenger ship |
For White Star Line |
16 January |
New South Wales |
John Cuthbert |
Millers Point |
Renard |
Beagle-class schooner |
For Royal Navy |
11 February |
New South Wales |
John Cuthbert |
Millers Point |
Conflict |
Beagle-class schooner |
For Royal Navy |
11 February |
Trieste |
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |
Trieste |
Frundsberg |
Corvette |
For Austro-Hungarian Navy |
1 March |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Raleigh |
Frigate |
For Royal Navy |
25 March |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Indiana |
Pennsylvania-class steamship |
For American Steamship Company |
26 March |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Fantome |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
29 March |
United Kingdom |
Gourlay Brothers |
Dundee |
Abbotsford |
Passenger ship |
For Red Star Line |
29 March |
United Kingdom |
Caird & Company |
Greenock |
City of Chester |
Passenger ship |
For Inman Line |
19 April |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Amethyst |
Amethyst-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
23 April |
United States |
|
|
Lucerne |
Schooner |
For William Mack & others |
27 April |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham, Kent |
Albatross |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
23 May |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport |
Modeste |
Amethyst-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
2 June |
Russia |
New Admiralty Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
Novgorod |
monitor |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
June |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Illinois |
Pennsylvania-class steamship |
For American Steamship Company |
5 July |
Canada |
|
|
Alpha |
Sternwheeler |
|
28 July |
United Kingdom |
Raenhill & Co |
London |
Magallanes |
Corvette |
For Chilean Navy |
9 August |
United Kingdom |
William Simons and Company |
Renfrew |
Milford |
Paddle steamer |
For Great Western Railway |
26 August |
United Kingdom |
Robert Napier and Sons |
Glasgow |
Schiller |
Ocean liner |
For German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line |
9 September |
United Kingdom |
Robert Steele & Company |
Greenock |
Nurnberg |
Steamship |
For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
10 September |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth |
Shah |
Frigate |
For Royal Navy |
18 September |
United States |
New York Navy Yard |
New York |
Swatara |
Sloop-of-war |
For United States Navy |
2 October |
Russia |
Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard |
Saint Petersburg |
General-Admiral |
General-Admiral-class cruiser |
For Imperial Russian Navy |
25 October |
France |
Lorient Shipyard |
Lorient |
Friedland |
Ironclad |
For French Navy |
1 November |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke |
Egeria |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
5 November |
United States |
Wood, Dialogue & Co |
Camden, New Jersey |
City Ice Boat No. 3 |
Icebreaker |
For City of Philadelphia |
13 November |
United States |
New York Navy Yard |
New York City |
Alarm |
Torpedo boat |
For United States Navy |
20 November |
United Kingdom |
Wigram & Sons |
Blackwall |
Sappho |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
22 November |
United Kingdom |
Aitken & Mansel |
Glasgow |
Honfleur |
Passenger / cargo ship |
For London and South Western Railway |
22 November |
Germany |
AG Vulcan |
Stettin |
Preussen |
Preussen-class ironclad |
For Kaiserliche Marine |
27 November |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham |
Flying Fish |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
3 December |
France |
|
Toulon |
Richelieu |
Central battery ironclad |
For French Navy |
6 December |
United Kingdom |
John Elder & Company |
Fairfield |
Iberia |
Steamship |
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company |
23 December |
China |
Kiangnan Arsenal |
Jiangnan Shipyard |
Yuyuen |
Haian class Frigate |
For Imperial Chinese Navy |
30 December |
United Kingdom |
A. & J. Inglis |
Glasgow |
Hankow |
Paddle Steamer |
For China Navigation Company |
Unknown date |
Canada |
|
St. Catherines, Ontario |
Asia |
Passenger ship |
For Northwestern Transportation Company |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Stephens & Sons |
Dundee |
Bloodhound |
Whaler |
|
Unknown date |
United States |
John Roach & Sons |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
City of Waco |
Passenger / Cargo ship |
For Mallory Line |
Unknown date |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Columbus |
Steamship |
|
Unknownd date |
United States |
|
Oswego, New York |
Daniel Lyons |
Schooner |
|
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
C Mitchell & Co |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Dunraven |
Steamship |
For W Milburn |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Robert Stephenson and Company |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Eleanor |
Paddle steamer |
For London and North Western Railway |
Unknown date |
France |
Forges et Chantiers de la Mediteranée |
Toulon |
Fulgerul |
Gunboat |
For the Romanian Navy |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
Gila |
Sternwheeler |
For Colorado Steam Navigation Company |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Portland, Oregon |
Governor Grover |
Sternwheeler |
For Williamette River Navigation Co. |
|
Canada |
W S Ellenwood & Co |
|
Grace A. Channon |
Schooner |
For Henry Channon |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Robert Steele |
Glasgow |
Hesperus |
Clipper |
For Orient Line |
Unknown date |
United States |
Neafie & Levy |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Knickerbocker |
Tug |
|
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
William Simons & Company |
Renfrew |
Limerick |
Paddle steamer |
For Great Western Railway |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Charlton & Co Ltd |
Grimsby |
Magna Charta |
Paddle steamer |
For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
Unknown date |
United States |
Charles Weidener |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Manhattan |
Cutter |
For United States Revenue Cutter Service |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Robert Napier and Sons |
Glasgow |
Meiji Maru |
Lighthouse tender |
For Japanese Government |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Lewis and Stockwell |
London |
Orwell |
Paddle steamer |
For Great Eastern Railway |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Laird Brothers |
Birkenhead |
ParanĂ¡ |
Gunboat |
For Argentine Navy |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thorneycroft & Company |
Chiswick |
Rap |
Torpedo boat |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Bulls Ferry, New Jersey |
Shady Side |
Steamboat |
For Morrisania Steamboat Company |
Unknowd date |
United States |
Wyandotte Iron Shipbuilding Works |
Wyandotte, Michigan |
Sport |
Tug |
For Eber Brock Ward |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
St. Peter |
Schooner |
|
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
A. Leslie and Company |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Thomas Dugdale |
Paddle steamer |
For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Unknown date |
United States |
Quale and Martin |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Vienna |
Steamship |
For Cleveland Transportation Company |