Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
1 January |
Sweden |
Motala Verkstad |
Norrköping |
Berserk |
Hildur-class monitor |
For Royal Swedish Navy |
3 January |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast |
Star of Bengal |
Full-rigged ship |
For J P Corry & Co. |
23 January |
United Kingdom |
Earle's Shipbuilding |
Hull |
Almirante Cochrane |
Almirante Cochrane-class ironclad |
For Chilean Navy |
4 February |
United Kingdom |
Blackwall Yard |
Blackwall |
Daring |
Fantome-class sloop |
For Royal Navy |
14 February |
United Kingdom |
Robert Duncan & Co. |
Glasgow |
Utopia |
Passenger ship |
For Anchor Line |
17 February |
United Kingdom |
C. Mitchell & Company |
Aberdeen |
Faraday |
Cable ship |
For Siemens Brothers |
18 February |
United Kingdom |
Bartram, Haswell & Co |
Sunderland |
Clan Macleod |
Barque |
For T Dunlop |
4 March |
United Kingdom |
J & G Thomson |
Clydebank |
Bothnia |
Barque-rigged steamship |
For Cunard Line |
5 March |
United States |
Boston Navy Yard |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Intrepid |
Torpedo ram |
For United States Navy |
6 March |
United Kingdom |
Laird Brothers |
Birkenhead |
Uruguay |
Corvette |
For Argentine Navy |
14 March |
United States |
Atlantic Works Company |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Richard Rush |
Dexter-class cutter |
For United States Revenue Cutter Service |
19 March |
United States |
John Roach & Sons |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
City of Peking |
Steamship |
For Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
19 March |
United Kingdom |
Samuda Brothers |
Cubitt Town |
SMS Kaiser |
Kaiser-class ironclad |
For Imperial German Navy |
19 March |
United Kingdom |
John Elder & Co. |
Govan |
Prinses Amalia |
Passenger liner |
For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland |
14 April |
Norway |
Karljohansvern |
Horten |
Vale |
Vale-class gunboat |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
13 May |
United States |
John Roach & Sons |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
City of Tokio |
Steamship |
For Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
16 May |
Brazil |
Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte |
Rio de Janeiro |
Sete de Setembro |
Ironclad frigate |
For Brazilian Navy |
20 May |
United Kingdom |
William Simons & Co. |
Glasgow |
Limerick |
Paddle steamer |
For Great Western Railway |
2 June |
United Kingdom |
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
Leamouth |
Castalia |
Paddle steamer |
For English Channel Steamship Co |
6 June |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Britannic |
Ocean liner |
For White Star Line |
13 June |
United States |
John W. Griffiths |
Kittery, Maine |
Enterprise |
Barque-rigged screw sloop |
For United States Navy |
15 July |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast |
Germanic |
Ocean Liner |
For White Star Line |
July |
United Kingdom |
Thomas Royden & Sons |
Liverpool |
Lesbian |
Cargo liner |
For F R Leyland & Co |
12 August |
United Kingdom |
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
Leamouth |
Rover |
Rover-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
29 August |
United Kingdom |
William Simons & Co. |
Renfrew |
Allanshaw |
Sailing ship |
For J. G. Potter & Co. |
10 September |
United Kingdom |
J & W Dudgeon |
Cubitt Town |
Neptune |
Ironclad turret ship |
For Royal Navy |
12 September |
United Kingdom |
Samuda Brothers |
Cubitt Town |
Deutschland |
Kaiser-class ironclad |
For Imperial German Navy |
18 September |
United States |
John Roach & Sons |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Alert |
Alert-class gunboat |
For United States Navy |
20 September |
Germany |
Kaiserliche Werft |
Kiel |
Friedrich der Grosse |
Preussen-class ironclad |
For Imperial German Navy |
24 September |
United Kingdom |
Earle's Shipbuilding |
Hull |
Bessemer |
Paddle steamer, ferry |
For Sir Henry Bessemer |
24 September |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Plymouth |
Sapphire |
Amethyst-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
26 September |
United Kingdom |
Sheerness Dockyard |
Sheerness |
Diamond |
Amethyst-class corvette |
For Royal Navy |
13 October |
United Kingdom |
Robert Napier and Sons |
Govan |
Arab |
Arab-class gunvessel |
For Royal Navy |
24 October |
United States |
Donald MacKay |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Adams |
Gunboat |
For United States Navy |
27 October |
United Kingdom |
Caird & Company |
Greenock |
City of Berlin |
Ocean liner |
For Inman Line |
27 October |
United Kingdom |
Robert Napier and Sons |
Govan |
Lily |
Arab-class gunvessel |
For Royal Navy |
27 October |
Canada |
William D. Lawrence Shipyard |
Maitland |
William D. Lawrence |
full-rigged ship |
For William Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis |
28 October |
Netherlands |
Rijkswerf |
Amsterdam |
Koning der Nederlanden |
Ironclad turret ship |
For Royal Netherlands Navy |
19 November |
France |
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée |
La Seyne |
Puigcerdá |
monitor |
For Spanish Navy |
25 December |
United Kingdom |
London & Glasgow Co Ltd |
|
Lake Champlain |
Barque-rigged steamship |
For Canada Shipping Company |
Unknown date |
Canada |
|
Saint John, New Brunswick |
Abana |
Barque |
|
Unknown date |
New South Wales |
|
Jervis Bay |
Adonis |
Brigantine |
For Patrick Hogan |
Unknown date |
New Zealand |
|
Tolaga Bay |
Advance |
Schooner |
For Charles Ingstrom |
Unknown date |
Canada |
|
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Antoinette |
Barque |
For J Bingay |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Alexander Stephen & Sons |
Greenock |
Bear |
Sealer |
For W. Grieve, Sons & Co. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
A. & J. Inglis |
Glasgow |
Brisbane |
Steamship |
For Eastern and Australian Steam Mailship Co Ltd |
Unknown date |
United States |
Windiate & Butler |
Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
Cornelia B. Windiate |
Schooner |
|
Unknown date |
United States |
Neafie & Levy |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Dahlia |
Lighthouse tender |
For United States Lighthouse Service |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Robert Duncan & Co |
Port Glasgow |
Dunedin |
Full-rigged refrigerated cargo ship |
For Albion Line |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Cammel Laird |
Birkenhead |
Earl Spencer |
Paddle steamer |
For London and North Western Railway |
Unknown date |
|
|
|
Eugene F. Price |
Fishing trawler |
|
Unknown date |
United States |
E J Fardy |
Baltimore, Maryland |
USC&GS George S. Blake |
Auxiliary schooner |
For United States Coast Survey |
Unknown date |
United States |
John Roach & Sons |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
George W. Elder |
Cargo liner |
For Old Dominion Steamship Co |
Unknown date |
Sweden |
Bergsund Mekaniske Verkstad |
Stockholm |
Gota |
Cargo ship |
|
Unknown date |
Victoria |
|
Echuca |
Hero |
Paddle steamer |
|
Unknown date |
United States |
Mare Island Navy Yard |
Vallejo, California |
McArthur |
Survey ship |
For United States Coast Survey |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
John Fullerton & Co |
Paisley |
Merksworth |
Collier |
For Anvil Creek Coal Mining Co |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Thames Iron Works |
Leamouth |
Mesudiye |
Centre-battery ironclad |
For Ottoman Navy |
Unknown date |
United States |
Wolf and Davidson Co |
|
Moonlight |
Schooner |
For William Mack |
Unknown date |
United States |
Fred Congdon |
Portland, Oregon |
Otter |
Sternwheeler |
For Fred Congdon |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
William Pile |
Sunderland |
Rodney |
Clipper |
For Devitt and Moore |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Caird & Company |
Greenock |
Sindoro |
Steamship |
For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Caird & Company |
Greenock |
Suevia |
Passenger ship |
For Hamburg America Line |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Bowdler & Chaffer |
Seacombe |
Sunbeam |
Auxiliary schooner |
For Thomas Brassey |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
The Dalles, Oregon |
Teaser |
Sternwheeler |
For Oregon Steam Navigation Company |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
William Simons & Co. |
Glasgow |
Waterford |
Paddle steamer |
For Great Western Railway |