List of ship launches in 1880
The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.
January
13 January
- Tregenna (
United Kingdom): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.[1]
26 January
- HMS Rambler (
United Kingdom): Algerine-class gunvessel launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.
February
24 February
- Columbia (
United States): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.[2]
March
9 March
- HMS Doterel (
United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.[3]
10 March
- HMS Ajax (
United Kingdom): Ajax-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.
19 March
- Name unreported (
United Kingdom): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.[4]
27 March
- Bayard (
France) Bayard-class battleship launched for the Marine Nationale.
June
9 June
- HMS Constance (
United Kingdom): Comus-class corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.
25 June
- Livadia (
Russian Empire): the Imperial yacht was launched by John Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland for the Imperial Russian Navy.[5]
August
3 August
- HMS Espiegle (
United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.
23 August
- Alverton (
United Kingdom): the iron-screwed steamship was launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow for Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff. Intended for general trade and carrying 1850 tons.[6]
25 August
- HNoMS Ellida (
Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.
28 August
- Henry Chisholm (
United States): steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.
September
29 September
- Italia (
Italy): Italia-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.[7]
30 September
- Tordenskjold (
Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.
October
5 October
- HMS Wasp (
United Kingdom): Banterer-class gunboat launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.
November
8 November
- Tsukushi (
United Kingdom): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
December
4 December
- HMS Lark (
United Kingdom): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
Exact date unknown
- Annie (
United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut. - ARA Almirante Brown (
United Kingdom): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina. - Confidence (
United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Hope Haynes (
United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine. - Lily (
United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway. - HMS Meda (
United Kingdom): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy. - Montauk (
United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine. - Newnham (
United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co. - Toro Submarino (
Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú. - Violet (
United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
References
- ↑ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (80). 22 January 1880. p. 5.
- ↑ Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564
- ↑ "Naval". The Cornishman (87). 11 October 1880. p. 6.
- ↑ "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman (89). 25 March 1880. p. 7.
- ↑ "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman (104). p. 5.
- ↑ "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman (116). 30 September 1880. p. 4.
- ↑ "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman (117). 7 October 1880. p. 7.
See also
Ship events in 1880 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
Ship commissionings: | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
Shipwrecks: | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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