List of ship launches in 1881

The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1881.

January

Tynron ( United Kingdom): 450 ton, three-masted brigatine launched by Messrs Harvey and Company of Hayle, Cornwall.^[1]

Servia ( United Kingdom): 8,500 ton Cunard steamer, launched by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company). The second, largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.^[2]

Trevilley ( United Kingdom): 1850 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The third ship in the Hain's fleet.^[3]

City of Rome ( United Kingdom): 8,821 ton Inman Line steamer was launched at Barrow. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.^[4]

Mount's Bay ( United Kingdom): 3,000 ton steamer, built by Messrs Schlesinger, Davis and Co for the Mount's Bay Steamship Company and launched at Wallsend.^[6]

HMS Cordelia (1881) ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Portsmouth.^[7]

HMS Heroine ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Devonport.^[8]

Athenian ( United Kingdom): the 4,000 ton steamer, launched at Messrs Atken and Mansell's shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow for the Union Company on the Cape of Good Hope Service.^[9]

↑ "Hayle". The Cornishman (134). 3 February 1881. p. 5.
↑ "A Big Steamer". The Cornishman (139). 10 March 1881. p. 6.
↑ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (145). 21 April 1881. p. 7.
↑ "Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman (153). 16 June 1881. p. 5.
↑ "Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman (153). 16 June 1881. p. 5.
↑ "Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman (166). 15 September 1881. p. 6.
↑ "Latest". The Cornishman (172). 27 October 1881. p. 5.
↑ "Naval". The Cornishman (178). 8 December 1881. p. 6.
↑ "The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman (178). 8 December 1881. p. 5.

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