List of ship launches in 1879
The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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23 January | Samuda Brothers | Poplar, London | Orion | Belleisle-class ironclad | ||
10 March | John Elder and Co | Govan, Scotland | Arizona | Passenger ship | [1]Blue Riband holder 1879–1882 | |
20 May | Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Fijenoord | Screw ship | For NSBM line to London, named after an earlier Fijenoord[2] | |
5 June | John Elder and Co | Govan, Scotland | Orient | Steamer | Orient Steam Navigation Company[3][4] | |
21 June | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co | Willington Quay, England | Rosalind | Steam schooner | [5] | |
4 September | Schichauwerft | Danzig | Gneisenau | Three masted full rigged ship | ||
15 September | Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Gripper | Gadfly class gunboat | [6] | |
15 September | Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Tickler | Gadfly class gunboat | ||
16 September | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Phoenix | Doterel-class sloop | [7] | |
17 September | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Agamemnon | Ajax-class ironclad | ||
2 October | Dumbarton | Buenos Ayrean | Steamer | for Messrs James and Alexander Allan[8] | ||
October | Arsenal de Lorient | Lorient | Turenne | Bayard-class ironclad warship | ||
16 December | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Kingfisher | Sloop |
References
- "Next to the Largest Steamer in the World". The Cornishman (35). 13 March 1879. p. 8.
- "Binnenland". Rotterdamsche Courant. 24 May 1879.
- "A Monster Steamship". The Cornishman (47). 12 June 1879. p. 7.
- "A View Of A Monster Of The Deep". The Cornishman (65). 9 October 1879. p. 6.
- "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Tickler and the Gripper". The Cornishman (62). 18 September 1879. p. 5.
- "Penzance". The Cornishman (62). 18 September 1879. p. 4.
- "Miscellaneous". The Cornishman (Saturday edition) (65). 11 October 1879. p. 6.
Ship events in 1879 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 |
Ship commissionings: | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 |
Shipwrecks: | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 |
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