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The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
3 January  United Kingdom Laird, Son & Co. Birkenhead Vanguard Audacious-class battleship
5 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Historian Cargo ship For T. & J. Harrison.[1]
18 January Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Vasilissa Olga Battleship
1 February  United Kingdom Maudslay, Sons & Field Greenwich Blackadder Clipper
19 February  United Kingdom Dudgeon Poplar, London Abyssinia Breastwork monitor
1 March  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Iron Duke Audacious-class battleship
2 March  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company River Thames Magdala Cerberus-class monitor
3 March  United Kingdom J & G Thomson Govan Abyssinia Ocean liner For Cunard Line
17 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bulgarian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Sons.[2]
19 March  United Kingdom Napier Govan Hotspur Ironclad ram
16 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bohemian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Sons.[3]
31 May  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Sultan Central battery ironclad
15 June  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Swiftsure Swiftsure-class ironclad
July  United Kingdom Charles Mitchell and Co. Newcastle upon Tyne Cheviot Cargo ship
27 August  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Oceanic Oceanic-class ocean liner For White Star Line
7 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Camel Cargo ship For Harland & Wolff.[4]
10 September  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Parthia Ocean liner For Cunard Line
27 September  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Triumph Swiftsure-class ironclad
24 November  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse Glendarroch Steamship For Wm. Ross & Company.[5]
26 November  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Atlantic Oceanic-class ocean liner For White Star Line
1 December  United Kingdom Thomas Royden & Sons Liverpool Asiatic Cargo ship For White Star Line
19 December  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Osborne Royal yacht
Date unknown  United Kingdom A. Hall & Co. Aberdeen Un'yō Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy

References

  1. ^ "Historian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Bulgarian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Bohemian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Camel". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 381.
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