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The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dawpool Sailing ship For North Western Shipping Company.[1]
13 January  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Tregenna Steamship For Hain Line.[2]
26 January  United Kingdom John Elder & Co Glasgow Rambler Algerine-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.
24 February  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania Columbia coastal passenger liner For Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.[3]
9 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Doterel Doterel-class sloop For Royal Navy.[4]
10 March  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Ajax Ajax-class battleship For Royal Navy.
19 March  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Ravenna Steamship For Peninsular and Orental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[5][6]
27 March  France Bayard Bayard-class battleship For French Navy.
27 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Peshwa Cargo ship For Turner & Co.[7]
5 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast White Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[8]
27 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rosetta Passenger ship For Peninsular and Orental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[9]
9 June  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Constance Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.
25 June  United Kingdom John Elder & Co. Govan Livadia Imperial yacht For Imperial Russian Navy.[10]
3 August  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Espiegle Doterel-class sloop For Royal Navy.
18 August  United Kingdom Sunderland Langrigg Hall Barque For Herron and Co.[11][12]
23 August  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow Alverton Steamship For Osborne and Wallis.[13]
25 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Merchant Sailing ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[14]
25 August  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Ellida 1-class gunboat For Royal Norwegian Navy.
28 August  United States Thomas Quayle & Sons Cleveland, Ohio Henry Chisholm Steamship For Alva Bradley.
10 September  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Newcastle upon Tyne Newnham Steamship For J Temperley & Co.
29 September  Italy Castellammare di Stabia Italia Italia-class pre-dreadnought battleship For Regia Marina.[15]
30 September  Denmark Copenhagen Tordenskjold Ironclad For Royal Danish Navy.
5 October  United Kingdom Barrow Shipbuilding Company Barrow-in-Furness Wasp Banterer-class gunboat For Royal Navy.
6 October  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers London Almirante Brown Central-battery ironclad For Argentine Navy.
4 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Queen Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[16]
6 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Algerine Gunboat For Royal Navy.[17]
8 November  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne Tsukushi Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.
4 December  United Kingdom William Westacott Shipbuilding Co. Barnstaple Lark Schooner For Royal Navy.
Date unknown  United States David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut Annie Sandbagger sloop For .
Date unknown  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Confidence Paddle steamer For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Lower Walker-on-Tyne Gulf of Panama Steamship For private owner.[18]
Date unknown  United States Wiscasset, Maine Hope Haynes Schooner For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Lily Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway.
Date unknown  United Kingdom William Westacott Ship Building Co. Barnstaple Meda Schooner For Royal Navy.
Date unknown  United States Kennebunk, Maine Montauk Fishing trawler For private owner.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Jarrow Rhuabon Steamship For Messrs John Cory and Sons.[19]
Date unknown  Peru Federico Blume Othon Toro Submarino Submarine For Peruvian Navy.
Date unknown  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Violet Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Woodhopper Hopper barge For White Star Line.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Dawpool". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 80. 22 January 1880. p. 5.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 87. 11 October 1880. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman. No. 89. 25 March 1880. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Ravenna". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Peshwa". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "White Head". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Rosetta". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman. No. 104. 8 July 1880. p. 5.
  11. ^ "Loss Of The Barque Langrigg Hall And 24 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 232. 21 December 1882. p. 6.
  12. ^ "Langrigg Hall (1081397)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  13. ^ "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 116. 30 September 1880. p. 4.
  14. ^ "British Merchant". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  15. ^ "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman. No. 117. 7 October 1880. p. 7.
  16. ^ "British Queen". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  17. ^ "HMS Algerine". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Wreck Of A Steamer And Loss Of Twenty-two Lives". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 7.
  19. ^ "Foundering Of A Padstow Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 291. 7 February 1884. p. 7.
  20. ^ "Woodhopper". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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