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

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
15 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Black Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[1]
22 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British King Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[2]
31 January  United Kingdom Messrs Harvey and Company Hayle Tynron Brigantine For private owner[3]
1 March  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank Servia Ocean Liner For Cunard Line. At launch, this was second largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.[4]
3 March  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Newcastle upon Tyne Saxon Prince Cargo ship For James Knott.
13 April  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Trevilley Steamship For Edward Hain and Son.[5]
16 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Winnebah Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[6]
27 April  Netherlands Fijenoord Schiedam Nederland For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij.[7][8][9]
30 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arabic Cargo liner For White Star Line.
14 June  United Kingdom Barrow-in-Furness City of Rome Steamship For Inman Line. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.[10]
15 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Akassa Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[11]
15 June  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Polyphemus torpedo ship For Royal Navy.[12]
10 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Coptic Cargo liner For White Star Line.
26 August  United Kingdom Portsmouth dockyard Portsmouth Canada Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[13]
10 September  United Kingdom Schlesinger, Davis and Co. Wallsend Mount's Bay Steamship For Mount's Bay Steamship Company.[14]
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shannon Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[15]
22 October  United Kingdom Portsmouth Cordelia Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[16]
3 December  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Heroine Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[17]
7 December  United Kingdom Atken and Mansell Whiteinch Athenian Steamship For Union Company.[18]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness City of Rome Cargo liner For Inman Line.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion El Rayo Torpedo boat For William Doxford & Sons Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Magician Corvette For Royal Navy.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Black Head". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "British King". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 134. 3 February 1881. p. 5.
  4. ^ "A Big Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 139. 10 March 1881. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 145. 21 April 1881. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Winnebah". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Rotterdam, 28 April". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 29 April 1881.
  8. ^ "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 2 May 1881.
  9. ^ "Binnenland". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 18 August 1881.
  10. ^ "Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
  11. ^ "Akassa". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 164. 1 September 1881. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman. No. 166. 15 September 1881. p. 6.
  15. ^ "Shannon". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Latest". The Cornishman. No. 172. 27 October 1881. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 6.
  18. ^ "The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 5.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  20. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 55.
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