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The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.


Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
13 January  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Godmunding Steamship For T. B. Williams.
30 January  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trelawny Steel steamship For Messrs Edward Hain and Son.
11 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Holkar Sailing ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.
29 February  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Charters Towers Cargo ship For private owner.
February United Kingdom Whitehaven Shipping Company Whitehaven Dunboyne Full-rigged ship For Charles E. Martin & Co.
14 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bostonian Cargo ship For White Star Line.
15 March  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank City of New York Ocean liner For Inman Line.
20 March  Malta Malta Dockyard Malta Melita Mariner-class gunvessel For Royal Navy.
27 March  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Pembrokeshire Nile Trafalgar-class ironclad For Royal Navy.
14 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Idar Cargo ship For F Leyland & Co.
28 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Yorktown Gunboat For United States Navy.
30 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Rapel Steamship For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores.
1 May  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Nymphe Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.
26 May  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Sultana Steamship For Bailey & Leetham.
29 May  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Daphne Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.
12 June  United Kingdom William Dobson and Company Walker Derwent Cargo liner For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
19 June  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Ivy Steamship For Glasgow, Dublin & Londonderry Steam Packet Co.
23 June  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Alexandra Paddle steamer For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
25 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Gulf of Corcovado Cargo liner For Greenock Steamship Co.
7 July  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Equity Cargo ship For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited.
19 July  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Charleston Protected Cruiser For United States Navy.
23 July  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons South Shields Trewarvas Cargo ship For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall
24 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Palmas Cargo ship For Sir A. L. Jones.
4 August  United States Union Iron Works San Francisco, California Active Tug For private owner.
7 August  Japan Onohama Shipyards Kobe Akagi Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.
9 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth William Morphy Steamship For Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd.
18 August  United Kingdom Fairfields Govan Marathon Marathon-class cruiser For Royal Navy
22 September  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Govan Atrato Ocean liner For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
6 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Baltimore Protected cruiser For United States Navy.
6 October  United Kingdom Greenock Peninsular For P&O
10 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cufic Livestock carrier For White Star Line.
15 October  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Takao Cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy.
19 October  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Paul Isenburg Barque For J. C. Pfluger & Co.
20 October  United Kingdom J & G Thompson Clydebank City of Paris Ocean liner For Inman Line.
1 November  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Oldham Cargo liner For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
17 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Londonderry Cargo ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.
23 November  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Cupica Barque For W. H. Ross & Co.
4 December  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Missouri Steamship For private owner.
8 December  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Grimsby Cargo liner For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Bayley & Sons Ipswich Alert Humber Keel For William Bayley Jr.
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. J. Bridgman Brentford Bard Tug For Hugh Hughes.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Horizon Barque For Estier Frères.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Oporto Steamship For S.S. Oporto Co. Ltd.

References

  1. "Godmunding". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. "Launch Of A New Steamer For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 500. 2 February 1888. p. 5.
  3. "Holkar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. "Bostonian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. "Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
  6. "Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
  7. "Idar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 163.
  9. "Rapel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 58.
  11. "Sultana". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. "The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–36.
  13. "Ivy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. "Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  15. "Gulf of Corcovado". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  16. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 151.
  17. "Launch of a New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 525. 26 July 1888. p. 5.
  18. "Palmas". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  19. Naval History And Heritage Command (19 January 2017). "Active III (Tug)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  20. "Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  21. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 236.
  22. "William Morphy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  23. "Princess Beatrice Launches a Man-of-War". The Cornishman. No. 530. 30 August 1888. p. 6.
  24. "Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 536. 11 October 1888. p. 7.
  25. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 233.
  26. "Paul Isenburg". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  27. "Lord Londonderry". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  28. "Cupica". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  29. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches — English, Missouri". The Marine Engineer. 1 January 1889. pp. 356–357. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  30. Burden, Tom (1 March 2017). "An Overview of US Navy Hospital Ships". Naval Order of the United States. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  31. "Alert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  32. "Bard". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  33. "Horizon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  34. "Oporto". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
Sources
  • Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
Ship events in 1888
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