List of ship launches in 1868

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The list of ship launches in 1868 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1868.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January  Brazil Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte Rio de Janeiro Piauí Pará-class monitor For Imperial Brazilian Navy
18 January  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var Schorpioen Schorpioen-class monitor For Royal Netherlands Navy
January  United Kingdom Connell & Co Glasgow, Renfrewshire Windhover Clipper For Findlay & Co.
1 February  United Kingdom Backhouse & Dixon Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Fulmar Steamship For James Dixon
9 February  United Kingdom Dartmouth, Devon Eagle Wing Schooner Collided with HMS Britannia on being launched and was severely damaged.[1]
10 February  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Hercules central battery ironclad For Royal Navy
10 March  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow, Renfrewshire Buffel Buffel-class monitor For Royal Netherlands Navy
10 March  France Lorient, Morbihan Reine Blanche Alma-class ironclad For French Navy
22 March  Brazil Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte Rio de Janeiro Ceará Pará-class monitor For Imperial Brazilian Navy
5 April  United Kingdom John Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead, Cheshire Stier Schorpioen-class monitor For Royal Netherlands Navy
9 April  France Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure Atalante Alma-class ironclad For French Navy
25 April  United Kingdom Thames Iron Works Leamouth, Middlesex König Wilhelm Armoured frigate For Prussian Navy
25 April  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich, Kent Repulse Bulwark-class battleship For Royal Navy
5 May  Brazil Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte Rio de Janeiro Santa Catharina Pará-class monitor For Imperial Brazilian Navy
25 May  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Monarch Ironclad For Royal Navy
20 June  Sweden Oskarshamn Shipyard Oskarshamn Enköping Passenger ferry
17 July  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Congress Contoocook-class screw sloop-of-war For United States Navy
20 July  France Augustin Normand Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure Châteaurenault Corvette For French Navy
21 July  United Kingdom Zenobia Schooner
8 August  Denmark Copenhagen Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Lindormen Monitor For Royal Danish Navy
15 August  United States Allen, McLelland & Co Milwaukee, Wisconsin Rouse Simmons Schooner
17 August  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire Algoma Sloop-of-War For United States Navy
28 August  Russian Empire Semiannikov & Poletika Shipyard Saint Petersburg Admiral Spiridov Admiral Spiridov-class monitor For Imperial Russian Navy.
14 September  United States Tonawanda, New York Lillie Parsons Schooner
13 October  Russian Empire [[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Semiannikov & Poletika Shipyard] Saint Petersburg Admiral Chichagov Admiral Spiridov-class monitor For Imperial Russian Navy.
15 October  France Brest, Finistère Océan Océan-class ironclad For French Navy
16 October  France Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure Montcalm Alma-class ironclad For French Navy
17 October  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock, Renfrewshire Donau Passenger and cargo ship For Norddeutscher Lloyd
31 October  United States Charlestown Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Alaska Sloop-of-war For United States Navy
12 November  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Pembrokeshire Inconstant Frigate For Royal Navy
30 November  France La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var Ibrahim Frigate For Egyptian Navy
2 December  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow, Northumberland Cerberus Cerberus-class breastwork monitor For Victorian Naval Forces
2 December  United Kingdom Tod & McGregor Glasgow, Renfrewshire City of Brooklyn Passenger and cargo ship For Inman Line
Unknown date  France Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Lormont, Gironde Asar-i Şevket Asar-i Şevket-class ironclad For Ottoman Navy
Unknown date  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var Asar-i Tevfik Ironclad For Ottoman Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom J and W Steward Greenock. Renfrewshire Assaye Barque For Robert Steele & Co
Unknown date  United Kingdom [[Sunderland, County Durham Cashmere Barque
Unknown date  United Kingdom Walpole, Webb & Bewley Dublin Countess of Erne Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. Leslie and Company Hebburn, Northumberland Duchess of Sutherland Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. Leslie and Company Hebburn, Northumberland Duke of Sutherland Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
Unknown date  United States Patrick Tiernan San Francisco, California El Capitan Ferry For Central Pacific Railroad
Unknown date  United States Henry Warrington Barge
Unknown date  United States Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Josephine Paddle steamer For Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company
Unknown date  United States New York Navy Yard New York City Kenosha Sloop-of-war For United States Navy
Unknown date  United States Lyons, Iowa Lone Star Towboat
Unknown date  Norway Motala Verkstad Norrköping Mjølner John Ericsson-class monitor For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date  France Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Lormont, Gironde Necm-i Şevket Asar-i Şevket-class ironclad For Ottoman Navy
Unknown date  Sweden Bergsund Stockholm Sköld Monitor For Royal Swedish Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Pile Sunderland, County Durham South Australian Clipper For Adelaide Line
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Pile Sunderland, County Durham Syria Sailing ship For Nourse Line
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bowdler, Chaffer & Co Liverpool, Lancashire Thames Paddle Steamer For London and North Western Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom Walter Hood & Co Aberdeen Thermopylae Clipper For Aberdeen Line
Unknown date  United Kingdom Alexander Hall and Sons Aberdeen Un'yō Gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy

References[]

  1. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13578. London. 11 February 1868. p. 7.
Ship events in 1868
Ship launches: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
Ship commissionings: 1863 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872
Shipwrecks: 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873
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