List of ship launches in 1874

The list of ship launches in 1874 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1874.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
1 January	Sweden	Motala Verkstad	Norrköping	Berserk	Hildur-class monitor	For Royal Swedish Navy
3 January	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Star of Bengal	Full-rigged ship	For J P Corry & Co.
23 January	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Almirante Cochrane	ironclad	For Chilean Navy
4 February	United Kingdom	Blackwall Yard	Blackwall	Daring	Fantome-class sloop	For Royal Navy
14 February	United Kingdom	Robert Duncan & Co.	Glasgow	Utopia	Passenger ship	For Anchor Line
17 February	United Kingdom	C. Mitchell & Company	Aberdeen	Faraday	Cable ship	For Siemens Brothers
18 February	United Kingdom	Bartram, Haswell & Co	Sunderland	Clan Macleod	Barque	For T Dunlop
4 March	United Kingdom	J & G Thomson	Clydebank	Bothnia	Barque-rigged steamship	For Cunard Line
5 March	United States	Boston Navy Yard	Boston, Massachusetts	Intrepid	Torpedo ram	For United States Navy
6 March	United Kingdom	Laird Brothers	Birkenhead	Uruguay	Corvette	For Argentine Navy
14 March	United States	Atlantic Works Company	Boston, Massachusetts	Richard Rush	cutter	For United States Revenue Cutter Service
19 March	United States	John Roach & Sons	Chester, Pennsylvania	City of Peking	Steamship	For Pacific Mail Steamship Company
19 March	United Kingdom	Samuda Brothers	Cubitt Town	SMS Kaiser	Kaiser-class ironclad	For Imperial German Navy
19 March	United Kingdom	John Elder & Co.	Govan	Prinses Amalia	Passenger liner	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
30 March	Netherlands	Fijenoord	Rotterdam		Steamship	For NSBM line.[1]
14 April	Norway	Karljohansvern	Horten	Vale	Vale-class gunboat	For Royal Norwegian Navy
13 May	United States	John Roach & Sons	Chester, Pennsylvania	City of Tokio	Steamship	For Pacific Mail Steamship Company
16 May	Brazil	Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte	Rio de Janeiro	Sete de Setembro	Ironclad frigate	For Brazilian Navy
20 May	United Kingdom	William Simons & Co.	Glasgow	Limerick	Paddle steamer	For Great Western Railway
1 June	United Kingdom	Caird & Company	Greenock	Suevia	Passenger ship	For Hamburg America Line
2 June	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	Castalia	Paddle steamer	For English Channel Steamship Co
6 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Britannic	Ocean liner	For White Star Line
13 June	United States	John W. Griffiths	Kittery, Maine	Enterprise	Barque-rigged screw sloop	For United States Navy
4 July	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Earl Spencer	Paddle steamer	For London and North Western Railway
15 July	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Germanic	Ocean Liner	For White Star Line
July	United Kingdom	Thomas Royden & Sons	Liverpool	Lesbian	Cargo liner	For F R Leyland & Co
12 August	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	Rover	Rover-class corvette	For Royal Navy
29 August	United Kingdom	William Simons & Co.	Renfrew	Allanshaw	Sailing ship	For J. G. Potter & Co.
10 September	United Kingdom	J & W Dudgeon	Cubitt Town	Neptune	Ironclad turret ship	For Royal Navy
12 September	United Kingdom	Samuda Brothers	Cubitt Town	Deutschland	Kaiser-class ironclad	For Imperial German Navy
18 September	United States	John Roach & Sons	Chester, Pennsylvania	Alert	gunboat	For United States Navy
20 September	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Kiel	Friedrich der Grosse	Preussen-class ironclad	For Imperial German Navy
24 September	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Bessemer	Paddle steamer, ferry	For Sir Henry Bessemer
24 September	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Sapphire	Amethyst-class corvette	For Royal Navy
26 September	United Kingdom	Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness	Diamond	Amethyst-class corvette	For Royal Navy
13 October	United Kingdom	Robert Napier and Sons	Govan	Arab	Arab-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy
24 October	United States	Donald MacKay	Boston, Massachusetts	Adams	Gunboat	For United States Navy
27 October	United Kingdom	Caird & Company	Greenock	City of Berlin	Ocean liner	For Inman Line
27 October	United Kingdom	Robert Napier and Sons	Govan	Lily	Arab-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy
27 October	Canada	William D. Lawrence Shipyard	Maitland	William D. Lawrence	full-rigged ship	For William Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis
28 October	Netherlands	Rijkswerf	Amsterdam	Koning der Nederlanden	Ironclad turret ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy
19 November	France	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne	Puigcerdá	monitor	For Spanish Navy
25 December	United Kingdom	London & Glasgow Co Ltd		Lake Champlain	Barque-rigged steamship	For Canada Shipping Company
Unknown date	Canada		Saint John, New Brunswick	Abana	Barque
Unknown date	New South Wales		Jervis Bay	Adonis	Brigantine	For Patrick Hogan
Unknown date	New Zealand		Tolaga Bay	Advance	Schooner	For Charles Ingstrom
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sittingbourne	Agnes	Ketch	For Shrubshall & Court.[2]
Unknown date	Canada		Yarmouth, Nova Scotia	Antoinette	Barque	For J Bingay
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons	Greenock	Bear	Sealer	For W. Grieve, Sons & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	A. & J. Inglis	Glasgow	Brisbane	Steamship	For Eastern and Australian Steam Mailship Co Ltd
Unknown date	United States	Windiate & Butler	Manitowoc, Wisconsin	Cornelia B. Windiate	Schooner
Unknown date	United States	Neafie & Levy	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Dahlia	Lighthouse tender	For United States Lighthouse Service
Unknown date	Belgium	Robert Duncan & Co	Antwerp		Steamer	For White Cross[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Robert Duncan & Co	Port Glasgow	Dunedin	Full-rigged refrigerated cargo ship	For Albion Line
Unknown date				Eugene F. Price	Fishing trawler
Unknown date	United States	E J Fardy	Baltimore, Maryland	USC&GS George S. Blake	Auxiliary schooner	For United States Coast Survey
Unknown date	United States	John Roach & Sons	Chester, Pennsylvania	George W. Elder	Cargo liner	For Old Dominion Steamship Co
Unknown date	Sweden	Bergsund Mekaniske Verkstad	Stockholm	Gota	Cargo ship
Unknown date	Victoria		Echuca	Hero	Paddle steamer
Unknown date	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	McArthur	Survey ship	For United States Coast Survey
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Fullerton & Co	Paisley	Merksworth	Collier	For Anvil Creek Coal Mining Co
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Thames Iron Works	Leamouth	Mesudiye	Centre-battery ironclad	For Ottoman Navy
Unknown date	United States	Wolf and Davidson Co		Moonlight	Schooner	For William Mack
Unknown date	United States	Fred Congdon	Portland, Oregon	Otter	Sternwheeler	For Fred Congdon
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Pile	Sunderland	Rodney	Clipper	For Devitt and Moore
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Caird & Company	Greenock	Sindoro	Steamship	For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bowdler & Chaffer	Seacombe	Sunbeam	Auxiliary schooner	For Thomas Brassey
Unknown date	United States		The Dalles, Oregon	Teaser	Sternwheeler	For Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Simons & Co.	Glasgow	Waterford	Paddle steamer	For Great Western Railway

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