List of ship launches in 1878
The list of ship launches in 1878 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1878.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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6 March | ![]() |
John Roach and Son | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Rio de Janeiro | Passenger ship | For United States & Brazil Mail Steamship Company |
March | ![]() |
Aberystwyth | Rheidol | Schooner | For private owner.[1] | |
13 May | ![]() |
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Bayern | Sachsen-class ironclad | For Kaiserliche Marine |
13 June | ![]() |
Royal Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Pegasus | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
31 August | ![]() |
Royal Dockyard | Sheerness | Gannet | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
23 October | ![]() |
Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Nor | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
1 November | ![]() |
Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Brage | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
9 November | ![]() |
A. G. Vulcan | Stettin | Württemberg | Sachsen-class ironclad | For Kaiserliche Marine |
19 November | ![]() |
Messrs Thompson | Dalmuir, Glasgow | Ocean liner | For Cunard.[2] | |
19 November | ![]() |
John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Steamship | For Hain Line.[3][4] | |
14 December | ![]() |
John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Steamship | For Delmas Frères.[5][6] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Stockton-on-Tees | Steamship | For Edward Letham.[7][8] |
References[]
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 12024. Glasgow. 6 July 1878.
- ^ "Cunard liner Gallia". The Cornishman. No. 19. 21 November 1878. p. 7.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 20. 28 November 1878. p. 4.
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 80. 22 January 1880. p. 5.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29440. London. 17 December 1878. col F, p. 8.
- ^ "Le Creusot". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Wreck Of A Steamer And Loss Of 35 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 289. 15 November 1883. p. 8.
- ^ "Iris". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
Ship events in 1878 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
Ship commissionings: | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | |||||
Ship decommissionings: | 1874 | 1876 | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | ||||||
Shipwrecks: | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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