List of ship launches in 1879

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The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar, London Orion Belleisle-class ironclad
10 March  United Kingdom John Elder and Co Govan, Scotland Arizona Passenger ship [1]Blue Riband holder 1879–1882
20 May  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Fijenoord Screw ship For NSBM line to London, named after an earlier Fijenoord[2]
5 June  United Kingdom John Elder and Co Govan, Scotland Steamer Orient Steam Navigation Company[3][4]
21 June  United Kingdom Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Willington Quay, England Rosalind Steam schooner [5]
4 September  Germany Schichauwerft Danzig Gneisenau Three-masted full-rigged ship
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Gadfly-class gunboat [6]
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Tickler Gadfly-class gunboat
16 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon Phoenix Doterel-class sloop [7]
17 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Agamemnon Ajax-class ironclad
2 October  United Kingdom Dumbarton Steamer For Messrs James and Alexander Allan[8]
October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Turenne
16 December  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Kingfisher Sloop

References[]

  1. ^ "Next to the Largest Steamer in the World". The Cornishman. No. 35. 13 March 1879. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Binnenland". Rotterdamsche Courant. 24 May 1879.
  3. ^ "A Monster Steamship". The Cornishman. No. 47. 12 June 1879. p. 7.
  4. ^ "A View Of A Monster Of The Deep". The Cornishman. No. 65. 9 October 1879. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Tickler and the Gripper". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Penzance". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Miscellaneous". The Cornishman (Saturday edition). No. 65. 11 October 1879. p. 6.
Ship events in 1879
Ship launches: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Ship commissionings: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1879 1882 1884
Ship decommissionings: 1874 1876 1877 1879 1882 1884
Shipwrecks: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
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