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 | |
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23 January | ![]() |
Samuda Brothers | Poplar, London | Orion | Belleisle-class ironclad | |
10 March | ![]() |
John Elder and Co | Govan, Scotland | Arizona | Passenger ship | [1]Blue Riband holder 1879–1882 |
20 May | ![]() |
Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Fijenoord | Screw ship | For NSBM line to London, named after an earlier Fijenoord[2] |
5 June | ![]() |
John Elder and Co | Govan, Scotland | Steamer | Orient Steam Navigation Company[3][4] | |
21 June | ![]() |
Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co | Willington Quay, England | Rosalind | Steam schooner | [5] |
4 September | ![]() |
Schichauwerft | Danzig | Gneisenau | Three-masted full-rigged ship | |
15 September | ![]() |
Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Gadfly-class gunboat | [6] | |
15 September | ![]() |
Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Tickler | Gadfly-class gunboat | |
16 September | ![]() |
Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Phoenix | Doterel-class sloop | [7] |
17 September | ![]() |
Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Agamemnon | Ajax-class ironclad | |
2 October | ![]() |
Dumbarton | Steamer | For Messrs James and Alexander Allan[8] | ||
October | ![]() |
Arsenal de Lorient | Lorient | Turenne | ||
16 December | ![]() |
Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Kingfisher | Sloop |
References[]
- ^ "Next to the Largest Steamer in the World". The Cornishman. No. 35. 13 March 1879. p. 8.
- ^ "Binnenland". Rotterdamsche Courant. 24 May 1879.
- ^ "A Monster Steamship". The Cornishman. No. 47. 12 June 1879. p. 7.
- ^ "A View Of A Monster Of The Deep". The Cornishman. No. 65. 9 October 1879. p. 6.
- ^ "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Tickler and the Gripper". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 5.
- ^ "Penzance". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 4.
- ^ "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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