List of ship launches in 1880

The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.

January[]

13 January[]

Tregenna ( United Kingdom): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.^[1]

26 January[]

HMS Rambler ( United Kingdom): Algerine-class gunvessel launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.

February[]

24 February[]

Columbia ( United States): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.^[2]

March[]

9 March[]

HMS Doterel ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.^[3]

10 March[]

HMS Ajax ( United Kingdom): Ajax-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

19 March[]

Name unreported ( United Kingdom): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.^[4]

27 March[]

Bayard ( France) battleship launched for the Marine Nationale.

June[]

9 June[]

HMS Constance ( United Kingdom): Comus-class corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.

25 June[]

Livadia ( Russian Empire): the Imperial yacht was launched by John Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland for the Imperial Russian Navy.^[5]

August[]

3 August[]

HMS Espiegle ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.

18 August[]

Langrigg Hall ( United Kingdom): The 1391 ton iron barque was built for Messrs Herron and Co of Liverpool at Sunderland.^[6]^[7]

23 August[]

( United Kingdom): the iron-screwed steamship was launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow for of Cardiff. Intended for general trade and carrying 1850 tons.^[8]

25 August[]

HNoMS Ellida ( Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.

28 August[]

Henry Chisholm ( United States): steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.

September[]

29 September[]

Italia ( Italy): pre-dreadnought battleship launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.^[9]

30 September[]

HDMS Tordenskjold ( Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.

October[]

5 October[]

HMS Wasp ( United Kingdom): Banterer-class gunboat launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.

November[]

8 November[]

Tsukushi ( United Kingdom): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

December[]

4 December[]

HMS Lark ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.

Exact date unknown[]

Annie ( United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut.
ARA Almirante Brown ( United Kingdom): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina.
Confidence ( United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
( United Kingdom): launched at Lower Walker-on-Tyne.^[10]
Hope Haynes ( United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine.
Lily ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
HMS Meda ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
Montauk ( United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine.
Newnham ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co.
Rhuabon ( United Kingdom): The 883 ton steamship was launched at Jarrow for Messrs John Cory and Sons of Padstow and Cardiff.^[11]
Toro Submarino ( Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú.
Violet ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.

References[]

^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 80. 22 January 1880. p. 5.
^ Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564
^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 87. 11 October 1880. p. 6.
^ "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman. No. 89. 25 March 1880. p. 7.
^ "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman. No. 104. p. 5.
^ "Loss Of The Barque Langrigg Hall And 24 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 232. 21 December 1882. p. 6.
^ "Langrigg Hall (1081397)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 116. 30 September 1880. p. 4.
^ "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman. No. 117. 7 October 1880. p. 7.
^ "Wreck Of A Steamer And Loss Of Twenty-two Lives". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 7.
^ "Foundering Of A Padstow Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 291. 7 February 1884. p. 7.

Ship events in 1880
Ship launches:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Ship commissionings:	1875	1876	1877		1879			1882		1884	1885
Ship decommissionings:		1876	1877		1879			1882		1884
Shipwrecks:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

[1] "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 80. 22 January 1880. p. 5.

[Jehl-2] Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564

[3] "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 87. 11 October 1880. p. 6.

[4] "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman. No. 89. 25 March 1880. p. 7.

[5] "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman. No. 104. p. 5.

[6] "Loss Of The Barque Langrigg Hall And 24 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 232. 21 December 1882. p. 6.

[7] "Langrigg Hall (1081397)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

[8] "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 116. 30 September 1880. p. 4.

[9] "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman. No. 117. 7 October 1880. p. 7.

[10] "Wreck Of A Steamer And Loss Of Twenty-two Lives". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 7.

[11] "Foundering Of A Padstow Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 291. 7 February 1884. p. 7.

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