List of ship launches in 1881
The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1881.
January[]
31 January[]
- Tynron (
United Kingdom): 450-ton, three-masted brigantine launched by Messrs Harvey and Company of Hayle, Cornwall.[1]
March[]
1 March[]
- Servia ( United Kingdom): 8,500 ton Cunard steamer, launched by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company). The second, largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.[2]
April[]
13 April[]
- ( United Kingdom): 1850 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The third ship in the Hain's fleet.[3]
27 April[]
- (ex-Nederland) (
Netherlands): 2700 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by Fijenoord for NSBM.[4][5] Originally named Nederland.[6] Sold by NSBM to Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij in May 1882[7] and renamed Leerdam.[8]
June[]
14 June[]
- City of Rome ( United Kingdom): 8,821 ton Inman Line steamer was launched at Barrow. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.[9]
15 June[]
- HMS Polyphemus (
United Kingdom): the Royal Navy torpedo ship was launched at Chatham Dockyard.[10]
26 August[]
- HMS Canada ( United Kingdom): Comus-class screw corvette in Portsmouth dockyard.[11]
September[]
10 September[]
- Mount's Bay ( United Kingdom): 3,000 ton steamer, built by Messrs Schlesinger, Davis and Co for the Mount's Bay Steamship Company and launched at Wallsend.[12]
October[]
22 October[]
- HMS Cordelia ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Portsmouth.[13]
December[]
3 December[]
- ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Devonport.[14]
7 December[]
- Athenian ( United Kingdom): the 4,000 ton steamer, launched at Messrs Atken and Mansell's shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow for the Union Company on the Cape of Good Hope Service.[15]
References[]
- ^ "Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 134. 3 February 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "A Big Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 139. 10 March 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 145. 21 April 1881. p. 7.
- ^ "Rotterdam, 28 April". Algemeen Handelsblad. 29 April 1881.
- ^ "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 2 May 1881.
- ^ "Binnenland". De Maasbode. 18 August 1881.
- ^ "West-Indische Mail". De Tijd. 23 May 1882.
- ^ "Binnenland". Leeuwarder courant. 1 June 1882.
- ^ "Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 164. 1 September 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman. No. 166. 15 September 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Latest". The Cornishman. No. 172. 27 October 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 5.
| Ship events in 1881 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1876 | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | 1884 | 1885 | |||||
| Ship decommissionings: | 1876 | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | 1884 | 1886 | |||||
| Shipwrecks: | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 |
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