List of ship launches in 1882
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The list of ship launches in 1882 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1882.
February[]
4 February[]
- (
United Kingdom): The 2100 ton steamer was launched at the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The fourth ship in the Hain's fleet was built for the grain trade in the Danube and Sea of Azott, as well as for general trade.[1]
21 February[]
- ( United Kingdom): The 200 foot (61 m) steamer was launched at the shipyard of Schlesinger Davis & Co of Wallsend for the Mount's Bay Steam Ship Company. The second ship in the fleet and sister to Mount's Bay.[2]
March[]
18 March[]
- Edinburgh ( United Kingdom): Colossus-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.
21 March[]
- Colossus ( United Kingdom): Colossus-class battleship launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.
25 March[]
- Ganges ( United Kingdom): Launched by Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd, Sunderland.
April[]
20 April[]
- R P Rithet (
Canada): Paddle steamer launched by Alexander Watson.
Exact date unknown[]
- Courbet (
France): Ironclad battleship for the Marine Nationale.
May[]
3 May[]
- (
Netherlands): 6,300t passenger ship launched by Fijenoord for Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij.[3]
4 May[]
- Skuzzy ( Canada): Paddle steamer launched by Andrew Onderdonk at Spuzzum, British Columbia.
June[]
- Alesia ( United Kingdom): Ocean liner launched by Thomas Royden and Sons for Fabre line.
- SS San Juan (
United States): Ocean liner launched by the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works for Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
July[]
- Hilda ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Aitken & Mansel for London and South Western Railway.
August[]
- ( United Kingdom): Four-masted sailing ship, with a gross registered tonnage of 2,400 tons, launched by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Company. Was said to be the largest sailing ship built in Great Britain.[4]
9 August[]
- Albatross (
United States): Research vessel launched by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware.
29 August[]
- Eureka ( United Kingdom): 244 feet (74 m) steamer launched at the Strand Ship-building Yard, Sunderland for Messrs Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff.[5]
October[]
10 October[]
- Britannia ( United Kingdom): launched at Short Brothers yard, Sunderland. The 277 feet (84 m) steamer was the first of the fleet for the and was suitable for either the East Indian, American or Black Sea trade.[6]
26 October[]
- Trevose ( United Kingdom): The 2250 ton steamer was launched at the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The sixth ship in the Hain's fleet was built for the grain trade in the Danube and Sea of Azott, as well as for the Indian and Atlantic trade.[7]
28 October[]
- Leander ( United Kingdom): Cruiser launched by Napier, Glasgow.
November[]
11 November[]
- Carbis Bay ( United Kingdom): The 2400 ton steamer was launched at the yard of Schlesinger, Davis and Co, Wallsend for the Carbis Bay Steamship Company. She is intended for the Black Sea trade.[8]
22 November[]
- Collingwood ( United Kingdom): Admiral-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.[9]
28 November[]
- Zhenyuan (
Germany): Turret ship launched by AG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin for the Beiyang Fleet.
Unknown date[]
- Dolcoath ( United Kingdom): The 2400 ton dead weight screw steamer was launched at the Deptford Ship-building Yard, Sunderland for Messrs Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff.[10]
December[]
6 December[]
- Puritan ( United States): Puritan-class monitor launched by John Roach & Son, Chester, Pennsylvania.
23 December[]
- Arethusa ( United Kingdom): Leander-class cruiser launched by Napier, Glasgow.
Exact date unknown[]
- Georg Stage (
Denmark): Sailing ship launched by Burmeister & Wain, København. - John M Osborn ( United States): Steamboat launched by Morely & Hill, Marine City, Michigan.
- Lyn (
Norway): Torpedo boat launched for Royal Norwegian Navy - Saxon Prince ( United Kingdom): Launched by Swan Hunter, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Valencia ( United States): Steamship launched by William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Viking ( Norway): Launched by , Kristiania.
- Vladimir Monomakh (
Russian Empire): Armoured cruiser launched by Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg. - Wairarapa ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched at Dumbarton for Union Steamship Company of New Zealand
- W F Babcock ( United States): Barge launched by A Sewall & Co, Bath, Maine.
References[]
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For The Messrs. Hain". The Cornishman. No. 187. 9 February 1882. p. 8.
- ^ "Launch Of The Boskenna Bay". The Cornishman. No. 189. 23 February 1882. p. 4.
- ^ "Laatste Niewstijdingen". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 3 May 1882.
- ^ "The Largest Sailing Ship". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Streamer". The Cornishman. No. 217. 7 September 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch of a new Steamer for Messrs Short and Dunn". The Cornishman. No. 223. 19 October 1882.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Messrs Hain, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 224. 26 October 1882. p. 8.
- ^ "Launch Of The Carbis Bay". The Cornishman. No. 227. 16 November 1882. p. 7.
- ^ "Launch Of A War-Ship". The Cornishman. No. 229. 23 November 1882. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Screw Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 6.
| Ship events in 1882 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | 1884 | 1885 | ||||||
| Ship decommissionings: | 1877 | 1879 | 1882 | 1884 | 1886 | ||||||
| Shipwrecks: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
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