List of ship launches in 1883

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The list of ship launches in 1883 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1883.


Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
13 January  United Kingdom Messrs Cox and Co Falmouth, Cornwall Prairie Flower Steam tug Built for Messrs J H Dunn and Co of Newport.[1]
April  United Kingdom Palmer's Shipbuilding Co Penarth Screw-steamer 2300 tons.[2]
26 May  United Kingdom Messrs John Readhead & Co South Shields Trekieve Screw-steamer Built for Messrs Edward Hain and Son, St Ives.[3]
20 June  United Kingdom Barclay, Curl, and Co. Glasgow SS Capercailzie Steam yacht Sold to the Royal Navy by George Burns in 1891 and renamed HMS Vivid.[4]
3 July  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow Daphne Steamer Foundered on launch.[5]
21 August  United Kingdom David J. Dunlop & Co. Glasgow Cable ship Screw steamer, 1,122 GRT, for H.M. Postmaster General - Telegraph Department, London, replacing earlier cable ship of the same name. First cable ship specifically designed for the Post Office.[6]
30 August  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Steamer For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij, replaced a wooden ship of same size and name.[7]
25 September  United Kingdom Mr Burt's shipyard Falmouth, Cornwall Armine Wooden screw steamer Designed by Messrs Watson of Glasgow for Messrs Rusden Brothers of Falmouth as a tug and passenger steamer. Dimensions: length 100 feet (30 m) x breadth 17.25 feet (5.26 m) x depth 10.2 feet (3.1 m).[8]
October  United Kingdom Messrs Harvey and Co Hayle Eagle Tug Built for Messrs Deeble and Sons of Falmouth.[9]
4 October  United Kingdom Messrs W Gray and Co West Hartlepool City of Truro Steamer Built for the Cornwall Steamship Company. 2300 to 2350 tonnage dead-weight, length 265 feet (81 m).[10]
15 October  United Kingdom Dobie and Co. Govan Derry Castle Iron barque Wrecked off Enderby Island on 20 March 1887.[11]
15 December  United Kingdom Messrs Cox and Co Falmouth, Cornwall Triton Steamer Built for the Falmouth Fisheries' Company. (The fifth launched by Messrs Cox and Co this year.).[12]
December  United Kingdom Messrs H M'Intyre and Co Paisley Frutera Screw-steamer Built for Messrs Goodyear and Co. for the fruit trade from Spain.[13]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Devon Iron screw-steamer Sold by auction on 12 January 1885.[14]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Port Glasgow Pochard Screw-steamer Built for the Cork Steamship Company.[15]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Newcastle Sussex Steamer Built for Messrs Hooper, Morrell and Williams of London and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly in 1885.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Successful Launch Of A Steamer At Falmouth". The Cornishman (236). 18 January 1883. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Port of Cardiff". The Cornishman (348). 19 March 1885. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Edward Hain And Son, St Ives". The Cornishman (251). 3 May 1883. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Capercailzie". Clyde-built ships database. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "A Steamer Capsized At A Launch Over 150 Lives Lost". The Cornishman (260). 5 July 1883. p. 5.
  6. ^ "MONARCH". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Gemengd Nieuws". De Standaard. 31 August 1833.
  8. ^ "There was launched ...". The Cornishman (272). 27 September 1883. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Falmouth". The Cornishman (274). 11 October 1883. p. 5.
  10. ^ "The Cornwall Steamship Company's New Steamer". The Cornishman (274). 11 October 1883. p. 5.
  11. ^ "Derry Castle". Clyde-built ships database. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (284). 20 December 1883. p. 4.
  13. ^ "Islands of Scilly". The Cornishman (285). 29 December 1883. p. 7.
  14. ^ "Iron Screw-Steamer For Sale". The Cornishman (338). 8 January 1885. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman (334). 11 December 1884. p. 5.
  16. ^ "Wreck of a Steamer at Scilly". The Cornishman (388). 24 December 1885. p. 5.
Ship events in 1883
Ship launches: 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888
Ship commissionings: 1879 1882 1884 1885
Ship decommissionings: 1879 1882 1884 1886
Shipwrecks: 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888
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