List of ship launches in 1883
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 |
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13 January | ![]() |
Messrs Cox and Co | Falmouth, Cornwall | Prairie Flower | Steam tug | Built for Messrs J H Dunn and Co of Newport.[1] |
April | ![]() |
Palmer's Shipbuilding Co | Penarth | Screw-steamer | 2300 tons.[2] | |
26 May | ![]() |
Messrs John Readhead & Co | South Shields | Trekieve | Screw-steamer | Built for Messrs Edward Hain and Son, St Ives.[3] |
20 June | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Daphne | Steamer | Foundered on launch.[5] |
21 August | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Steamer | For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij, replaced a wooden ship of same size and name.[7] | |
25 September | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Messrs Harvey and Co | Hayle | Eagle | Tug | Built for Messrs Deeble and Sons of Falmouth.[9] |
4 October | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Dobie and Co. | Govan | Derry Castle | Iron barque | Wrecked off Enderby Island on 20 March 1887.[11] |
15 December | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Sunderland | Devon | Iron screw-steamer | Sold by auction on 12 January 1885.[14] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Port Glasgow | Pochard | Screw-steamer | Built for the Cork Steamship Company.[15] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Newcastle | Sussex | Steamer | Built for Messrs Hooper, Morrell and Williams of London and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly in 1885.[16] |
References[]
- ^ "Successful Launch Of A Steamer At Falmouth". The Cornishman (236). 18 January 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "Port of Cardiff". The Cornishman (348). 19 March 1885. p. 1.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Edward Hain And Son, St Ives". The Cornishman (251). 3 May 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "Capercailzie". Clyde-built ships database. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "A Steamer Capsized At A Launch Over 150 Lives Lost". The Cornishman (260). 5 July 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "MONARCH". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Gemengd Nieuws". De Standaard. 31 August 1833.
- ^ "There was launched ...". The Cornishman (272). 27 September 1883. p. 6.
- ^ "Falmouth". The Cornishman (274). 11 October 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "The Cornwall Steamship Company's New Steamer". The Cornishman (274). 11 October 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "Derry Castle". Clyde-built ships database. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (284). 20 December 1883. p. 4.
- ^ "Islands of Scilly". The Cornishman (285). 29 December 1883. p. 7.
- ^ "Iron Screw-Steamer For Sale". The Cornishman (338). 8 January 1885. p. 1.
- ^ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman (334). 11 December 1884. p. 5.
- ^ "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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