List of ship launches in 1885

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The list of ship launches in 1885 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1885.

February[]

26 February[]

• Sirius  Norway: Passenger/cargo ship launched by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany for Bergen Steamship Company

28 February[]

•  United Kingdom: Surprise-class third class cruiser launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow for the British Royal Navy.^[1]
• Gaelic  United Kingdom: Passenger and cargo liner built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line.^[2]

March[]

18 March[]

• Naniwa  United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

31 March[]

• Katsuragi  Japan: Corvette launched at .
• Mersey  United Kingdom: Protected cruiser launched at Chatham Dockyard for Royal Navy.^[3]

Exact date unknown[]

• RMS Etruria  United Kingdom: Launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow.

April[]

16 April[]

• Formidable  France: Amiral Baudin-class battleship launched at Lorient.

18 April[]

• Mona's Queen  United Kingdom: Paddle steamer built by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company^[4]

28 April[]

• Howe  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.^[5]

May[]

1 May[]

• Yamato  Japan: Corvette launched at Onohama Naval Arsenal.

16 May[]

• Takachiho  United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

26 May[]

• Puritan  United States: Yacht launched by George Lawley & Son, Boston, Massachusetts.

Exact date unknown[]

• Galatea  United Kingdom: Yacht launched by John Beavor-Webb.
• Moy  United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

June[]

13 June[]

• Panther  United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.^[6]

15 June[]

• Benbow  United Kingdom: Admiral-class battleship launched by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Leamouth, Essex.^[7]

26 June[]

• Infanta Isabel  Spain: Launched at Cadiz.

September[]

10 September[]

• Leopard  United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

October[]

21 October[]

• Admiral Nakhimov  Russian Empire: Armoured cruiser launched at Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg.

27 October[]

• Hero  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Chatham Dockyard.

November[]

24 November[]

• Camperdown  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.^[8]

December[]

3 December[]

• Thames  United Kingdom: Launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

5 December[]

• Chicago  United States: Launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

10 December[]

• Rhine  United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

23 December[]

• Archer  United Kingdom: Archer-class torpedo cruiser launched at Thomson's yard, Clydebank.^[9]

Exact date unknown[]

• Polly Woodside  United Kingdom: Barque launched by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast, Ireland.

Exact date unknown[]

• Bristol  United States: Launched by Sam Paegnall, Charleston, South Carolina.
• Elcano  Spain: Launched at Manila for the Armada Española.
• Multnomah  United States: Paddle steamer launched at East Portland, Oregon.
• Pioneer  United States: Sloop launched at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
• Port Victor  United Kingdom: Launched at Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Rheinland  Germany: Launched by H Hespe, Brake, Lower Saxony.
• Stiletto  United States: Launched by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island.

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