List of ship launches in 1887

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The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887.


Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
25 March  Germany Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin Laiyuan Protected cruiser For Beiyang Fleet
31 March Flag of Hong Kong (1876–1955).svg Hong Kong Ramage & Ferguson & Company[1] , yard 76, Leith[1] SS Fatshan passenger ferry steamer For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company
7 April  United States Samuel Mather Wooden freighter For R. John W. Moore, et al.
9 April  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard Victoria Victoria-class battleship For Royal Navy
10 May  France Chantiers de la Seine Argenteuil L'Almée Yacht For chocolatier Henri Menier
7 July  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Immortalité Orlando-class cruiser For Royal Navy
23 July  Germany Germania Kiel Prinzess Wilhelm Irene-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
22 September  Germany Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin Irene Irene-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
28 October  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Dock Aurora Orlando-class cruiser For Royal Navy

April[]

7 April 1887[]

Ship events in 1887
Ship launches: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
Ship commissionings: 1882 1884 1885 1889 1890 1891 1892
Ship decommissionings: 1882 1884 1886
Shipwrecks: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892

References[]

  1. ^ a b William (1890). Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 11. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN 1231212276.
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