List of ship launches in 1888
The list of ship launches in 1889 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1890.
January[]
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February[]
Dunboyne launched by the , Whitehaven
March[]
15 March[]
- SS City of New York a passenger liner launched by J & G Thomson, Clydebank, Scotland for the Inman Line[1]
27 March[]
HMS Nile, a Trafalgar-class ironclad battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.[2]
April[]
28 April[]
USS Yorktown, patrol gunboat built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia for US Navy.[3]
May[]
1 May[]
- HMS Nymphe, a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop built at Portsmouth Dockyard.[4]
29 May[]
- HMS Daphne, a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop built at Sheerness Dockyard.[5]
June[]
25 June[]
- SS Gulf of Corcovado launched by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn.[6]
July[]
19 July[]
- USS Charleston – protected cruiser built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco for US Navy.[7]
August[]
4 August[]
- USS Active tug launched by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco[8][9]
7 August[]
Akagi launched by Onohama Shipyards, Kobe.[10]
September[]
22 September[]
- RMS Atrato launched by Robert Napier and Sons, Govan.
October[]
6 October[]
- USS Baltimore - protected cruiser built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia for US Navy.[7]
15 October[]
- Takao - Unprotected cruiser built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for Imperial Japanese Navy.[11]
November[]
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December[]
4 December[]
- launched by William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool. Served as U.S. Army hospital ship during War With Spain, later Army transport Egbert.[12][13]
References[]
- ^ "Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
- ^ "Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 163
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 58
- ^ "The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–136.
- ^ "Gulf of Corcovado". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 151
- ^ Naval History And Heritage Command (19 January 2017). "Active III (Tug)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 236
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 233
- ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches — English, Missouri". The Marine Engineer. 1 January 1889. pp. 356–357. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Burden, Tom (1 March 2017). "An Overview of US Navy Hospital Ships". Naval Order of the United States. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
See also[]
| Ship events in 1888 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1884 | 1885 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | ||||
| Ship decommissionings: | 1884 | 1886 | |||||||||
| Shipwrecks: | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 |
Categories:
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- 1888 ships
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