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
11 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ionic Cargo liner Built for White Star Line
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]
10 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast La Nevera Cargo ship For River Plate Co.[2]
10 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Doric Ocean liner Built for White Star Line
11 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fingal Sailing ship For R Martin & Co.[3]
April  United Kingdom Palmer's Shipbuilding Co Penarth Screw-steamer 2300 tons.[4]
26 May  United Kingdom Messrs John Readhead & Co South Shields Trekieve Screw-steamer Built for Messrs Edward Hain and Son, St Ives.[5]
26 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast W J Pirrie Sailing ship For S Lawther & Co.[6]
20 June  United Kingdom Barclay, Curl, and Co. Glasgow Capercailzie Steam yacht Sold to the Royal Navy by George Burns in 1891 and renamed HMS Vivid.[7]
23 June  United Kingdom John Elder & Company Govan Oregon Ocean liner For Guion Line
23 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Niger Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[8]
3 July  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow Daphne Steamer Foundered on launch.[9]
21 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Wolseley Sailing ship For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[10]
4 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dundela Cargo ship For Harland & Wolff.[11]
21 August  United Kingdom David J. Dunlop & Co. Glasgow Monarch 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.[12]
30 August  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Edam Steamer For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij, replaced a wooden ship of same size and name.[13]
1 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dunluce Cargo ship For Harland & Wolff.[14]
19 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dynamic Ferry For Belfast Steamship Company.[15]
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).[16]
October  United Kingdom Messrs Harvey and Co Hayle Eagle Tug Built for Messrs Deeble and Sons of Falmouth.[17]
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).[18]
15 October  United Kingdom Dobie and Co. Govan Derry Castle Iron barque Wrecked off Enderby Island on 20 March 1887.[19]
17 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Guido Cargo ship For G. H. Fletcher.[20]
14 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bay of Panama Sailing ship For J Bullock & Co.[21]
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.).[22]
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Texan Cargo ship For West India Shipping Co.[23]
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.[24]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank America Cargo liner For National Line.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Devon Iron screw-steamer Sold by auction on 12 January 1885.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Port Glasgow Pochard Screw-steamer Built for the Cork Steamship Company.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Blackwell Suffolk Iron screw-steamer Built for the Suffolk Steamship Company and wrecked on Lizard Point, Cornwall in 1886.[28]
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.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Successful Launch Of A Steamer At Falmouth". The Cornishman. No. 236. 18 January 1883. p. 5.
  2. ↑ "La Nevera". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fingal". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Port of Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 348. 19 March 1885. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Edward Hain And Son, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 251. 3 May 1883. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "W J Pirrie". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Capercailzie". Clyde-built ships database. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ↑ "Niger". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "A Steamer Capsized At A Launch Over 150 Lives Lost". The Cornishman. No. 260. 5 July 1883. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Lord Wolseley". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Dundela". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "MONARCH". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Gemengd Nieuws" [Mixed News]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 31 August 1833.
  14. ↑ "Dunluce". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Dynamic". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "There was launched ...". The Cornishman. No. 272. 27 September 1883. p. 6.
  17. ↑ "Falmouth". The Cornishman. No. 274. 11 October 1883. p. 5.
  18. ↑ "The Cornwall Steamship Company's New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 274. 11 October 1883. p. 5.
  19. ↑ "Derry Castle". Clyde-built ships database. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Guido". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Bay of Panama". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  22. ↑ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 284. 20 December 1883. p. 4.
  23. ↑ "Texan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "Islands of Scilly". The Cornishman. No. 285. 29 December 1883. p. 7.
  25. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 369.
  26. ↑ "Iron Screw-Steamer For Sale". The Cornishman. No. 338. 8 January 1885. p. 1.
  27. ↑ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman. No. 334. 11 December 1884. p. 5.
  28. ↑ "Wreck at The Lizard". The Cornishman. No. 428. 30 September 1886. p. 5.
  29. ↑ "Wreck of a Steamer at Scilly". The Cornishman. No. 388. 24 December 1885. p. 5.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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