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The list of ship launches in 1882 includes a chronological list of some
ships launched in 1882.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
7 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Garfield
|
Sailing ship
|
For North Western Shipping Co.
[1]
|
4 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Prince
|
Passenger ship
|
For British Shipowners Ltd.
[2]
|
4 February
|
United Kingdom
|
John Readhead & Sons
|
South Shields
|
Treneglos
|
Steamship
|
For
Edward Hain and Son.
[3]
|
21 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Schlesinger Davis & Co.
|
Wallsend
|
Boskenna Bay
|
Steamship
|
For Mount's Bay Steam Ship Company.
|
11 March
|
United States
|
William Cramp & Sons
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Valencia
|
Steamship
|
For Red D Line.
|
18 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard
|
Pembroke
|
Edinburgh
|
Colossus-class
battleship
|
For
Royal Navy.
|
18 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Lord Downshire
|
Sailing ship
|
For Thomas Dixon & Sons.
[4]
|
21 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
Colossus
|
Colossus-class
battleship
|
For
Royal Navy
|
25 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd
|
Sunderland
|
Ganges
|
Barque
|
For
Nourse Line.
|
20 April
|
Canada
|
Alexander Watson
|
Victoria
|
R P Rithet
|
Sternwheeler
|
For
John Irving.
|
27 April
|
France
|
|
|
Courbet
|
Ironclad
|
For
French Navy.
|
3 May
|
Netherlands
|
Fijenoord
|
Schiedam
|
Zaandam
|
Passenger ship
|
For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij.
[5]
|
4 May
|
Canada
|
Andrew Onderdonk
|
Spuzzum
|
Skuzzy
|
Sternwheeler
|
For Andrew Onderdonk.
|
19 May
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers
|
Dumbarton
|
Wairarapa
|
Steamship
|
For
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
|
15 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Yucatan
|
Cargo ship
|
For West India Shipping Co.
[6]
|
June
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Royden and Sons
|
Liverpool
|
Alesia
|
Ocean liner
|
For Fabre Line.
|
June
|
United States
|
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
San Juan
|
Ocean liner
|
For
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
|
6 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Walter H. Wilson
|
Barque
|
For S Lawther & Co.
[7]
|
July
|
United Kingdom
|
Aitken & Mansel
|
Whiteinch
|
Hilda
|
Steamship
|
For
London and South Western Railway.
|
9 August
|
United States
|
Pusey & Jones
|
Wilmington, Delaware
|
Albatross
|
Research vessel
|
For
United States Navy.
|
29 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Strand Ship-building Yard
|
Sunderland
|
Eureka
|
|
For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.
[8]
|
August
|
United Kingdom
|
Sunderland Shipbuilding Company
|
Sunderland
|
Glenorchy
|
Sailing ship
|
For private owner.
[9]
|
10 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Short Brothers
|
Sunderland
|
Britannia
|
Steamship
|
For United Kingdom Steamship Company.
[10]
|
22 October
|
Russia
|
Baltic Shipyard
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Vladimir Monomakh
|
Armoured cruiser
|
For
Imperial Russian Navy.
|
26 October
|
United Kingdom
|
John Readhead & Sons
|
South Shields
|
Trevose
|
Steamship
|
For
Edward Hain and Son.
[11]
|
28 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Napier
|
Glasgow
|
Leander
|
Cruiser
|
For
Royal Navy.
|
11 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Schlesinger, Davis and Co.
|
Wallsend
|
Carbis Bay
|
Steamship
|
For Carbis Bay Steamship Company.
[12]
|
22 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard
|
Pembroke
|
Collingwood
|
Admiral-class
battleship
|
For
Royal Navy.
[13]
|
28 November
|
Germany
|
AG Vulcan Stettin
|
Stettin
|
Zhenyuan
|
Turret ship
|
For
Beiyang Fleet.
|
November
|
United Kingdom
|
Deptford Ship-building Yard
|
Sunderland, County Durham
|
Dolcoath
|
Steamship
|
For Messrs. Osborne and Wallis.
[14]
|
6 December
|
United States
|
John Roach & Son
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Puritan
|
Puritan-class
monitor
|
For
United States Navy.
|
14 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Princess
|
Passenger ship
|
For British Shipowners Ltd.
|
23 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Napier
|
Glasgow
|
Arethusa
|
Leander-class
cruiser
|
For
Royal Navy.
|
26 December
|
United Kingdom
|
J. & G. Thomson & Co.
|
Glasgow
|
Aurania
|
Ocean liner
|
For
Cunard Line.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Hall, Russel & Co. Ltd.
|
Aberdeen
|
Dabulamanzi
|
Steamship
|
For John T. Rennie & Co.
|
Date unknown
|
Denmark)
|
Burmeister & Wain
|
Copenhagen
|
Georg Stage
|
Sailing ship
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
Morely & Hill
|
Marine City, Michigan
|
John M. Osborn
|
Steamboat
|
For George F. Cleveland and Cleveland Mining Ore Company.
|
Date unknown
|
Norway
|
|
|
Lyn
|
Torpedo boat
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.
|
Hull
|
Precursor
|
Steam fishing smack
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
Norway
|
Nylands Verksted
|
Kristiania
|
Viking
|
Steamship
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
A Sewall & Co.
|
Bath, Maine
|
W. F. Babcock
|
Schooner
|
For private owner.
|
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^
"Garfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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^
"British Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For The Messrs. Hain". The Cornishman. No. 187. 9 February 1882. p. 8.
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^
"Lord Downshire". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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^
"Laatste Niewstijdingen" [Latest News]. Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 May 1882.
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^
"Yucatan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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^
"Walter H. Wilson". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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^ "Launch Of A New Streamer". The Cornishman. No. 217. 7 September 1882. p. 6.
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^ "The Largest Sailing Ship". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 6.
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^ "Launch of a new Steamer for Messrs Short and Dunn". The Cornishman. No. 223. 19 October 1882.
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^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Messrs Hain, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 224. 26 October 1882. p. 8.
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^ "Launch Of The Carbis Bay". The Cornishman. No. 227. 16 November 1882. p. 7.
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^ "Launch Of A War-Ship". The Cornishman. No. 229. 23 November 1882. p. 6.
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^ "Launch Of A New Screw Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 6.
- 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.