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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 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 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. [15]
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. [16]
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.

References

  1. ^ "Garfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "British Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For The Messrs. Hain". The Cornishman. No. 187. 9 February 1882. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Lord Downshire". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Laatste Niewstijdingen" [Latest News]. Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 May 1882.
  6. ^ "Yucatan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Walter H. Wilson". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Launch Of A New Streamer". The Cornishman. No. 217. 7 September 1882. p. 6.
  9. ^ "The Largest Sailing Ship". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Launch of a new Steamer for Messrs Short and Dunn". The Cornishman. No. 223. 19 October 1882.
  11. ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Messrs Hain, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 224. 26 October 1882. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Launch Of The Carbis Bay". The Cornishman. No. 227. 16 November 1882. p. 7.
  13. ^ "Launch Of A War-Ship". The Cornishman. No. 229. 23 November 1882. p. 6.
  14. ^ "Launch Of A New Screw Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 226. 9 November 1882. p. 6.
  15. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 314.
  16. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 252.
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.