The list of ship launches in 1874 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1874.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  Sweden Motala Verkstad Norrköping Berserk Hildur-class monitor For Royal Swedish Navy
3 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Star of Bengal Full-rigged ship For J P Corry & Co.
23 January  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Almirante Cochrane Almirante Cochrane-class ironclad For Chilean Navy
3 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Britannic Passenger ship For White Star Line.
4 February  United Kingdom Blackwall Yard Blackwall Daring Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
14 February  United Kingdom Robert Duncan & Co. Glasgow Utopia Passenger ship For Anchor Line
17 February  United Kingdom C. Mitchell & Company Aberdeen Faraday Cable ship For Siemens Brothers
18 February  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co Sunderland Clan Macleod Barque For T Dunlop
19 February  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Glasgow Waterford Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
2 March  United Kingdom William Pile Sunderland Rodney Clipper For Devitt and Moore
3 March  United Kingdom Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow Dunedin Full-rigged refrigerated cargo ship For Albion Line
4 March  United Kingdom J & G Thomson Clydebank Bothnia Barque-rigged steamship For Cunard Line
5 March  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Intrepid Torpedo ram For United States Navy
6 March  United Kingdom Laird Brothers Birkenhead Uruguay Corvette For Argentine Navy
14 March  United States Atlantic Works Company Boston, Massachusetts Richard Rush Dexter-class cutter For United States Revenue Cutter Service
19 March  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania City of Peking Steamship For Pacific Mail Steamship Company
19 March  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Cubitt Town SMS Kaiser Kaiser-class ironclad For Imperial German Navy
19 March  United Kingdom John Elder & Co. Govan Prinses Amalia Passenger liner For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
30 March  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Holland Steamship For NSBM line.[1]
14 April  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Vale Vale-class gunboat For Royal Norwegian Navy
13 May  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania City of Tokio Steamship For Pacific Mail Steamship Company
16 May  Brazil Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte Rio de Janeiro Sete de Setembro Ironclad frigate For Brazilian Navy
18 May  United Kingdom John Fullerton & Co Paisley Merksworth Collier For Anvil Creek Coal Mining Co
20 May  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Glasgow Limerick Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
1 June  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Suevia Passenger ship For Hamburg America Line
2 June  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth Castalia Paddle steamer For English Channel Steamship Co
3 June  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Glasgow Brisbane Steamship For Eastern and Australian Steam Mailship Co Ltd
6 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Britannic Ocean liner For White Star Line
13 June  United States John W. Griffiths Kittery, Maine Enterprise Barque-rigged screw sloop For United States Navy
4 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Earl Spencer Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
15 July  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Germanic Ocean Liner For White Star Line
July  United Kingdom Thomas Royden & Sons Liverpool Lesbian Cargo liner For F R Leyland & Co
12 August  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth Rover Rover-class corvette For Royal Navy
15 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belfast Sailing ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2]
29 August  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Renfrew Allanshaw Sailing ship For J. G. Potter & Co.
10 September  United Kingdom J & W Dudgeon Cubitt Town Neptune Ironclad turret ship For Royal Navy
12 September  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Cubitt Town Deutschland Kaiser-class ironclad For Imperial German Navy
18 September  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania Alert Alert-class gunboat For United States Navy
20 September  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Friedrich der Grosse Preussen-class ironclad For Imperial German Navy
24 September  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding Hull Bessemer Paddle steamer, ferry For Sir Henry Bessemer
24 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Sapphire Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
26 September  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Diamond Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
13 October  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Govan Arab Arab-class gunvessel For Royal Navy
24 October  United States Donald MacKay Boston, Massachusetts Adams Gunboat For United States Navy
27 October  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock City of Berlin Ocean liner For Inman Line
27 October  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Govan Lily Arab-class gunvessel For Royal Navy
27 October  Canada William D. Lawrence Shipyard Maitland William D. Lawrence full-rigged ship For William Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis
28 October  Netherlands Rijkswerf Amsterdam Koning der Nederlanden Ironclad turret ship For Royal Netherlands Navy
28 October  United Kingdom Thames Iron Works Leamouth Mesudiye Centre-battery ironclad For Ottoman Navy
19 November  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne Puigcerdá monitor For Spanish Navy
12 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Star of Russia Sailing ship For J. P. Corry & Co.[3]
25 December  United Kingdom London & Glasgow Co Ltd Lake Champlain Barque-rigged steamship For Canada Shipping Company
Unknown date Canada Canada Saint John, New Brunswick Abana Barque
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Jervis Bay Adonis Brigantine For Patrick Hogan
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand Tolaga Bay Advance Schooner For Charles Ingstrom
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sittingbourne Agnes Ketch For Shrubshall & Court.[4]
Unknown date  Canada Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Antoinette Barque For J Bingay
Unknown date  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Greenock Bear Sealer For W. Grieve, Sons & Co.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Contest Forester-class gunboat For Royal Navy.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Cygnet Forester-class gunboat For Royal Navy.[5]
Unknown date  United States Windiate & Butler Manitowoc, Wisconsin Cornelia B. Windiate Schooner
Unknown date  United States Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dahlia Lighthouse tender For United States Lighthouse Service
Unknown date  Belgium Robert Duncan & Co Antwerp Daniel Steinmann Steamer For White Cross[6]
Unknown date Eugene F. Price Fishing trawler
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Express Forester-class gunboat For Royal Navy.[5]
Unknown date  United States E J Fardy Baltimore, Maryland USC&GS George S. Blake Auxiliary schooner For United States Coast Survey
Unknown date  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania George W. Elder Cargo liner For Old Dominion Steamship Co
Unknown date  Sweden Bergsund Mekaniske Verkstad Stockholm Gota Cargo ship
Unknown date  Victoria Echuca Hero Paddle steamer
Unknown date  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Ilala Merchantman For private owner.[7]
Unknown date  United States Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California McArthur Survey ship For United States Coast Survey
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Minerva Steamship For private owner.[8]
Unknown date  United States Wolf and Davidson Co Moonlight Schooner For William Mack
Unknown date  United States Fred Congdon Portland, Oregon Otter Sternwheeler For Fred Congdon
Unknown date  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Sindoro Steamship For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bowdler & Chaffer Seacombe Sunbeam Auxiliary schooner For Thomas Brassey
Unknown date  United States The Dalles, Oregon Teaser Sternwheeler For Oregon Steam Navigation Company

References

  1. ↑ "Te water gelaten schepen". De Standaard (in Dutch). 1 April 1874.
  2. ↑ "Belfast". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Star of Russia". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Wreck Commissioner's Court". The Times. No. 29182. London. 19 February 1878. col F, p. 11.
  5. 1 2 3 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 55.
  6. ↑ "Foundering Of An Atlantic-Liner And Loss Of 120 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 299. 10 April 1884. p. 5.
  7. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 35.
  8. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 66–67.
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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