The list of ship launches in 1876 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1876.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn Trenton Screw steamer
12 February  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar, London Belleisle Belleisle-class ironclad
12 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast The Lagan Steam barge For A. Guinness & Sons.[1]
19 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thursby Cargo ship For W. Thursby.[2]
20 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast E J Harland Sailing ship For Thomas Dixon & Co.[3]
27 April  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Inflexible Ironclad battleship
April  Germany Lürings Yard Hammelwarden Paula Barque For A Schiff & Co.
8 May  Italy Duilio Ironclad battleship
9 May  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Temeraire Ironclad battleship
May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gladys Schooner For N. Matheson.[4]
7 June  United States William T. Malster Baltimore, Maryland Tench Coxe Cutter
22 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thurland Castle Sailing ship For Lancaster Shipowners Company.[5]
July  United Kingdom R. Craggs & Son Middlesbrough May Schooner For R. Craggs & Son.[6]
September  France Lorient Dockyard Lorient Redoutable Central battery battleship First warship principally constructed of steel
4 November  United Kingdom Elder & Company Glasgow Nelson Nelson-class cruiser
14 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mousmie Yacht For P. O'Connor.[7]
18 November  United Kingdom Napiers Glasgow Northampton Nelson-class cruiser
November  Norway Frid Brig For private owner.[8]
2 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Steelfield Sailing ship For R. C. McNaughton & Co.[9]
5 December  United States John Roach and Son Chester, Pennsylvania Miantonomoh Monitor
Unknown date  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Alf Barque For W Lindsay & Co
Unknown date  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock Chefoo Steamship For China Navigatio Co. Ltd.[10]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. Greenock Hinemoa Lighthouse tender For Government of New Zealand.[11]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Willington on Tyne Lucy Compton Schooner For Charles Tully & Co.[12]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Renfrew Mary Hough Steamship For Mr Samuel Hough of Liverpool[13]
Unknown date  United Kingdom S. Richards & Co. Lowestoft Nil Desperandum Drifter For private owner.[14]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields President Tug For private owner.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Lagan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Thursby". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "E J Harland". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Gladys". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Thurland Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Supposed Loss of a Middlesbrough Schooner". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 2701. Middlesbrough. 25 January 1877. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Mousmie". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Disasters at Sea". The Times. No. 28863. London. 12 February 1877. col F, p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Steelfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 376.
  11. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 375.
  12. ↑ "Shipping Disasters". Preston Chronicle. No. 3336. Preston. 20 January 1877.
  13. ↑ "The Mary Hough Steamer Sunk". The Cornishman. No. 151. 2 June 1881. p. 7.
  14. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 234.
  15. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.
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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