List of ship launches in 1883
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The list of ship launches in 1883 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1883.
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Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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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] |
23 April | United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Dragonfly | Cargo steamship | For Galbraith, Pembroke & Co.[4] |
April | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding Co | Penarth | Screw-steamer | 2300 tons.[5] | |
26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs John Readhead & Co | South Shields | Trekieve | Screw-steamer | Built for Messrs Edward Hain and Son, St Ives.[6] |
26 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | W J Pirrie | Sailing ship | For S Lawther & Co.[7] |
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.[8] |
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.[9] |
3 July | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow | Daphne | Steamer | Foundered on launch.[10] |
21 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lord Wolseley | Sailing ship | For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[11] |
4 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dundela | Cargo ship | For Harland & Wolff.[12] |
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.[13] |
30 August | Netherlands | Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Edam | Steamer | For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij, replaced a wooden ship of same size and name.[14] |
1 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dunluce | Cargo ship | For Harland & Wolff.[15] |
19 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dynamic | Ferry | For Belfast Steamship Company.[16] |
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).[17] |
October | United Kingdom | Messrs Harvey and Co | Hayle | Eagle | Tug | Built for Messrs Deeble and Sons of Falmouth.[18] |
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).[19] |
15 October | United Kingdom | Dobie and Co. | Govan | Derry Castle | Iron barque | Wrecked off Enderby Island on 20 March 1887.[20] |
17 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Guido | Cargo ship | For G. H. Fletcher.[21] |
14 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bay of Panama | Sailing ship | For J Bullock & Co.[22] |
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.).[23] |
29 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Texan | Cargo ship | For West India Shipping Co.[24] |
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.[25] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | America | Cargo liner | For National Line.[26] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Devon | Iron screw-steamer | Sold by auction on 12 January 1885.[27] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Port Glasgow | Pochard | Screw-steamer | Built for the Cork Steamship Company.[28] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blackwell | Suffolk | Iron screw-steamer | Built for the Suffolk Steamship Company and wrecked on Lizard Point, Cornwall in 1886.[29] | |
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.[30] |
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