Global InformationList of ship launches in 1883 information
The list of ship launches in 1883 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1883.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
- ^ "Successful Launch Of A Steamer At Falmouth". The Cornishman. No. 236. 18 January 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "La Nevera". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Fingal". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "SS Dragonfly". marsdiep.mudware.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Port of Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 348. 19 March 1885. p. 1.
- ^ "Launch Of A New Steamer For Edward Hain And Son, St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 251. 3 May 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "W J Pirrie". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Capercailzie". Clyde-built ships database. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Niger". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "A Steamer Capsized At A Launch Over 150 Lives Lost". The Cornishman. No. 260. 5 July 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "Lord Wolseley". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Dundela". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "MONARCH". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Gemengd Nieuws" [Mixed News]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 31 August 1833.
- ^ "Dunluce". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Dynamic". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "There was launched ...". The Cornishman. No. 272. 27 September 1883. p. 6.
- ^ "Falmouth". The Cornishman. No. 274. 11 October 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "The Cornwall Steamship Company's New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 274. 11 October 1883. p. 5.
- ^ "Derry Castle". Clyde-built ships database. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Guido". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Bay of Panama". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 284. 20 December 1883. p. 4.
- ^ "Texan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Islands of Scilly". The Cornishman. No. 285. 29 December 1883. p. 7.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 369.
- ^ "Iron Screw-Steamer For Sale". The Cornishman. No. 338. 8 January 1885. p. 1.
- ^ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman. No. 334. 11 December 1884. p. 5.
- ^ "Wreck at The Lizard". The Cornishman. No. 428. 30 September 1886. p. 5.
- ^ "Wreck of a Steamer at Scilly". The Cornishman. No. 388. 24 December 1885. p. 5.