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The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887.


Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
3 January  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Jingyuan Cruiser For Imperial Chinese Navy.
8 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Etolia Cargo ship For D. & C. MacIver.[1]
8 January  United Kingdom Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Thompsonian Steamship For private owner.[2]
10 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough Haitan Steamship For Douglas Steamship Company, Limited.[2]
11 January  France Rochefort Durance Transport ship For French Navy.[3]
11 January  United Kingdom Messrs. M'Knight & Co. Ayr George Brown Tug For Irvine Harbour Trustees.[2]
11 January  United Kingdom London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan Glenshiel Steamship For Messrs. M'Gregor, Gow & Co.[2]
11 January  United Kingdom Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool Rescue Steamship For Messrs. Turner & Co.[4]
11 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Nicholson & Marsh Glasson Dock Ryelands Schooner For private owner.[2]
12 January  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbbuilding Co. Sunderland Ardbeg Steamship For R. Gordon & Co.[5][2]
12 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Queen Victoria Steamship For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons.[2]
13 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited Kingston upon Hull Auckland Steamship For Humber Conservancy Board.[2][2]
13 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Unnamed Crane pontoon For Panama Canal Company.[2][6]
14 January  United Kingdom J. Russell & Co. Greenock Drumcliff Barque For Gillison & Chadwick.[2]
21 January  United Kingdom Yarrow & Co. Poplar Kotaka Torpedo boat For Imperial Japanese Navy.
22 January  United Kingdom Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Company Meadowside Bellaura Steamship For Messrs Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[7]
22 January  United Kingdom W. S. Cumming Monkland Canal Jane Steam lighter For Robert Bain.[7]
22 January  United Kingdom Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow Pholos Hopper dredger For James M'Connochie.[7]
22 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited Jarrow Era Tanker For private owner.[8][9]
23 January  Spain Arsenal de la Carraca San Fernando Don Antonio de Ulloa Velasco-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
23 January  Spain Cartagena Don Juan de Austria Velasco-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
24 January  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, Limited Sunderland Kinyomaru Steamship For private owner.[2]
24 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith Rondine Steam yacht For Prince Sirignano.[7]
24 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) Belfast Star of Victoria Steamship First steamship built for Messrs. J. P. Corry & Co.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. C. S. Swan, and Hunter. Wallsend-on-Tyne Carmarthenshire Steamship For Messrs Jenkins & Co.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow Hondo Steamship For Honduras and Central American Steamship Company.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse Thames Steamship For Carron Company.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom MacIlwaine, Lewis & Co. Belfast Thesis Steamship For private owner.[10]
26 January  United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow Earnmoor Steamship For Earn-Line Steamship Co. Ltd.
26 January  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland Plymouth Steamship For Plymouth, Channel Islands, & Brittany Steamship Co. Ltd.,[5][11] or Jersey, Guernsey and St. Brieuc Steamship Company.[7]
26 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. Chepstow The Earl Tug For Sir William Thomas Lewis.[7]
31 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Ross & Duncan Govan El Mounsem Yacht For Egyptian Government.[12]
1 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) Belfast Harold Steamship For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co.[7]
1 February  United States Globe Iron Works Company Cleveland, Ohio Lakeland Steamship For Tri-State Steamship Company.
5 February  Hong Kong Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Hong Kong Filipinas Ironclad For Spanish Navy.[13]
5 February  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Pelayo Battleship For Spanish Navy.
8 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Dundee Doris Barque For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.[7]
8 February  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Pallion Transpacific Steamship For Canadian Pacific Railway.[14][7]
8 February  United Kingdom James Laing Deptford Montauk Steamship For private owner.[7]
8 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. West Hartlepool Vulcan Steamship For Thomas Robinson.[7]
9 February  United Kingdom Messrs. J. F. Waddington & Co. Seacombe Gloria Steamship For Messrs. Bickersteth, Baker & Co.[7]
9 February  United Kingdom Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool Worcester Steamship For Great Western Steamship Company, Limited.[7]
12 February  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland J. Y. Short Steamship For James Westoll Line.[5][15][7]
15 February  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Eber Gunboat For Kaiserliche Marine.
17 February  United Kingdom Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co. (Limited) Dundee Jubilee Steam trawler For Great Northern Steam Fishing and Carrying Company.[7] Ran aground on being launched.[16]
23 February  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Royal Jubilee Steamship For Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd.[5][17][18]
23 February  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Son Sunderland Verulam Steamship Built on speculation, sold in March to J. H. Andresen.[5][19][18][20]
24 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Readhead South Shields Lockwith Steamship For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co.[21]
24 February  United Kingdom J. & G. Thomson Govan Reina Regente Reina Regente-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
28 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Stephen & Co. Peterhead Daisy Fishing boat For James Ritchie.[22]
28 February  United Kingdom Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton Yarmouth Steamship For Yarmouth Steamship Company.
February  United Kingdom Messrs. J. Webster & Co. Fraserburgh Unnamed Fishing boat For George Morrice.[23]
9 March  United Kingdom Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. Meadowside Bellena Steamship For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[24]
9 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co., Limited Belfast Corsican Steamship For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane & Co.[25]
9 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow Mab Queen Barque For Mr. Fairlie.[24]
9 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool Unnamed Steamship For private owner.[26]
10 March  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Govan Galatea Orlando-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
10 March  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Lake Ontario Steamship Canada Shipping Co. Ltd.[5][27][28]
10 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport Merganser Steam trawler For Hugh Leybourne Popham.[29]
10 March  United Kingdom Boolds, Sharer & Co Sunderland Pius IX Steamship For Pinillos, Saenz & Compañia.[5][30][28]
10 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Serpent Archer-class torpedo cruiser For the Royal Navy[31]
12 March  United Kingdom Messrs. John Read & Co. Port Glasgow Kenilworth Merchantman For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co.[32]
12 March  United Kingdom Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool Wave Steamship For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.[33]
12 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Williamson & Sons Workington Unnamed Full-rigged ship For private owner.[34]
14 March  France Loire Shipyards Nantes Ouragan Transport ship For French Navy.[35]
16 March  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Tyr Gor-class gunboat For Royal Norwegian Navy.
17 March  United Kingdom Messrs. W. Thomas & Sons Amlwch Gelert Schooner For private owner.[36]
23 March  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Lancashire Witch Ferry For New Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company.
23 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Unnamed Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[37]
24 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Armadale Merchantman For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.[38]
24 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow Clan Buchanan Merchantman For Messrs. James Dunlop & Sons.[38]
24 March  United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Company Aberdeen St. Sunniva Cruise ship For North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company.
25 March  Germany Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin Laiyuan Protected cruiser For the Beiyang Fleet
26 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Cochran & Co. Birkenhead Anna Tug For Messrs. Hutton & Co.[39]
26 March  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) Chepstow Mourne Steamship For Commissioners of Carlingford Lough.[40]
26 March  United Kingdom Barrow Nordenfelt II Nordenfelt-class submarine For Thorsten Nordenfelt.[41]
28 March  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Cabo Penas Steamship For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5][42]
28 March  United Kingdom Messrs. J. & J. Hay Kirkintilloch Scotia Coaster For Messrs. J. & J. Hay.[43]
29 March  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Queen Victoria Paddle steamer For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company.
29 March  United Kingdom Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter Wallsend Unnamed Steamship For Messrs. E. Haslehurst & Co.[42]
31 March  United Kingdom Ramage & Ferguson & Company Leith Fatshan Passenger ferry For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company[44]
31 March  United Kingdom Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse Moulmein Paddle steamer For British India Steam Navigation Company.[45]
March  United Kingdom Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton Bonito Steamship For Linea de Vapour Serra Bilbao.[45]
March  France Saint-Nazaire Drôme Transport ship For French Navy.[35]
March  United Kingdom Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton Toxteth Full-rigged ship For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.[11]
7 April  United Kingdom William Dobson & Co. Walker Calder Steamship For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
7 April  United Kingdom Messrs. James & George Thompson Clydebank Meteor Steamship For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company.[46]
7 April  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. West Hartlepool Rochecliff Steamship For George Horsley.[47]
7 April  United States Thomas Quayle's & Sons Samuel Mather Wooden freighter For R. John W. Moore, et al.
7 April  United Kingdom Messrs. T. Turnbull & Co. Whitby Zarate Steamship For Messrs. Brightman & Co.[48]
9 April  Russia Sevastopol Kubanetz Gunboat For Imperial Russian Navy.[49]
9 April  United Kingdom Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard Elswick Victoria Victoria-class battleship For the Royal Navy
14 April Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie Ironclad For Austro-Hungarian Navy.
9 April  United Kingdom Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton Thrace Steamship For Panhellenic Steamship Co.
9 April  United Kingdom Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Elswick Victoria Victoria-class battleship For Royal Navy.
13 April  United Kingdom Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited Hull Emden Steamship For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company.[50]
14 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan Prince of Wales Steamship For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company.
18 April  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Bouries Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[51]
23 April  United Kingdom George W. Brown & Sons Hull Emmie May Humber Keel For P. Simpson.[52]
23 April  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Fee Cheu Cruiser and cable ship For Imperial Chinese Navy / Governor of Formosa.[5][14]
23 April  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Herongate Steamship For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.[5][53][54]
23 April  United Kingdom Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool Oxford Steamship For Great Western Steamship Co.[55]
25 April  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Southwick Arete Barque For T. Benyon & Co.,[5] or Messrs Thomas Rayner & Co.[56]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Crescent Steamship For John H. Barry & Co.[5][57]
25 April  United Kingdom Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow St. Kilda Steam yacht For Albert Wood.[58]
26 April  United Kingdom D. & W. Henderson Partick Thistle Yacht For James Bell, J. Hillard Bell, William Bell, John Clark, William Clark, Andrew Coates, James Coates, George Coates, and William Coates.
27 April  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar Achille Adam Steamship For South Eastern Railway.[59]
27 April  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Bracadale Merchantman For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.[60]
27 April  United Kingdom George W. Brown & Sons Hull May Flower Tug For Frederick Palmer.[61]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Caire Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[62]
April  United Kingdom Albert Dock Shipwright Co. Ltd. Hull Catherine Fishing vessel For Henry Toozes.[63]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Fyfe & Son Fairlie Dinorah Schooner For J. E. Atkinson.[62]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow Electra Steamship For Clarence and Richmond Steam Navigation Company.[62]
April  United Kingdom W. S. Cumming Monkland Canal Isabella Steam lighter For William Corbett.[62]
April  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon Lady Victoria Steam yacht For Master of Blantyre.[62]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Queen Victoria Merchantman For Messrs. John Black & Co.[62]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Vaillant Tug For Suez Canal Company.[62]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Vignureux Tug For Suez Canal Company.[62]
April  United Kingdom Messrs. D. & W. Henderson Partick Will o' the Wisp Steamship For W. A. Coats.[62]
2 May  Spain Ferrol Reina Cristina Alfonso XII-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
2 May  United Kingdom Messrs. David Rowan & Son Port Glasgow Vigilante Steamship For Messrs. Wilson, Sons & Co.[64]
3 May  Italy Venice Galileo Man-of-war For Regia Marina.[65]
6 May  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Racoon Archer-class torpedo cruiser For Royal Navy.
7 May7  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool Lydie Steamship For Messrs. Burdick & Cook.[66]
7 May  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Neptune Marceau-class ironclad For French Navy.
9 May  United Kingdom Blackwall Yard Blackwall Sans Pareil Victoria-class battleship For Royal Navy[67]
9 May  United Kingdom Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock Victoria Steamship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[68] Ran aground on being launched.[69] Refloated 11 May.[70]
10 May  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Buzzard Nymphe-class sloop For Royal Navy.
10 May  France Chantiers de la Seine Argenteuil L'Almée Yacht For Henri Menier
18 May  United Kingdom Messrs. Elliot & Jeffrey Cardiff Sir W. T. Lewis Steamship For private owner.[71]
19 May  United Kingdom Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson Paisley Hirondelle Steam yacht For private owner.[72]
21 May  United Kingdom [[Hawthorn Leslie|Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Hebbern Unnamed Steamship For "Russian Steam Navigation and Tranding Company".[73]
21 May  United Kingdom Messrs Gourlay Bros. Dundee Unnamed Steamship For Messrs. George Armitstead & Co.[74]
23 May  United Kingdom Penarth Shipbuilding Company Penarth Albatross Steamship For private owner.[75]
24 May  United Kingdom Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees Fastnet Steamship For Messrs. Farrar, Groves & Co.[76]
24 May  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Marceau Marceau-class ironclad For French Navy.
24 May  United Kingdom Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton Pukai Steamship For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.[77]
25 May  United Kingdom Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith Atalantis Yawl For Lawrence Ames.[78]
25 May  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Bazalgette Sludge carrier For Metropolitan Board of Works.[79]
25 May  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Grangense Steamship For R. Singlehurst & Co.[80]
30 May  Italy Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Saetta Folgore-class cruiser For Regia Marina.
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons Dumbarton Albania Steamship For private owner.[78]
May  United Kingdom W. S. Cumming Parkhead Barbara Lighter For John Watt.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Chaloupe No. 23 Steamboat For Panama Canal Company.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Chaloupe No. 4 Steamboat For Panama Canal Company.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Choubrah Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co Whiteinch County of Linlithgow Merchantman For Messrs. R. & J. Craig.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Dagniette Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow Gruben Steamship For John Neilson.[78]
May  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon Herald of Mercy Ketch For Henry Cook.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Russell & Co. Kingston Londonhill Barque For Messrs. J. R. Jackson & Co.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton Moselle Steamship For N. Paquet & Cie.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. T. B. Seathh & Co. Rutherglen Queen Steamship For private owner.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. D. MacGill & Co. Irvine Sotileza Steamship For private owner.[78]
May  United Kingdom Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow Vigilante Steamboat For private owner.[78]
1 June  Russia ROPiT Shipyard Sevastopol Sinop Ekaterina II-class battleship For Imperial Russian Navy.
3 June  Russia Nicolaieff Danetz Gunboat For Imperial Russian Navy.[81]
4 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Companyb (Limited) Fairfield Empress Paddle steamer For London, Chatham and Dover Railway.[82]
5 June  United Kingdom Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. Meadowside Bellenden Steamship For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[82]
5 June  United Kingdom Blohm & Voss Hamburg Unnamed Steamship For Wörman West Afrika Linie.[83]
7 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport Amphitrite Yacht For Major Macgregor.[84]
7 June  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Immortalité Orlando-class cruiser For the Royal Navy[85]
7 June  United Kingdom Messrs. William Allsup & Sons Preston Queen Tug For Messrs. William Allsup & Sons.[86]
8 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Hannah, Donald & Wilson Paisley Argus Tug For private owner.[87]
8 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson Paisley Grace Darling Steam yacht For Messrs. John Inglis & Co.[87]
8 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough Gulf of Aden Steamship For Greenock Steamship Co. (Limited).[88]
8 June  United Kingdom William Gray & Company West Hartlepool Swansea Steamship For Atlantic Transport Line.
9 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow Altmore Merchantman For Messts. Thom & Cameron.[89]
9 June  United Kingdom Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Clydebank Maranhão Steamship For private owner.[89]
16 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Footdee Unnamed Steam yacht For Alexander Rennie and others.[90]
18 June  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Atago Maya-class gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.
18 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited Jarrow Bateau-Citerne No. 2 Water carrier For Panama Canal Company.[91]
18 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited Jarrow Starling Steamship For General Steam Navigation Company.[91]
21 June  United Kingdom Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock Alca Steam yacht For Colonel Malcolm.[92]
26 June Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Tiger Torpedo cruiser For Austro-Hungarian Navy.
30 June  United States Wilmington, Delaware Volunteer Yacht For Charles Jackson Paine.[93]
5 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Michigan Passenger ship For White Diamond Steamship Co.[94]
6 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Craig, Taylow & Co. South Stockton Bengar Steamship For Joseph Hoult.[95]
6 July  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Foyle Steamship For W. Johnston & Co.[96]
6 July  Italy Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Goito Velasco-class cruiser For Regia Marina.
6 July  Austria-Hungary Pola Navy Yard Pola Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf Ironclad For Austro-Hungarian Navy.
6 July  United Kingdom Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co. Liverpool Metropolis Merchantman For Messrs. William Thomas & Co.[97]
6 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool Picton Steamship For Messrs. R. Ropner & Sons.[98]
6 July  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Victoria Steamship For Londonderry Bridge Commissioners.[99]
7 July  United Kingdom Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool Hampstead Steamship For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.[100]
7 July  United States Globe Iron Works Company Cleveland, Ohio Ira H. Owen Steamship For Owen Line.
7 July  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Wardha Steamship For British India Steam Navigation Company.
7 July  United Kingdom Defence Vessel Construction Company (Limited) Erith Unnamed Torpedo gunboat For Royal Navy.[101]
8 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough Tartar Steamship For Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.[102]
9 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport Albion Steam yacht For P. Thelluson.[103][104]
11 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Elettrico Steamship For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[105]
13 July  Russia New Admiralty Yard Saint Petersburg Imperator Aleksandr II Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship For Imperial Russian Navy.
21 July  United Kingdom R. Dunston Thorne Eagle Sloop For Messrs. Wood Bros.[106]
21 July  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Reubens Steamship For Bolton & Kenneth.[5][17]
23 July  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Irene Irene-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine.
23 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees Unnamed Steamship For private owner.[107]
25 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Hull Colorado Steamship For Wilson Line.[108]
26 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Gizeh Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[109]
26 July  United Kingdom Messrs. Murray Bros. Dumbarton Thetis Steam yacht For Mr. Donaldson.[109][110]
28 July  United Kingdom Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. Wallsend Fifeshire Steamship For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co.[111]
July  United Kingdom W. C. Cummings Glasgow Araucana Tug For private owner.[110]
July  United Kingdom Russell & Co. Glasgow Elbe Merchantman For Nourse Line.
July  United Kingdom Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough Engineer Steamship For Messrs. Fatham, Bromham & Co.[112]
July  United Kingdom Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. Newport Evelyn Pilot cutter For J. Pugsley.[113]
July  United Kingdom Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew Massourah Steam hopper barge For Suez Canal Company.[110]
2 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minnesota Cargo ship For Torrey & Field Ltd.[114]
3 August  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Olga Steamship For London and North Western Railway.
6 August  United Kingdom C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne Elingamite Steamship For Huddart Parker.
6 August  United States Wolf and Davidson Milwaukee, Wisconsin William Wolf Steamship A building, with over one hundred people on the roof, collapsed when it was hit by a wave caused by the launch. Nine people were killed and nine seriously injured.[115][116]
16 August  United Kingdom Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Schwalbe Schwalbe-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine.[117]
18 August  United Kingdom Caird and Company Greenock Britannia Steamship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
18 August  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse Warora Steamship For British India Steam Navigation Company.
20 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Anglesey Ferry For London & North Western Railway.[118]
20 August  Japan Ishikawajima-Hirano Shipyards Tokyo Chōkai Maya-class gunboat For Imperial Japanese Navy.
22 August  United Kingdom Harvey and Co Hayle Carnsew Iron-screw steamer [119]
27 August  Germany AG Weser Bremen Wacht Wacht-class aviso For Kaiserliche Marine.
30 August  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Grasshopper Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat For Royal Navy.[120]
3 September  United Kingdom Messrs. Swan & Hunter Wallsend Courier Steamship For Messrs. Huddart, Parker & Co.[121]
3 September  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Hainaut Barque / Tanker For American Petroleum Company.[122]
9 September  Spain Cartagena Reina Mercedes Alfonso XII-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
13 September  United States Samuel H. Pine Greenpoint, New York Caldwell H. Colt Schooner For New York Pilots.
17 September  United Kingdom Short Bros. Pallion Eastern Prince Steamship For Prince Steamship Co.
17 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oceania Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
20 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Trafalgar Trafalgar-class battleship For Royal Navy.
21 September  Spain Ferrol Alfonso XII Alfonso XII-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
22 September  Germany Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin Irene Irene-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine
22 September  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Prinzess Wilhelm Irene-class cruiser For Kaiserliche Marine.
30 September  United Kingdom Plymouth Dockyard Spider Torpedo gunboat For Royal Navy.[123]
September  United Kingdom Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith Malikah Steam yacht For H. J. Barrett.[124]
17 October  United Kingdom Plymouth Dockyard Sandfly Torpedo gunboat For Royal Navy.[123]
18 October  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Exeter City Steamship For Charles Hill & Sons.[125]
28 October  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Dock Aurora Orlando-class cruiser For the Royal Navy
28 October  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse Karagola Steamship For British India Steam Navigation Company.
5 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lycia ship For D. & C. MacIver.[126]
15 November  United States Dennison J. Lawlor East Boston, Massachusetts Friend Pilot boat For James Lawrence Fowler.
19 November  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Maiden City Barque For William McCredie Dickie.[127]
19 November  United Kingdom Messrs. Oswald & Mordaunt Southampton Saxon Steamship For Union Steamship Company.[128]
19 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sindia Barque For T. & J. Brocklebank.[129]
November  United States Detroit Dry Dock Company Detroit, Michigan Hudson Steamship For Western Transit Company.
14 December  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Douglas Paddle steamer For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[130]
17 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arcadia Passenger ship For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[131]
Unknown date  France Saint-Nazaire Admiral Kornilov Protected cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy.
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Blumer & Co Sunderland Auricula Steamship For J. Blumer & Co.[5][132]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Belle of Dunkerque Merchantman For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland Bradley Merchantman For private owner.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Buenos Aires Steamship For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Cabo Quejo Steamship For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Cabo San Antonio Steamship For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Cheniston Merchantman For Harris & Dixon.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California Cosmos Survey launch For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Cragside Merchantman For William Kish.[5]
Unknown date  Spain Arsenal de La Carraca San Fernando Cristóbal Colón Velasco-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Laing Sunderland Durban For Union Steamship Company.[133]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland El Rayo Warship For Nicaraguan Navy.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Elvaston Steamship For Harris & Dixon.[5]
Unknown date  United States William Woodall Baltimore, Maryland Emma Giles Paddle steamer For Tolchester Company.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Exe Steamship For Mercantile Steamship Co.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Sunderland Galatea Merchantman For C. F. Leach.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Gertrude Steamship For private owner.[134]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham & Co Sunderland Giralda Steamship For Bilton, Williams & Co.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Company Grangemouth Grand Rivieri Steamship For private owner.[135]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Haverstoe Merchantman For Bennetts & Co.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland Iapagia Steamship For Società Anonyme di Navigation a Vapeur Puglia.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Strand Slipway Co. Sunderland Industry Merchantman For W. H. Cockerline & Co.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland J. W. Taylor Merchantman For Taylor Sanderson.[5]
Unknown date  United States Simon Langell St. Clair, Michigan Kaliyuga Steamship For St. Clair Steamship Co.
Unknown date  Tasmania William Bayes Hobart Koonya Steamship For Moruya Steam Navigation Company.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland Kydonia Steamship For C. & A. Georgalas.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland Kyuyo Maru Merchantman For .[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Lara Steamship For private owners.[136]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Les Bormettes Merchantman For J. A. Hankey.[5]
Unknown date  United States Marine City, Michigan Louisiana Steamboat For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Henry D. Root Cleveland, Ohio Margaret Olwill Bulk carrier For L. P. Smith & J. A. Smith.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Sunderland Mary Roberts Merchantman For T. Hogan and Son.[5]
Unknown date  United States Harry Johnson Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Mayflower Scow For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Midge Torpedo boat For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
Unknown date  Queensland Evans Anderson & Phelon Brisbane Miner Steamship For Queensland Army.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Sunderland Montauk Merchantman For T. Hogan and Son.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Moyune Merchantman For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Murrumbidgee Merchantman For Wilhelm Lund.[5]
Unknown date  United States Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware Naugatuck Steamship For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Blumer & Co. Sunderland Olinda Steamship For Linha de Navegacão de J. H. Andresen.[5][137]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co. Sunderland Olive Branch Steamship For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co.[5][138]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Ooryia Merchantman For G. Dickson.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Orono Steamship For The Plate Steamship Co. Ltd.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Brundrit Runcorn Percy Mersey flat For John Brundrit.[139]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Schlesinger, Davis & Co. Wallsend Puffin Lightship For Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Unknown date  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Queen Tug For Daniel W. Allsup.[140]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Blumer & Co. Sunderland Quiam Steam barge For River Wear Commissioners.[5][137]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Roman Prince Merchantman For James Knott.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Rosebud Fishing trawler For Tom C. Gray.[141]
Unknown date  United States John F. Mumm Brooklyn, New York Satellite Yacht For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hawthorne & Co. Leith Shearwater Schooner For H. R. Wolcott.
Unknown date  Sweden Gothenburg Sigyn Barque For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland Thomsonian Merchantman For R. Harrowing.[5]
Unknown date  United States John H. Dialogue & Son Camden, New Jersey Tugboat 13 Tug For New York Central Railroad.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sonss Sunderland Viceroy Merchantman For W. Kish.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Ville de Metz Merchantman For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navegation á Vapeur.[5]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Wirral Steamship For Charles & Edward Singleton.[142]
Unknown date  United States Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Yampa Yacht For Chester W. Chapin.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland No. 169 Torpedo boat For Royal Navy.[5]

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