List of ship launches in 1887
The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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8 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Etolia | Cargo ship | For D. & C. MacIver.[1] |
10 March | ![]() | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Serpent | Archer-class torpedo cruiser | For the Royal Navy[2] |
25 March | ![]() | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Laiyuan | Protected cruiser | For the Beiyang Fleet |
25 March | ![]() | Barrow | Nordenfeldt | Torpedo boat | For Royal Navy.[3] | |
31 March | ![]() | Ramage & Ferguson & Company | Leith | Fatshan | Passenger ferry | For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company[4] |
7 April | ![]() | Thomas Quayle's & Sons | Samuel Mather | Wooden freighter | For R. John W. Moore, et al. | |
9 April | ![]() | Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard | Elswick | Victoria | Victoria-class battleship | For the Royal Navy |
9 May | ![]() | Blackwall Yard | Blackwall | Sans Pareil | Victoria-class battleship | For the Royal Navy[5] |
10 May | ![]() | Chantiers de la Seine | Argenteuil | L'Almée | Yacht | For chocolatier Henri Menier |
7 June | ![]() | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Immortalité | Orlando-class cruiser | For the Royal Navy[6] |
5 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Michigan | Passenger ship | For White Diamond Steamship Co.[7] |
23 July | ![]() | Germania | Kiel | Prinzess Wilhelm | Irene-class cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine |
2 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minnesota | Cargo ship | For Torrey & Field Ltd.[8] |
6 August | ![]() | Wolf and Davidson | William Wolf | Steamer | 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.[9] | |
20 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Anglesey | Ferry | For London & North Western Railway.[10] |
22 August | ![]() | Harvey and Co | Hayle | Carnsew | Iron-screw steamer | [11] |
17 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oceania | Passenger ship | For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
22 September | ![]() | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Irene | Irene-class cruiser | For Kaiserliche Marine |
28 October | ![]() | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | Aurora | Orlando-class cruiser | For the Royal Navy |
5 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lycia | ship | For D. & C. MacIver.[12] |
19 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sindia | Barque | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[13] |
17 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Arcadia | Passenger ship | For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[14] |
Unknown date | ![]() | Laing | Sunderland | Durban | For Union Steamship Company.[15] |
References
- ^ "Etolia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "A New torpedo cruiser". The Cornishman. No. 453. 17 March 1887. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 455. 31 March 1887. p. 6.
- ^ William (1890). Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 11. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN 1231212276.
- ^ "HM New Twin-screw battle-ship". The Cornishman. No. 461. 12 May 1887. p. 7.
- ^ "The new, twin-screw, belted cruiser ...". The Cornishman. No. 465. 9 June 1887. p. 8.
- ^ "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Minnesota". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Nine Persons Killed At A Launch". The Cornishman. No. 477. 25 August 1887. p. 8.
- ^ "Anglesey". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Launch at Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 477. 25 August 1887.
- ^ "Lycia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Sindia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Arcadia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 83.
- 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.