List of ship launches in 1887
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The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887.
| Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January | Jingyuan | Cruiser | AG Vulcan | Stettin |  Germany |
For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| 8 January | Etolia | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast |  United Kingdom |
For D. & C. MacIver.[1] |
| 8 January | Thompsonian | Steamship | Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[2] |
| 10 January | Haitan | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For Douglas Steamship Company, Limited.[2] |
| 11 January | Durance | Transport ship | Rochefort |  France |
For French Navy.[3] | |
| 11 January | George Brown | Tug | Messrs. M'Knight & Co. | Ayr | United Kingdom |
For Irvine Harbour Trustees.[2] |
| 11 January | Glenshiel | Steamship | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. M'Gregor, Gow & Co.[2] |
| 11 January | Rescue | Steamship | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Turner & Co.[4] |
| 11 January | Ryelands | Schooner | Messrs. Nicholson & Marsh | Glasson Dock | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[2] |
| 12 January | Ardbeg | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbbuilding Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. Gordon & Co.[5][2] |
| 12 January | Queen Victoria | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons.[2] |
| 13 January | Auckland | Steamship | Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited | Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom |
For Humber Conservancy Board.[2] |
| 13 January | Unnamed | Crane pontoon | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Panama Canal Company.[2][6] |
| 13 January | Cocyte | Achéron-class gunboat | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 14 January | Drumcliff | Barque | J. Russell & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Gillison & Chadwick.[2] |
| 20 January | Torpilleur N° 99 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 21 January | Kotaka | Torpedo boat | Yarrow & Co. | Poplar | United Kingdom |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 22 January | Bellaura | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Company | Meadowside | United Kingdom |
For Messrs Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[8] |
| 22 January | Jane | Steam lighter | W. S. Cumming | Monkland Canal | United Kingdom |
For Robert Bain.[8] |
| 22 January | Pholos | Hopper dredger | Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For James M'Connochie.[8] |
| 22 January | Era | Tanker | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited | Jarrow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[9][10] |
| 23 January | Cristóbal Colón | Velasco-class cruiser | Arsenal de La Carraca | San Fernando |  Spain |
For Spanish Navy. |
| 23 January | Don Antonio de Ulloa | Velasco-class cruiser | Arsenal de la Carraca | San Fernando | Spain |
For Spanish Navy. |
| 23 January | Don Juan de Austria | Velasco-class cruiser | Cartagena | Spain |
For Spanish Navy. | |
| 24 January | Kinyomaru | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, Limited | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[2] |
| 24 January | Rondine | Steam yacht | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | United Kingdom |
For Prince Sirignano.[8] |
| 24 January | Star of Victoria | Steamship | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) | Belfast | United Kingdom |
First steamship built for Messrs. J. P. Corry & Co.[8] |
| 25 January | Carmarthenshire | Steamship | Messrs. C. S. Swan, and Hunter. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | United Kingdom |
For Messrs Jenkins & Co.[8] |
| 25 January | Hondo | Steamship | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Honduras and Central American Steamship Company.[8] |
| 25 January | Thames | Steamship | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | United Kingdom |
For Carron Company.[8] |
| 25 January | Thesis | Steamship | MacIlwaine, Lewis & Co. | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[11] |
| 26 January | Earnmoor | Steamship | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | United Kingdom |
For Earn-Line Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 January | Torpilleur N° 105 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 26 January | Plymouth | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Plymouth, Channel Islands, & Brittany Steamship Co. Ltd.,[5][12] or Jersey, Guernsey and St. Brieuc Steamship Company.[8] |
| 26 January | The Earl | Tug | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. | Chepstow | United Kingdom |
For Sir William Thomas Lewis.[8] |
| 31 January | El Mounsem | Yacht | Messrs. Ross & Duncan | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Egyptian Government.[13] |
| 1 February | Harold | Steamship | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co.[8] |
| 1 February | Lakeland | Steamship | Globe Iron Works Company | Cleveland, Ohio |  United States |
For Tri-State Steamship Company. |
| 5 February | Filipinas | Ironclad | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company | Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
For Spanish Navy.[14] |
| 5 February | Pelayo | Battleship | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For Spanish Navy. |
| 8 February | Doris | Barque | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.[8] |
| 8 February | Transpacific | Steamship | William Doxford & Sons | Pallion | United Kingdom |
For Canadian Pacific Railway.[15][8] |
| 8 February | Montauk | Steamship | James Laing | Deptford | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[8] |
| 8 February | Vulcan | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Thomas Robinson.[8] |
| 9 February | Gloria | Steamship | Messrs. J. F. Waddington & Co. | Seacombe | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Bickersteth, Baker & Co.[8] |
| 9 February | Worcester | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Great Western Steamship Company, Limited.[8] |
| 12 February | J. Y. Short | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For James Westoll Line.[5][16][8] |
| 15 February | Eber | Gunboat | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Germany |
For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 17 February | Jubilee | Steam trawler | Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co. (Limited) | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Great Northern Steam Fishing and Carrying Company.[8] Ran aground on being launched.[17] |
| 18 February | Torpilleur N° 100 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 23 February | Royal Jubilee | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd.[5][18][19] |
| 23 February | Verulam | Steamship | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
Built on speculation, sold in March to J. H. Andresen.[5][20][19][21] |
| 24 February | Lockwith | Steamship | Messrs. Readhead | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co.[22] |
| 24 February | Reina Regente | Reina Regente-class cruiser | J. & G. Thomson | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Spanish Navy. |
| 26 January | Torpilleur N° 106 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 28 February | Daisy | Fishing boat | Messrs. Stephen & Co. | Peterhead | United Kingdom |
For James Ritchie.[23] |
| 28 February | Yarmouth | Steamship | Archibald McMillan & Son | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Yarmouth Steamship Company. |
| February | Unnamed | Fishing boat | Messrs. J. Webster & Co. | Fraserburgh | United Kingdom |
For George Morrice.[24] |
| 9 March | Bellena | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Meadowside | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[25] |
| 9 March | Corsican | Steamship | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co., Limited | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane & Co.[26] |
| 9 March | Mab Queen | Barque | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Fairlie.[25] |
| 9 March | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[27] |
| 10 March | Galatea | Orlando-class cruiser | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. |
| 10 March | Lake Ontario | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
Canada Shipping Co. Ltd.[5][28][29] |
| 10 March | Merganser | Steam trawler | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | United Kingdom |
For Hugh Leybourne Popham.[30] |
| 10 March | Pius IX | Steamship | Boolds, Sharer & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Pinillos, Saenz & Compañia.[5][31][29] |
| 10 March | Serpent | Archer-class torpedo cruiser | Devonport Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For the Royal Navy[32] | |
| 12 March | Kenilworth | Merchantman | Messrs. John Read & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co.[33] |
| 12 March | Wave | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.[34] |
| 12 March | Unnamed | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Williamson & Sons | Workington | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[35] |
| 14 March | Ouragan | Transport ship | Loire Shipyards | Nantes | France |
For French Navy.[36] |
| 16 March | Tyr | Gor-class gunboat | Karljohansvern | Horten |  Norway |
For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| 17 March | Gelert | Schooner | Messrs. W. Thomas & Sons | Amlwch | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[37] |
| 18 March | Torpilleur N° 101 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 23 March | Lancashire Witch | Ferry | J. L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For New Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company. |
| 23 March | Unnamed | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[38] |
| 24 March | Armadale | Merchantman | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.[39] |
| 24 March | Clan Buchanan | Merchantman | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. James Dunlop & Sons.[39] |
| 24 March | St. Sunniva | Cruise ship | Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
For North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company. |
| 25 March | Torpilleur N° 107 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 25 March | Laiyuan | Protected cruiser | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Germany |
For the Beiyang Fleet |
| 26 March | Anna | Tug | Messrs. Cochran & Co. | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Hutton & Co.[40] |
| 26 March | Mourne | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) | Chepstow | United Kingdom |
For Commissioners of Carlingford Lough.[41] |
| 26 March | Nordenfelt II | Nordenfelt-class submarine | Barrow | United Kingdom |
For Thorsten Nordenfelt.[42] | |
| 28 March | Cabo Penas | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5][43] |
| 28 March | Scotia | Coaster | Messrs. J. & J. Hay | Kirkintilloch | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. & J. Hay.[44] |
| 29 March | Queen Victoria | Paddle steamer | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company. |
| 29 March | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. E. Haslehurst & Co.[43] |
| 31 March | Fatshan | Passenger ferry | Ramage & Ferguson & Company | Leith | United Kingdom |
For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company[45] |
| 31 March | Moulmein | Paddle steamer | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company.[46] |
| March | Bonito | Steamship | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | United Kingdom |
For Linea de Vapour Serra Bilbao.[46] |
| March | Drôme | Transport ship | Saint-Nazaire | France |
For French Navy.[36] | |
| March | J. Henry Edmunds | Schooner | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | United States |
For Philadelphia pilots. |
| March | Toxteth | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.[12] |
| 6 April | Torpilleur N° 102 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 7 April | Calder | Steamship | William Dobson & Co. | Walker | United Kingdom |
For Goole Steam Shipping Company. |
| 7 April | Meteor | Steamship | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | United Kingdom |
For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company.[47] |
| 7 April | Rochecliff | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For George Horsley.[48] |
| 7 April | Samuel Mather | Wooden freighter | Thomas Quayle's & Sons | United States |
For R. John W. Moore, et al. | |
| 7 April | Zarate | Steamship | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Co. | Whitby | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Brightman & Co.[49] |
| 9 April | Kubanetz | Gunboat | Sevastopol |  Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[50] | |
| 9 April | Victoria | Victoria-class battleship | Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard | Elswick | United Kingdom |
For the Royal Navy |
| 14 April | Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie | Ironclad | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste |  Austria-Hungary |
For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 9 April | Thrace | Steamship | Archibald McMillan & Son | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Panhellenic Steamship Co. |
| 9 April | Victoria | Victoria-class battleship | Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. | Elswick | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. |
| 13 April | Emden | Steamship | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited | Hull | United Kingdom |
For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company.[51] |
| 14 April | Prince of Wales | Steamship | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company. |
| 18 April | Bouries | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[52] |
| 23 April | Emmie May | Humber Keel | George W. Brown & Sons | Hull | United Kingdom |
For P. Simpson.[53] |
| 23 April | Fee Cheu | Cruiser and cable ship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Imperial Chinese Navy / Governor of Formosa.[5][15] |
| 23 April | Herongate | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.[5][54][55] |
| 23 April | Oxford | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Great Western Steamship Co.[56] |
| 23 April | Torpilleur N° 108 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 25 April | Arete | Barque | William Pickersgill & Sons | Southwick | United Kingdom |
For T. Benyon & Co.,[5] or Messrs Thomas Rayner & Co.[57] |
| 25 April | Crescent | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For John H. Barry & Co.[5][58] |
| 25 April | St. Kilda | Steam yacht | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Albert Wood.[59] |
| 26 April | Thistle | Yacht | D. & W. Henderson | Partick | United Kingdom |
For James Bell, J. Hillard Bell, William Bell, John Clark, William Clark, Andrew Coates, James Coates, George Coates, and William Coates. |
| 27 April | Achille Adam | Steamship | Samuda Brothers | Poplar | United Kingdom |
For South Eastern Railway.[60] |
| 27 April | Bracadale | Merchantman | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.[61] |
| 27 April | May Flower | Tug | George W. Brown & Sons | Hull | United Kingdom |
For Frederick Palmer.[62] |
| 29 April | Torpilleur N° 103 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| April | Caire | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[63] |
| April | Catherine | Fishing vessel | Albert Dock Shipwright Co. Ltd. | Hull | United Kingdom |
For Henry Toozes.[64] |
| April | Dinorah | Schooner | Messrs. Fyfe & Son | Fairlie | United Kingdom |
For J. E. Atkinson.[63] |
| April | Electra | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Clarence and Richmond Steam Navigation Company.[63] |
| April | Isabella | Steam lighter | W. S. Cumming | Monkland Canal | United Kingdom |
For William Corbett.[63] |
| April | Lady Victoria | Steam yacht | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | United Kingdom |
For Master of Blantyre.[63] |
| April | Queen Victoria | Merchantman | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. John Black & Co.[63] |
| April | Vaillant | Tug | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[63] |
| April | Vignureux | Tug | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[63] |
| April | Will o' the Wisp | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson | Partick | United Kingdom |
For W. A. Coats.[63] |
| 2 May | Reina Cristina | Alfonso XII-class cruiser | Ferrol | Spain |
For Spanish Navy. | |
| 2 May | Vigilante | Steamship | Messrs. David Rowan & Son | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Wilson, Sons & Co.[65] |
| 3 May | Galileo | Man-of-war | Venice |  Italy |
For Regia Marina.[66] | |
| 6 May | Racoon | Archer-class torpedo cruiser | Devonport Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 7 May | Lydie | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Burdick & Cook.[67] |
| 7 May | Neptune | Marceau-class ironclad | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | France |
For French Navy. |
| 9 May | Sans Pareil | Victoria-class battleship | Blackwall Yard | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy[68] |
| 9 May | Victoria | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[69] Ran aground on being launched.[70] Refloated 11 May.[71] |
| 10 May | Buzzard | Nymphe-class sloop | Sheerness Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 10 May | Torpilleur N° 109 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 10 May | L'Almée | Yacht | Chantiers de la Seine | Argenteuil | France |
For Henri Menier |
| 18 May | Sir W. T. Lewis | Steamship | Messrs. Elliot & Jeffrey | Cardiff | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[72] |
| 19 May | Hirondelle | Steam yacht | Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson | Paisley | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[73] |
| 20 May | James Stevenson | Steamship | Zambezi |  Portuguese East Africa |
For private owner.[74] | |
| 21 May | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebbern | United Kingdom |
For "Russian Steam Navigation and Tranding Company".[75] |
| 21 May | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. George Armitstead & Co.[76] |
| 23 May | Albatross | Steamship | Penarth Shipbuilding Company | Penarth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[77] |
| 24 May | Fastnet | Steamship | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Farrar, Groves & Co.[78] |
| 24 May | Marceau | Marceau-class ironclad | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy. |
| 24 May | Pukai | Steamship | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.[79] |
| 25 May | Atalantis | Yawl | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | United Kingdom |
For Lawrence Ames.[80] |
| 25 May | Bazalgette | Sludge carrier | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom |
For Metropolitan Board of Works.[81] |
| 25 May | Grangense | Steamship | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom |
For R. Singlehurst & Co.[82] |
| 30 May | Saetta | Folgore-class cruiser | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | Castellammare di Stabia | Italy |
For Regia Marina. |
| May | Albania | Steamship | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[80] |
| May | Barbara | Lighter | W. S. Cumming | Parkhead | United Kingdom |
For John Watt.[80] |
| May | Chaloupe No. 23 | Steamboat | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Panama Canal Company.[80] |
| May | Chaloupe No. 4 | Steamboat | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Panama Canal Company.[80] |
| May | Choubrah | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[80] |
| May | County of Linlithgow | Merchantman | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co | Whiteinch | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. & J. Craig.[80] |
| May | Dagniette | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[80] |
| May | Gruben | Steamship | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For John Neilson.[80] |
| May | Herald of Mercy | Ketch | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | United Kingdom |
For Henry Cook.[80] |
| May | Londonhill | Barque | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Kingston | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. R. Jackson & Co.[80] |
| May | Moselle | Steamship | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For N. Paquet & Cie.[80] |
| May | Queen | Steamship | Messrs. T. B. Seathh & Co. | Rutherglen | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[80] |
| May | Sotileza | Steamship | Messrs. D. MacGill & Co. | Irvine | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[80] |
| May | Vigilante | Steamboat | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[80] |
| 1 June | Sinop | Ekaterina II-class battleship | ROPiT Shipyard | Sevastopol | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 3 June | Danetz | Gunboat | Nicolaieff | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[83] | |
| 4 June | Empress | Paddle steamer | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Companyb (Limited) | Fairfield | United Kingdom |
For London, Chatham and Dover Railway.[84] |
| 5 June | Bellenden | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Meadowside | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.[84] |
| 5 June | Unnamed | Steamship | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | United Kingdom |
For Wörman West Afrika Linie.[85] |
| 7 June | Amphitrite | Yacht | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | United Kingdom |
For Major Macgregor.[86] |
| 7 June | Immortalité | Orlando-class cruiser | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | United Kingdom |
For the Royal Navy[87] |
| 7 June | Queen | Tug | Messrs. William Allsup & Sons | Preston | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. William Allsup & Sons.[88] |
| 8 June | Argus | Tug | Messrs. Hannah, Donald & Wilson | Paisley | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[89] |
| 8 June | Grace Darling | Steam yacht | Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson | Paisley | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. John Inglis & Co.[89] |
| 8 June | Gulf of Aden | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For Greenock Steamship Co. (Limited).[90] |
| 8 June | Swansea | Steamship | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Atlantic Transport Line. |
| 9 June | Altmore | Merchantman | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Messts. Thom & Cameron.[91] |
| 9 June | Maranhão | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Clydebank | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[91] |
| 10 June | Torpilleur N° 104 | 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 16 June | Unnamed | Steam yacht | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Footdee | United Kingdom |
For Alexander Rennie and others.[92] |
| 18 June | Atago | Maya-class gunboat | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka |  Japan |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 18 June | Bateau-Citerne No. 2 | Water carrier | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited | Jarrow | United Kingdom |
For Panama Canal Company.[93] |
| 18 June | Starling | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited | Jarrow | United Kingdom |
For General Steam Navigation Company.[93] |
| 21 June | Alca | Steam yacht | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Colonel Malcolm.[94] |
| 26 June | Tiger | Torpedo cruiser | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Austria-Hungary |
For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 30 June | Volunteer | Yacht | Wilmington, Delaware | United States |
For Charles Jackson Paine.[95] | |
| 4 July | Torpilleur N° 111 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 5 July | Michigan | Passenger ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For White Diamond Steamship Co.[96] |
| 6 July | United Kingdom |
Messrs. Craig, Taylow & Co. | South Stockton | Bangor | Steamship | For Joseph Hoult.[97][98] |
| 6 July | Foyle | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | United Kingdom |
For W. Johnston & Co.[99] |
| 6 July | Goito | Velasco-class cruiser | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | Castellammare di Stabia | Italy |
For Regia Marina. |
| 6 July | Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf | Ironclad | Pola Navy Yard | Pola | Austria-Hungary |
For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 6 July | Metropolis | Merchantman | Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. William Thomas & Co.[100] |
| 6 July | Picton | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. Ropner & Sons.[101] |
| 6 July | Victoria | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | United Kingdom |
For Londonderry Bridge Commissioners.[102] |
| 7 July | Hampstead | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.[103] |
| 7 July | Ira H. Owen | Steamship | Globe Iron Works Company | Cleveland, Ohio | United States |
For Owen Line. |
| 7 July | Wardha | Steamship | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 7 July | Buonaventura | Torpedo gunboat | Defence Vessel Construction Company (Limited) | Erith | United Kingdom |
For unknown owner.[104][105] |
| 8 July | Tartar | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.[106] |
| 9 July | Albion | Steam yacht | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | United Kingdom |
For P. Thelluson.[107][108] |
| 11 July | Elettrico | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Navigazione Generale Italiana.[109] |
| 13 July | Imperator Aleksandr II | Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship | New Admiralty Yard | Saint Petersburg | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 July | Eagle | Sloop | R. Dunston | Thorne | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Wood Bros.[110] |
| 21 July | Reubens | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Bolton & Kenneth.[5][18] |
| 23 July | Irene | Irene-class cruiser | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Germany |
For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 23 July | Torpilleur N° 110 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 23 July | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[111] |
| 25 July | Colorado | Steamship | Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Hull | United Kingdom |
For Wilson Line.[112] |
| 26 July | Gizeh | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[113] |
| 26 July | Thetis | Steam yacht | Messrs. Murray Bros. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Donaldson.[113][114] |
| 28 July | Fifeshire | Steamship | Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co.[115] |
| July | Araucana | Tug | W. C. Cummings | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[114] |
| July | Elbe | Merchantman | Russell & Co. | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Nourse Line. |
| July | Engineer | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Fatham, Bromham & Co.[116] |
| July | Evelyn | Pilot cutter | Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. | Newport | United Kingdom |
For J. Pugsley.[117] |
| July | Massourah | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[114] |
| 2 August | Minnesota | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Torrey & Field Ltd.[118] |
| 3 August | Olga | Steamship | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For London and North Western Railway. |
| 4 August | Ethelburga | Steamship | Messrs. J. Readhead & Co. | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Dillon, Harrowing & Co.[119] |
| 4 August | Sokoto | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Kingston | United Kingdom |
For Ship Sokoto Company (Limited).[120][121] |
| 5 August | Roddam | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co.[122] |
| 5 August | Thistle | Lighter | W. S. Cumming | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[123] |
| 6 August | Cordoba | Steamship | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For Compagnie Chargeurs Réunis.[124] |
| 6 August | Eclipse | Steam launch | Messrs. Cronk & Sons | Preston | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[125] |
| 6 August | Elingamite | Steamship | C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
For Huddart Parker. |
| 6 August | William Wolf | Steamship | Wolf and Davidson | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States |
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.[126][127] |
| 8 August | Baron Belhaven | Steamship | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Hugh Hogarth.[123] |
| 8 August | Duchalburn | Merchantman | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. (Limited) | Whiteinch | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Robert Shankland & Co.[123] |
| 16 August | Schwalbe | Schwalbe-class cruiser | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | United Kingdom |
For Kaiserliche Marine.[128] |
| 18 August | Ariosto | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Robert M'Andrew & Co.[129] |
| 18 August | Britannia | Steamship | Caird and Company | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 18 August | Warora | Steamship | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 20 August | Anglesey | Ferry | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For London & North Western Railway.[130] |
| 20 August | Chōkai | Maya-class gunboat | Ishikawajima-Hirano Shipyards | Tokyo | Japan |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 20 August | Gulf of Trinidad | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For Greenock Steamship Company (Limited).[131] |
| 20 August | Melpomène | Schoolship | Rochefort | France |
For French Navy. | |
| 20 August | Pioneer | Schooner | Messrs. McIlwaine & Lewis | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For James M'Donell.[132] |
| 22 August | Bencroy | Steamship | Messrs. John Jones & Sons | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Joseph Hoult.[133] |
| 22 August | Carnsew | Iron-screw steamer | Harvey and Co | Hayle | United Kingdom |
[134] |
| 22 August | Jelunga | Steamship | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[135] |
| 22 August | King Arthur | Merchantman | Caledon Shipbuilding | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Walker & Clo.[135] |
| 22 August | Santanna | Steam yacht | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For Mons. Louis Pratt.[135] |
| 23 August | Esperanca | Steamship | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For Amazon Steam Navigation Company, Limited.[136] |
| 27 August | Wacht | Wacht-class aviso | AG Weser | Bremen | Germany |
For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 30 August | Grasshopper | Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat | Sheerness Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[137] | |
| 3 September | Courier | Steamship | Messrs. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Huddart, Parker & Co.[138] |
| 3 September | Hainaut | Barque / Tanker | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom |
For American Petroleum Company.[139] |
| 3 September | Henley | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.[140] |
| 3 September | Kuchus | Steam hopper dredger | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Bombay Port Trust.[141] |
| 3 September | Pollux | Tanker | Messrs. Pearce Bros. | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For W. S. Crondan.[142] |
| 3 September | No. 169 | Torpedo boat | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[5][143] |
| 3 September | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. John Readhead & Co. | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[143] |
| 5 September | Unnamed | Tug | Abercorn Shipbuilding Company | Paisley | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[144] |
| 6 September | Lahn | Steamship | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Fairfield | United Kingdom |
For Norddeutsche Lloyd.[145] |
| 6 September | Matamah | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnits & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[144] |
| 7 September | Mogul | Steamship | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.[146] |
| 7 September | Oceana | Merchantman | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For R. R. Paterson.[146] |
| 8 September | Unité | Steam launch | Messrs. Elliott & Garrod | Beccles | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[147] |
| 9 September | Reina Mercedes | Alfonso XII-class cruiser | Cartagena | Spain |
For Spanish Navy. | |
| 13 September | Caldwell H. Colt | Schooner | Samuel H. Pine | Greenpoint, New York | United States |
For New York Pilots. |
| 14 September | Tabasqueno | Merchantman | Messrs. Millar, Spence & Charles | Grangemouth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[148] |
| 15 September | Hawk | Tug | Penarth Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Company (Limited) | Penarth | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Watking and Company.[149] |
| 15 September | Rosarian | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson | Partick | United Kingdom |
For Allen Line.[150] |
| 17 September | Eastern Prince | Steamship | Short Bros. | Pallion | United Kingdom |
For Prince Steamship Co. |
| 17 September | Oceania | Passenger ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 September | Heathfield | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For F. Wood.[151] |
| 20 September | Norfolk | Steamship | Messrs. S. M'Knight & Co. | Ayr | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Clarke & Reeves.[152] |
| 20 September | Trafalgar | Trafalgar-class battleship | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 21 September | Alfonso XII | Alfonso XII-class cruiser | Ferrol | Spain |
For Spanish Navy. | |
| 21 September | Oithona | Steamship | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.[153] |
| 22 September | Irene | Irene-class cruiser | Stettiner Vulcan AG | Stettin | Germany |
For Kaiserliche Marine |
| 22 September | Prinzess Wilhelm | Irene-class cruiser | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Germany |
For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 30 September | Spider | Torpedo gunboat | Plymouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[154] | |
| September | Malikah | Steam yacht | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | United Kingdom |
For H. J. Barrett.[155] |
| September | Prospero | Steamship | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For South Wales and Liverpool Steamship Company.[156] |
| 1 October | Peter | Steamship | Messrs. William Dobson & Co. | Walker | United Kingdom |
For "Russian Company for Sea, River, and Land Insurance and Conveyance of Goods".[157] |
| 4 October | Flambro | Steamship | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For C. M. Webster.[158] |
| 5 October | Torpilleur N° 112 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 8 October | Lough Fisher | Steamship | Messrs. MacIlwain & Lewis | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.[159] |
| 8 October | Unnamed | Lighter | John Robinson | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[160] |
| 12 October | Sophia Wheatley | Smack | Messrs. H. Fellowes & Son | Great Yarmouth | United Kingdom |
For Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.[161] |
| 17 October | Engalia | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[162] |
| 17 October | Sandfly | Torpedo gunboat | Plymouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[154] | |
| 18 October | Exeter City | Steamship | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For Charles Hill & Sons.[163] |
| 19 October | Patrician | Schooner | Paul Rodgers | Carrickfergus | United Kingdom |
For P. Tiernan.[164] |
| 20 October | Monte Videan | Steamship | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Partick | United Kingdom |
For Allan Line.[165] |
| 28 October | Aurora | Orlando-class cruiser | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke Dock | United Kingdom |
For the Royal Navy |
| 28 October | Karagola | Steamship | A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 31 October | Damascus | Steamship | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. George Thompson & Co.[166] |
| October | Earl of Uxbridge | Schooner | Mr. Thomas | Neath | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[167] |
| 2 November | Amphitrite | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Rickinson, Son & Co.[168] |
| 2 November | Glanmire | Steamship | Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co. | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For City of Cork Steam Ship Company.[169] |
| 5 November | Lycia | ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For D. & C. MacIver.[170] |
| 14 November | Cruiser | Steam yacht | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
For Dee and Don Fishery Board.[171] |
| 14 November | St. George | Hopper dredger | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[172] |
| 15 November | Aqua-Æerial | Steamboat | W. S. Cumming | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[173][174] |
| 15 November | Devawongse | Steamship | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Scottish Oriental Steamship Company (Limited).[175] |
| 15 November | Dora | Steamship | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[176] |
| 15 November | Fremona | Steamship | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. William Thompson & Co.[177] |
| 15 November | Friend | Pilot boat | Dennison J. Lawlor | East Boston, Massachusetts | United States |
For James Lawrence Fowler. |
| 15 November | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. Wood, Skinner & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
For Russian Company for Transport and Insurance.[178] |
| 16 November | Asama | Steamship | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[179] |
| 16 November | Cliff | Sailing barge | Messrs. Orvis & Fuller | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Wilkes & Co.[180] |
| 16 November | Mary | Tug | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. C. Whittal & Co.[181] |
| 16 November | Mount Park | Steamship | Messrs. Pearce Bros. | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. J. & J. Denholm.[182] |
| 16 November | Torre del Oro | Steamship | Messrs. Craig Taylor & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Segovia & Cuadra.[179] |
| 16 November | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[178] |
| 19 November | Elton | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.[183] |
| 19 November | Maiden City | Barque | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | United Kingdom |
For William McCredie Dickie.[184] |
| 19 November | Saxon | Steamship | Messrs. Oswald & Mordaunt | Southampton | United Kingdom |
For Union Steamship Company.[185] |
| 19 November | Sindia | Barque | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For T. & J. Brocklebank.[186] |
| 29 November | Byculla | Sailing barge | Messrs. William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For E. Garnham.[187] |
| 30 November | Torpilleur N° 114 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 30 November | Industry | Steamship | Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For W. H. Cockerline & Co.[5][188] |
| November | Hudson | Steamship | Detroit Dry Dock Company | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
For Western Transit Company. |
| November | Kuling | Steamship | Messrs. Boyd & Co. | Pootung |  China |
For Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Company.[189] |
| November | Manwyne | Paddle steamer | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Irrawaddy Flotilla Comopany.[174] |
| November | Memphis | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[174] |
| November | Necos | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[174] |
| November | Pago | Paddle steamer | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Irrawaddy Flotilla Comopany.[174] |
| November | Unnamed | Electric Launch | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | France |
For French Navy.[190] |
| 1 December | Caloric | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | United Kingdom |
For Ebenezer Kemp.[191] |
| 1 December | Gisalde | Steamship | Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co | Hylton | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[188] |
| 3 December | Chamroin | Steamship | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | United Kingdom |
For Scottish Oriental Steamship Company (Limited).[192] |
| 14 December | Douglas | Paddle steamer | W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. | Preston | United Kingdom |
For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[193] |
| 14 December | Somerhill | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[194] |
| 15 December | Age | Steamship | E. Wiothy & Co. Ltd | Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For W. Howard Smit & Sons Ltd.[195] |
| 17 December | Arcadia | Passenger ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[196] |
| 17 December | Flower of Avondale | Fishing trawler | Messrs. Bewley, Webb & Co. | Dublin | United Kingdom |
For Edward Clarke.[197] |
| 20 December | Torpilleur N° 113 | 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | France |
For French Navy[7] |
| 29 December | Elisaeta | Cruiser | Armstrong | Elswick | United Kingdom |
For Romanian Navy. |
| 29 December | Iolanthe | Pilot cutter | Francis Phillips | Cardiff | United Kingdom |
For John Russell.[198] |
| 31 December | Twickenham | Steamship | Messrs. William Gray & Co | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.[199] |
| December | Partition | Schooner | Paul Rodgers | Carrickfergus | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[200] |
| December | Terets | Korietz-class gunboat | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[201] | ||
| December | Uralets | Korietz-class gunboat | Sevastopol | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[201][202] | |
| Unknown date | Admiral Kornilov | Protected cruiser | Saint-Nazaire | France |
For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Auricula | Steamship | John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Blumer & Co.[5][203] |
| Unknown date | Ayrshire | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Thomas Law & Co.[204] |
| Unknown date | Belle of Dunkerque | Merchantman | Short Bros. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.[5] |
| Unknown date | Blue Whyte | Merchantman | Mr. Kinloch | Garmouth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[205] |
| Unknown date | Bradley | Merchantman | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[5] |
| Unknown date | Buenos Aires | Steamship | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Cabo Quejo | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5] |
| Unknown date | Cabo San Antonio | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. M. de Ybarra Y Cia.[5] |
| Unknown date | Cheniston | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Harris & Dixon.[5] |
| Unknown date | Cosmos | Survey launch | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | United Kingdom |
For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. |
| Unknown date | Cragside | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For William Kish.[5] |
| Unknown date | Dérocheuse | Dredger | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | United Kingdom |
For Suez Canal Company.[206] |
| Unknown date | Durban | Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Union Steamship Company.[207] | |
| Unknown date | Ebe W. Tunnell | Pilot boat | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | United States |
For Delaware Pilots. |
| Unknown date | El Rayo | Warship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Nicaraguan Navy.[5] |
| Unknown date | Elvaston | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Harris & Dixon.[5] |
| Unknown date | Emma Giles | Paddle steamer | William Woodall | Baltimore, Maryland | United States |
For Tolchester Company. |
| Unknown date | Exe | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mercantile Steamship Co.[5] |
| Unknown date | Galatea | Merchantman | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For C. F. Leach.[5] |
| Unknown date | Galgo | Tug | Messrs. Ross & Duncan | Govan | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[123] |
| Unknown date | Gertrude | Steamship | W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. | Preston | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[208] |
| Unknown date | Giralda | Steamship | Osbourne, Graham & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Bilton, Williams & Co.[5] |
| Unknown date | Grand Rivieri | Steamship | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[209] |
| Unknown date | Haverstoe | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Bennetts & Co.[5] |
| Unknown date | Iapagia | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Società Anonyme di Navigation a Vapeur Puglia.[5] |
| Unknown date | J. W. Taylor | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Taylor Sanderson.[5][210] |
| Unknown date | Kaliyuga | Steamship | Simon Langell | St. Clair, Michigan | United States |
For St. Clair Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | Koonya | Steamship | William Bayes | Hobart |  Tasmania |
For Moruya Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | Kydonia | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For C. & A. Georgalas.[5] |
| Unknown date | Kyuyo Maru | Merchantman | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For .[5] |
| Unknown date | Lara | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | United Kingdom |
For private owners.[211] |
| Unknown date | Les Bormettes | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. A. Hankey.[5] |
| Unknown date | Louisiana | Steamboat | Marine City, Michigan | United States |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Margaret Olwill | Bulk carrier | Henry D. Root | Cleveland, Ohio | United States |
For L. P. Smith & J. A. Smith. |
| Unknown date | Mary Roberts | Merchantman | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For T. Hogan and Son.[5] |
| Unknown date | Mayflower | Scow | Harry Johnson | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | United States |
For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Midge | Torpedo boat | J. Samuel White | Cowes | United Kingdom |
For Queensland Maritime Defence Force. |
| Unknown date | Miner | Steamship | Evans Anderson & Phelon | Brisbane |  Queensland |
For Queensland Army. |
| Unknown date | Montauk | Merchantman | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For T. Hogan and Son.[5] |
| Unknown date | Moyune | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[5] |
| Unknown date | Murrumbidgee | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Wilhelm Lund.[5] |
| Unknown date | Naugatuck | Steamship | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington, Delaware | United States |
For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Olinda | Steamship | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Linha de Navegacão de J. H. Andresen.[5][212] |
| Unknown date | Olive Branch | Steamship | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co.[5][213] |
| Unknown date | Ooryia | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For G. Dickson.[5] |
| Unknown date | Orono | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For The Plate Steamship Co. Ltd.[5] |
| Unknown date | Percy | Mersey flat | John Brundrit | Runcorn | United Kingdom |
For John Brundrit.[214] |
| Unknown date | Puffin | Lightship | Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | United Kingdom |
For Commissioners of Irish Lights. |
| Unknown date | Queen | Tug | W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. | Preston | United Kingdom |
For Daniel W. Allsup.[215] |
| Unknown date | Quiam | Steam barge | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For River Wear Commissioners.[5][212] |
| Unknown date | Roman Prince | Merchantman | Short Bros. | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For James Knott.[5] |
| Unknown date | Rosebud | Fishing trawler | John Bell | Grimsby | United Kingdom |
For Tom C. Gray.[216] |
| Unknown date | Satellite | Yacht | John F. Mumm | Brooklyn, New York | United States |
For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Shearwater | Schooner | Hawthorne & Co. | Leith | United Kingdom |
For H. R. Wolcott. |
| Unknown date | Sigyn | Barque | Gothenburg |  Sweden |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Thomsonian | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. Harrowing.[5] |
| Unknown date | Tugboat 13 | Tug | John H. Dialogue & Son | Camden, New Jersey | United States |
For New York Central Railroad. |
| Unknown date | Viceroy | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sonss | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For W. Kish.[5] |
| Unknown date | Ville de Metz | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navegation á Vapeur.[5] |
| Unknown date | Wirral | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | United Kingdom |
For Charles & Edward Singleton.[217] |
| Unknown date | Yampa | Yacht | Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware |  United States |
For Chester W. Chapin. |