List of ship launches in 1888
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The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.
| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Anshin Maru | Steamship | Pearce Bros. | Dundee | For J. J. Pearson.[1] | |
| 2 January | City of Dublin | Steamship | Workman, Clarke & Co. | Belfast | For George Smith & Son.[2] | |
| 2 January | Scottish Prince | Steamship | Short Bros. | Pallion | For James Knott.[1][3] | |
| 3 January | Undine | Sternwheeler | J. H. Steffen | Portland, Oregon | For Jacob Kamm. | |
| 4 January | Lady Ailsa | Steamship | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | For Messrs. J. & A. Wyllie.[4] | |
| 7 January | Retriever | Tug | Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co | Dundee | For Retriever Steamship Co.[1][5] | |
| 11 January | Lizzie | Steamship | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | For Lewis & Co.[1] | |
| 12 January | Alberta | Steamship | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | For private owner.[1] | |
| 12 January | Clandeboye | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | For Messrs. Carlisle & Co.[6] | |
| 12 January | Gabalva | Steamship | Wood, Skinner & Co. | Bill Quay-on-Tyne | For J. H. Wilson.[1] | |
| 12 January | Not named | Steamship | Joseph Eltringham & Co. | South Shields | For Wexford Harbour Commissioners.[1] | |
| 13 January | Godmunding | Steamship | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | For T. B. Williams,[7] or W. Lamplough.[1] | |
| 14 January | Endeavour | Steamship | Messrs. Robert Stephenson & Co. | Hebburn | For Messrs. M'Intyre, Bros. & Co.[8] | |
| 14 January | Forbin | Forbin-class cruiser | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | For French Navy. | |
| 14 January | Kittle | Steamship | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For J. Coverdale.[1] | |
| 14 January | Not named | Merchantman | T. Royden & Sons | Liverpool | For private owner.[1] | |
| 17 January | Sutlej | Merchantman | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Foley, Aikman & Co.[9] | |
| 17 January | Zizania | Lighthouse tender | H. A. Ramsey & Son | Baltimore, Maryland | For United States Lighthouse Service. | |
| 18 January | Ocean | Tanker | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | For Messrs. Hermann, Stursberg & Co.[10] | |
| 19 January | Amber | Cable ship | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | For Eastern Telegraph Company.[11] | |
| 28 January | C. A. Bade | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun.[3][12][13] | |
| 28 January | Diligent | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For James Westoll.[3][14] | |
| 28 January | Flying Cormorant | Tug | Messrs. Robert Duncan and Co. | Port Glasgow | For Clyde Shipping Company.[15] | |
| 28 January | Lippe | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | For Adolf Deppe.[16] | |
| 28 January | Macgregor | Steamship | Messrs. Workman, Clark, & Co. | Belfast | For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co.[17] | |
| 28 January | Port Caroline | Steamship | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | For W. Milburn & Co.[1] | |
| 29 January | Pingyuan | Ironclad | Foochow Arsenal | Mawei | For Imperial Chinese Navy. | |
| 29 January | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | For Imperial Chinese Government.[14] | |
| 30 January | Trelawny | Steamship | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | For Messrs. Edward Hain and Son.[18] | |
| 31 January | Chia Shih | Steamship | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | For private owner.[1] | |
| 31 January | Rufford Hall | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | For Messrs. R. Alexander & Co.[1][19] | |
| 31 January | Taroba | Steamship | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | For British and India Associated Steamers.[1][13] | |
| 31 January | Urania | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Messrs. Gladstone & Cornforth.[20] | |
| 31 January | Vanguard | Steam yawl | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | For Charles Hellyer.[1] | |
| January | Ladyweld | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | For Nederlandsche Indische Stoomboot Maatschappij.[21] | |
| January | Chaloupe XXXVI | Steam barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Panama Canal Company.[21] | |
| January | Chaloupe XXXVII | Steam barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Panama Canal Company.[21] | |
| January | Chaloupe XXXVIII | Steam barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Panama Canal Company.[21] | |
| January | Netiche | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[21] | |
| January | Paragua | Arayat-class gunboat | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | For Spanish Navy. | |
| 1 February | Strathearn | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.[22] | |
| 10 February | Merida | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | For Messrs. H. Bucknall & Sons.[23] | |
| 11 February | Choy Sang | Steamship | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | For Indian and China Steam Navigation Company.[24] | |
| 11 February | Holkar | Sailing ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[25] | |
| 13 February | Miike Maru | Steamship | Robert Thompson & Sons | Southwick | For Nippon Yusen KK.[3][26] | |
| 13 February | Pallas | Steamship | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | For Rathbone Bros. & Co.[27] | |
| 14 February | Tropic | Steamship | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | For E. C. Thin.[27] | |
| 14 February | Ville de Belfort | Steamship | James Laing | Deptford | For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur.[3][26] | |
| 27 February | Beethoven | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompsonn & Sons | Monkwearmouth | For Jennison, Taylor & Co.[3][28] | |
| 28 February | Ben Clune | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | For J. Morrison & Sons.[3][27] | |
| 28 February | Dunboyne | Full-rigged ship | Whitehaven Shipping Company | Whitehaven | For Charles E. Martin & Co.[27] | |
| 29 February | Charters Towers | Cargo ship | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | For private owner. Collided with the Russian steamship Keetpoma on being launched.[29] | |
| 29 February | Evelyn | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co.[30] | |
| 29 February | Hailoong | Steamship | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | For private owner.[27] | |
| 29 February | Knight Companion | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | For Messrs. Greenfields, Cowie & Co.[31] | |
| 29 February | Mei Shik | Steamship | Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Formosa Trading Corporation.[31][27] | |
| 29 February | Mimosa | Steamship | Messrs. H. S. Edwards & Sons | Howdon-on-Tyne | For Messrs. Stephens & Sons.[31] | |
| 29 February | Pallas | Barque | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | For Martin G. Amsinck.[3][32] | |
| 29 February | Tulford | Steamship | Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. | Middlesbrough | For J. M. Lennard & Sons.[27] | |
| 29 February | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | For Messrs. J. M. Leathard & Co.[31] | |
| 29 February | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co.[31] | |
| February | Chaseley | Steamship | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Murdoch & Murray.[33][27] | |
| February | Nil | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[33] | |
| February | Pampanga | Arayat-class gunboat | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | For Spanish Navy. | |
| February | Unnamed | Tug | R. Rodger | Port Glasgow | For private owner.[33] | |
| 1 March | Fulford | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Sons | Middlesbrough | For Messrs. J. M. Lennard & Sons.[34] | |
| 1 March | General Roberts | Steam yawl | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | For Pickering and Haldane.[35] | |
| 1 March | Olymp | Steamship | C. Connell & Co. | Glasgow | For H. Wenche Sohne.[35] | |
| 1 March | Guadalquivir | Steamship | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes[36] | |
| 2 March | Crathorne | Steamship | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For R. Ropner & Co.[35] | |
| 3 March | Samson | Tug | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Hull | For Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.[35] | |
| 3 March | Titanic | Steamship | M'Ilwaine, Lewis & Co. | Belfast | For H. J. Scott & Co.[35] | |
| 8 March | Virgo | Steam ketch | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Hull | For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Company (Limited).[35] | |
| 9 March | Hampton | Steamship | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | For Commercial Steamship Co. Ltd.[3][37] | |
| 10 March | Conscript | Steamship | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | For Messrs. Harvey & Co.[38] | |
| 10 March | Nith | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co.[39] | |
| 10 March | Remus | Steam ketch / fishing vessel | Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | For Francis W. Leybourne Popham.[35][40] | |
| 12 March | Brunner | Steamship | J. M'Arthur | Paisley | For Martin Kennedy.[35] | |
| 13 March | Tynesider | Steamship | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | For Tyne Steam Shipping Co.[35][41] | |
| 14 March | Algonquin | Steamship | Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | For Messrs. Thomas Marks & Co.[42] | |
| 14 March | Bostonian | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For White Star Line.[43] | |
| 14 March | Montebello | Goito-class cruiser | Arsenale di La Spezia | La Spezia | For Regia Marina. | |
| 14 March | Monzambano | Goito-class cruiser | Arsenale di La Spezia | La Spezia | For Regia Marina. | |
| 14 March | Princesse Henriette | Paddle steamer | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | For Belgian Government.[42] | |
| 14 March | Saikyō Maru | Steamship | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Govan | For Nippon Yusen KK. | |
| 14 March | Seafarer | Barque | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | For private owner.[35][44] | |
| 15 March | City of New York | Ocean liner | J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | For Inman Line.[45] | |
| 15 March | Loch Lomond | Steamship | Palmers & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Dundee Loch Line Steamship Co. Ltd.[35] | |
| 15 March | Princess Louise | Steamship | D. & W. Henderson | Glasgow | For M. Langlands & Sons.[35] | |
| 15 March | Rio Tinto | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For John Tully.[3][46] | |
| 17 March | Birchfield | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Joseph Brown.[3] | |
| 17 March | Phyllis | Merchantman | Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | For Charles Hill & Sons.[35][47] | |
| 20 March | Melita | Mariner-class gunvessel | Malta Dockyard | Malta | For Royal Navy. | |
| 21 March | Candia | Steamship | W. Dobson & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | For private owner.[35] | |
| 23 March | Bio Bio | Steamship | R. Napier & Sons | Port Glasgow | For Compania Sud Americana de Vapores.[35] | |
| 23 March | Domira | Steamship | A. Stephen & Sons | Glasow | For Maclay & M'Intyre.[35] | |
| 23 March | Orkla | Steamship | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | For C. Salvesen & Co.[3][35] | |
| 24 March | Virginia | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Frederick Woods.[48] | |
| 26 March | Chanzy | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | For P. Allainguillaume.[3][49] | |
| 26 March | Neptune | Steamship | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | For Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.[50] | |
| 27 March | Falshaw | Steamship | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | For Messrs. H. Baxter & Co.[51] | |
| 27 March | Julio | Steamship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Compania Bilbaina de Navegaçion.[3][35] | |
| 27 March | Nile | Trafalgar-class ironclad | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire | For Royal Navy.[52] | |
| 27 March | Romulus | Steam ketch / Fishing vessel | Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | For Francis W. Leybourne Popham.[35][40] | |
| 28 March | Demira | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephens & Sons | Linthouse | For Messrs. Maclay & M'Intyre.[53] | |
| 28 March | Resolution | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Rowland & Marwood.[3][35] | |
| 29 March | Alfonso XII | Steamship | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Ltd. | Low Walker | For Compania Transatlantica.[54] | |
| 29 March | Engineer | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | For Tatham, Bromage & Co.[3][35] | |
| 29 March | Moss Rose | Schooner | Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | For Coppack, Carter & Co.[35] | |
| 29 March | Silver Crag | Full-rigged ship | R. Williamson & Sons | Workington | For private owner.[35] | |
| 31 March | Red Eagle | Steam yacht | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | For Sir G. S. Stucley.[35] | |
| 31 March | Sapphire | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | For Messrs. Christie & Co.[55] | |
| March | Benefactor | Smack | Messrs. Page & Chambers | Lowestoft | For G. Long.[56] | |
| March | Earl of Dunraven | Paddle steamer | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | For H. B. Marguand.[57] | |
| 2 April | Lady Torfrida | Steam yacht | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Fairfield | For Sir William Pearce.[58] | |
| 3 April | Cupica | Barque | Charles J. Bigger | Londonderry | For W. H. Ross & Co.[59] | |
| 3 April | Guy Colin | Steamship | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | For G. E. Bowring.[59] | |
| 3 April | No. 11 | Sailing barge | W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | For R. Singlehurst.[59] | |
| 3 April | No. 12 | Sailing barge | W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | For R. Singlehurst.[59] | |
| 4 April | Rosini | Steamship | W. H. Halford | Gloucester | For R. G. Foster.[59] | |
| 7 April | Gellivara | Steamship | C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend | For Anglo-Scandinavian Steamship Co. (Ltd.).[59] | |
| 7 April | Priscilla | Sloop | Elisha Saxton | Patchogue River | For George Rhinehart. | |
| 10 April | Luath | Steam yacht | W. S. Cumming | Glasgow | For John Henry.[60] | |
| 10 April | Pheasant | Pygmy-class gunboat | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[61][62] | ||
| 11 April | Shearwater | Steamship | H. S. Edwards & Sons | Howdon | For Sharp & Co.[57] | |
| 12 April | Adderley | Barque | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. C. W. Kellock & Co.[63] | |
| 12 April | Benmore | Steamship | Messrs. William Dobson & Co. | Low Walker-on-Tyne | For Grampian Steamship Company Limited.[64] | |
| 12 April | Camphill | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Macbeth & Gray.[65][59] | |
| 12 April | Haperley | Steamship | J. Readhead & Co. | South Shields | For W. Wright.[59] | |
| 12 April | Harrow | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Messrs. Galbraith, Pembroke & Co.[66] | |
| 12 April | Rouen | Paddle steamer | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Fairfield | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. | |
| 13 April | Lowlands | Steamship | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Hardy, Wilson & Co.[59] | |
| 14 April | Cairnryan | Steamship | Palmers & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For R. & D. Cairns.[57] | |
| 14 April | Fusilier | Paddle steamer | Messrs. J. M'Arthur & Co. | Paisley | For David MacBrayne.[67] | |
| 14 April | Idar | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For F Leyland & Co.,[68] or Messrs. Edward Bates & Sons.[69][59] | |
| 14 April | Lorton | Barque | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. | Belfast | For Messrs. P. Iredale & Son.[69] | |
| 14 April | Macassa | Steamship | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Hamilton Steamboat Co.[70] | |
| 14 April | Volunteer | Steamship | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | For Government of Newfoundland.[70] | |
| 16 April | Edith and Annie | Lifeboat | Naval Construction & Armaments Co. | Barrow-in-Furness | For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[71] | |
| 16 April | Ruby | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Bowling | For William Robertson.[67] | |
| 17 April | Marion Lightbody | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Meadowside | For Rogers & Co.[59] | |
| 23 April | Grenville | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | For Messrs. J. Holman & Son.[72] | |
| 23 April | Hereward | Tug | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | For T. Gray & Co (Ltd.).[59] | |
| 24 April | Zeta | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Turner, Brightman & Co.[3][59] | |
| 25 April | Florrie | Ketch | Robert Cock | Bideford | For R. Cock.[59] | |
| 25 April | Spindrift | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | For J. Y. Barwick.[73] | |
| 26 April | Ferrando | Steamship | Palmers Co. (Limited) | Jarrow-on-Tyne | For private owner.[59] | |
| 26 April | Madagascar | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Kingston | For J. Boyd.[74][59] | |
| 26 April | Mary Nish | Schooner | William Geddie | Banff | For David Shaw.[75] | |
| 26 April | Trieste C. | Steamship | Russell & Co. | Greenock | For M. Cesari.[59] | |
| 26 April | Unnamed | Steam yacht | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | For Mrs. Yorke.[74] | |
| 26 April | Unnamed | Hopper Dredger | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | For private owne.[74] | |
| 28 April | Brenner | Steamship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Cay, Hall & Co. Ltd.[3][76][77] | |
| 28 April | Britannia | Steamship | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. | Grangemouth | For Morecambe Steamboat Company (Limited).[78] | |
| 28 April | Harold | Barque | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | For W. A. Stephens.[65][59] | |
| 28 April | Inverallen | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | For John Mair.[79][57] | |
| 28 April | Quito | Steamship | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[80] | |
| 28 April | Tavistock | Tug | Messrs. Newall & Co. | Bristol | For Messrs. D. Radford & Co.[81] | |
| 28 April | The Rose | Tug | Messrs. S. M'Knight & Co. | Ayr | For Messrs. Barnes, Guthrie & Co.[78] | |
| 28 April | Vesuvius | Dynamite gun cruiser | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For United States Navy. | |
| 28 April | Vreda | Cutter | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. | Troon | For Thomas Hodgens.[78] | |
| 28 April | USS Yorktown | Gunboat | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For United States Navy.[82] | |
| 30 April | Rapel | Steamship | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores.[83] | |
| 30 April | Sung Kiang | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | For China Navigation Company.[84][59] | |
| 30 April | Wild Rose | Steamship | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co | Paisley | For Messrs. Richard Hughes & Co.[85] | |
| April | Yauara | Yacht | David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | For Paul Ralli.[86] | |
| 1 May | Nymphe | Nymphe-class sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | For Royal Navy.[87] | |
| 1 May | Rosedale | Bulk carrier | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | For Hagarty & Co.[3][12][88] | |
| 3 May | Amiral Cécille | Cruiser | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | For French Navy.[89] | |
| 7 May | Unnamed | Steamship | Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend | For Anglo-Scandinavian Steamship Company, Limited.[90] | |
| 8 May | Jessmore | Steamship | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | For Messrs. W. Johnston & Co.[91][57] | |
| 9 May | Inanda | Steamship | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | For Messrs. George & Alexander Rennie.[92][57] | |
| 9 May | Unnamed | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | For Messrs. Cousens.[93] | |
| 10 May | Cayor | Steamship | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | For Messrs. Deves & Chaumet.[94] | |
| 10 May | Endora | Barque | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.[95][57] | |
| 10 May | Frankfort | Steamship | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Co. Ltd.[57] | |
| 10 May | Partridge | Pygmy-class gunboat | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[61] | ||
| 11 May | Magda | Steamship | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Otto Trechmann.[96] | |
| 12 May | Duke of Cornwall | Steamship | W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Cornwall Steamship Co. Ltd.[57] | |
| 12 May | Magicienne | Marathon-class cruiser | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | For Royal Navy.[97] | |
| 12 May | Othon Stathatos | Steamship | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | For Messrs. Stathatos Bros.[98] | |
| 12 May | Shin-Sheng | Steamship | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | For China Merchants Steam Navigation Company.[3][57] | |
| 12 May | Wileysike | Steamship | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | Willington Quay | For private owner.[98] | |
| 14 May | Benledi | Steamship | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. (Limited). | Glasgow | For Messrs. William Thomson & Co.[99] | |
| 14 May | Lundy | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | For Messrs. Farrar, Groves & Co.[100] | |
| 14 May | Wylam | Merchantman | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | For Atkinson Bros.[3][57] | |
| 15 May | Baltimore City | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son | Linthouse | For Christopher Furness.[99] | |
| 15 May | Banklands | Barque | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. William Just & Co.[99] | |
| 15 May | Cato | Steam yacht | Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | For Sir Edward Cecil Guinness.[99][101] | |
| 15 May | Rangoon | Steam yawl | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Hull | For G. Beeching.[57] | |
| 16 May | Lucille | Steam yacht | W. S. Cumming | Monkland Canal | For John S. M'Andrew.[102] | |
| 24 May | Alberta | Steamship | R. W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | For private owner.[57] | |
| 24 May | Barbaris | Steam ketch | W. Jarvis | Anstruther | For private owner.[103][57] | |
| 24 May | Crest | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd., or Dent & Co.[3][104][57] | |
| 24 May | Drumburlie | Steamship | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Gillison & Chadwick.[3][105] | |
| 24 May | Imperatrix | Steamship | Trieste | For Österreichischer Lloyd.[106] | ||
| 24 May | Lucy Ashton | Paddle steamer | T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | For North British Railway. | |
| 24 May | Maple Branch | Steamship | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | For L. Hinrichsen.[3][57] | |
| 24 May | Mavis | Paddle steamer | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Greenock | For General Steam Navigation Company.[103][57] | |
| 24 May | Princess of Wales | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | For Southampton and Isle of Wight Royal Mail Packet Co.[107][101][57] | |
| 24 May | Unnamed | Steam launch | Messrs. William White & Co. | Greenock | For Mr. Hale.[103] | |
| 26 May | Ibis | Steamship | Messrs. W. B. Thompson | Dundee | For Cork Steam Shipping Company (Limited).[108] | |
| 26 May | Kathleen | Steamship | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | North Hylton | For Pyman, Bell & Co.[3][104] | |
| 26 May | Northgate | Steamship | Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son | Whitby | For Messrs. Turnbull, Scott & Son.[109] | |
| 26 May | Oswestry | Steamship | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | For Messrs. Sivewright, Bacon & Co.[110] | |
| 26 May | Sea Mew | Steamship | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | For General Steam Navigation Company.[104][57] | |
| 26 May | Sultana | Steamship | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | For Bailey & Leetham.[111] | |
| 28 May | Legislator | Steamship | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | For Messrs. T. & J. Harrison.[112] | |
| 28 May | Goole No. 7 | Tug | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | For private owner.[104][57] | |
| 29 May | Asiatic Prince | Steamship | Short Bros. | Pallion | For James Knott & partners.[3][46][104] | |
| 29 May | Daphne | Nymphe-class sloop | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | For Royal Navy.[113] | |
| 29 May | T. J. Potter | Paddle steamer | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | Portland, Oregon | For Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. | |
| 30 May | Freda | Steamship | The Naval Construction & Armament Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | For Argentine Steam Lighter Co. Ltd.[114][57] | |
| 30 May | Gotha | Steamship | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Hull | For Yorkshire Coal and Steam Shipping Company.[115] | |
| May | Clacton | Paddle steamer | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Kirkcaldy | For J. Scott & Co.[116][57] | |
| May | Dorothy | Yacht | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | For John Tennant.[101] | |
| May | Nellietoo | Yacht | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | For K. M. Clark.[101] | |
| May | Puffin | Yacht | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | For S. A. Hermon.[101] | |
| May | Sakkarah | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[101] | |
| May | Sane | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[101] | |
| May | Unnamed | Steam launch | W. Fyffe & Son | Fairlie | For James Stevenson.[101] | |
| 1 June | Aldborough | Steamship | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Frederick Woods.[117] | |
| 1 June | Pamiat Azova | Cruiser | Baltic Works | Saint Petersburg | For Imperial Russian Navy.[118] | |
| 7 June | Discovery | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Rowland & Marwood.[3][119] | |
| 9 June | Callisto | Steamship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Hudig & Veder.[3][120] | |
| 9 June | Glenavon | Merchantman | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | For Messrs. J. R. de Wolf & Co.[121] | |
| 9 June | Medea | Marathon-class cruiser | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[122] | ||
| 11 June | Lindula | Steamship | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[123] | |
| 12 June | Derwent | Cargo liner | William Dobson and Company | Walker | For Goole Steam Shipping Company. | |
| 12 June | Firth of Cromarty | Merchantman | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port-Glasgow | For Messrs. James Spencer & Co.[124] | |
| 12 June | Kaiphong | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | For China Navigation Company.[124] | |
| 12 June | Kobe Maru | Steamship | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Govan | For Nippon Yusen KK.[125] | |
| 13 June | Courer | Torpedo boat | Messrs. Thorneycroft & Co. | Chiswick | For French Navy.[126] | |
| 14 June | Kistna | Steamship | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. | Troon | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited).[127] | |
| 15 June | Leon-y-Castillo | Steamship | Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co.[128][129] | |
| 19 June | Ivy | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | For Glasgow, Dublin & Londonderry Steam Packet Co.[130] | |
| 22 June | Peacock | Pygmy-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[131] | ||
| 23 June | Alexandra | Paddle steamer | W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. | Preston | For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd.[132] | |
| 23 June | Alexandra | Tug | Messrs. M'Knight | Ayr | For Alexandra Towing Company (Limited).[133] | |
| 23 June | Oriole | Paddle steamer | Messrs. John Scott & Co. | Kirkcaldy | For General Steam Navigation Company.[133] | |
| 23 June | 101 | Barge | American Steel Barge Company | Duluth, Minnesota | For Alexander McDougall. | |
| 25 June | Ancona | Steamship | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | For Messrs. James Currie & Co.[134] | |
| 25 June | Gulf of Corcovado | Cargo liner | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn | For Greenock Steamship Co.[135] | |
| 25 June | Moray Chief | Barquentine or schooner | Mr. Kinloch | Kingston | For Mr. Kinloch.[136][137] | |
| 25 June | North Sea | Fishing trawler | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | For William Pyper and others.[138][139] | |
| 25 June | Unnamed | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. | Chepstow | For Sir William Thomas Lewis.[140] | |
| 28 June | Lady Gordon | Steamship | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Kelvinhaugh | For Ceylon Steamship Company (Limited).[141] | |
| 28 June | Skeandhu | Steam yacht | Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson | Merksworth | For Sholto D. C. Douglas.[141] | |
| June | Kaifong | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | For China Navigation Company.[129] | |
| June | Mermaid | Steamship | Mr. Watspon | Peel | For The Peel and North of Ireland Steam Packet Company.[142] | |
| June | Paris | Paddle steamer | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Fairfield, Glasgow | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest.[143][129] | |
| June | Sinai | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[129] | |
| June | Traveller | Steamship | Messrs. John & James Thomson | Glasgow | For Messrs. Thomas & James Harrison.[129] | |
| June | Zagazic | Steam hopper barge | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | For Suez Canal Company.[129] | |
| June | Three unnamed vessels | Paddle steamers | Messrs. M'Arthur & Co. | Paisley | For Thomas Cook & Sons.[129] | |
| 3 July | Ambrose Snow | Schooner | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | For New York Pilots. | |
| 7 July | Equity | Cargo ship | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited. | |
| 11 July | Islander | Steamship | Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | For Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company. | |
| 14 July | Gerent | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For James Westoll Line.[3][46] | |
| 18 July | William H. Bateman | Schooner | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | For John Handran. | |
| 19 July | Charleston | Protected Cruiser | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | For United States Navy.[144] | |
| 23 July | Trewarvas | Cargo ship | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall[145] | |
| 24 July | Palmas | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Sir A. L. Jones.[146] | |
| 27 July | Pigmy | Pygmy-class gunboat | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[147] | ||
| 4 August | Active | Tug | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | For private owner.[148][149] | |
| 7 August | Akagi | Gunboat | Onohama Shipyards | Kobe | For Imperial Japanese Navy.[150] | |
| 9 August | Pass of Balmaha | Full-rigged ship | Robert Duncan and Company | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Gibson & Clark. | |
| 9 August | William Morphy | Steamship | Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | For Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd.[151] | |
| 11 Augusgt | Medusa | Marathon-class cruiser | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[152] | ||
| 15 August | Conde del Venadito | Velasco-class cruiser | Cartagena | For Spanish Navy. | ||
| 16 August | John V. Moran | Steamship | F. W. Wheeler & Co. | West Bay City, Michigan | For Crescent Transportation Company. | |
| 18 August | Marathon | Marathon-class cruiser | Fairfields | Govan | For Royal Navy.[153] | |
| 23 August | Piemonte | Cruiser | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Regia Marina. | |
| 23 August | Sperber | Cruiser | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | For Kaiserliche Marine. | |
| 24 August | Elbridge T. Gerry | Schooner | Robinson & Waterhouse | City Island, New York | For Edward Earl, Charles Foster, B. J. Guiness, William Hurrell, John Reardon and Hiram Treat. | |
| 25 August | Gut Heil | Tanker | William Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For private owner. | |
| 30 August | Ettore Fieramosca | Etna-class protected cruiser | Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | Livorno | For Regia Marina. | |
| 8 September | Ceylon | Steamship | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | For Harloff & Bloe.[3][154] | |
| 8 September | Peral | Submarine | Arsenal de la Carraca | San Fernando | For Spanish Navy. | |
| 8 September | Valkyrien | Cruiser | Orlogsværftet | Copenhagen | For Royal Danish Navy. | |
| 20 September | Melpomene | Marathon-class cruiser | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[155] | ||
| 22 September | Atrato | Ocean liner | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company | |
| 24 September | Gymnote | Submarine | Dupuy de Lôme, Gustave Zédé and Gaston Romazzotti | Toulon | For French Navy. | |
| 5 October | Akarana | Yacht | Robert Logan Sr. | Auckland | For Robert Logan Sr. | |
| 6 October | Baltimore | Protected cruiser | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For United States Navy.[144] | |
| 6 October | Peninsular | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[156][157] | |
| 7 October | Alligator | Paddle steamer | Norwalk, Florida | For C. W. Howard. | ||
| 9 October | Surcouf | Forbin-class cruiser | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | For French Navy. | |
| 10 October | Cufic | Livestock carrier | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For White Star Line. | |
| 13 October | Petrel | Gunboat | Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Company | Baltimore, Maryland | For United States Navy. | |
| 15 October | Takao | Cruiser | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | For Imperial Japanese Navy.[158] | |
| 16 October | Stanley | Icebreaker | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering | Fairfield | For Canadian Government. | |
| 17 October | Re Umberto | Re Umberto-class ironclad | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | Castellamare di Stabia | For Regia Marina. | |
| 18 October | Grenade | Fusée-class gunboat | Arsenal de Lorient | Lorient | For French Navy[89] | |
| 19 October | Paul Isenburg | Barque | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | For J. C. Pfluger & Co.[159] | |
| 20 October | City of Paris | Ocean liner | J & G Thompson | Clydebank | For Inman Line. | |
| 22 October | Troude | Troude-class cruiser | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde | Lormont | For French Navy.[89] | |
| 1 November | Oldham | Cargo liner | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. | |
| 3 November | Croatia | Steamship | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft.[160] | |
| 3 November | James Stafford | Schooner | Noank, Connecticut | For Charles Anderson, James Mitchell, Joseph Nelson, Frederick Ryerson and Oscar Stoffrelden. | ||
| 3 November | Unnamed | Barque | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | For private owner.[160] | |
| 3 November | La Mouette | Ferry | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | For Soc. des bateaux à vapeur La Seyne-Toulon[161] | |
| 7 November | Brésil | Steamship | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes[162] | |
| 17 November | Lord Londonderry | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[163] | |
| 23 November | Cupica | Barque | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | For W. H. Ross & Co.[164] | |
| 30 November | Sharpshooter | Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[165] | ||
| November | Britannic | Steamship | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | For Britannic Steamship Co. Ltd.[3][166] | |
| 1 December | Augusta Victoria | Ocean liner | Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan | Stettin | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft . | |
| 1 December | Governor Ames | Schooner | Leavitt-Storer | Waldoboro, Maine | For Atlantic Shipping Company. | |
| 3 December | Coëtlogon | Forbin-class cruiser | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët | Saint-Nazaire | For French Navy. | |
| 4 December | Missouri | Steamship | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | For private owner.[167][168] | |
| 4 December | Research | Paddle survey ship | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[169] | ||
| 4 December | Dordogne | Steamship | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes[170] | |
| 8 December | Grimsby | Paddle steamer | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. | |
| 31 December | Alhea | Steamship | Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough-on-Tees | For Christopher Furness.[171] | |
| 31 December | Karoon | Steamship | William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For Thomas Appleby & Co.[171] | |
| 31 December | Leven | Steamship | William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | For R. Ropner & Co.[171] | |
| Unknown date | Alert | Humber Keel | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | For William Bayley Jr.[172] | |
| Unknown date | Amy Gordon | Steamship | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | For R. Gordon & Co.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Athabasca | Sternwheeler | Athabasca River | For Hudson's Bay Company. | ||
| Unknown date | Banan | Steamship | William Doxford | Sunderland | For Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskab.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Bard | Tug | A. J. Bridgman | Brentford | For Hugh Hughes.[173] | |
| Unknown date | Beatrice | Merchantman | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | For C. Howard & Son.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Bishopsgate | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Bishopsgate Steam Ship Co. Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | British Prince | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For James Knott.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Callao | Samar-class gunboat | Manila Ship Company | Cavite | For Spanish Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Carl Hirschberg | Merchantman | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | For C. Hirschberg.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Cass | Steamship | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Formosa Trading Company. | |
| Unknown date | Chamois | Merchantman | William Doxfore & Sons | Sunderland | For Jackson Bros. & Cory.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Charlton | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For W. & E. S. Lamplough.[3] | |
| Unknown date | City of Seattle | Paddle steamer | John Steffan | Portland, Oregon | For West Seattle Land and Improvement Company. | |
| Unknown date | Cyrene | Merchantman | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For Lumsdon, Byers & Co.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Daniel | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For O. Joffre.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Drumfell | Merchantman | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Gillison & Chadwick.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Eber Ward | Steamship | F. W. Wheeler & Co. | West Bay City, Michigan | For Detroit & Lake Superior Line. | |
| Unknown date | Edendale | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For P. H. Laing.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Elena Oms | Merchantman | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | For Demetrio Cuetara & Co.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Elf | Yacht | George Lawley & Son | South Boston, Massachusetts | For William H. Wilkinson. | |
| Unknown date | Enterprize | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Rowland & Marwood.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Equator | Schooner | Mathew Turner | Benica, California | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Eugéne Pereire | Steamship | Saint-Nazaire | For private owner.[174] | ||
| Unknown date | Gemini | Merchantman | John Priestman & Co. | Sunderland | For J. G. Hill.[3] | |
| Unknown date | George H. Dyer | Bulk carrier | Wolf & Davidson | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | George W. Pride | tug | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For John D. Spreckels Brothers' Company. | |
| Unknown date | Hamburg | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Svenska Lloyd Fornyäde A/B.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Henry Bailey | Sternwheeler | Tacoma | For Pacific Navigation Company. | ||
| Unknown date | Horizon | Barque | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | For Estier Frères.[175] | |
| Unknown date | Junio | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Compania Bilbaina de Navegaçion.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Kirkland | Paddle steamer | T. W. Lake | Lake Washington | For Jackson Street Cable Railway Company. | |
| Unknown date | Kong Frode | Steamship | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskab.[3][76] | |
| Unknown date | Lyndhurst | Merchantman | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | For Morel Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Macassa | Steamship | William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Hamilton Steamboat Company. | |
| Unknown date | Marion | Sternwheeler | Alexander Watson | Golden | For Frank P. Armstrong. | |
| Unknown date | Mark Hopkins | Lumber hooker | Mechanics Dry Dock Company | Grand Haven, Michigan | For Harris Baker. | |
| Unknown date | May Durr | Lumber hooker | Milwaukee Shipyard Company | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | For John Spry Lumber Co. | |
| Unknown date | Nether Holme | Merchantman | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Hine Bros.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Northumbria | Collier | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For International Line Steam Ship Co. Ltd.[3][119] | |
| Unknown date | Ohio | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | For Neptune Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Onset | Motorboat | Hacketts | Bayonne, New Jersey | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Oporto | Steamship | Charles Joseph Bigger | Londonderry | For S.S. Oporto Co. Ltd.[176] | |
| Unknown date | Patapsco | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For Harrison & Dixon.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Plover | Pygmy-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[177] | ||
| Unknown date | Portslade | Merchantman | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Stephenson, Clarke & Co.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Relandersgrund | Lightship | William Crichton & Co. | Turku | For Finnish Maritime Administration. | |
| Unknown date | Ruysdael | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Bolton & Kenneth.[3][119] | |
| Unknown date | Sea Wing | Sternwheeler | Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin | For Diamond Jo Line. | ||
| Unknown date | Seneca | Steam yacht | Boston, Massachusetts | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Serica | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | For R. Gordon & Co.[3][12] | |
| Unknown date | Sidor Shibaev | Tanker | Kolomna Locomotive Works | Kolomna | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Smeul | Torpedo boat | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Le Havre | For Romanian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Sneaton | Steamship | John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | For Robinson Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd.[3][37] | |
| Unknown date | Tangier | Merchantman | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | For Angier Line (1887) Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | T. M. Richardson | Steamboat | James T. Chatterton | Oneatta, Oregon | For James T. Chatterton. | |
| Unknown date | Trifels | Steamship | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Triton | Tug | John H. Dialogue | Camden, New Jersey | For P. Dougherty & Co. | |
| Unknown date | Umlazi | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For Bullard, King & Co. Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Unionist | Steamship | Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | For Angier Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.[3] | |
| Unknown date | Vedra | Steamship | Short Bros. | Sunderland | For J. S. Barwick & Co.[3][46] | |
| Unknown date | Wangpoo | Steamship | Shanghai | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes.[174] | ||
| Unknown date | William Branfoot | Steamship | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Tyzack & Branfoot Steam Shipping Company.[3][119] | |
| Unknown date | Wyer G. Sargent | Schooner | Sedgwick, Maine | For private owner.[46] | ||
| Unknown date | Not named | Tug | John H. Dialogue | Camden, New Jersey | For United States Navy. Subsequently sold to P. Dougherty Sons, & Co and named Douglas H. Thomas. |