List of ship launches in 1885

The list of ship launches in 1885 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1885.

March

18 March

• Naniwa  United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

31 March

• Katsuragi  Japan: Corvette launched at Yokohama Naval Arsenal.

Exact date unknown

• RMS Etruria  United Kingdom: Launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow.

• Mersey  United Kingdom: Protected cruiser launched at Chatham Dockyard.

April

16 April

• Formidable  France: Amiral Baudin-class battleship launched at Lorient.

28 April

• Howe  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

May

1 May

• Yamato  Japan: Corvette launched at Onohama Naval Arsenal.

16 May

• Takachiho  United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

26 May

• Puritan  United States: Yacht launched by George Lawley & Son, Boston, Massachusetts.

Exact date unknown

• Galatea  United Kingdom: Yacht launched by John Beavor-Webb.

• Moy  United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

June

13 June

• Panther  United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

15 June

• Benbow  United Kingdom: Admiral-class battleship launched by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Leamouth, Essex.

26 June

• Infanta Isabel  Spain: Launched at Cadiz.

September

10 September

• Leopard  United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

October

21 October

• Admiral Nakhimov  Russian Empire: Armoured cruiser launched at Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg.

27 October

• Hero  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Chatham Dockyard.

November

24 November

• Camperdown  United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.

December

3 December

• Thames  United Kingdom: Launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

5 December

• Chicago  United States: Launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

10 December

• Rhine  United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

Exact date unknown

• Polly Woodside  United Kingdom: Barque launched by Workman, Clarke & Co, Belfast, Ireland.

Exact date unknown

• Bristol  United States: Launched by Sam Paegnall, Charleston, South Carolina.

• Elcano  Spain: Launched at Manila for the Armada Española.

• Multnomah  United States: Paddle steamer launched at East Portland, Oregon.

• Pioneer  United States: Sloop launched at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.

• Port Victor  United Kingdom: Launched at Newcastle upon Tyne.

• Rheinland  Germany: Launched by H Hespe, Brake, Lower Saxony.

• Stiletto  United States: Launched by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island.

See also

Ship events in 1885
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