List of ship launches in 1880

The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.

January

13 January

• Tregenna ( United Kingdom): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.^[1]

26 January

• HMS Rambler ( United Kingdom): Algerine-class gunvessel launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.

February

24 February

• Columbia ( United States): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.^[2]

March

9 March

• HMS Doterel ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.^[3]

10 March

• HMS Ajax ( United Kingdom): Ajax-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

19 March

• Name unreported ( United Kingdom): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.^[4]

27 March

• Bayard ( France) Bayard-class battleship launched for the Marine Nationale.

June

9 June

• HMS Constance ( United Kingdom): Comus-class corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.

25 June

• Livadia ( Russian Empire): the Imperial yacht was launched by John Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland for the Imperial Russian Navy.^[5]

August

3 August

• HMS Espiegle ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.

23 August

• Alverton ( United Kingdom): the iron-screwed steamship was launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow for Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff. Intended for general trade and carrying 1850 tons.^[6]

25 August

• HNoMS Ellida ( Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.

28 August

• Henry Chisholm ( United States): steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.

September

29 September

• Italia ( Italy): Italia-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.^[7]

30 September

• Tordenskjold ( Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.

October

5 October

• HMS Wasp ( United Kingdom): Banterer-class gunboat launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.

November

8 November

• Tsukushi ( United Kingdom): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

December

4 December

• HMS Lark ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.

Exact date unknown

• Annie ( United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut.
• ARA Almirante Brown ( United Kingdom): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina.
• Confidence ( United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Hope Haynes ( United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine.
• Lily ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
• HMS Meda ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
• Montauk ( United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine.
• Newnham ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co.
• Toro Submarino ( Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú.
• Violet ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.

References

1. ↑ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (80). 22 January 1880. p. 5. 
2. ↑ Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564
3. ↑ "Naval". The Cornishman (87). 11 October 1880. p. 6. 
4. ↑ "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman (89). 25 March 1880. p. 7. 
5. ↑ "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman (104). p. 5. 
6. ↑ "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman (116). 30 September 1880. p. 4. 
7. ↑ "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman (117). 7 October 1880. p. 7. 

See also