List of ship launches in 1881

{The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1881.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
15 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Black Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[1]
22 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British King Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[2]
31 January  United Kingdom Messrs Harvey and Company Hayle Tynron Brigantine For private owner[3]
1 March  United Kingdom J. & G. Thompson Clydebank Servia Ocean Liner For Cunard Line. At launch, this was second largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.[4]
3 March  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Newcastle upon Tyne Saxon Prince Cargo ship For James Knott.
13 April  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Trevilley Steamship For Edward Hain and Son.[5]
16 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Winnebah Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[6]
27 April  Netherlands Fijenoord Schiedam Nederland For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij.[7][8][9]
30 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arabic Cargo liner For White Star Line.
14 June  United Kingdom Barrow-in-Furness City of Rome Steamship For Inman Line. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.[10]
15 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Akassa Cargo ship For African Steamship Co.[11]
15 June  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Polyphemus torpedo ship For Royal Navy.[12]
10 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Coptic Cargo liner For White Star Line.
26 August  United Kingdom Portsmouth dockyard Portsmouth Canada Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[13]
10 September  United Kingdom Schlesinger, Davis and Co. Wallsend Mount's Bay Steamship For Mount's Bay Steamship Company.[14]
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shannon Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[15]
22 October  United Kingdom Portsmouth Cordelia Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[16]
3 December  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Heroine Comus-class corvette For Royal Navy.[17]
7 December  United Kingdom Atken and Mansell Whiteinch Athenian Steamship For Union Company.[18]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness City of Rome Cargo liner For Inman Line.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion El Rayo Torpedo boat For William Doxford & Sons Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Magician Corvette For Royal Navy.[20]

References
  1. "Black Head". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. "British King". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. "Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 134. 3 February 1881. p. 5.
  4. "A Big Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 139. 10 March 1881. p. 6.
  5. "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 145. 21 April 1881. p. 7.
  6. "Winnebah". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. "Rotterdam, 28 April". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 29 April 1881.
  8. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 2 May 1881.
  9. "Binnenland". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 18 August 1881.
  10. "Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
  11. "Akassa". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. "Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
  13. "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 164. 1 September 1881. p. 5.
  14. "Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman. No. 166. 15 September 1881. p. 6.
  15. "Shannon". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  16. "Latest". The Cornishman. No. 172. 27 October 1881. p. 5.
  17. "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 6.
  18. "The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 5.
  19. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  20. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 55.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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