List of ship commissionings in 1877

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The list of ship commissionings in 1877 is a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1877.

Date	Operator	Ship	Pennant	Class and type	Notes
18 January	United States Navy	USS Alliance		Enterprise-class screw gunboat	Bark-rigged
31 January	Royal Navy	HMS Alexandra	–	Central battery ironclad
1 February	Spanish Navy	Sagunto	–	Armored frigate	[1]
14 February	United States Navy	USS Trenton	–	Screw steamer
16 March	United States Navy	USS Enterprise	–	Enterprise-class screw gunboat	Bark-rigged
26 May	Royal Navy	HMS Thunderer	–	Devastation-class battleship
26 June	French Navy	Friedland		Océan-class armoured frigate	[2]
12 July	Spanish Navy	Jorge Juan	–	Jorge Juan-class screw sloop-of-war	[3]
12 July	Spanish Navy	Sánchez Barcáiztegui	–	Jorge Juan-class screw sloop-of-war	[4]
17 September	Royal Navy	HMS Shannon		Armored cruiser

References

Citations

1. Silverstone, p. 395
2. Wilson, H. W. (1896). Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare From 1855 to 1895. Vol. 2. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown. pp 2-4.
3. "Jorge Juan (1877)". todoavante.es (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
4. "Sanchez Barcaiztegui (1877)". todoavante.es (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

Bibliography

• Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN   0-88254-979-0.