List of ship launches in 1887

The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
8 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Etolia	Cargo ship	For D. & C. MacIver. [1]
10 March	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Serpent	Archer-class torpedo cruiser	For the Royal Navy [2]
25 March	Germany	Stettiner Vulcan AG	Stettin	Laiyuan	Protected cruiser	For the Beiyang Fleet
25 March	United Kingdom		Barrow	Nordenfeldt	Torpedo boat	For Royal Navy. [3]
31 March	United Kingdom	Ramage & Ferguson & Company	Leith	Fatshan	Passenger ferry	For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company [4]
7 April	United States	Thomas Quayle's & Sons		Samuel Mather	Wooden freighter	For R. John W. Moore, et al.
9 April	United Kingdom	Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard	Elswick	Victoria	Victoria-class battleship	For the Royal Navy
9 May	United Kingdom	Blackwall Yard	Blackwall	Sans Pareil	Victoria-class battleship	For the Royal Navy [5]
10 May	France	Chantiers de la Seine	Argenteuil	L'Almée	Yacht	For chocolatier Henri Menier
7 June	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Immortalité	Orlando-class cruiser	For the Royal Navy [6]
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Michigan	Passenger ship	For White Diamond Steamship Co. [7]
23 July	Germany	Germania	Kiel	Prinzess Wilhelm	Irene-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
2 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Minnesota	Cargo ship	For Torrey & Field Ltd. [8]
6 August	United States	Wolf and Davidson		William Wolf	Steamer	A building, with over one hundred people on the roof, collapsed when it was hit by a wave caused by the launch. Nine people were killed and nine serously injured. [9]
20 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Anglesey	Ferry	For London & North Western Railway. [10]
22 August	United Kingdom	Harvey and Co	Hayle	Carnsew	Iron-screw steamer	[11]
17 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oceania	Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
22 September	Germany	Stettiner Vulcan AG	Stettin	Irene	Irene-class cruiser	For Kaiserliche Marine
28 October	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	Aurora	Orlando-class cruiser	For the Royal Navy
5 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lycia	ship	For D. & C. MacIver. [12]
19 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Sindia	Barque	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [13]
17 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Arcadia	Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [14]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Laing	Sunderland	Durban		For Union Steamship Company. [15]

References

1. "Etolia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. "A New torpedo cruiser". The Cornishman. No. 453. 17 March 1887. p. 5.
3. "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 455. 31 March 1887. p. 6.
4. William (1890). Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 11. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN   1231212276.
5. "HM New Twin-screw battle-ship". The Cornishman. No. 461. 12 May 1887. p. 7.
6. "The new, twin-screw, belted cruiser ...". The Cornishman. No. 465. 9 June 1887. p. 8.
7. "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
8. "Minnesota". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
9. "Nine Persons Killed At A Launch". The Cornishman. No. 477. 25 August 1887. p. 8.
10. "Anglesey". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
11. "Launch at Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 477. 25 August 1887.
12. "Lycia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
13. "Sindia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
14. "Arcadia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
15. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 83.

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.