List of ship launches in 1888

The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
30 January	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons	South Shields	Trelawny	Steel steamship	For Messrs Edward Hain and Son. [1]
11 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Holkar	Sailing ship	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [2]
29 February	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons	South Shields	Charters Towers	Cargo ship	For private owner.
February		Whitehaven Shipping Company	Whitehaven	Dunboyne	Full-rigged ship	For Charles E. Martin & Co.
14 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bostonian	Cargo ship	For White Star Line. [3]
15 March	United Kingdom	J. & G. Thompson	Clydebank	City of New York	Ocean liner	For Inman Line. [4]
20 March	Malta	Malta Dockyard	Malta	Melita	Mariner-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy.
27 March	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke, Pembrokeshire	Nile	Trafalgar-class ironclad	For Royal Navy. [5]
14 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Idar	Cargo ship	For F Leyland & Co. [6]
28 April	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	USS Yorktown	Gunboat	For United States Navy. [7]
1 May	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Nymphe	Nymphe-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [8]
29 May	United Kingdom	Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness	Daphne	Nymphe-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [9]
12 June	United Kingdom	William Dobson and Company	Walker	Derwent	Cargo liner	For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
23 June	United Kingdom	W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.	Preston	Alexandra	Paddle steamer	For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd. [10]
25 June	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Gulf of Corcovado	Cargo liner	For Greenock Steamship Co. [11]
7 July	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Equity	Cargo ship	For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited.
19 July	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Charleston	Protected Cruiser	For United States Navy. [12]
23 July	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons	South Shields	Trewarvas	Cargo ship	For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall [13]
24 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Palmas	Cargo ship	For Sir A. L. Jones. [14]
4 August	United States	Union Iron Works	San Francisco, California	Active	Tug	For private owner. [15] [16]
7 August	Japan	Onohama Shipyards	Kobe	Akagi	Gunboat	For Imperial Japanese Navy. [17]
18 August	United Kingdom	Fairfields	Govan	Marathon	Marathon-class cruiser	For Royal Navy [18]
22 September	United Kingdom	Robert Napier and Sons	Govan	Atrato	Ocean liner	For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
6 October	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	USS Baltimore	Protected cruiser	For United States Navy. [12]
6 October	United Kingdom		Greenock	Peninsular		For P&O [19]
10 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Cufic	Livestock carrier	For White Star Line.
15 October	Japan	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Yokosuka	Takao	Cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy. [20]
20 October	United Kingdom	J & G Thompson	Clydebank	City of Paris	Ocean liner	For Inman Line.
1 November	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Oldham	Cargo liner	For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
17 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lord Londonderry	Cargo ship	For Irish Shipowners Ltd. [21]
4 December	United Kingdom	William Gray & Company	West Hartlepool	Missouri	Steamship	For private owner. [22] [23]
8 December	United Kingdom	Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull	Grimsby	Cargo liner	For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Bayley & Sons	Ipswich	Alert	Humber Keel	For William Bayley Jr. [24]

References

1. "Launch Of A New Steamer For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 500. 2 February 1888. p. 5.
2. "Holkar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
3. "Bostonian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
4. "Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
5. "Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
6. "Idar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
7. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 163.
8. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 58.
9. "The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–36.
10. "Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
11. "Gulf of Corcovado". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
12. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 151.
13. "Launch of a New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 525. 26 July 1888. p. 5.
14. "Palmas". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
15. Naval History And Heritage Command (19 January 2017). "Active III (Tug)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
16. "Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
17. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 236.
18. "Princess Beatrice Launches a Man-of-War". The Cornishman. No. 530. 30 August 1888. p. 6.
19. "Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 536. 11 October 1888. p. 7.
20. Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 233.
21. "Lord Londonderry". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
22. "Launches and Trial Trips: Launches — English, Missouri". The Marine Engineer. 1 January 1889. pp. 356–357. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
23. Burden, Tom (1 March 2017). "An Overview of US Navy Hospital Ships". Naval Order of the United States. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
24. "Alert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

Sources

• Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-133-5.