Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
28 January
|
Spain
|
Carraca Arsenal
|
Cádiz
|
Elcano
|
Gunboat
|
For Spanish Navy.
|
29 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard
|
Chatham
|
Warspite
|
Imperieuse-class cruiser
|
For Royal Navy.
|
28 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Messrs Redhead and Co
|
South Shields
|
Trelaske
|
Steamship
|
For Messrs Hain and Son.[1]
|
28 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Scotts
|
Greenock
|
Hekla
|
Steamship
|
For private owner.[2]
|
1 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Horn Head
|
Cargo ship
|
For Ulster Steamship Co.[3]
|
12 April
|
United States
|
John Roach & Sons
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
USS Dolphin
|
Gunboat
|
For United States Navy
|
12 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Floridian
|
Cargo ship
|
For West India Shipping Co.[4]
|
17 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Charles Connell
|
Glasgow
|
Dunolly
|
Sailing ship
|
For John Brown.
|
7 May
|
Norway
|
Karljohansverns Verft
|
Horten
|
Gor
|
Gor-class gunboat
|
For Royal Norwegian Navy.
|
13 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company
|
Elswick
|
Gayundah
|
Flat-iron gunboat
|
For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
|
17 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Lord O'Neill
|
Cargo ship
|
For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[5]
|
29 May
|
Canada
|
Hilaire P. Boudreau
|
Belliveau's Cove
|
County of Yarmouth
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For William D. Lovitt.
|
7 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Benin
|
Cargo ship
|
For African Steamship Co.[6]
|
23 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Portsmouth
|
Calliope
|
Calypso-class corvette
|
For Royal Navy.
|
23 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard
|
Devonport
|
Mariner
|
Mariner-class gunvessel
|
For Royal Navy.
|
25 June
|
United Kingdom
|
John Elder & Co
|
Glasgow
|
Umbria
|
Ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line.
|
16 July
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Cheswick
|
Mosquito
|
Torpedo boat
|
For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
|
19 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Ramage and Ferguson
|
Leith
|
Otter
|
Patrol vessel
|
For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
|
26 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Lord Lansdowne
|
Cargo ship
|
For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[7]
|
6 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard
|
Devonport
|
Racer
|
Mariner-class gunvessel
|
For Royal Navy.[8]
|
9 August
|
Italy
|
Castellammare Shipyard
|
Castellammare di Stabia
|
Ruggiero di Lauria
|
Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad
|
For Regia Marina.
|
23 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Nurjahan
|
Cargo ship
|
For Asiatic Steamship Co.[9]
|
August
|
United Kingdom
|
William Hamilton and Company
|
Port Glasgow
|
Belgrave
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For private owner. At launch, the largest sailing ship in the world.[10]
|
20 September
|
United Kingdom
|
John Elder & Co.
|
Glasgow
|
Etruria
|
Ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line.
|
September
|
United Kingdom
|
John Elder & Co
|
Glasgow
|
Mackay-Bennett
|
Cable layer
|
For Commercial Cable Company.[11]
|
7 October
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers
|
Dumbarton
|
Lucinda
|
Paddle steamer
|
For Queensland Government.
|
8 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kohinur
|
Cargo ship
|
For Asiatic Steamship Co.[12]
|
8 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard
|
Chatham
|
HMS Rodney
|
Admiral-class battleship
|
For Royal Navy.
|
9 October
|
United States
|
John Roach & Sons
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Atlanta
|
Protected cruiser
|
For United States Navy.
|
29 October
|
Germany
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
Persepolis
|
Cruiser
|
For Royal Persian Navy.
|
5 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Sheerness Dockyard
|
Sheerness
|
Pylades
|
Satellite-class sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
16 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company
|
Elswick
|
Protector
|
Flat-iron gunboat
|
For South Australian Government.
|
4 December
|
United States
|
John Roach & Sons
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Boston
|
Protected cruiser
|
For United States Navy.
|
20 December
|
Germany
|
A.G. Vulcan
|
Stettin
|
Oldenburg
|
Coastal defence ship
|
For Imperial German Navy.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
|
City Island, New York
|
Addie and Carrie
|
Barge
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
Victoria
|
|
Williamstown
|
Advance
|
Tug
|
For private owners.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company
|
Elswick
|
Albert
|
Gunboat
|
For Victorian Naval Forces.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Andrew Cochrane
|
Selby
|
Albion
|
steam lighter
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Thames Iron Works
|
Leamouth
|
Afonso de Albuquerque
|
Sloop
|
For Portuguese Navy.
|
Date unknown
|
New South Wales
|
|
Newcastle, New South Wales
|
Bee
|
Ferry
|
For Eustace Robert Hayles.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
James Beeching & Brothers
|
Great Yarmouth
|
Benjamin Bond Cabbell II
|
Lifeboat
|
For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
American Shipbuilding Co.
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Chatham
|
Steamship
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Cheswick
|
Childers
|
Torpedo boat
|
For Victorian Naval Forces.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes
|
Gordon
|
Torpedo boat
|
For Victorian Naval Forces.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
Neafie and Levy
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Governor R. M. McLane
|
Steamboat
|
For Maryland State Oyster Police.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
|
Benicia, California
|
Karluk
|
Brigantine
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
Detroit Dry Dock Company
|
Detroit, Michigan
|
Lansdowne
|
Train ferry
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
Norway
|
Christian Brinch Jørgensen
|
Svelvik
|
Patria
|
Whaler
|
For Johan Christian Jakobsen.
|
Date unknown
|
United States
|
David Clark
|
Kennebunkport, Maine
|
Priscilla
|
Schooner
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
Germany
|
AG Weser
|
Bremen
|
Susa
|
Patrol boat
|
For Royal Persian Navy.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
|
Dundee
|
Terra Nova
|
Barque
|
For private owner.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company
|
Elswick
|
Victoria
|
Flat-iron gunboat
|
For Victorian Naval Forces.
|
Date unknown
|
United Kingdom
|
Hall, Russell & Company
|
Aberdeen
|
Zafiro
|
Collier
|
For private owner.
|