List of ship launches in 1880
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The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.
January
13 January
- Tregenna (
United Kingdom): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.[1]
26 January
- HMS Rambler ( United Kingdom): Template:Sclass- launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.
February
24 February
- Columbia (
United States): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.[2]
March
9 March
- HMS Doterel ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.[3]
10 March
- HMS Ajax ( United Kingdom): Template:Sclass- launched at Pembroke Dockyard.
19 March
- Name unreported ( United Kingdom): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.[4]
27 March
- Bayard (
France) Template:Sclass- launched for the Marine Nationale.
June
9 June
- HMS Constance ( United Kingdom): Template:Sclass- launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.
25 June
- Livadia (
Russian Empire): the Imperial yacht was launched by John Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland for the Imperial Russian Navy.[5]
August
3 August
- HMS Espiegle ( United Kingdom): Template:Sclass- launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.
23 August
- Alverton ( United Kingdom): the iron-screwed steamship was launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow for Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff. Intended for general trade and carrying 1850 tons.[6]
25 August
- HNoMS Ellida (
Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.
28 August
- Henry Chisholm (
United States): steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.
September
29 September
- Italia (
Italy): Template:Sclass- launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.[7]
30 September
- Tordenskjold (
Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.
October
5 October
- HMS Wasp ( United Kingdom): Template:Sclass- launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.
November
8 November
- Tsukushi ( United Kingdom): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
December
4 December
- HMS Lark ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
Exact date unknown
- Annie ( United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut.
- ARA Almirante Brown ( United Kingdom): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina.
- Confidence ( United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hope Haynes ( United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine.
- Lily ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
- HMS Meda ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
- Montauk ( United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine.
- Newnham ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co.
- Toro Submarino (
Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú. - Violet ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
References
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 80. 22 January 1880. p. 5.
- ^ Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564
- ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 87. 11 October 1880. p. 6.
- ^ "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman. No. 89. 25 March 1880. p. 7.
- ^ "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman. No. 104. p. 5.
- ^ "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman. No. 116. 30 September 1880. p. 4.
- ^ "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman. No. 117. 7 October 1880. p. 7.