List of ship launches in 1881
The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1881.
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January
31 January
- Tynron (
United Kingdom): 450 ton, three-masted brigatine launched by Messrs Harvey and Company of Hayle, Cornwall.[1]
March
1 March
- Servia ( United Kingdom): 8,500 ton Cunard steamer, launched by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company). The second, largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.[2]
April
13 April
- Trevilley ( United Kingdom): 1850 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The third ship in the Hain's fleet.[3]
June
14 June
- City of Rome ( United Kingdom): 8,821 ton Inman Line steamer was launched at Barrow. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.[4]
15 June
- HMS Polyphemus (
United Kingdom): the Royal Navy torpedo ship was launched at Chatham Dockyard.[5]
September
10 September
- Mount's Bay ( United Kingdom): 3,000 ton steamer, built by Messrs Schlesinger, Davis and Co for the Mount's Bay Steamship Company and launched at Wallsend.[6]
October
22 October
- HMS Cordelia (1881) ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Template:Sclass- was launched at Portsmouth.[7]
December
3 December
- HMS Heroine ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Template:Sclass- was launched at Devonport.[8]
7 December
- Athenian ( United Kingdom): the 4,000 ton steamer, launched at Messrs Atken and Mansell's shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow for the Union Company on the Cape of Good Hope Service.[9]
References
- ^ "Hayle". The Cornishman. No. 134. 3 February 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "A Big Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 139. 10 March 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 145. 21 April 1881. p. 7.
- ^ "Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman. No. 153. 16 June 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman. No. 166. 15 September 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Latest". The Cornishman. No. 172. 27 October 1881. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman. No. 178. 8 December 1881. p. 5.
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