List of ship launches in 1874
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The list of ship launches in 1874 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1874.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January |  Sweden
|
Motala Verkstad | Norrköping | Berserk | Hildur-class monitor | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 3 January |  United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Star of Bengal | Full-rigged ship | For J P Corry & Co. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom
|
Earle’s Shipbuilding | Hull | Almirante Cochrane | Almirante Cochrane-class ironclad | For Chilean Navy |
| 3 February | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britannic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| 4 February | United Kingdom
|
Blackwall Yard | Blackwall | Daring | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy |
| 14 February | United Kingdom
|
Robert Duncan & Co. | Glasgow | Utopia | Passenger ship | For Anchor Line |
| 17 February | United Kingdom
|
C. Mitchell & Company | Aberdeen | Faraday | Cable ship | For Siemens Brothers |
| 18 February | United Kingdom
|
Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Clan Macleod | Barque | For T Dunlop |
| 19 February | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co. | Glasgow | Waterford | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway |
| 2 March | United Kingdom
|
William Pile | Sunderland | Rodney | Clipper | For Devitt and Moore |
| 3 March | United Kingdom
|
Robert Duncan & Co | Port Glasgow | Dunedin | Full-rigged refrigerated cargo ship | For Albion Line |
| 4 March | United Kingdom
|
J & G Thomson | Clydebank | Bothnia | Barque-rigged steamship | For Cunard Line |
| 5 March |  United States
|
Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Intrepid | Torpedo ram | For United States Navy |
| 6 March | United Kingdom
|
Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Uruguay | Corvette | For Argentine Navy |
| 14 March | United States
|
Atlantic Works Company | Boston, Massachusetts | Richard Rush | Dexter-class cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service |
| 19 March | United States
|
John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Peking | Steamship | For Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| 19 March | United Kingdom
|
Samuda Brothers | Cubitt Town | SMS Kaiser | Kaiser-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy |
| 19 March | United Kingdom
|
John Elder & Co. | Govan | Prinses Amalia | Passenger liner | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland |
| 30 March |  Netherlands
|
Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Holland | Steamship | For NSBM line.[1] |
| 14 April |  Norway
|
Karljohansvern | Horten | Vale | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 13 May | United States
|
John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Tokio | Steamship | For Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| 16 May |  Brazil
|
Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte | Rio de Janeiro | Sete de Setembro | Ironclad frigate | For Brazilian Navy |
| 18 May | United Kingdom
|
John Fullerton & Co | Paisley | Merksworth | Collier | For Anvil Creek Coal Mining Co |
| 20 May | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co. | Glasgow | Limerick | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway |
| 1 June | United Kingdom
|
Caird & Company | Greenock | Suevia | Passenger ship | For Hamburg America Line |
| 2 June | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Castalia | Paddle steamer | For English Channel Steamship Co |
| 3 June | United Kingdom
|
A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | Brisbane | Steamship | For Eastern and Australian Steam Mailship Co Ltd |
| 6 June | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britannic | Ocean liner | For White Star Line |
| 13 June | United States
|
John W. Griffiths | Kittery, Maine | Enterprise | Barque-rigged screw sloop | For United States Navy |
| 4 July | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Earl Spencer | Paddle steamer | For London and North Western Railway |
| 15 July | United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Germanic | Ocean Liner | For White Star Line |
| July | United Kingdom
|
Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Lesbian | Cargo liner | For F R Leyland & Co |
| 12 August | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Rover | Rover-class corvette | For Royal Navy |
| 15 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belfast | Sailing ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2] |
| 29 August | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Allanshaw | Sailing ship | For J. G. Potter & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom
|
J & W Dudgeon | Cubitt Town | Neptune | Ironclad turret ship | For Royal Navy |
| 12 September | United Kingdom
|
Samuda Brothers | Cubitt Town | Deutschland | Kaiser-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy |
| 18 September | United States
|
John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Alert | Alert-class gunboat | For United States Navy |
| 20 September |  Germany
|
Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Friedrich der Grosse | Preussen-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy |
| 24 September | United Kingdom
|
Earle’s Shipbuilding | Hull | Bessemer | Paddle steamer, ferry | For Sir Henry Bessemer |
| 24 September | United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Sapphire | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy |
| 26 September | United Kingdom
|
Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | Diamond | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy |
| 13 October | United Kingdom
|
Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Arab | Arab-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy |
| 24 October | United States
|
Donald MacKay | Boston, Massachusetts | Adams | Gunboat | For United States Navy |
| 27 October | United Kingdom
|
Caird & Company | Greenock | City of Berlin | Ocean liner | For Inman Line |
| 27 October | United Kingdom
|
Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Lily | Arab-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy |
| 27 October |  Canada
|
William D. Lawrence Shipyard | Maitland | William D. Lawrence | full-rigged ship | For William Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis |
| 28 October | Netherlands
|
Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | Koning der Nederlanden | Ironclad turret ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy |
| 28 October | United Kingdom
|
Thames Iron Works | Leamouth | Mesudiye | Centre-battery ironclad | For Ottoman Navy |
| 19 November |  France
|
Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | Puigcerdá | monitor | For Spanish Navy |
| 12 December | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Star of Russia | Sailing ship | For J. P. Corry & Co.[3] |
| 25 December | United Kingdom
|
London & Glasgow Co Ltd | Lake Champlain | Barque-rigged steamship | For Canada Shipping Company | |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada
|
Saint John, New Brunswick | Abana | Barque | ||
| Unknown date | New South Wales
|
Jervis Bay | Adonis | Brigantine | For Patrick Hogan | |
| Unknown date | New Zealand
|
Tolaga Bay | Advance | Schooner | For Charles Ingstrom | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Sittingbourne | Agnes | Ketch | For Shrubshall & Court.[4] | |
| Unknown date | Canada
|
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | Antoinette | Barque | For J Bingay | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen & Sons | Greenock | Bear | Sealer | For W. Grieve, Sons & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Contest | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Cygnet | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Windiate & Butler | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Cornelia B. Windiate | Schooner | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dahlia | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Service |
| Unknown date |  Belgium
|
Robert Duncan & Co | Antwerp | Daniel Steinmann | Steamer | For White Cross[6] |
| Unknown date | Eugene F. Price | Fishing trawler | ||||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Express | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States
|
E J Fardy | Baltimore, Maryland | USC&GS George S. Blake | Auxiliary schooner | For United States Coast Survey |
| Unknown date | United States
|
John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | George W. Elder | Cargo liner | For Old Dominion Steamship Co |
| Unknown date | Sweden
|
Bergsund Mekaniske Verkstad | Stockholm | Gota | Cargo ship | |
| Unknown date |  Victoria
|
Echuca | Hero | Paddle steamer | ||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Ilala | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | McArthur | Survey ship | For United States Coast Survey |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Minerva | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Wolf and Davidson Co | Moonlight | Schooner | For William Mack | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Fred Congdon | Portland, Oregon | Otter | Sternwheeler | For Fred Congdon |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Caird & Company | Greenock | Sindoro | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Bowdler & Chaffer | Seacombe | Sunbeam | Auxiliary schooner | For Thomas Brassey |
| Unknown date | United States
|
The Dalles, Oregon | Teaser | Sternwheeler | For Oregon Steam Navigation Company |
References[edit]
- ^ “Te water gelaten schepen”. De Standaard (in Dutch). 1 April 1874.
- ^ “Belfast”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Star of Russia”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Wreck Commissioner’s Court”. The Times. No. 29182. London. 19 February 1878. col F, p. 11.
- ^ “Foundering Of An Atlantic-Liner And Loss Of 120 Lives”. The Cornishman. No. 299. 10 April 1884. p. 5.
- 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.
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