List of ship launches in 1863
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The list of ship launches in 1863 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1863.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January |  United States
|
Keyport, New Jersey | Oleander | Ram | ||
| 13 January | United States
|
F Z Tucker | Brooklyn, New York | Mendota | ||
| 13 January | United States
|
Union Iron Works | Carondelet, Missouri | Osage | Monitor | |
| 17 January | United States
|
Reaney, Son, & Archibold | Chester, Pennsylvania | Lehigh | Passaic-class monitor | |
| 21 January |  United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Persian | Cargo ship | For J. Bibby & Sons.[1] |
| 17 February | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Tallapoosa | ||
| 18 February | United States
|
George C Bester | Peoria, Illinois | Ozark | Monitor | |
| 18 February | United States
|
Union Iron Works | Carondelet, Missouri | Neosho | Monitor | |
| February | United States
|
J J Abrahams | Baltimore, Maryland | Eutaw | ||
| February | United States
|
Boston, Massachusetts | Niphon | |||
| February |  Confederate States of America
|
H D Bassett | Selma, Alabama | Tennessee | Ironclad Ram | |
| 4 March | United States
|
Paul Curtis | Boston, Massachusetts | Chicopee | ||
| 7 March | United States
|
Thomas Stack | Brooklyn, New York | Metacomet | ||
| 8 March | United States
|
Curtis & Tilden | Boston, Massachusetts | Massasoit | ||
| 17 March | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Shamrock | ||
| 19 March | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard | Kittery, Maine | Agamenticus | Miantonomoh-class Monitor | |
| 19 March | United States
|
J Simonson | Greenpoint, New York | Chenango | ||
| 19 March | United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Ocean | Prince Consort-class ironclad | |
| 23 March | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard | Charlestown, Massachusetts | Monadnock | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
| 31 March | United States
|
J A & D D Westerveldt | New York | Otsego | ||
| 3 April | United States
|
H A Jones | Cincinnati, Ohio | Kenwood | ||
| 4 April | United States
|
G W Jackson | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Ascutney | Gunboat | |
| 7 April | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Alexandra | Sailingship | For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2] |
| 16 April |  France
|
Charles Brun | Rochefort | Plongeur | Submarine | First mechanically propelled submarine |
| 17 April | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard | Kittery, Maine | Shawmut | Gunboat | |
| 21 April | United States
|
G W Lawrence | Portland, Maine | Agawam | Gunboat | |
| 22 April | United States
|
New York | Mackinaw | |||
| 6 May | United Kingdom
|
Cowper Phipps Coles | Glasgow | Rolf Krake | Ironclad | Denmark’s first ironclad warship |
| 7 May | United States
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tacony | ||
| 9 May | British Columbia
|
James Trahey | Alexandria | Enterprise | ||
| 12 May | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Wyalusing | Gunboat | |
| 29 May | United States
|
Curtis & Tilden | Boston, Massachusetts | Osceola | Gunboat | |
| 4 June | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Pequot | ||
| 15 June | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard | Kittery, Maine | Nipsic | Gunboat | |
| 19 June | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Star of Denmark | Sailing ship | For J. P. Corry & Co.[3] |
| 29 June | Confederate States of America
|
William Graves | Richmond, Virginia | Virginia II | Ironclad ram | |
| 30 June | Confederate States of America
|
H F Willink | Savannah, Georgia | Savannah | Ironclad | |
| June | United Kingdom
|
Samuda Brothers | Poplar | Tamar | Troopship | |
| 2 July |  Japan
|
Ishikawajima | Tokyo | Chiyodagata | Gunboat | |
| 3 July | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Maumee | Gunboat | |
| 4 July |  United States
|
Union Iron Works | St. Louis, Missouri | Winnebago | Monitor | |
| 4 July | United States
|
Laird, Son & Co | Birkenhead | Scorpion | Ironclad | |
| 29 July | United States
|
Continental Iron Works | Greenpoint, New York | Onondaga | ||
| 30 July | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Winooski | ||
| July | Confederate States of America
|
Hunley, McClintock, and Watson | Mobile, Alabama | H. L. Hunley | Submarine | |
| July | United States
|
East Albany, New York | Mary Cook | |||
| 1 August | United States
|
Harrison Loring | Boston, Massachusetts | Canonicus | Canonicus-class monitor | Lead ship of her class[4] |
| 6 August | United States
|
D S Mainthon | Bordentown, New Jersey | Mingoe | ||
| 12 August | United States
|
Reany, Son, and Archibold | Chester, Pennsylvania | Wateree | ||
| 15 August | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Miantonomoh | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
| 15 August | United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | Research | Sloop | |
| 15 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Victoria Nyanza | Sailing ship | For Joshua Prouse & Co.[5] |
| 24 August | United States
|
Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Carnation | ||
| 28 August | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Saco | Gunboat | |
| 29 August | United Kingdom
|
Laird, Son & Co | Birkenhead | Wivern | Ironclad | |
| August | United Kingdom
|
Glasgow | Sea King | |||
| 12 September | United States
|
Secor and Company | Jersey City, New Jersey | Tecumseh | Monitor | |
| 20 September | United Kingdom
|
Laing | Sunderland | Amity | Steamship | For private owner.[6] |
| 29 September | United States
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Kansas | Gunboat | |
| 29 September | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Olano | Barque | For Larrinaga Steamship Co.[7] |
| September | United States
|
Vicksburg | Tugboat | |||
| 3 October | United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | Alberta | Royal yacht | |
| 7 October | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kitty of Coleraine | Tug | For Lower Bann Steamboat Co.[8] |
| 13 October | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Palestine | Barque | For W. H. Tindall.[9] |
| 14 October | United States
|
Perine, Secor & Co. | New York | Manhattan | Monitor | |
| 14 October | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Valiant | Hector-class ironclad | |
| 19 October |  Ottoman Empire
|
Taşkızak Shipyard | Golden Horn | Ertuğrul | Frigate | |
| 20 October | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Peoria | ||
| October | Confederate States of America
|
Berry & Brothers | Wilmington, North Carolina | North Carolina | Ironclad gunboat | |
| October | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waipara | Cargo ship | For J. Ritchie & Co.[10] |
| 11 November | France
|
Rochefort | Euryale | Génie-class brig | For French Navy | |
| 13 November | United States
|
West Brownsville, Pennsylvania | J T Stockdale | |||
| 14 November |  Isle of Man
|
Gibson, McDonald & Arnols | Ramsey | Euterpe | Windjammer | for Wakefield Nash & Company |
| 12 December | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Minotaur | Minotaur-class ironclad | |
| 16 December | United States
|
Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | Saugus | Monitor | [11] |
| 21 December | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Algonquin | Gunboat | |
| 23 December | United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Achilles | Broadside ironclad | |
| 29 December | United States
|
Delamater Iron Works | New York | Dictator | Monitor | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
S H Pook | Fair Haven, Connecticut | Admiral | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Neafie and Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ajax | ||
| *nknown date | United States
|
Albert de Groat | Tugboat | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Lewis Hagland | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Alfred A Wotkyns | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Alice Dean | |||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Renfrew | Alexander | |||
| Uunknown date |  German Confederation
|
America | For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy No.2 | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Mystic, Connecticut | Augusta Dinsmore | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
New Albany, Indiana | Avenger | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Banker | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Metropolis, Illinois | Benefit | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Ben Gaylord | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cleveland, Ohio | Clematis | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
New Orleans, Louisiana | Commodore | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Dai Ching | ||||
| Unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
T Stoney | Charleston, South Carolina | David | Torpedo boat | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Emma Brown | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Fanny Barker | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Florence Miller II | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
S H Pook | Fair Haven, Connecticut | Fort Morgan | ||
| Unknown date |  Confederate States of America
|
Richmond, Virginia | Fredericksburg | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fred Wheeler | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Fincourt | New York | Fuchsia | Tugboat | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Monongahela, Pennsylvania | General Grant | |||
| Unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
Savannah, Georgia | Georgia | Floating battery | ||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Greenock | Gertrude | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Reany, Archibald & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Glide | Tugboat | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Van Deusen Bros | New York | Glaucus | For the Neptune Steamship Company | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Murraysville, Virginia | Glide | Gunboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Hartford | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Portland, Maine | Harvest Moon | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Innes | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Gloucester, New Jersey | J E Bazely | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh | John A Dix | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
New Brunswick, New Jersey | John T Jenkins | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lilac | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
River Clyde | Lilian | |||
| Unknown date | USA
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luke Hoyt | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Marigold | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cleveland, Ohio | Mary Grandy | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh, New York | Meteor | |||
| Unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
Montgomery, Alabama | Nashville | Ironclad | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Naumkeag | |||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Neptune | Cutter | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
New York Navy Yard | New York | Nereus | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania | Nyanza | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Nymph | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Harmer, Ohio | Ohio Valley | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Peter B Van Houten | |||
| Unknown date | New South Wales
|
Australian Steam Navigation Company | Sydney | Pioneer | Gunboat | for the New Zealand Colonial Government |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Polar Star | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Wilmington, Delaware | Pontiac | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Freedom, Pennsylvania | Princess | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Rachel Miller | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | R F Loper | Tugboat and Torpedo boat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Rodolph | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Haddam, Connecticut | Sarah S B Gary | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Scioto | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
East Haddam, Connecticut | Signal | |||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Robert Steele | Greenock | Taeping | Clipper | |
| Unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Tallahatchie | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tonawanda | |||
| Unknown date | France
|
Ville de Bordeaux | Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Willett Rowe | |||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Wolverine | Jason-class corvette | |||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh, New York | Zouave | Tugboat | ||
| Unknown date | United States
|
Richmond, Maine | Ellen Southard | Full-rigged ship | Wrecked at Liverpool in 1875 |
References[edit]
- ^
“Persian”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Alexandra”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Star of Denmark”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships”. hazegray.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ “Victoria Nyanza”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 83.
- ^ “Olano”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Kitty of Coleraine”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Palestine”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ “Waipara”. The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (2 September 2015). “Saugus I (Monitor)”. history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- 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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