The list of ship launches in 1872 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1872.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
7 February  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Swinger Ariel-class gunboat For Royal Navy
10 February United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand Sparrow and Thomas Dunedin Jane Williams Passenger and cargo ship
24 February Netherlands Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Batavier II Steam paddle ship For NSBM line to London[1]
11 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Star of Germany Sailing ship For J. P. Corry & Co.[2]
12 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Rupert Battleship For Royal Navy
26 March  New South Wales City Iron Works Pyrmont Louisa Steamship For E. Mellor. First iron steamship built in New South Wales.[3]
24 April  France Le Havre Belgrano Sail and steam liner For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis[4]
7 May  France Brest La Galissonnière Ironclad For French Navy
12 June  United Kingdom Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Sud America Ocean liner For Lavarello Fratelli Fu G.B.
18 June  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Celtic Paddle Steamer For White Star Line
25 June  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Thunderer Devastation-class battleship For Royal Navy
27 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ferry No. 1 Ferry For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.[5]
15 August  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Passenger ship For American Line
27 August  Russia Admiralty Yard Saint Petersburg Petr Veliky Ironclad For Imperial Russian Navy
5 September  United Kingdom John Elder & Company Glasgow Koning der Nederlanden Passenger ship For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
21 September  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Gaelic Passenger and cargo ship For White Star Line
22 September  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Traffic Tender For White Star Line
13 October  Austria-Hungary Újpesti Shipyard Budapest Leitha Monitor For Austro-Hungarian Navy
26 October  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Hansa Ironclad For Kaiserliche Marine
30 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ohio Passenger ship For American Line
16 November  United Kingdom Withy, Alexander & Co Middlesbrough Memphis Cargo ship For Cosmos Steam Shipping Co, Hamburg.[6]
5 December United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Sandfly Schooner For Royal Navy
12 December  Denmark Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Odin Ironclad For Royal Danish Navy
14 December  United Kingdom C Mitchell & Co Newcastle upon Tyne Dunraven Steamship For W Milburn
18 December  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Bokhara Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
26 December  France Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg Suffren Océan-class ironclad For French Navy
December United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Beagle Beagle-class schooner for Royal Navy
Unknown date  Norway Jørgensen & Knudsen Drammen Hekla Barque For S S Svendsen
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Thomas Davis Terrigal Advance Schooner For Cairncross & Rooke
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Ethel Yacht
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Antenor Cargo ship For Ocean Steam Ship Company
Unknown date  United Kingdom Dumbarton Georgette Collier
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cowes Harrier Schooner
Unknown date  United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Iron Mountain Stern-wheeler For Mound City Ice Company
Unknown date  Germany Caird & Company Greenock Mosel Mail steamer [7]
Unknown date  United States Trenton, Michigan Noquebay Schooner For T H Madden
Unknown date  United Kingdom R & J Evans & Co Liverpool Rímac Cargo ship For Compagñía Sudamericana de Vapores
Unknown date  Norway Horten Navy Yard Horten Thor Thor-class monitor For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date  Germany Bremerhaven Vega Barque

References

  1. ↑ "Gemengd Nieus". Het nieuws van den dag. 27 February 1872.
  2. ↑ "Star of Germany". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Iron Steamship Building in the Antipodes". Glasgow Herald. No. 10136. Glasgow. 25 June 1872.
  4. ↑ Bref historique de la Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis
  5. ↑ "Ferry No 1". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Local and General". Leeds Mercury. No. 10798. Leeds. 18 November 1872.
  7. ↑ "A Steamer Grounded Off The Lizard". The Cornishman. No. 213. 10 August 1882. p. 5.
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