The list of ship launches in 1873 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1873.

Date State Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Encounter Amethyst-class corvette For the Royal Navy
14 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Belgic Passenger ship For the White Star Line
16 January New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Renard Beagle-class schooner For the Royal Navy
11 February New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Conflict Beagle-class schooner For the Royal Navy
11 February Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Frundsberg Corvette For the Austro-Hungarian Navy
1 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Raleigh Frigate For the Royal Navy
25 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Indiana Pennsylvania-class steamship For the American Steamship Company
26 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Fantome Fantome-class sloop For the Royal Navy
29 March  United Kingdom Gourlay Brothers Dundee Abbotsford Passenger ship For Red Star Line
29 March  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock City of Chester Passenger ship For Inman Line
19 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Amethyst Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
23 April  United States Lucerne Schooner For William Mack & others
27 April  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Albatross Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
23 May  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Modeste Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
28 May  United Kingdom Robert Stephenson and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Eleanor Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
2 June  Russia New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg Novgorod monitor For Imperial Russian Navy
June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Illinois Pennsylvania-class steamship For American Steamship Company
5 July  Canada Alpha Sternwheeler
28 July  United Kingdom Raenhill & Co London Magallanes Corvette For the Chilean Navy
2 August  United Kingdom Stephens & Sons Dundee Bloodhound Whaler
9 August  United Kingdom William Simons and Company Renfrew Milford Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
26 August  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow Schiller Ocean liner For German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line
9 September  United Kingdom Robert Steele & Company Greenock Nurnberg Steamship For the Norddeutscher Lloyd
10 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Shah Frigate For the Royal Navy
18 September  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbus Steamship
18 September  United States New York Navy Yard New York Swatara Sloop-of-war For the United States Navy
2 October  Russia Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard Saint Petersburg General-Admiral General-Admiral-class cruiser For the Imperial Russian Navy
23 October  United Kingdom Royden & Sons Liverpool Glengarry Steamship [1]
25 October  France Lorient Shipyard Lorient Friedland Ironclad For the French Navy
1 November  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Egeria Fantome-class sloop For the Royal Navy
5 November  United States Wood, Dialogue & Co Camden, New Jersey City Ice Boat No. 3 Icebreaker For City of Philadelphia
12 November  United Kingdom Laird Brothers Birkenhead Paraná Gunboat For the Argentine Navy
13 November  United States New York Navy Yard New York City Alarm Torpedo boat For United States Navy
20 November  United Kingdom Robert Steele Glasgow Hesperus Clipper For Orient Line
20 November  United Kingdom Wigram & Sons Blackwall Sappho Fantome-class sloop For the Royal Navy
22 November  United Kingdom Aitken & Mansel Glasgow Honfleur Passenger / cargo ship For London and South Western Railway
22 November  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Preussen Preussen-class ironclad For the Kaiserliche Marine
27 November  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Flying Fish Fantome-class sloop For the Royal Navy
3 December  France Toulon Richelieu Central battery ironclad For the French Navy
6 December  United Kingdom John Elder & Company Fairfield Iberia Steamship For the Pacific Steam Navigation Company
23 December  China Kiangnan Arsenal Jiangnan Shipyard Yuyuen Haian-class frigate For the Imperial Chinese Navy
30 December  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Glasgow Hankow Paddle Steamer For the China Navigation Company
Unknown date  Canada St. Catharines, Canada Asia Passenger ship For Northwestern Transportation Company
Unknown date  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania City of Waco Passenger / Cargo ship For the Mallory Line
Unknown date  United States Oswego, New York Daniel Lyons Schooner
Unknown date  France Forges et Chantiers de la Mediteranée Toulon Fulgerul Gunboat For the Romanian Navy
Unknown date  United States Gila Sternwheeler For the Colorado Steam Navigation Company
Unknown date  United States Portland, Oregon Governor Grover Sternwheeler For Willamette River Navigation Co.
Unknown date  Canada W S Ellenwood & Co Grace A. Channon Schooner For Henry Channon
Unknown date  United Kingdom Laing Sunderland Kashgar Cargo liner For the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J Softley & Co South Shields Kenmure Castle Iron brig-rigged screw steamer For Messrs T Skinner and Co.[3]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Laing Sunderland Khiva Cargo liner For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[2]
Unknown date  United States Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Knickerbocker Tug
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charlton & Co Ltd Grimsby Magna Charta Paddle steamer For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Unknown date  United States Charles Weidener Chester, Pennsylvania Manhattan Cutter For United States Revenue Cutter Service
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow Meiji Maru Lighthouse tender For Japanese Government
Unknown date  United Kingdom Lewis and Stockwell London Orwell Paddle steamer For Great Eastern Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom John I. Thorneycroft & Company Chiswick Rap Torpedo boat For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date  United States Bulls Ferry, New Jersey Shady Side Steamboat For Morrisania Steamboat Company
Unknown date  United States Wyandotte Iron Shipbuilding Works Wyandotte, Michigan Sport Tug For Eber Brock Ward
Unknown date  United States St. Peter Schooner
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. Leslie and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Thomas Dugdale Paddle steamer For the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Unknown date  United States Quale and Martin Cleveland, Ohio Vienna Steamship For the Cleveland Transportation Company

References

  1. ↑ "Singular Accident at a Launch". Bradford Observer. Vol. 40, no. 3377. Bradford. 24 October 1873. p. 4.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 83.
  3. ↑ "Loss Of The Steamer Kenmure Castle". The Cornishman. No. 240. 15 February 1883. 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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