List of ship launches in 1880

The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.

January

13 January

• Tregenna ( United Kingdom): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.[1]

26 January

• HMS Rambler ( United Kingdom): Algerine-class gunvessel launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.

February

24 February

• Columbia ( United States): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.[2]

March

9 March

• HMS Doterel ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.[3]

10 March

• HMS Ajax ( United Kingdom): Ajax-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

19 March

• Name unreported ( United Kingdom): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.[4]

27 March

• Bayard ( France) Bayard-class battleship launched for the Marine Nationale.

June

9 June

• HMS Constance ( United Kingdom): Comus-class corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.

25 June

• Livadia ( Russian Empire): the Imperial yacht was launched by John Elder & Co., Govan, Scotland for the Imperial Russian Navy.[5]

August

3 August

• HMS Espiegle ( United Kingdom): Doterel-class sloop launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.

18 August

• Langrigg Hall ( United Kingdom): The 1391 ton iron barque was built for Messrs Herron and Co of Liverpool at Sunderland.[6][7]

23 August

• Alverton ( United Kingdom): the iron-screwed steamship was launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow for Osborne and Wallis of Cardiff. Intended for general trade and carrying 1850 tons.[8]

25 August

• HNoMS Ellida ( Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.

28 August

• Henry Chisholm ( United States): steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.

September

29 September

• Italia ( Italy): Italia-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.[9]

30 September

• Tordenskjold ( Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.

October

5 October

• HMS Wasp ( United Kingdom): Banterer-class gunboat launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.

November

8 November

• Tsukushi ( United Kingdom): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

December

4 December

• HMS Lark ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.

Exact date unknown

• Annie ( United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut.
• ARA Almirante Brown ( United Kingdom): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina.
• Confidence ( United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Gulf of Panama ( United Kingdom): launched at Lower Walker-on-Tyne.[10]
• Hope Haynes ( United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine.
• Lily ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
• HMS Meda ( United Kingdom): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
• Montauk ( United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine.
• Newnham ( United Kingdom): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co.
• Rhuabon ( United Kingdom): The 883 ton steamship was launched at Jarrow for Messrs John Cory and Sons of Padstow and Cardiff.[11]
• Toro Submarino ( Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú.
• Violet ( United Kingdom): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.

References

1. "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (80). 22 January 1880. p. 5.
2. Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences : written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564
3. "Naval". The Cornishman (87). 11 October 1880. p. 6.
4. "Messrs W Denny and Co". The Cornishman (89). 25 March 1880. p. 7.
5. "Imperial Russian Yacht". The Cornishman (104). p. 5.
6. "Loss Of The Barque Langrigg Hall And 24 Lives". The Cornishman (232). 21 December 1882. p. 6.
7. "Langrigg Hall (1081397)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
8. "New Screw Steamer For Cardiff". The Cornishman (116). 30 September 1880. p. 4.
9. "The Strongest War-ship In The World". The Cornishman (117). 7 October 1880. p. 7.
10. "Wreck Of A Steamer And Loss Of Twenty-two Lives". The Cornishman (226). 9 November 1882. p. 7.
11. "Foundering Of A Padstow Steamer". The Cornishman (291). 7 February 1884. p. 7.

Ship events in 1880
Ship launches:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Ship commissionings:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Ship decommissionings:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Shipwrecks:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885