List of ship launches in 1881

The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1881.

January

Tynron ( United Kingdom): 450-ton, three-masted brigatine launched by Messrs Harvey and Company of Hayle, Cornwall.[1]

Servia ( United Kingdom): 8,500 ton Cunard steamer, launched by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company). The second, largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.[2]

Trevilley ( United Kingdom): 1850 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The third ship in the Hain's fleet.[3]

Leerdam (ex-Nederland) ( Netherlands): 2700 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by Fijenoord for NSBM.[4][5] Originally named Nederland.[6] Sold by NSBM to Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij in May 1882[7] and renamed Leerdam.[8]

City of Rome ( United Kingdom): 8,821 ton Inman Line steamer was launched at Barrow. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.[9]

Mount's Bay ( United Kingdom): 3,000 ton steamer, built by Messrs Schlesinger, Davis and Co for the Mount's Bay Steamship Company and launched at Wallsend.[12]

HMS Cordelia (1881) ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Portsmouth.[13]

HMS Heroine ( United Kingdom): the Royal Navy Comus-class corvette was launched at Devonport.[14]

Athenian ( United Kingdom): the 4,000 ton steamer, launched at Messrs Atken and Mansell's shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow for the Union Company on the Cape of Good Hope Service.[15]

"Hayle". The Cornishman (134). 3 February 1881. p. 5.
"A Big Steamer". The Cornishman (139). 10 March 1881. p. 6.
"Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (145). 21 April 1881. p. 7.
"Rotterdam, 28 April". Algemeen Handelsblad. 29 April 1881.
"Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 2 May 1881.
"Binnenland". De Maasbode. 18 August 1881.
"West-Indische Mail". De Tĳd. 23 May 1882.
"Binnenland". Leeuwarder courant. 1 June 1882.
"Three Men Killed And 10 Injured". The Cornishman (153). 16 June 1881. p. 5.
"Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship". The Cornishman (153). 16 June 1881. p. 5.
"Naval". The Cornishman (164). 1 September 1881. p. 5.
"Launch of the Mount's Bay". The Cornishman (166). 15 September 1881. p. 6.
"Latest". The Cornishman (172). 27 October 1881. p. 5.
"Naval". The Cornishman (178). 8 December 1881. p. 6.
"The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service". The Cornishman (178). 8 December 1881. p. 5.

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