List of ship launches in 1884

The list of ship launches in 1884 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1884.

January

29 January

• Imperieuse-class cruiser HMS Warspite launched at Chatham Dockyard.

February

28 February

• the Screw-steamer Trelaske launched at the shipyard of Messrs Redhead and Co of South Shields, for Messrs Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall.[1]

April

12 April

• Gunboat USS Dolphin launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

May

7 May

• Gor-class gunboat HNoMS Gor launched by Karljohansverns Verft, Horten.

13 May

• Flat-iron gunboat HMQS Gayundah launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.

June

23 June

• Calypso-class corvette HMS Calliope launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.
• Mariner-class gunvessel HMS Mariner launched at Devonport Dockyard.

25 June

• Ocean liner RMS Umbria launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow

July

16 July

• Torpedo boat HMQS Mosquito launched by John I. Thornycroft & Company, Cheswick, Northumberland.

19 July

• Patrol vessel HMQS Otter launched by Ramage and Ferguson, Leith.

August

• Iron, four-masted, full-rigged sailing ship Belgrave built at William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow. At launch, the largest sailing ship in the world.[2]

6 August

• Mariner-class HMS Racer launched at Devonport Dockyard.[3]

9 August

• Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad Ruggiero di Lauria launched by Castellammare Shipyard

September

• Cable layer Mackay-Bennett launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow.[4]

October

8 October

• Admiral-class battleship HMS Rodney launched at Chatham Dockyard.

9 October

• Protected cruiser USS Atlanta launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

29 October

• Cruiser Persepolis launched by AG Weser, Bremen, German Empire.

November

5 November

• Satellite-class sloop HMS Pylades launched at Sheerness Dockyard.

16 November

• Flat-iron gunboat HMAS Protector launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.

December

4 December

• Protected cruiser USS Boston launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

20 December

• Coastal defence ship SMS Oldenburg launched by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin.

Unknown date

• Tug Advance launched at Williamstown, Victoria.
• Gunboat HMVS Albert launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.
• Sloop Afonso de Albuquerque launched at Thames Iron Works, Leamouth.
• Barge USS Addie and Carrie launched at City Island, New York.
• Steamship Chatham launched by the American Shipbuilding Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Sailing ship Dunolly launched by Charles Connell, Glasgow.
• Ferry Bee launched at Newcastle, New South Wales
• Lifeboat Benjamin Bond Cabbell II launched by James Beeching & Brothers, Great Yarmouth.
• Torpedo boat Childers launched by John I. Thornycroft & Company, Cheswick, Northumberland.
• Full-rigged ship County of Yarmouth launched by Hilaire P. Boudreau, Belliveau's Cove, Nova Scotia.
• Torpedo boat HMVS Gordon launched.
• Barquentine HMCS Karluk launched at Benicia, California.
• Maryland State Oyster Police steamer Governor R. M. McLane launched by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Train ferry Lansdowne launched by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, Detroit, Michigan.
• Paddle steamer Lucinda launched by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton.
• Whaler Patria launched by Christian Brinch Jørgensen at Svelvik.
• Schooner USS Priscilla launched by David Clark, Kennebunkport, Maine.
• Barque Terra Nova launched by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltdied Dundee.
• Flat-iron gunboat HMVS Victoria launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.
• Collier USS Zafiro launched by Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen.
• Patrol boat Susa launched by AG Weser, Bremen, German Empire.

References

1. "Launch Of A Steamer". The Cornishman (295). 6 March 1884. p. 4.
2. "Launch Of The Largest Sailing Ship In The World". The Cornishman (317). 14 August 1884. p. 7.
3. "HMS Racer". The Cornishman (317). 14 August 1884. p. 6.
4. "A New Cable Steamer". The Cornishman (323). 25 September 1884. p. 4.

Ship events in 1884
Ship launches:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship commissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship decommissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Shipwrecks:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889