List of ship launches in 1879

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The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
13 January  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Harelda Steamship For G. Porteous.[1][2][3]
23 January  United Kingdom James & George Thomson Clydebank Arab Steamship For Union Steamship Company.
23 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Palmer's Jarrow-on-Tyne Hugh Sleigh Steamship For Messrs. J. & R. Bovey.[4]
23 January  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplay Orion Belleisle-class ironclad For Royal Navy.
23 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co Dumbarton Traveller Full-rigged ship For R. C. Haws.[5]
24 January  United Kingdom W. Simons & Co. Renfrew Bunyip Dredger For Melbourne Harbour Commissioners.[5]
24 January  United Kingdom Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co Paisley White Rose Steamship For John Hobson.[5]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Gourlay Bros. Dundee Balmuir Steamship For Red Diamond Line.[6]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan Electra Steamship For Deutsche Dampschiffs Rhederei.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool Harlsey Steamship For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.[8]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley Navidad Steamship For Compagnie Hispano-Française.[7]
25 January  United Kingdom Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow San Juan Steamship For Messrs. Fiminez & Sons.[7]
29 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shahzada Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[9]
January  United Kingdom Messrs. John Blumer & Co. Sunderland Seascale Steamship For private owner.[10]
6 February  United Kingdom Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Forfait Villars-class cruiser For French Navy.
20 February  Netherlands Rijkswerf Amesterdam Koningin Emma der Nederlanden Atjeh-class cruiser For Royal Netherlands Navy.
10 March  United Kingdom John Elder and Co. Govan Arizona Passenger ship For Guion Line.[11][12]
10 March  United Kingdom Barrow Shipbuilding Company Barrow-in-Furness Rhynland Passenger ship For Red Star Line.
13 March  United Kingdom H. M. McIntyre Paisley Rose Ann Steam lighter For James O'Brien.
25 March  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Henry Edye Steamship For Steinmann, Ludwig & Co.[1][13]
26 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maharaja Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[14]
March  Germany Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg Theben Steamship For Deutsche Dampschiffahrtsgesellschaft Kosmos.
8 April  United Kingdom Blumer & Co. Sunderland Ash type For Peacock Bros.[1][15][16]
8 April  United States Samuel Pine Greenpoint, New York Edward Cooper Schooner For New York Pilots.
21 April
[citation needed] 		 United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Escambia Steamship For Crow, Bogard & Co.[1]
26 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maharani Cargo ship For Asiatic Steamship Co.[17]
April  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Mercedes Steamship For Adamson & Ronaldson.
13 May  United Kingdom Schichau-Werke Elbing Möwe Gunboat For Kaiserliche Marine.
20 May  Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Fijenoord Steamship For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij.[18]
21 May  United States C. & R. Poillon Brooklyn, New York Alexander M. Lawrence Schooner For New York Pilots.
24 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fair Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[19]
May  Russia Baltic Works Saint Petersburg Plastun Kreiser-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
5 June  United Kingdom John Elder and Co Govan Orient Steamship For Orient Steam Navigation Company.[21][22]
6 June  United Kingdom Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland Lady Elizabeth Barque For John Wilson.
21 June  United Kingdom Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Willington Quay, England Rosalind Steamship For C. F. Jackson & Co.[23]
June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Galgorm Castle Cargo ship For A. McMullan.[24]
1 July  United States Malster & Reaney Canton, Maryland Arbutus Lighthouse tender For United States Lighthouse Board.
17 July  United States Goss, Sawyer & Packard Bath, Maine Mary and Helen Whaler For William Lewis.
31 July  Spain Cartagena Aragon Aragon-class cruiser For Spanish Navy.
July  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Ralph Creyke Steamship For Goole Steam Shipping Company.
2 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Crown Passenger ship For British Shipowners Ltd.[25]
6 August  United Kingdom Russell & Co. Port Glasgow Cromartyshire Full-rigged ship For Thomas Law & Co.
19 August  France Lorient Dévastation Dévastation-class ironclad For French Navy.
21 August  France Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg Villars Villars-class cruiser For French Navy.
30 August Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Spalato Zara class cruiser For Austro-Hungarian Navy.
4 September  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Gneisenau Bismarck-class corvette For Kaiserliche Marine
11 September  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Amiral Duperré Ironclad For French Navy.
15 September  Germany Vulcan AG Stettin Stein Bismarck-class corvette For Kaiserliche Marine.
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Gripper Gadfly-class gunboat For Royal Navy.[26]
15 September  United Kingdom Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire, Wales Tickler Gadfly-class gunboat For Royal Navy.
16 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon Phoenix Doterel-class sloop For Royal Navy.[27]
17 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Agamemnon Ajax-class ironclad For Royal Navy.
30 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Miranda Doterel-class sloop For Royal Navy.
1 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lord Dufferin Sailing ship For Thomas Dixon & Co.[28]
2 October  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Ltd Dumbarton Buenos Ayrean Steamship For Messrs James and Alexander Allan.[29]
6 October  Denmark Dannebrog Royal yacht For Christian IX.
16 October  France Arsenal de Brest Brest, France D'Estaing Lapérouse-class cruiser For French Navy.
16 October  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Grecian Steamship For Allan Line.[1][13][30]
16 October  France Lorient Turenne Bayard-class ironclad For French Navy.
30 October  United Kingdom A. Leslie and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Petriana Cargo ship For Bell & Symonds.
October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Turenne Bayard-class ironclad For French Navy
3 November  United Kingdom John Elder & Co. Govan Kinfauns Castle Steamship For D. Currie.
5 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Holmhurst Cargo ship For J. H. Thursley & Co.[31]
13 November  Austria-Hungary Pola Zara Zara class cruiser For Austro-Hungarian Navy.
15 November  United States C. & R. Poillon Brooklyn, New York Colombia Schooner For Augustus Van Pelt and others.
15 November  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Mars Training ship For Kaiserliche Marine.
13 December  United States Pusey and Jones Wilmington, Delaware Fish Hawk Research ship For United States Fish Commission.
16 December  United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Kingfisher Doterel-class sloop For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Active Steamship For Active Steamship Co.[1]
Unknown date  New South Wales Pyrmont, New South Wales Adelaide Schooner For Chapman Bonner Bond.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Alava Merchantman For Olano, Larrinaga & Co.[1]
Unknown date  Germany Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg Aline Woermann Steamship For Carl Woermann.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Aludra Steamship For R. H. Penney.[1]
Unknown date  United States Kennebunk, Maine Amagansett Fishing trawler For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Ambient Merchantman For James Westoll.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. McMillan & Son Dumbarton Amsterdam Steamship For [British Shipowners Co.
Unknown date  United States
Colombia United States of Colombia 		Hereshof Shipyard
Manuel de la Barrera 		Bristol, Rhode Island
Panama City 		Aray Torpedo boat For Peruvian Navy. Build at Bristol; dismantled and shipped to Panama City. Re-erected there.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Arranmore Merchantman For W. Johnston.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Ashbrooke Steamship For T. G. Greenwell.[1][32]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Ashburne Steamship For J. S. Barwick & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Baluchi Hopper barge For private owner.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Ben Cruachan Merchantman For J. Morrison & Son.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland Calvilla Merchantman For Thomas E. Hick & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co. Sunderland Cartagena Merchantman For W. McMurray.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham & Co. Sunderland City of Rochester Steamship For William A. Watson & Co.[1][33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co Sunderland Consent Merchantman For James Westoll.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Contest Merchantman For William France.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland Cordova Merchantman For John Tully.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Jospeh L. Thompson Sunderland Crane Merchantman For Dent & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland Crescent Merchantman For John H. Barry & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland Cumbrian Barque For Peter Iredale & Co.[1][34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Cyprus Steamship For Taylor & Sanderson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Czar Steamship For William Thomson & Co.[1][35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland Derwent Steamship For Royal Mail Line.[1][34][36]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Douro Merchantman For Culliford & Clark.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Ebro Merchantman For D. G. Pinkney & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Edendale Steamship For Dixon & Wilson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham and Co, Sunderland Eivion Barque For North Wales Ship Co. Ltd.[1][33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Enchantress Merchantman For Taylor & Sanderson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham & Co. Sunderland Essex Merchantman For private owner.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom The Strand Slipway Co. Sunderland Ferdinand Corvilain Merchantman For F. Corvilain.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co. Sunderland Flamsteed Merchantman For Wilkie & Turnbull.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Fylgia Merchantman For .[1]
Unknown date  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Galena Gunboat For United States Navy.
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Godrevy Merchantman For Lamplough & Matthews.[1]
Unknown date  Norway Arendal Gustav Adolph Barque For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom James & John Hay Kirkintilloch Helena Steam lighter For private owner.[37]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Osbourne, Graham & Co. Sunderland Harold Roper Merchantman For E. Beale.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Hawthorn Merchantman For Hopper & Crosby.[1]
Unknown date  United States J. H. Dialogue & Sons Camden, New Jersey Inca Tug For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Intrepid Merchantman For Anderson, Horan & Co..[1]
Unknown date Canada Dominion of Canada Mr. Crop Little Current Jane Miller Steamship For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Thomaston, Maine J. B. Walker Schooner For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Pickersgill Sunderland Jessie Merchantman For J. & J. Denholm.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros. Sunderland Lartington Merchantman For J. S. Barwick.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co. Sunderland Lucent Merchantman For James Westoll.[1]
Unknown date  United States Manuel Llaguno Schooner For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Austen & Hunter Sunderland Marna Merchantman For C. Salvesen & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Austin & Hunter Sunderland Medway Merchantman For Lambert Bros.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Mercedes Merchantman For Adamson & Ronaldson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland Milanese Merchantman For J. Glynn & Son.[1]
Unknown date  United States Montana Sternwheeler For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Nearchus Hopper barge For private owner.[1]
Unknown date  France Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Navarchos Miaoulis Cruiser For Royal Hellenic Navy.
Unknown date  United States O&CRR Ferry No. 2 Ferry For Oregon & California Railroad.
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Paxo Merchantman For D. G. Pinkney & Son.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland Peninsula Merchantman For Scholefield & Tully.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland Rhine Merchantman For Rawson & Robinson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Rosamund Merchantman For R. Thompson.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Rumney Merchantman For J. Cory, Sons, & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bartram, Haswell & Co. Sunderland Salient Steamship For James Westoll.[1][38]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Mounsey & Foster Sunderland Sindi Hopper barge For private owner.[1]
Unknown date  United States Oakland, California Solano Paddle steamer For Central Pacific Railroad.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Bros Sunderland Tunstall Merchantman For J. S. Barwick.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Varna Merchantman For C. M. Norwood & Co.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom James Laing Sunderland Ville d'Alger Merchantman For Eugene Grosos.[1]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland West Cumberland Merchantman For Hine Bros.[1]

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